SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 121026

• Record No: CB 121026
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 121026
• Type: Council Bill (CB)
• Status: In Committee
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Transportation Committee
• Title: AN ORDINANCE vacating the alley in Block 14 Jos C. Kinnear's Addition to the City of Seattle in the North Rainier Hub Urban Village neighborhood, and accepting a Property Use and Development Agreement, on the petition of Grand Street Commons LLC, now Grand Street Commons MBH LLLP (Clerk File 314459).
• Sponsors: Rob Saka
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A – Area Map, 3. Central Staff Memo, 4. Presentation
• Related files: Inf 1945, CF 314459

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/8/2025	1	City Council	referred
6/30/2025	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
6/25/2025	1	City Clerk	sent for review
6/25/2025	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

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AN ORDINANCE vacating the alley in Block 14 Jos C. Kinnear’s Addition to the City of Seattle in the North Rainier Hub Urban Village neighborhood, and accepting a Property Use and Development Agreement, on the petition of Grand Street Commons LLC, now Grand Street Commons MBH LLLP (Clerk File 314459).

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WHEREAS, Grand Street Commons LLC, now Grand Street Commons MBH LLLP, filed a petition under Clerk File 314459 to vacate the Alley in Block 14 Jos C Kinnear’s Addition to the City of Seattle being the alley in the block bounded by South Grand Street, 23^rd Avenue South, South Holgate Street, and 22^nd Avenue South; and

WHEREAS, following a November 8, 2021, public hearing on the petition, the Seattle City Council (“City Council”) conditionally granted the petition on November 15, 2021; and

WHEREAS, a Property Use and Development Agreement recorded on June 16, 2025, with the King County Recorder’s Office under Recording No. 20250616000715 commits the Petitioner and their successors to fulfill on going public-benefit obligations required as part of the vacation; and

WHEREAS, Seattle Municipal Code subsection 15.62.090.C exempts projects that receives public funding for affordable housing with rent restrictions consistent with Ordinance 125308 and subsequently amended, from paying the vacation fee; and

WHEREAS, the Petitioner is required to seek public space amenity permits to readily identify long term maintenance obligations of the required public benefits; and

WHEREAS, the Petitioner has met all conditions imposed by the City Council in connection with the vacation petition; and

WHEREAS, vacating the alley in Block 14 Jos C Kinnear’s Addition to the City of Seattle being the alley in the block bounded by South Grand Street, 23^rd Avenue South, South Holgate Street, and 22^nd Avenue South; is in the public interest; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The alley in Block 14 Jos C Kinnear’s Addition to the City of Seattle being the alley in the block bounded by South Grand Street, 23^rd Avenue South, South Holgate Street, and 22^nd Avenue South, is vacated:

The certain alleyway, being 16 feet in width, created by Plat, between South Grand Street and South Holgate Street and lying between Lots 1, 2, and 3, and Lots 4, 5, and 6, Block 14, Jos C. Kinnear’s Addition to the City of Seattle according to the Plat thereof, recorded in Volume 1 of Plats, Page 123, records of King County, Washington.

Section 2. The Property Use and Development Agreement, King County Recording No. 20250616000715, attached as Exhibit 1 to this ordinance, is accepted.

Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Sections 1.04.020 and 1.04.070.

Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2025, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2025.

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President ____________ of the City Council

       Approved /       returned unsigned /       vetoed this _____ day of _________________, 2025.

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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor

Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2025.

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Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk

(Seal)

Exhibits:

Exhibit 1 - Property Use and Development Agreement