SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119056

• Record No: CB 119056
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119056
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/18/2017
• Ordinance No: Ord 125412
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; declaring certain real property rights surplus to the needs of the City Light Department; authorizing the partial release of a City Light easement; and accepting the payment of fair market value for the partial release of easement.
• Sponsors: Kshama Sawant
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Ex 1 - Map of Partial Release of Easement Area, 3. Signed Ordinance 125412, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/21/2017	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
9/21/2017	1	Mayor	returned unsigned
9/21/2017	1	Mayor	returned
9/21/2017	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/18/2017	1	City Council	passed	Pass
9/12/2017	1	Energy and Environment Committee	pass	Pass
8/14/2017	1	City Council	referred
8/10/2017	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/8/2017	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/8/2017	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; declaring certain real property rights surplus to the needs of the City Light Department; authorizing the partial release of a City Light easement; and accepting the payment of fair market value for the partial release of easement.
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WHEREAS, the Quadrant Corporation ("Quadrant") owns real property in Snohomish County, Washington ("Property"), that it intends to develop into a multi-lot single family residential development; and
WHEREAS, The City of Seattle owns an easement for electric transmission line purposes ("Easement") over a portion of said Property, granted by M.C. Carlson, dated May 25, 1927, and recorded under Snohomish County Auditor's File Number 407776; and
WHEREAS, the Easement was amended through a partial release of easement by City Light in 1994 to M.C. Carlson, recorded under Snohomish County Auditor's File Number 9406030003 (the "Amended Easement"), which resulted in the Amended Easement encumbering only the west 50 feet of the Property; and
WHEREAS, the Easement was acquired for the purpose of constructing a transmission line that was built in a different location; and
WHEREAS, all other portions of the Easement encumbering properties other than the Property were released by City Light to the underlying fee owners in the 1980s and 1990s; and
WHEREAS, the Amended Easement encumbering the Property serves no useful purpose and is not required for the continued access, construction, operation, or maintenance of the City Light transmission corridors in Snohomish County; and
WHEREAS, Quadrant has requested that The City of Seattle release the portion of the Amended Easement encumbering the Property so that it can complete its development project; and
WHEREAS, Quadrant has offered the sum of $31,000 for the partial release of the Amended Easement, which represents the fair market value of the easement rights, w...