Record No: CB 118870    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 118870
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 1/17/2017
Ordinance No: Ord 125246
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Public Utilities Department; declaring as surplus certain portions of a portion of the City's Tolt Water Transmission Pipeline right-of-way, King County Assessor Parcel number 0326049122, to serve the property commonly known as 19229 47th Ave NE, The City of Lake Forest Park, Washington 98156, Elizabeth Simmons-O'Neill and John Joseph O'Neill, Grantee's property, King County Assessor Parcel number 4400900040, and granting a non-exclusive easement for existing utility service lines, and the maintenance and use of a driveway access over and across the same.
Sponsors: Lisa Herbold
Attachments: 1. Att 1 - Easement Agreement
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A – Vicinity Map, 3. Summary Att B – Easement Area Map, 4. Presentation (1/10/17), 5. Signed Ordinance 125246, 6. Affidavit of Publication

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Public Utilities Department; declaring as surplus certain portions of a portion of the City's Tolt Water Transmission Pipeline right-of-way, King County Assessor Parcel number 0326049122, to serve the property commonly known as 19229 47th Ave NE, The City of Lake Forest Park, Washington 98156, Elizabeth Simmons-O'Neill and John Joseph O'Neill, Grantee's property, King County Assessor Parcel number 4400900040, and granting a non-exclusive easement for existing utility service lines, and the maintenance and use of a driveway access over and across the same.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle ("City"), by and through its Seattle Public Utilities Department, owns and operates the TOLT water transmission pipeline and appurtenances within a City owned 70 foot wide right-of-way ("TOLT right-of-way"), which passes through The City of Lake Forest Park, Washington and provides water to the City of Seattle's Lake Forest Park Reservoir; and
WHEREAS, the City's TOLT right-of-way passes adjacent to the property commonly known as 19229 47th Ave NE, The City of Lake Forest Park, Washington 98156, currently owned by Elizabeth Simmons-O'Neill and John Joseph O'Neill, King County Assessor Parcel Number 4400900040; and
WHEREAS, the adjacent property owner at 19229 47th Ave NE, The City of Lake Forest Park, Washington 98156, lacks legal access across the City's TOLT right-of-way for a driveway to serve the single family residence; and
WHEREAS, the adjacent property owner purchased the property with the understanding that a legal ingress and egress existed across the City's TOLT right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, the property owner has contacted the Fidelity National Title Group, the company which insured the title at the time of the property's purchase, in order to secure legal ingress and egress across the City's TOLT right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, to avoid legal dispute, Fi...

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