SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118789

• Record No: CB 118789
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 118789
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 12/12/2016
• Ordinance No: Ord 125219
• Title: AN ORDINANCE vacating the remaining north 40 feet of the alley in Block 18, being the remaining portion of the alley in the block lying between East Cherry Street on the north and East Jefferson Street on the south, the alley being located approximately 140 feet west of 12th Avenue, on the petition of Seattle University (Clerk File 305367).
• Sponsors: Mike O'Brien
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A - Vacation Area Map, 3. Presentation, 4. Signed Ordinance 125219, 5. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/16/2016	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
12/16/2016	1	Mayor	returned
12/16/2016	1	Mayor	Signed
12/14/2016	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
12/12/2016	1	City Council	passed	Pass
12/6/2016	1	Sustainability and Transportation Committee	pass	Pass
9/6/2016	1	City Council	referred
8/12/2016	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/9/2016	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/9/2016	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE vacating the remaining north 40 feet of the alley in Block 18, being the remaining portion of the alley in the block lying between East Cherry Street on the north and East Jefferson Street on the south, the alley being located approximately 140 feet west of 12th Avenue, on the petition of Seattle University (Clerk File 305367).
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WHEREAS, in 1922, in Ordinance 43433, the City Council granted the vacation of the southern portion of the alley in Block 18, and a portion of East James Street on the petition of Seattle School District No. 1; and
WHEREAS, subsequently the City Council granted numerous vacations including portions of 10th Avenue, 11th Avenue, East James Street and various alleys which resulted in a large contiguous parcel bounded by East Cherry Street, 12th Avenue, East Jefferson Street, Broadway, and East James Way; and
WHEREAS, following these vacations, the north 40 feet of the alley in Block 18 are the remaining right-of-way in the consolidated parcel; and
WHEREAS, in 2003, Seattle University filed a petition under Clerk File 305367 to vacate the remaining north 40 feet of the alley in Block 18, described as the remaining portion of the alley in the block bounded by East Cherry Street, 12th Avenue, East James Street as vacated in City of Seattle Ordinance 43433, and 11th Avenue as vacated in City of Seattle Ordinance 112623, for the expansion of Seattle University's existing sports field ("Logan Sports Field"), and reorientation of access to the sports field block, additional landscaping and clearer entry; and
WHEREAS, Clerk File 305367 also included the vacation of the alley in Block A, the alley in the block bounded by 12th Avenue, East Cherry Street, 13th Avenue, and East James Court, for a student housing project with retail and below-grade parking; and
WHEREAS, following a September 5, 2003, public hearing on the petition, the Seattle City Counci...