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 acquire by negotiation land and all other necessary property rights in the Taylor Creek area at 10018 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, Washington, for addressing the identified need for permanent and temporary construction easements for the new alignment of the culvert crossing Rainier Avenue South, and to execute, accept, and record deeds and convenient documents and agreements deemed by the Director to be necessary to this transaction on behalf of the City; placing the conveyed real properties under the jurisdiction of Seattle Public Utilities; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities completed a detailed study of the Taylor Creek drainage system that showed a need for improvements to control sediment and remove obstacles to fish passage; and
WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities examined alternative means to accomplish such improvements and concluded the best means require acquisition of certain real property adjacent to Taylor Creek; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Seattle Public Utilities is authorized to acquire, for and on behalf of The City of Seattle, the property legally described as:
PARCEL A:
The southwesterly 200 feet of Lot 16 and of the east half of Lot 15, BLOCK 9,
Sturtevant’s Rainier Beach Villa Tracts, according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 16 of plats, Page 32, Records of King County, Washington.
PARCEL B:
A non-exclusive easement for ingress and egress across a 15-foot parcel of land adjacent to Rainier Avenue as disclosed by instrument recorded under King County Recording No. 3465366, except any portion lying within the main tract.
(Tax Parcel Number: 807300051602) (the “Property”), for a total purchase price of $475,000.
Section 2. Upon delivery of a statutory warranty deed for the Property, satisfactory to the Director of Seattle Public Utilities or the Director’s designee, the Director or the Director’s designee is authorized to record the deed and accept it on behalf of The City of Seattle by indicating the acceptance on the deed. The Property thus acquired shall be placed under the jurisdiction of Seattle Public Utilities.
Section 3. Acquisition of the Property shall be funded through the Taylor Creek Culvert Replacement Activity (C99315) of the Protection of Beneficial Uses Program (C3317), for which funds were appropriated in Ordinance 124927.
Section 4. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance that is taken after passage of this ordinance but prior to its effective date is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 5. 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)