SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120472

• Record No: CB 120472
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120472
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 12/13/2022
• Ordinance No: Ord 126734
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights relating to sewer and storm drain easements within Seattle as being surplus to City utility needs; authorizing the General Manager/CEO of Seattle Public Utilities to relinquish such easement rights; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Alex Pedersen
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Presentation, 3. Signed Ordinance 126734, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/15/2022	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
12/15/2022	1	Mayor	returned
12/15/2022	1	Mayor	Signed
12/15/2022	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
12/13/2022	1	City Council	passed	Pass
12/6/2022	1	Transportation and Seattle Public Utilities	pass	Pass
11/29/2022	1	City Council	referred
11/9/2022	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
11/2/2022	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council
11/2/2022	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights relating to sewer and storm drain easements within Seattle as being surplus to City utility needs; authorizing the General Manager/CEO of Seattle Public Utilities to relinquish such easement rights; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, certain property improvements were built or are planned to be built by various property owners and customers of Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) within easements originally granted to The City of Seattle ("City") for drainage and wastewater purposes; and
WHEREAS, easements are required from customers to allow for the installation, maintenance, and operation of replacement or affected existing sanitary sewers and storm drain facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that certain existing drainage and wastewater facility easements are surplus to the City's needs; and
WHEREAS, SPU has determined the interests of the City, SPU, and SPU's customers are best served by relinquishing the existing sewer and storm drain easements; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 35.94.040, and after public hearing, certain existing easements to construct, maintain, and operate sewer and storm drain utilities in Seattle, as set forth and legally described in Attachment 1 to this ordinance, are declared no longer required for municipal utility purposes and are surplus to The City of Seattle's (the "City") utility needs.
Section 2. The General Manager/CEO of Seattle Public Utilities, or the General Manager/CEO's designee, is authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, ten documents entitled Relinquishment of Easement, releasing the easement property rights generally described below and legally described in Attachment 1 to this ordinance.
A. The sanitary sewer eas...