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 Finance and Administrative Services or the Director’s designee to grant limited property and access rights to the State of Washington over and under a portion of real property known as Fire Station 22; and accepting payment of the mutually agreed upon value of the property and access rights sold; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle (City) under Ordinance 125398 authorized the exchange of easements with the State of Washington (State) under and over a portion of real property known as Fire Station 22 (FS 22) including a partial subterranean easement of approximately 4,015 square feet at the south end of the City’s property for which the State paid the City $12,300 to allow for installation of tiebacks to support a temporary shoring wall during construction and a permanent retaining wall; and
WHEREAS, the State’s updated 2022 design for the shoring wall and retaining wall on State right-of-way will need tieback anchors to extend further under the Fire Station 22 property than is authorized under the existing partial subterranean easement; and
WHEREAS, the State has provided a replacement subterranean easement that extends under the full site for an additional area of 10,775 square feet and will pay the City $105,000 for those expanded property rights; and
WHEREAS, the State also has a need for a temporary access easement for approximately 826 square feet at the southeast corner of FS 22 during construction that will run through December 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the $105,000 for the expanded property rights, the easement obligates the State to pay the City $3,400 for those temporary access rights and $2,180 for associated landscape mitigation; and
WHEREAS, the State has determined that it also needs limited access rights across FS 22 property to the highway structure to complete its 2017 Limited Access Plan for the SR 520/Roanoke Park area; and
WHEREAS, the State will pay the City the minimum payment of $500 for those non-possessory access-only rights; and
WHEREAS, the State has agreed to pay the City the total mutually agreed upon value of $111,080 in exchange for the additional easement and access rights described above, which will be deposited in the Finance and Administrative Services Fund (50300); and
WHEREAS, the State and the City have together been monitoring recent construction activities on site since 2021 and together reviewed the updated tie-back and retaining wall designs in 2022 and find there appears to be no conflict with the existing foundations for FS 22; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Director of Finance and Administrative Services or the Director’s designee (“Director”) is authorized to grant to the State of Washington, acting by and through its Department of Transportation, a subterranean and temporary access easement substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment A and a quitclaim deed for access rights substantially in the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment B, and associated transactional documents, for lands situated in King County, State of Washington and that are generally described as Lot 1 and a portion of Lot 2, Block 3, Miller’s Second Addition to Seattle, Volume 10 of Plats, page 70.
Section 2. The Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services or the Director’s designee (“Director”) is authorized to accept payment of $111,080 for the sale of limited City property rights and access rights and to deposit the payment into the Finance and Administrative Services Fund (50300).
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 ________________________, 2023, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this ________ day of _________________________, 2023.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved / returned unsigned / vetoed this _____ day of _________________, 2023.
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2023.
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________________________, City Clerk
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Attachments:
Attachment A - Subterranean and Temporary Access Easement
Attachment B - Quitclaim Deed (Access Rights Only)