SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120611

• Record No: CB 120611
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120611
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 8/8/2023
• Ordinance No: Ord 126879
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring property at 8817 Seward Park Avenue S, commonly known as the Former Henderson St Pumping Plant, as surplus to the City's needs; authorizing the sale of this real property as a direct sale to Seattle Public Schools; authorizing the General Manager and CEO of Seattle Public Utilities to execute all documents for the sale of the property; designating the proceeds from the sale; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Alex Pedersen
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att 1 - Former Henderson St Pumping Plant Site Map, 3. Summary Att 2 - Final Recommendation Report on the SPU Former Henderson Pump Station, 4. Presentation, 5. Signed Ordinance 126879, 6. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/14/2023	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
8/14/2023	1	Mayor	returned
8/14/2023	1	Mayor	Signed
8/10/2023	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
8/8/2023	1	City Council	passed	Pass
7/18/2023	1	Transportation and Seattle Public Utilities	pass	Pass
7/11/2023	1	City Council	referred
6/8/2023	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
6/7/2023	1	City Clerk	sent for review
6/7/2023	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring property at 8817 Seward Park Avenue S, commonly known as the Former Henderson St Pumping Plant, as surplus to the City's needs; authorizing the sale of this real property as a direct sale to Seattle Public Schools; authorizing the General Manager and CEO of Seattle Public Utilities to execute all documents for the sale of the property; designating the proceeds from the sale; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities' (SPU) Drainage and Wastewater Utility owns a 10,000 square-foot parcel of real property currently described as King County Parcel Number 352404-9192 at 8817 Seward Park Avenue S (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 39385, adopted in 1919, authorized the City of Seattle to condemn and acquire the Property for public purposes; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 64831, adopted in 1934, allocated funding for the Property; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 66113, adopted in 1936, placed the Property under the jurisdiction and control of the Board of Park Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, The City of Seattle constructed the Henderson Street Pumping Station on the Property, as part of the Henderson Street Trunk Project, which was completed in 1937; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 91457, adopted in 1962, transferred jurisdiction of the Property from the Park Department to the Sewer Utilities; and
WHEREAS, the Henderson Street Pumping Station was decommissioned and deconstructed in the 1970s, as King County took over the responsibility for the drainage and wastewater function and replaced the infrastructure in a different location; and
WHEREAS, the only remaining infrastructure owned by SPU on the Property is a maintenance hole; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Public Schools (SPS) approached SPU in December 2021 to purchase this parcel as part of the multi-year project to rebuild Rainier Beach High School; and...