Record No: Res 31980    Version: 1 Council Bill No:
Type: Resolution (Res) Status: Adopted
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 12/7/2020
Ordinance No:
Title: A RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to construct, install, maintain, and operate below-grade private utility lines under and across Roy Street, west of 8th Avenue N; Dexter Avenue N, north of Mercer Street; Roy Street, west of Dexter Avenue N; and the alley north of Mercer Street, west of Dexter Avenue N, south of Roy Street, and east of Aurora Avenue N, as proposed by McKinstry Company LLC.
Sponsors: Alex Pedersen
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A - ARE District Energy Area Map, 3. Central Staff Memo, 4. Presentation, 5. Signed Resolution 31980, 6. Affidavit of Publication
CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to construct, install, maintain, and operate below-grade private utility lines under and across Roy Street, west of 8th Avenue N; Dexter Avenue N, north of Mercer Street; Roy Street, west of Dexter Avenue N; and the alley north of Mercer Street, west of Dexter Avenue N, south of Roy Street, and east of Aurora Avenue N, as proposed by McKinstry Company LLC.
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WHEREAS, McKinstry Company LLC applied for permission to construct below-grade private utility lines between the buildings located at 601 Dexter Avenue N, 701 Dexter Avenue N, and 800 Mercer Street in the South Lake Union neighborhood ("ARE District Energy"); and
WHEREAS, the purpose of ARE District Energy is to extract waste heat from municipal wastewater and distribute it between the buildings located at 601 Dexter Avenue N, 701 Dexter Avenue N, and 800 Mercer Street, reducing energy usage and carbon emissions that would otherwise be lost; and
WHEREAS, in making a recommendation, the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation ("Director") considered the plans and application materials submitted by McKinstry Company LLC to construct, install, maintain, and operate ARE District Energy and recommends that conceptual approval be granted; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:
Section 1. The City Council finds that the below-grade private utility lines under and across Roy Street, west of 8th Avenue N; Dexter Avenue N, north of Mercer Street; Roy Street, west of Dexter Avenue N; and the alley north of Mercer Street, west of Dexter Avenue N, south of Roy Street, and east of Aurora Avenue N ("ARE District Energy") as proposed by McKinstry Company LLC are in accordance with and in the public interest.
Section 2. As conditions for obtaining permission to construct, install, maintain, and operate ARE District Energy, McKinstry Company ...

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