SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118926

• Record No: CB 118926
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 118926
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 3/20/2017
• Ordinance No: Ord 125281
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to enter into a reciprocal easement agreement with Mercy North and Mercy South affecting portions of Park property at Magnuson Park and adjacent property, authorizing acceptance of reimbursed City-incurred costs related to the easement agreement; superseding the requirements of Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42, for the purposes of this ordinance; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Tim Burgess, Debora Juarez
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A – Map of Easements, 3. Presentation, 4. Signed Ord_125281, 5. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/31/2017	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
3/31/2017	1	Mayor	Signed
3/31/2017	1	Mayor	returned
3/23/2017	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
3/20/2017	1	City Council	passed	Pass
3/15/2017	1	Affordable Housing, Neighborhoods, and Finance Committee	pass	Pass
3/6/2017	1	City Council	referred
3/2/2017	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
2/28/2017	1	City Clerk	sent for review
2/27/2017	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to enter into a reciprocal easement agreement with Mercy North and Mercy South affecting portions of Park property at Magnuson Park and adjacent property, authorizing acceptance of reimbursed City-incurred costs related to the easement agreement; superseding the requirements of Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42, for the purposes of this ordinance; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, MHNW 14 Building 9 North LP ("Mercy North") and MHNW 13 Building 9 South LP ("Mercy South") (collectively "Mercy"), will become the owners of certain property, the address of which is 7101 62nd Avenue NE ("Mercy Property"), upon the closing of a purchase and sale agreement with the Washington State Department of Commerce and various financings, currently scheduled for May 2017, and which will be redeveloped into a mixed use housing project for low income workforce housing ("Building 9 Project"); and
WHEREAS, The City of Seattle, acting through its Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), is the owner of certain property north of and adjacent to the Mercy Property, the address of which is 7400 Sand Point Way NE ("Parks and Recreation Property"); and
WHEREAS, additional fire emergency access is required for approval of the Building 9 Project permit; and
WHEREAS, Mercy is unable to provide the required additional fire emergency access on the Mercy Property, given Seattle Building Code requirements and existing topographical challenges and desires an easement across the Parks and Recreation Property for fire emergency access only; and
WHEREAS, DPR wishes to activate additional parking spaces on the Parks and Recreation Property and can do so in conjunction with the granting of a reciprocal easement across portions of the adjacent Mercy Property; and...