SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118773

• Record No: CB 118773
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 118773
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/26/2016
• Ordinance No: Ord 125139
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to accept on behalf of The City of Seattle the transfer of approximately 155 acres of forest land in the North Fork Tolt River Watershed from Forterra and to acquire approximately 100 acres of forest land located adjacent to the Forterra property and the South Fork Tolt Municipal Watershed owned by the City.
• Sponsors: Lisa Herbold
• Supporting documents: 1. Att 1 – Titicaed Creek Tract Property Description, 2. Summary and Fiscal Note, 3. Presentation, 4. Central Staff Memo, 5. Signed Ord 125139, 6. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/29/2016	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
9/29/2016	1	Mayor	Signed
9/29/2016	1	Mayor	returned
9/28/2016	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/26/2016	1	City Council	passed	Pass
9/16/2016	1	Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts Committee	pass	Pass
9/6/2016	1	City Council	referred
8/5/2016	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/2/2016	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/2/2016	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to accept on behalf of The City of Seattle the transfer of approximately 155 acres of forest land in the North Fork Tolt River Watershed from Forterra and to acquire approximately 100 acres of forest land located adjacent to the Forterra property and the South Fork Tolt Municipal Watershed owned by the City.
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WHEREAS, Forterra (formerly Cascade Land Conservancy) was awarded a Federal Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund grant to acquire certain real property located in King County, Washington, in the North Fork Tolt River Watershed (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities and Forterra determined Seattle Public Utilities is a more appropriate long-term owner of the Property because it owns lands in the North and South Fork Tolt Watersheds and manages these lands for conservation and protection of its drinking water supply; and
WHEREAS, following Forterra's acquisition of the Property, Forterra will transfer the Property to Seattle Public Utilities; and
WHEREAS, a conservation easement granted by Forterra to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources will be the mechanism to protect the Property's conservation values in perpetuity; and
WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities determined that accepting the transfer of and managing the Property according to the conservation easement is consistent with its utility purpose and will not require a commitment of additional financial resources; and
WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities would benefit from contiguous ownership of the Property by acquiring 100 acres of forest land separating the Property from the South Fork Tolt Municipal Watershed; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Director of Seattle Public Utilities is authorized to enter into the Notice ...