CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services or the Director’s designee to negotiate and execute a real property lease renewal with the United States Army for The City of Seattle’s continued interim use and occupancy of 33.95 acres at the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, in 2005, the United State Congress authorized the closure of the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center, located in the Magnolia neighborhood and adjacent to Discovery Park; and
WHEREAS, the United States Army has determined the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center is surplus to the United States needs in accordance with the Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act; and
WHEREAS, since 2008, The City of Seattle (City) has worked with the Department of Defense, United States Army and federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to consider options for the redevelopment and reuse of the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center; and
WHEREAS, in 2017 the United States Army and the City executed a five-year lease for the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of the lease, the United States Army requires that the City assume all holding and caretaker costs associated with the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center during the lease term and as further described in the lease; and
WHEREAS, the existing lease of the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center expires on December 31, 2021, and both the Army and City find it in their mutual interest to renew the lease with similar lease terms; and
WHEREAS, City Council authorization is required because the square footage leased in one calendar year exceeds the limitations under Seattle Municipal Code Section 3.127.020; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services (Director), or the Director’s designee, is authorized to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Seattle (City), a lease agreement with the Secretary of the United States Army, substantially in the form attached as Attachment 1 to this ordinance and identified as “Department of the Army Lease No. DADACA67-1-22-0500 under Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Fort Lawton Army Reserve Complex, King County, Washington,” providing for the City’s tenancy and occupancy of the real property located adjacent to Discovery Park in the Magnolia neighborhood in Seattle, Washington and legally described in Exhibit A to Attachment 1.
Section 2. The caretaking and maintenance costs required by the terms of the Lease Agreement, authorized in Section 1 of this ordinance, shall be paid by the Department of Finance and Administrative Services on behalf of the City and charged to the appropriate allowance(s) in the budget of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services and shall either be passed through to or reimbursed equally by the Office of Housing and Seattle Parks and Recreation.
Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. 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 _________________________, 2021, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2021.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved / returned unsigned / vetoed this ________ day of ________________, 2021.
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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2021.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Fort Lawton Lease with Exhibits A-F