SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119475

• Record No: CB 119475
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119475
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 3/25/2019
• Ordinance No: Ord 125798
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation and Seattle Public Utilities; transferring partial jurisdiction of a portion of the West Ewing Mini Park from the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation to Seattle Public Utilities for installation, maintenance, repair, and operation of a combined sewer underground microtunnel and associated internal underground pipes, ducts, and electrical lines; and finding that transfer of partial jurisdiction meets the requirements of Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42.
• Sponsors: Debora Juarez
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Ex A - Vicinity Map, 3. Presentation, 4. Signed Ordinance 125798, 5. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/29/2019	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
3/29/2019	1	Mayor	returned
3/29/2019	1	Mayor	Signed
3/27/2019	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
3/25/2019	1	City Council	passed	Pass
3/20/2019	1	Civic Development, Public Assets, and Native Communities Committee	pass	Pass
3/18/2019	1	City Council	referred
2/19/2019	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
2/12/2019	1	City Clerk	sent for review
2/12/2019	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation and Seattle Public Utilities; transferring partial jurisdiction of a portion of the West Ewing Mini Park from the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation to Seattle Public Utilities for installation, maintenance, repair, and operation of a combined sewer underground microtunnel and associated internal underground pipes, ducts, and electrical lines; and finding that transfer of partial jurisdiction meets the requirements of Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle (City) owns and operates a combined sewer system that in some locations overflows during heavy rain events; and
WHEREAS, the combined sewer system overflows (CSOs) are governed by the State of Washington under the terms of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit; and
WHEREAS, the terms of the NPDES permit mandate the City limit CSOs to a long-term average of no more than one untreated discharge per year per outfall, on a 20-year moving average; and
WHEREAS, the City is required by federal Consent Decree, as authorized by Ordinance 123908 and amended by Ordinance 124129, to construct control measures to limit untreated combined sewer overflows in accordance with State of Washington requirements by December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) and King County have been working together to evaluate possible joint projects to reduce both City and County CSOs, and have agreed to jointly fund and build a 2.7-mile underground storage tunnel north of the Lake Washington Ship Canal designed to temporarily store more than 15 million gallons of combined stormwater and sewage in order to reduce CSOs and partially fulfill the objectives of the City's and County's NPDES permits and Consent Decrees; and
WHEREAS, in 2015 the City Council pursuant to Ordinance 124966 authorized SPU to...