CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the acceptance of the Statutory Warranty Deed for the "Glacier View Ranch Property" in Skagit County, Washington; placing said land under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, in connection with the relicensing of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and pursuant to Resolution 28349, the City Light Department ("City Light") entered into the Settlement Agreement Concerning Wildlife, incorporating by reference the Wildlife Habitat Protection and Management Plan, (collectively, "Wildlife Agreement"), dated April 1991, with the Washington Department of Wildlife (now, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife); U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs; U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service; Upper Skagit Tribe; Sauk-Suiattle Tribe; Swinomish Indian Tribal Community; and the North Cascades Conservation Council; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 118226 authorizes the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to negotiate for and purchase parcels of land pursuant to the principles and procedures of the Wildlife Agreement; and
WHEREAS, under authority of Ordinance 118226, City Light has acquired land known as the "Glacier View Ranch Property" (also known as the "Corkindale Creek Property") in the Skagit River watershed, said property being consistent with the lands sought under the principles of the Wildlife Agreement; and
WHEREAS, The City of Seattle ("City") is able to manage the acquired property in concert with the City's existing wildlife habitat lands in a protected status; and
WHEREAS, this property acquisition adds approximately 140 acres of land to the wildlife habitat land holdings in the Skagit River basin...
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