CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Monorail, authorizing the Director of the Seattle Center Department to execute a second amendment to the easement agreement with Westlake Center, LLC previously authorized by Ordinance 113272; providing additional easement area for improvement and expansion of the Monorail station platform; granting rights to install and maintain ticket kiosks and commercial and informational signage; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 113272 authorized execution of the 1987 Monorail Operating and Easement Agreement ("Original Easement") by and between Westlake Center Associates Limited Partnership and The City of Seattle; and
WHEREAS, Westlake Center, LLC is the current owner of the Westlake Center as the successor to Westlake Center Associates Limited Partnership; and
WHEREAS, in September 2014, the parties executed the First Addendum to the Original Easement for the purpose of relocating certain non-exclusive accessways to the monorail platform; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 125942 approved a letter of agreement between Seattle Monorail Services, LLC and the Seattle Center Department, authorizing the Seattle Center Director to negotiate and execute an amendment to the Monorail Concession Agreement previously authorized by Ordinance 124674; and
WHEREAS, the letter of agreement included, among other terms, the terms and conditions related to implementation of One Regional Card for All (ORCA) smartcard as a form of fare payment on the Monorail System, conditioned upon the concessionaire making privately funded improvements to the Westlake Station; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Center Director executed the Amended and Restated Monorail System Concession Agreement by and between Seattle Monorail Services, LLC and The City of Seattle as authorized by Ordinance 125942; and
WHEREAS, the amended concession agreement contemplates certain i...
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