CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; authorizing the Director of Finance and Administrative Services, on behalf of the City, to negotiate and execute real property lease agreements and amendments to existing lease agreements with the U.S. General Services Administration, for warehouse space in the Federal Center South Complex located at 4735 East Marginal Way South; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, since 2006 The City of Seattle ("the City") has leased space in the Federal Center South Complex ("the Federal Complex") from the U.S. General Services Administration ("GSA") for the Seattle Police Department's secure storage of supplies, evidence, and vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the amount of warehouse space the Seattle Police Department needs cannot be accommodated within City-owned buildings now or for the foreseeable future; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Police Department and the Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS) anticipate a continuing need for the leased warehouse space; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 122490 authorized FAS's predecessor, the Fleets and Facilities Department, to combine and extend two separate leases at the Federal Complex, and the City has continued to use and occupy the space under lease amendments authorized by Ordinance 123400 and Ordinance 124124, with the most recent extension expiring on March 31, 2016; and
WHEREAS, additionally, the City leases space in the Federal Complex under a lease which did not require approval by ordinance and which also expired March 31, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the total space in the Federal Complex leased by the City is approximately 22,359 square feet of secure warehouse space; and
WHEREAS, the City and GSA mutually desire to extend the existing leases through amendments retroactively effective April 1, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the Director of FAS's authority un...
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