CITY OF SEATTLE
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A RESOLUTION setting the public hearing on the petition of Seattle City Light for the vacation of a portion of Diagonal Way South, west of 4th Avenue South in the Greater Duwamish Manufacturing/Industrial Center of Seattle, according to Chapter 35.79 of the Revised Code of Washington, Chapter 15.62 of the Seattle Municipal Code, and Clerk File 314451.
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WHEREAS, Seattle City Light has filed a petition with the City Council to vacate public property; and
WHEREAS, the petition is signed by the owner of more than two-thirds of the property abutting on the subject area; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAT:
Section 1. A hearing by the Seattle City Council for the petition to vacate a portion of Diagonal Way South, west of 4th Avenue South has been scheduled to take place during the Council’s Transportation & Utilities Committee meeting on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, starting at 9:30 a.m., in the City Council Chambers, Floor 2, City Hall. The Transportation & Utilities Committee of the City Council will consider the petition when Clerk File 314451 is before the committee according to the Committee’s agenda. Due to the COVID-19 civil emergency declared by The City of Seattle and the State of Washington, persons who wish to participate in or attend the hearing may do so remotely. The City will provide instructions in the meeting agenda on how to participate remotely.
The City Clerk is directed to give the notice of the hearing in the manner provided by law. A map, indicating the property described in the petition, shall be affixed to and become part of the notice that shall be posted by the street vacation petitioner in a conspicuous place on the right-of-way sought to be vacated.
Section 2. The hearing will provide opportunity for comments on the vacation of a portion of Diagonal Way South, west of 4th Avenue South, described as:
Commencing at the most southwesterly corner of that portion of Diagonal Avenue South vacated under by City of Seattle Ordinance Number 112889, under King County Recording Number 86070I 0965, and amended by City of Seattle Ordinance 113226, under King County Recording Number 8701070967, said point of commencement also being the angle point at the intersection of the westerly and northwesterly lines of Lot 2 of the plat of Fourth and Duwamish Investment Park, recorded under King County Recording Number 8307280903; thence north 01°09'28" east along the west line of said vacated Diagonal Avenue South 59.69 feet to a point at the northwesterly corner of the southeasterly portion of said vacated Diagonal Avenue South and true point of beginning;
Thence north 43°14'20" east along the northwesterly line of the southeasterly portion of said vacated Diagonal Avenue South 355.61 feet to a point that bears north 46°45'40" west and is 40.00 feet distant from a point on the southeasterly margin of Diagonal Avenue South and 38.41 feet northeasterly of the southwest comer of Lot 4, Block 304, of the unrecorded plat of Seattle Tide Lands, said point also being an angle point in said vacated Diagonal Avenue South; thence north 46°45'40" west 40.00 feet to the southeasterly line of the northwesterly portion of said vacated Diagonal Avenue South; thence north 43°14'20" west along said southeasterly line 311.31 feet to the southwesterly corner of the northwesterly portion of said vacated Diagonal Avenue South; thence south 01°09'28" west 59.69 feet to the true point of beginning. Vacation contains 13,337.8 square feet, more or less.
Or, in the alternative, to vacate any portion of this right-of-way as described above, reserving to The City of Seattle all necessary slope rights including cuts or fills on the above-described former right-of-way abutting on the property after the vacation, and further reserving to The City of Seattle the right to reconstruct, maintain, and operate any existing overhead or underground utilities in the property until the beneficiaries of the vacation arrange with the owners for their removal.
Adopted by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2021, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this ________ day of _________________________, 2021.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2021.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
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