SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119302

• Record No: CB 119302
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119302
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 7/23/2018
• Ordinance No: Ord 125630
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the Central Waterfront Project; authorizing a "Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Development of New Seattle Aquarium Facilities" between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Aquarium Society, increasing the maximum amount of funding authorized for design, and requiring a comprehensive financial plan prior to execution of a Project Development Agreement.
• Sponsors: Debora Juarez
• Supporting documents: 1. Att 1 - MOU Concerning New Seattle Aquarium Facilities, 2. Summary and Fiscal Note, 3. Presentation, 4. Signed Ordinance 125630, 5. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/27/2018	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
7/27/2018	1	Mayor	returned
7/27/2018	1	Mayor	Signed
7/26/2018	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
7/23/2018	1	City Council	passed	Pass
7/18/2018	1	Civic Development, Public Assets, and Native Communities Committee	pass	Pass
7/16/2018	1	City Council	referred
7/10/2018	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
7/10/2018	1	City Clerk	sent for review
7/10/2018	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Central Waterfront Project; authorizing a "Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Development of New Seattle Aquarium Facilities" between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Aquarium Society, increasing the maximum amount of funding authorized for design, and requiring a comprehensive financial plan prior to execution of a Project Development Agreement.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle ("City") owns the Seattle Aquarium facility ("Aquarium"), located on Piers 59 and 60 along the Seattle Central Waterfront and widely recognized for its national and regional standing for scientific research, marine conservation education, civic engagement, and tourism. The Seattle Aquarium Society (SEAS) has managed aspects of the Aquarium operations since the 1980s under a series of agreements with the City's Parks and Recreation Department (DPR) and assumed full management responsibility in 2010; and
WHEREAS, in 2003, in conjunction with plans for the removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct ("Viaduct") and replacement of the aging Elliott Bay seawall, the City began developing a community vision for the Central Waterfront that includes reconnecting downtown Seattle to the Central Waterfront; and
WHEREAS, SEAS has a demonstrated history of successful project management and fundraising for major capital improvement projects, raising $20 million from non-City sources and partnering with the City, which appropriated $22.5 million, to seismically retrofit portions of the Pier 59 structure and rebuild the eastern third of the historic pier shed. SEAS and the City then each contributed $3.5 million respectively and jointly worked to address other aspects of the aging infrastructure, including replacing the harbor seal exhibit and timber-piled "finger pier" connecting Piers 59 and 60; and
WHEREAS, in 2008, the City Council adopted Resolution 31080, which contains several principle...