SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120349

• Record No: CB 120349
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120349
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 6/28/2022
• Ordinance No: Ord 126614
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; advancing certain objectives of the Treaty between the United States of America and Canada relating to the Skagit River and Ross Lake, and the Seven Mile Reservoir on the Pend Oreille River; authorizing the City Light Department to accept grant funds from the State of Washington Department of Commerce and execute the related agreement for and on behalf of The City of Seattle; authorizing the City Light Department to execute an agreement with the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission to convey the grant funds received from the State of Washington Department of Commerce and certain City Light funds in contribution towards the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission's payment for the mining company's surrender of mineral and related rights; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Sara Nelson
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A - SEEC Letter to SCL, 3. Summary Att B - High Ross Treaty, 4. Summary Att C - Donut Hole Map, 5. Summary Att D - BC Letter to Mayor Harrell & Council, 6. Presentation, 7. Signed Ordinance 126614, 8. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/5/2022	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
7/5/2022	1	Mayor	returned
7/5/2022	1	Mayor	Signed
6/30/2022	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
6/28/2022	1	City Council	passed	Pass
6/22/2022	1	Economic Development, Technology, and City Light Committee	pass	Pass
6/13/2022	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
6/8/2022	1	City Clerk	sent for review
6/8/2022	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; advancing certain objectives of the Treaty between the United States of America and Canada relating to the Skagit River and Ross Lake, and the Seven Mile Reservoir on the Pend Oreille River; authorizing the City Light Department to accept grant funds from the State of Washington Department of Commerce and execute the related agreement for and on behalf of The City of Seattle; authorizing the City Light Department to execute an agreement with the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission to convey the grant funds received from the State of Washington Department of Commerce and certain City Light funds in contribution towards the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission's payment for the mining company's surrender of mineral and related rights; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle, by and through its City Light Department ("City Light"), owns and operates a hydroelectric project on the Skagit River; and
WHEREAS, the Skagit River watershed spans a large area that crosses the international border between the United States and Canada; and
WHEREAS, the Skagit River is the largest river system draining into the Puget Sound and supports some of the most abundant and diverse populations of salmonids in the region; and
WHEREAS, the Treaty between the United States of America and Canada relating to the Skagit River and Ross Lake, and the Seven Mile Reservoir on the Pend Oreille River (the "1984 High Ross Treaty"), governs the relationship between the Province of British Columbia and The City of Seattle regarding certain operations of the Skagit Hydroelectric Project and has served as a model for transboundary collaboration for over 35 years; and
WHEREAS, the 1984 High Ross Treaty also established the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission to protect the environmental integrity of the transb...