CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE granting Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center permission to continue maintaining and operating an existing skybridge over and across Eastlake Avenue East, north of Aloha Street; repealing Section 8 of Ordinance 124240; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 124240, The City of Seattle granted permission to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to construct, maintain, and operate a skybridge over and across Eastlake Avenue East, north of Aloha Street, for a ten-year term, renewable for two successive ten-year terms; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of Ordinance 124240, The City of Seattle has established a practice for limiting the length of the permit to one 15-year term, renewable for one successive 15-year term, or 20-year term if the initial term was for a 10-year term; and
WHEREAS, reflective of this change Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center submitted an application to the Director of Transportation to renew the permission granted by Ordinance 124240 for a 20-year term; and
WHEREAS, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center merged with Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and the new entity is Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center; and
WHEREAS, the permission authorized by Ordinance 124240 was due for renewal on September 2, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the skybridge provides an above-grade connection for staff and employees between the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Weintraub Building and the 1100 Eastlake Avenue East Building; and
WHEREAS, the obligations of Ordinance 124240 remain in effect after the ordinance term expires until the encroachment is removed, or Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is relieved of the obligations by the Seattle Department of Transportation Director, or the Seattle City Council passes a new ordinance to renew the permission granted; and
WHEREAS, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center continues to be obligated by the public benefit mitig...
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