SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119709

• Record No: CB 119709
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119709
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 12/16/2019
• Ordinance No: Ord 126024
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights relating to sewer and storm drain easements within Seattle as being surplus to City utility needs; authorizing the General Manager/CEO of Seattle Public Utilities to relinquish such easement rights and to accept new easements; placing the real property rights and interests conveyed by the easements under the jurisdiction of Seattle Public Utilities; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Lisa Herbold
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Presentation, 3. Signed Ordinance 126024, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/23/2019	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
12/23/2019	1	Mayor	returned
12/20/2019	1	Mayor	Signed
12/17/2019	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
12/16/2019	1	City Council	passed	Pass
12/10/2019	1	Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts Committee	pass	Pass
12/2/2019	1	City Council	referred
8/29/2019	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/27/2019	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/27/2019	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights relating to sewer and storm drain easements within Seattle as being surplus to City utility needs; authorizing the General Manager/CEO of Seattle Public Utilities to relinquish such easement rights and to accept new easements; placing the real property rights and interests conveyed by the easements under the jurisdiction of Seattle Public Utilities; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, certain property improvements were built or have been planned to be built by various property owners and customers of Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) within the easements originally granted to The City of Seattle ("City") for drainage and wastewater purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City, acting by and through Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), has determined that all or portions of the sewer lines, storm drain lines, and facilities may be relocated to accommodate property development; and
WHEREAS, the City has also determined the following existing drainage and wastewater facility easements are surplus to the City's needs:
A. The sanitary sewer easement that the City accepted pursuant to Ordinance 51990; King County Recording Number 3362492; and
B. The sanitary sewer and storm drainage easements that the City accepted pursuant to Ordinance 120206; King County Recording Number 20010313001706; and
C. The sanitary sewer easement that the City accepted pursuant to Ordinance 102115; King County Recording Number 7107070611; and
WHEREAS, easements are required from customers to allow for the installation, maintenance, and operation of replacement or affected existing sanitary sewers and storm drain facilities; and
WHEREAS, SPU has determined the interests of the City, SPU, and SPU's customers are best served by relinquishing the existing sewer and storm drain easements and accepting new easements to a...