CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer to enter into a lease agreement with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources for use of the Gold Mountain communications facility in Kitsap County, Washington; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources maintains a communications facility, consisting of an equipment building and antenna farm, on Gold Mountain in Kitsap County, Washington; and
WHEREAS, Seattle City Light has leased space at the Gold Mountain communications facility for radio repeater equipment, as authorized by Ordinance 115471, since 1990; and
WHEREAS, the radio repeater equipment at the Gold Mountain facility is essential for maintaining radio communications between power generation operations at the Skagit Hydroelectric Project and the Power Control Center in Seattle, and with City Light field crews; and
WHEREAS, the City’s original lease has expired, and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources has offered the City a new lease to continue use of the Gold Mountain facility through December 31, 2019; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle City Light, or the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer’s designee, is authorized to execute a Communications Site Facility Lease on behalf of The City of Seattle, substantially in the form of Attachment 1 hereto, with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), for the use of the DNR communications facility on Gold Mountain in Kitsap County, Washington.
Section 2. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ____ day of ________________________, 2016,
and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of ___________________, 2016.
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President __________ of the City Council
Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2016.
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Edward B. Murray, Mayor
Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2016.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Communications Site Facility Lease
Exhibit A - Legal Description
Exhibit B - Encumbrances
Exhibit C - Technical Data Sheet
Exhibit D - Minimum Communications Site Standards
Exhibit E - Road Access Map
Exhibit F - Other Easement to Access Site
Exhibit G - HCP Requirements
(Exhibits H and I not used)
Exhibit J - Lease Termination and Surrender Agreement