SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119043

• Record No: CB 119043
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119043
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 8/7/2017
• Ordinance No: Ord 125386
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Project Partnership Agreement with the Seattle District United States Army Corps of Engineers for purposes of executing the Alki Coastal Erosion Control Project; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Debora Juarez
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary Att 1 - Coastal Storm Damage Reduction v2, 2. Summary Att 1 - Coastal Storm Damage Reduction v1, 3. Summary Att 2 - Project Management Plan, 4. Presentation, 5. Signed Ordinance 125386, 6. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/18/2017	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
8/18/2017	1	Mayor	returned
8/18/2017	1	Mayor	Signed
8/11/2017	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
8/7/2017	1	City Council	passed	Pass
8/3/2017	1	Parks, Seattle Center, Libraries, and Waterfront Committee	pass as amended	Pass
7/31/2017	1	City Council	referred
7/13/2017	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
7/11/2017	1	City Clerk	sent for review
7/11/2017	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Project Partnership Agreement with the Seattle District United States Army Corps of Engineers for purposes of executing the Alki Coastal Erosion Control Project; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) owns and maintains the Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook Park, located at 4503 Beach Drive SW; and
WHEREAS, the park contains a seawall built circa 1927, approximately 400 feet long, comprised of 10-foot-tall concrete slabs embedded in large concrete footings, and held in position by a series of recycled streetcar rails; and
WHEREAS, the existing seawall provides vital protection for a 54-inch diameter King County Metro sewer line, which is embedded about 2 feet behind the seawall, as well as Beach Drive SW and other City-owned infrastructure, from tidal and storm damage; and
WHEREAS, the existing seawall is badly deteriorated and in danger of collapse in the event of severe storm or tidal activity; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District, has partnered with DPR to design and implement a coastal storm damage reduction project under Section 103 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1962, as amended; and
WHEREAS, USACE has assessed the seawall's condition and proposed its replacement in its Alki Coastal Erosion Control Project Detailed Project Report/Environmental Assessment, which was approved by USACE's Northwestern Division on August 26, 2016; and
WHEREAS, USACE has projected a total cost of $2,841,000 to design and build a replacement seawall; and
WHEREAS, USACE now proposes a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with The City of Seattle that would entail a cost-sharing agreement of 65 percent federal (USACE), 35 percent non-federal sponsor (DPR) for implem...