Record No: CB 119745    Version: Council Bill No: CB 119745
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 9/8/2020
Ordinance No: Ord 126158
Title: AN ORDINANCE granting the University of Washington (UW) permission to maintain and operate five existing pedestrian skybridges located around the perimeter of the UW campus as a Campus Pedestrian Skybridge Network, for a ten-year term; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Sponsors: Alex Pedersen
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A – UW Skybridges Map, 3. Summary Att B – UW Skybridges Photos, 4. Summary Att C – UW Skybridge Fee Assessment, 5. Central Staff Memo with Amendment (August 19, 2020), 6. Central Staff Memo, 7. Presentation (added; 3/4/20), 8. Signed Ordinance 126158, 9. Affidavit of Publication
CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE granting the University of Washington (UW) permission to maintain and operate five existing pedestrian skybridges located around the perimeter of the UW campus as a Campus Pedestrian Skybridge Network, for a ten-year term; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the University of Washington (UW) has applied for permission to maintain and operate five existing skybridges located over and across 15th Avenue Northeast, Montlake Boulevard, and Northeast Pacific Street as a "Campus Pedestrian Skybridge Network"; and
WHEREAS, the five existing skybridges were previously approved by Ordinance 109007, Ordinance 111250, Ordinance 118346, and Ordinance 118347; and
WHEREAS, the University of Washington is obligated to meet all of the terms and conditions in each approved ordinance, including payment of annual fees, maintenance, and bonding obligations until such time as the permits are renewed by ordinance, the skybridges are removed or the Seattle Department of Transportation Director certifies that the University of Washington is no longer obligated by the conditions contained in this or any other authorizing ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the permission granted in Ordinance 109007 expired in 2010, the permission granted in Ordinance 111250 expired in 2013, the permission granted in Ordinance 118346 expired in 2014, and the permission granted in Ordinance 118347 expired in 2013; and
WHEREAS, the City supports a joint permit for the Campus Pedestrian Skybridge Network and the least impactful installations in the public place, including the removal of the Campus Pedestrian Skybridge Network, or any individual pedestrian skybridge, in the future, if feasible; and
WHEREAS, currently the 15th Avenue Northeast Skybridge provides an east-west connec...

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