CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; accepting statutory warranty deeds to the Swan property in King County, Washington, the Bettys Family Trust, Bettys Trust, Crossman, Farm and Fowl, LLC, Frol, James, Jones, Learned's Little Houses, LLC, Nelson, Trowbridge, and Weatherburn properties in Skagit County, Washington, and the Watkins et al. property in Snohomish County, Washington; accepting a quit claim deed to Skagit Land Trust properties in Skagit County, for salmonid habitat protection purposes; declaring certain real property rights surplus and no longer required for providing public utility service or other municipal purposes; ratifying the grants of Deeds of Right to the State of Washington on the Bettys Family Trust, Bettys Trust, Crossman, Frol, Jones, Nelson, and Watkins et al. properties for salmon recovery and conservation purposes; placing said lands under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 121114 authorized the Superintendent of Seattle City Light, within and subject to appropriation authority and based on appraised market value, to negotiate for and purchase parcels of land in the Skagit River and the Tolt/Snoqualmie River watersheds in furtherance of the City's Early Action Program, which was approved by Resolution 29905; and
WHEREAS, under authority of Ordinance 121114, the City Light Department ("City Light") acquired the properties in the Bettys Family Trust, Bettys Trust, Crossman, Farm and Fowl, LLC, Frol, James, Jones, Learned, Nelson, Skagit Land Trust, Trowbridge, and Weatherburn properties in the Skagit River watershed and the Swan property in the Tolt watershed; and
WHEREAS, RCW 35.94.040 requires a public hearing before lands and real property interests originally purchased by a city for utility purposes can be conveyed; and
WHEREAS, City Light's purchase of ...
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