Record No: CB 118954    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 118954
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 5/15/2017
Ordinance No: Ord 125311
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; declaring as surplus certain real property interests in Block 1, Joseph R. McLaughlin's Water Front Addition to The City of Seattle; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department to grant a utility easement to King County; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Sponsors: Kshama Sawant
Attachments: 1. Att 1 - Utility Easement, 2. Att 1 Ex A - Entire Property Description, 3. Att 1 Ex B - Legal Description for Permanent Easement Area, 4. Att 1 Ex C - Depiction of Permanent Easement Area
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Signed Ordinance 125311, 3. Affidavit of Publication
CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; declaring as surplus certain real property interests in Block 1, Joseph R. McLaughlin's Water Front Addition to The City of Seattle; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department to grant a utility easement to King County; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle owns a parcel of real property in the vicinity of South Michigan Street and Occidental Avenue which is used by Seattle City Light for a lattice electrical tower ("South Michigan Street Tower Property"); and
WHEREAS, King County is constructing the Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station (GWWTS) in the Duwamish Industrial Area, in the vicinity of East Marginal Way South and South Michigan Street, for the treatment of storm-generated combined sewer overflow; and
WHEREAS, the GWWTS will include a new outfall structure to discharge treated overflow into the Duwamish River in the vicinity of South Michigan Street; and
WHEREAS, King County will require a utility easement to construct, operate, and maintain a drainage pipeline from the GWWTS, across the City's South Michigan Street Tower Property, to the South Michigan Street outfall; and
WHEREAS, King County will pay The City of Seattle the fair market value for the easement, as determined by independent appraisal, in the amount of $55,000; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to RCW 35.94.040 and after public hearing, certain real property interests legally described in Attachment 1, Exhibit B, to this ordinance are found to be surplus to the City's needs and no longer required for providing the City's public utility services.
Section 2. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department, or designee, is authorized to execute for and on behalf of The Cit...

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