SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120008

• Record No: CB 120008
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120008
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 3/22/2021
• Ordinance No: Ord 126296
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer to release a portion of an existing transmission corridor easement to the City of Kirkland; and accepting the payment of fair market value for the partial release of easement.
• Sponsors: Alex Pedersen
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att 1 – Depiction of Easement Area to Be Released to City of Kirkland, 3. Presentation, 4. Signed Ordinance 126296, 5. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/25/2021	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
3/25/2021	1	Mayor	returned
3/25/2021	1	Mayor	Signed
3/24/2021	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
3/22/2021	1	City Council	passed	Pass
3/17/2021	1	Transportation and Utilities Committee	pass	Pass
3/3/2021	1	Transportation and Utilities Committee	discussed
3/1/2021	1	City Council	referred
2/11/2021	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
2/9/2021	1	City Clerk	sent for review
2/9/2021	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

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 release a portion of an existing transmission corridor easement to the City of Kirkland; and accepting the payment of fair market value for the partial release of easement.
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WHEREAS, the City Light Department of The City of Seattle ("City Light") operates a public power system for The City of Seattle and surrounding communities, including a transmission corridor through the City of Kirkland ("Kirkland"); and
WHEREAS, City Light owns easement rights for an electric transmission corridor through a portion of Kirkland, which is a portion of City Light's larger electric transmission and distribution corridors; and
WHEREAS, City Light acquired an easement from William and Mary Ormsby on June 24, 1927, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of an electric transmission system consisting of three towers and the necessary wires, anchors, guys, and other appurtenances over, across, and through certain properties in what is now present-day Kirkland; and
WHEREAS, Kirkland owns the property located at 12307 NE Totem Lake Way, Kirkland, WA 98034, King County parcel number 866327-0060; and
WHEREAS, Kirkland operates and maintains the Cross Kirkland Corridor ("CKC") interim 5.75-mile crushed gravel trail that runs from the South Kirkland Park & Ride through the Totem Lake Business District; and
WHEREAS, Kirkland plans to construct the Totem Lake Connector ("TLC") bicycle and pedestrian bridge, which will connect the two ends of the 5.75-mile CKC currently severed by one of Kirkland's most complicated intersections: Totem Lake Boulevard and Northeast 124th Street; and
WHEREAS, the TLC is one of a half-dozen public infrastructure projects that prepares Kirkland's only urban center for regional connectivity for community members and makes possible an alternative transport...