CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the General Manager/CEO of Seattle Public Utilities to accept a non-exclusive easement within the Shilshole Bay Waterway, previously known as the Salmon Bay Waterway of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources for a City-owned sanitary sewer line; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities ("SPU") owns a sanitary sewer line ( the "Original Sewer Line") that crosses under the Shilshole Bay Waterway, which is owned by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources ("DNR"); and
WHEREAS, in 2017 SPU discovered that the Original Sewer Line was damaged due to age and deterioration, and in need of immediate replacement; and
WHEREAS, following discovery of the damage, SPU removed the Original Sewer Line from service and decommissioned it in place; and
WHEREAS, DNR gave SPU permission for the installation of a new combined storm and sewage force main (the "New Sewer Line"), which crosses under and through the Shilshole Bay Waterway in a different location than the Original Sewer Line, on an emergency basis; and
WHEREAS, the Original Sewer Line easement granted by DNR and accepted by Ordinance 93655 does not include the location of the New Sewer Line, and therefore the City needed to acquire a new easement; and
WHEREAS, the State of Washington, acting through DNR, agreed to grant an easement for the New Sewer Line to the City; and
WHEREAS, SPU continues to be responsible for the Original Sewer Line, and thus the Original Sewer Line easement remains in full force and effect; and
WHEREAS, SPU deems it advisable and in the best interests of the City, SPU, and its customers to acquire the new easement attached to this ordinance; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The General Manager/C...
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