CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights to be surplus to the needs of Seattle Public Utilities; and authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities to grant a subsurface utility easement and temporary construction easement to King County for the purpose of installing, constructing, owning, operating, maintaining, and repairing a trunk sewer line crossing The City of Seattle’s East Side Supply Line right-of-way.
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WHEREAS, King County provides regional wastewater transmission, treatment, and disposal services in King County and in portions of Snohomish and Pierce Counties; and
WHEREAS, the wastewater and/or reclaimed water needs to be conveyed across The City of Seattle’s East Side Supply Line right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, King County requested from Seattle Public Utilities a subsurface utility easement and temporary construction easement to construct and maintain an underground sewer pipeline across The City of Seattle’s East Side Supply Line right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities desires to grant King County its request for both easements; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. After a public hearing and pursuant to the provisions of RCW 35.94.040, certain real property rights in King County, Washington, legally described and depicted in Attachment 1, Exhibits A, B, and B-1, and Attachment 2, Exhibits A, A-1, B, B-1, C, and C-1, attached to this ordinance, are declared to be surplus to the City’s needs.
Section 2. Upon receipt of payment in the amount of $2,500 for the Subsurface Utility Easement and $370,019.82 for the Temporary Construction Easement, the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seattle Public Utilities, or designee, is authorized to execute and grant to King County, for and on behalf of The City of Seattle, a non-exclusive subsurface utility easement agreement, substantially in the form of Attachment 1 to this ordinance, and a non-exclusive temporary construction easement agreement, substantially in the form of Attachment 2 to this ordinance, for the purpose of installing, constructing, owning, operating, maintaining, and repairing an underground trunk sewer pipeline, and access thereto, across, under, and upon City property as legally described and depicted in Attachment 1, Exhibits A, B, and B-1, and Attachment 2, Exhibits A, A-1, B, B-1, C, and C-1, attached to this ordinance.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2022, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2022.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved / returned unsigned / vetoed this _____ day of _________________, 2022.
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2022.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Subsurface Utility Easement Agreement
Attachment 2 - Temporary Construction Easement Agreement