CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE granting King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division permission to construct, maintain, and operate a transformer and retaining wall at 63rd Avenue Southwest, intersecting with Beach Drive Southwest and Southwest Spokane Street, for an unlimited term; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.
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WHEREAS, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division applied for permission to construct, operate, and maintain a transformer and retaining wall in 63rd Avenue Southwest, intersecting with Beach Drive Southwest and Southwest Spokane Street, in the West Seattle neighborhood ("Transformer"); and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Transformer is to support the construction of a high-capacity generator to ensure consistent power for the Alki Wet Weather Treatment Facility and the 63rd Avenue Pump Station in the event of a power outage, preventing a cease in operations resulting in raw wastewater overflow; and
WHEREAS, the obligations of the ordinance remain in effect after the ordinance term expires until the encroachment is removed, or King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division 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, the Seattle City Council adopted Resolution 32079 on February 14, 2023, conceptually approving the Transformer, and the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division has met the obligations described in this resolution; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of this ordinance is the culmination of the approval process for the Transformer to legally occupy a portion of the public right-of-way, and the a...
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