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The City of Seattle
Ordinance
Council Bill
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An ordinance relating to City-owned real property known as Lake City Garage and Plaza; transferring jurisdiction and management authority from the Department of Finance and Administrative Services to Seattle Parks and Recreation for municipal purposes; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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In 1958, The City of Seattle acquired real property located at 12509 28th Avenue Northeast via a Statutory Warranty Deed for the purpose of establishing a park.
In 1963, the property was transferred from the Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) to Seattle Public Library (SPL) pursuant to Ordinance 92584 to build the original Lake City Library.
In 2004, the Fleets and Facilities Department, the predecessor department of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS), acquired a plaza and a subterranean garage located at 12509 28th Avenue Northeast pursuant to Ordinance 121471, which established the Lake City Civic Center.
Since 2004, FAS has managed the joint use of the garage and adjacent stairs and elevator serving the garage, in partnership with SPL, and assumed costs of maintenance and upkeep for those structures, while SPR has managed the plaza. SPL and FAS regularly used the garage for staff and customers until the garage was closed due to security concerns.
In 2025, the Office of Housing (OH) and SPR issued a joint Request for Proposals (RFP) for redevelopment of the former Lake City Community Center site located on SPR property immediately north of the plaza, which will consist of a mixed-use building with a community center to be operated by SPR on the bottom two floors and six floors of affordable rental housing above (the "Project").
In 2025, SPR reached out to FAS to express interest in transferring jurisdiction of the property (as legally described in Attachment 1 to this ordin...
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