Record No: CB 119189    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 119189
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 2/12/2018
Ordinance No: Ord 125529
Title: AN ORDINANCE granting Swedish Health Services permission to continue operating and maintaining a pedestrian tunnel under and across Minor Avenue, between Columbia Street and Marion Street, for a ten-year term, renewable for two successive ten-year terms; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Sponsors: Mike O'Brien
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A – Swedish Minor Tunnel Area Map, 3. Summary Att B – Swedish Minor Tunnel Photo, 4. Summary Att C – Swedish Minor Tunnel Fee Assessment, 5. Presentation, 6. Signed Ordinance 125529, 7. Affidavit of Publication
CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE granting Swedish Health Services permission to continue operating and maintaining a pedestrian tunnel under and across Minor Avenue, between Columbia Street and Marion Street, for a ten-year term, renewable for two successive ten-year terms; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 113238, The City of Seattle ("City") granted permission to Swedish Hospital Medical Center to construct, maintain, and operate a pedestrian tunnel under and across Minor Avenue, between Columbia Street and Marion Street; and
WHEREAS, permission authorized by Ordinance 113238 was amended by Ordinance 121494, Ordinance 121855, and Ordinance 123598; and
WHEREAS, the permission authorized by Ordinance 113238 ended on January 13, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Swedish Health Services applied to the Director of Transportation to continue operating the pedestrian tunnel and has satisfied all the terms of the original authorizing ordinance as amended; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of this ordinance is the culmination of the approval process for the pedestrian tunnel to legally occupy a portion of the public right-of-way; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Permission. Subject to the terms and conditions of this ordinance, The City of Seattle ("City") grants permission (also referred to in this ordinance as a permit) to Swedish Health Services, and its successors and assigns as approved by the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation ("Director") according to Section 14 of this ordinance (the party named above and each such approved successor and assign is referred to as "Permittee"), to operate and maintain a pedestrian tunnel, including all related appurtenances, adjacent in whole or in part to the ...

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