SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118648

• Record No: CB 118648
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 118648
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 3/28/2016
• Ordinance No: Ord 125018
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; accepting a ten-year franchise authorizing limited use of the public road rights-of-way in Snohomish County, Washington by Seattle City Light to construct, maintain, operate, replace, and repair electric power system facilities.
• Sponsors: Kshama Sawant
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Ord_125018.pdf

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/1/2016	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
4/1/2016	1	Mayor	returned
4/1/2016	1	Mayor	Signed
3/29/2016	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
3/28/2016	1	City Council	passed	Pass
3/22/2016	1	Energy and Environment Committee	pass	Pass
3/21/2016	1	City Council	referred
3/3/2016	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
3/1/2016	1	City Clerk	sent for review
3/1/2016	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; accepting a ten-year franchise authorizing limited use of the public road rights-of-way in Snohomish County, Washington by Seattle City Light to construct, maintain, operate, replace, and repair electric power system facilities.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle, Seattle City Light Department ("City Light") owns overhead transmission and protective relay facilities and equipment systems, constructed, located, operated and maintained within fee-owned property and easements held by City of Seattle that, within certain locations, cross the Public Rights-of-Way in Snohomish County; and
WHEREAS, in 1938, The City of Seattle was granted a fifty year franchise by Snohomish County for City Light's transmission corridor and facilities within Snohomish County's Public Rights-of-Way; and
WHEREAS, City Light has applied to Snohomish County, Washington, for a nonexclusive franchise to construct, maintain, operate, replace and repair electric power transmission facilities system in, on, across, over, along, under, or through Public Rights-of-Way within unincorporated Snohomish County; and
WHEREAS, representatives of City Light and Snohomish County have been meeting on a regular basis to come to agreement on the terms of a new long-term franchise; and
WHEREAS, the terms of such a long-term franchise have been agreed upon and are acceptable to both The City of Seattle and Snohomish County; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City of Seattle hereby approves a franchise for the operation of an electric light and power system by the City Light Department within the public rights-of-way in Snohomish County substantially in the form of Ordinance No. 15-085 of Snohomish County, a copy of which is attached to this ordinance as Attachment 1. The General Manager and Chief Executive Office...