CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; declaring certain real property rights surplus to utility needs; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer to execute an agreement for the City to grant an easement for parking and access purposes over a portion of the City’s fee-owned Bothell-Canal Transmission Corridor at 17524 Aurora Avenue North in the City of Shoreline, Washington; accepting payment for the true and full value of the easement from GCW Shoreline, LLC, and WG @ Shoreline, LLC; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle owns by recorded deed a certain parcel of land in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 26 North, Range 4 East, W.M., King County Tax Parcel Number 072604-9050, being a portion of the Bothell-Canal Transmission Corridor in the City of Shoreline, King County, Washington; and
WHEREAS, GCW Shoreline, LLC (“GCW”) and WG @ Shoreline, LLC ("WG Shoreline") own certain real property adjacent to the City-owned transmission corridor that is leased to the Walgreen Company for use as a pharmacy and retail store; and
WHEREAS, GCW and WG Shoreline have requested that the City grant a permanent easement over a portion of the City-owned transmission corridor for parking and access purposes related to use of the GCW and WG Shoreline property; and
WHEREAS, City Light has determined that the easement grant requested by GCW and WG Shoreline is an acceptable use of the transmission corridor in accordance with City Light’s real property use standards, will not interfere with City Light operations, and is excess to City utility needs; and
WHEREAS, GCW and WG Shoreline will pay The City of Seattle the fair market value for the requested easement, as determined by independent appraisal, in the amount of $525,000; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of R.C.W. 35.94.040 and after public hearing, certain real property rights (the “Easement Area”) acquired for an electrical transmission corridor are no longer needed exclusively for the City of Seattle's utility purposes, over, through, and upon the following described property, and are declared surplus to City needs:
The Easement Area:
That portion of the City of Seattle’s transmission right-of-way lying within the following described parcel, all within the Northeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 26 North, Range 4 East, W.M.:
Beginning at a point on the North line of the South 110 feet of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 7; thence North 89˚03’50” West a distance of 31.46 feet to the east line of Aurora Avenue North, said point being 45.00 feet from the centerline of said Aurora Avenue North and the point of beginning of this parcel description; thence North 2˚42’47” West a distance of 326.31 feet along the East line of said Aurora Avenue North; thence North 87˚17’13” East a distance of 215.22 feet to the Easterly line of said City of Seattle’s transmission right-of-way; thence South 12˚19’06” East a distance of 41.58 feet along said Easterly line of said City of Seattle’s transmission right-of-way; thence South 87˚17’13” West a distance of 25.34 feet; thence South 12˚03’00” East a distance of 179.79 feet; thence North 87˚17’25” East a distance of 25.34 feet to said Easterly line of said City of Seattle’s transmission right-of-way; thence South 12˚03’00” East a distance of 44.08 feet along said Easterly line of said City of Seattle’s transmission right-of-way; thence South 87˚17’25” West a distance of 131.75 feet; thence South 12˚03’00” East a distance of 60.35 feet; thence South 77˚57’00” West a distance of 60 feet; thence North 89˚03’50” West a distance of 108.23 feet to the point of beginning of this parcel description.
Section 2. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department, or his designee, is authorized to execute for and on behalf of the City of Seattle, an easement agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment 1.
Section 3. Seattle City Light is authorized to accept payment for the easement from GCW Shoreline, LLC, and WG @ Shoreline, LLC, in the amount of $525,000 and to deposit the proceeds in the City Light Fund.
Section 4. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ____ day of ________________________, 2015, and
signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this
_____ day of ___________________, 2015.
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President __________of the City Council
Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2015.
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Edward B. Murray, Mayor
Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2015.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachment 1: Easement Agreement