CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the execution of an indefeasible right of use fiber sharing agreement with Ziply Fiber Pacific, LLC for an effective period of up to two 15-year terms.
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WHEREAS, the City Light Department (“Department”) transmits critical electrical system operating information along a fiber network it owns extending from its Skagit generating facility to its Bothell substation (“Skagit Line”); and
WHEREAS, the Department seeks to improve the reliability of its Skagit Line by accessing a redundant pathway available to the Department at all times, but most importantly, in the event the Skagit Line is damaged or otherwise fails; and
WHEREAS, Ziply Fiber Pacific, LLC (“Ziply”) owns a fiber network extending from Marblemount, Washington to the Department’s Bothell switchyard (“Ziply Line”) which the Department has determined could be used as a redundant network to the Skagit Line; and
WHEREAS, accessing the Ziply Line as a redundant network to the Skagit Line is best achieved by an agreement between the Department and Ziply that requires granting access of the lines they each own and maintain to the other party for up to two 15-year terms; and
WHEREAS, Ziply and the Department will each be required to undertake certain modifications to their networks to enable them to be accessed by the other party and both parties are willing to undertake this work as part of the agreement. The cost to the Department to undertake these modifications is not expected to require additional budget authority; and
WHEREAS, the sharing of fiber pathways, as contemplated under this agreement, will not compromise the Department’s security as there will be no interconnection between the two systems. Fiber strands carrying information will be exclusively dedicated to Ziply or the Department and will terminate in devices owned and independently maintained by each party; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Seattle City Light Department (“Department”) is authorized to execute an indefeasible right of use fiber sharing agreement with Ziply Fiber Pacific, LLC (“Ziply”) substantially conforming to Attachment A to this ordinance where the Department and Ziply each provide the other with access to their fiber networks located between the Department’s Bothell switchyard and the intersection of Ziply’s and the Department’s fiber pathways located in Marblemount, Washington for a period of up to two 15-year terms.
Section 2. 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
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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)
Attachments:
Attachment A - Indefeasible Right of Use Agreement Between Ziply Fiber Pacific, LLC and Seattle City Light