SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119341

• Record No: CB 119341
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119341
• Type: Council Bill (CB)
• Status: Retired
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Hing Hay Park and property agreements with the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) and the City of Seattle; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to execute a Settlement Agreement and associated documents extinguishing an easement on City-owned real property and modifying a covenant encumbering SCIDpda-owned real property; amending Ordinance 118552, which adopted the 2016 Budget; lifting a proviso; and authorizing use of certain City funds to design and construct a public restroom within the Bush Hotel building to serve users of Hing Hay Park and other members of the public.
• Sponsors: Debora Juarez
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A – Map of Premises, 3. Presentation

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/3/2021	1	City Clerk	Retired
9/19/2018	1	Civic Development, Public Assets, and Native Communities Committee	discussed
9/4/2018	1	City Council	referred
8/28/2018	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/21/2018	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/21/2018	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Hing Hay Park and property agreements with the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) and the City of Seattle; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to execute a Settlement Agreement and associated documents extinguishing an easement on City-owned real property and modifying a covenant encumbering SCIDpda-owned real property; amending Ordinance 118552, which adopted the 2016 Budget; lifting a proviso; and authorizing use of certain City funds to design and construct a public restroom within the Bush Hotel building to serve users of Hing Hay Park and other members of the public.
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WHEREAS, in 1975 the City of Seattle (City) chartered the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) to steer and facilitate economic development of the historic International District; and
WHEREAS, providing a community center, housing, and services for the elderly and lower-income populations were among SCIDpda's development priorities; and
WHEREAS, SCIDpda purchased the building known as the Bush Hotel on 621 South Jackson Street, adjacent to Hing Hay Park, with financial assistance from the City, authorized by Ordinance 106367 in 1977, for the development of housing and 20,000 square feet of community center space within the Bush Hotel building, as documented in a Restrictive Covenant contemplated by that ordinance; and
WHEREAS, extensive renovation of the Bush Hotel was necessary to bring the building up to code and make it habitable for SCIDpda's intended purposes; and
WHEREAS, in 1981 the City and SCIDpda granted each other certain mutually beneficial easements, authorized by Ordinance 110048, that allowed the Bush Hotel to be remodeled and extended to occupy a portion of Hing Hay Park in exchange for SCIDpda providing restrooms inside the Bush Hotel for ...