CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the General Manager/Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities to enter into a Memorandum of Lease and Ground Lease Agreement with King County for a radio tower and appurtenances in the Tolt Watershed.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle, by and through its Seattle Information Technology Department, entered into an interlocal agreement with King County and the cities of Auburn, Bellevue, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kent, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Redmond, Renton, and Tukwila (the "Parties") to implement a new 800 MHz emergency radio communication system, as authorized by Seattle Ordinances 124685 and 124687; and
WHEREAS, the Parties have been working collaboratively and have determined it is in the public interest to procure and implement a new emergency radio communication system, referred to as the "Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network System" or "PSERN System"; and
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into an agreement titled the Puget Sound Emergency Radio Network Implementation Period Interlocal Cooperation Agreement ("Implementation Period ILA") that designates King County to act as the lead agency for planning, procurement, financing, and implementation of the PSERN System; and
WHEREAS, King County, as the lead agency of the PSERN System, is authorized to enter into long-term leases for itself, and its contractors, successors, and assigns, to develop the sites, structures, and facilities necessary for the implementation of the PSERN System; and
WHEREAS, an appropriate site for a PSERN System radio tower has been identified within the City's Tolt Watershed; and
WHEREAS, the City, by and through its Seattle Public Utilities Department, is amenable to this site being used for the PSERN System and therefore is amenable to a long-term lease agreement to locate a radio tower within the Tolt Watershed; NOW, THEREFORE,
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