CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the Mayor and the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute a memorandum of agreement between The City of Seattle, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, and the National Park Service for the transfer and curation of certain precontact archeological artifacts recovered during the 2013 Newhalem Gorge Inn Restoration Project; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, certain historic and precontact archaeological artifacts were recovered from the excavation for the Gorge Inn Restoration Project in Newhalem, Washington at the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project site (the "Collection"); and
WHEREAS, the Collection is currently housed at the North Cascades National Park Complex Curation Facility, in Marblemount, Washington; and
WHEREAS, the City Light Department ("City Light") wishes to transfer all of its ownership interest and control of the precontact assemblage of the Collection to the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe ("USIT") related to USIT history, while retaining the historic assemblage related to Seattle history; and
WHEREAS, USIT is desirous of obtaining ownership of the precontact assemblage of the Collection because it holds historic and cultural significance for USIT related to its ancestral winter house, daw?ylib.; and
WHEREAS, the Parties recognize the mutual benefits to be derived by having the Collection continue to be managed, housed, and maintained in the NOCA Curation Facility to ensure preservation and protection of the items consistent with federal law and USIT's Cultural Resources Program to preserve and protect the USIT's ancestral heritage; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Mayor and the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light are each authorized to execute, for and on behalf of The City of S...
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