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 to enter into an easement area amendment agreement with King County, to revise the legal description of an existing easement for an electric transmission and distribution line through King County Airport property.
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WHEREAS, King County ("County") owns Parcel 282404-9007 in King County, the relevant portion legally described on the attached Exhibit A to Attachment 1 to this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Light Department ("SCL") operates a public power system for The City of Seattle and surrounding communities; and
WHEREAS, in 1958, the County granted a 10-foot-wide easement ("Easement") to SCL, to permit the construction, operation, and maintenance of an electric transmission and distribution line, including the necessary towers and poles, recorded under Recording Number 4982136; its legal description is attached as Exhibit B to Attachment 1 to this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, SCL constructed a portion of the electric transmission and distribution line's towers and poles in the easement area described in Exhibit B; however, some towers and poles were constructed on the County property located outside of the Easement area described in Exhibit B; and
WHEREAS, the County and SCL wish to amend the easement area's legal description to reflect the area where the existing SCL electric transmission and distribution line is located on the County's property described in Exhibit C to Attachment 1 to this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle City Charter, Article IV, Section 14, requires that all acquisition and disposal of real property interests shall be by ordinance; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle City Light, or the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer's designee...
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