Record No: CB 119191    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 119191
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 3/19/2018
Ordinance No: Ord 125546
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; declaring the 20-foot wide properties in the plat of Little's 85th St. Addition, and adjacent to 8515 and 8521 Latona Ave NE, and adjacent to 8520 and 8526 2nd Ave NE, as surplus to the City's needs; authorizing the sale of said properties to the owners of the adjoining properties; authorizing the Director of Finance and Administrative Services to execute all documents for the sale and transfer of the properties; and directing how proceeds from the sale shall be distributed.
Sponsors: Sally Bagshaw
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A - Map of Four 20-foot-wide Excess Properties, 3. Four parcels 0207201final.pdf, 4. Signed Ordinance 125546, 5. Affidavit of Publication
CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; declaring the 20-foot wide properties in the plat of Little's 85th St. Addition, and adjacent to 8515 and 8521 Latona Ave NE, and adjacent to 8520 and 8526 2nd Ave NE, as surplus to the City's needs; authorizing the sale of said properties to the owners of the adjoining properties; authorizing the Director of Finance and Administrative Services to execute all documents for the sale and transfer of the properties; and directing how proceeds from the sale shall be distributed.
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WHEREAS, in May 1951, The City of Seattle (City) by Ordinance 79952 abandoned and disclaimed any title or interest in certain 20-foot wide properties located in Blocks 1 and 2 of Little's 85th Addition, as recorded in King County, Washington; and
WHEREAS, in May 1959, the properties were acquired by the City to satisfy a Local Improvement District tax assessment; and
WHEREAS, other portions of the 20-foot wide properties were sold to adjacent property owners between 1960 and 1962; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS) has determined that the properties do not serve an essential City function; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 31770, the City adopted amended Procedures for the Evaluation of the Reuse and Disposal of the City's Real Property, which established a uniform evaluation process for the reuse or disposal of real property the City owns in fee simple; and
WHEREAS, each of the properties being transferred being less than 2,000 square feet in size, all are exempt from the public notification requirements of Resolution 31770; and
WHEREAS, the City has received fair value offers from each of the owners of the adjoining properties:
Benjamin Berman, owner of 8520 2nd Ave NE;
Elizabeth and Martyn Ellis, owners of 8526 2nd Ave NE;
Shannon Adams and Joshua Yockey, owners of 8515 Laton...

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