CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute an agreement with the City of Bothell for relocation of approximately 0.87 mile of existing Fiber Cable 157 along SR 522 from aerial to underground as part of the City of Bothell’s SR 522 Stage 3 Improvement Project, including the execution of other agreements or amendments necessary or convenient for the completion of the joint utility trench.
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WHEREAS, the City of Bothell will be responsible for the administration, design, and construction of the SR 522 Stage 3 Improvement Project, which includes utility trenching for affected aerial utilities, and the City Light Department (“City Light”) will pay their portion of the allocated costs; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bothell will provide all necessary excavation, bedding, backfill, off-site disposal, and site restoration for the Joint Utility Trench Project, along with the coordination of other utilities participating in the Joint Utility Trench Project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bothell will document quantities as the City of Bothell’s contractor proceeds with excavation, materials supply, installation, and backfill and will provide invoices, not more frequently than once a month, to The City of Seattle for work undertaken in connection with the proposed Joint Utility Trench Agreement; and
WHEREAS, City Light will provide and install all wires, conductors, and any other equipment needed to restore Fiber Cable (FC) 157 once the vaults and conduit are completed by the City of Bothell; and
WHEREAS, City Light will be responsible for providing all traffic control associated with the pulling of cables and associated equipment, and the removal of The City of Seattle’s existing lines; and
WHEREAS, City Light agrees that the scope of work as defined in the Joint Utility Trench Agreement is for Seattle’s benefit and all electric utility infrastructure is The City of Seattle’s property and not the property of the City of Bothell; and
WHEREAS, City Light agrees to pay the City of Seattle Estimated Share of Trench Cost Estimate (attached as Attachment A, Exhibit 1 to this ordinance), and subject to change due to actual unit bid price and its proportional share of the added cost due to claims or changes; and
WHEREAS, City Light will be responsible for any damages and delays attributable to City Light’s utility work; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light, or designee, is hereby authorized to execute, for and on behalf of The City of Seattle, a Joint Utility Trench Agreement with the City of Bothell substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment A, Joint Utility Trench Agreement, relating to the SR 522 Stage 3 Improvement Project.
Section 2. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light, or designee, is further authorized to execute, for and on behalf of The City of Seattle, any other related agreements or amendments necessary or convenient to the completion of the joint utility trench.
Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance that is taken after its passage, but prior to its effective date, is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2018, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2018.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2018.
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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2018.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment A - Joint Utility Trench Agreement (City of Bothell/The City of Seattle), SR 522 Stage 3 Improvements Project
Exhibit 1 - City of Seattle Estimated Share of Trench Cost Estimate