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, is hereby authorized to enter into the Easement Area Amendment Agreement (“Amendment”) with King County. The Amendment is attached as Attachment 1 to this ordinance.
Section 2. The real property interests conveyed by the Amendment are placed under the jurisdiction of SCL.
Section 3. 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 _________________________, 2019, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2019.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2019.
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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2019.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Easement Area Amendment Agreement
Exhibit A - County Property Description
Exhibit B - Original Easement Area
Exhibit C - New Perpetual Easement Area