CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE related to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute an operation and maintenance agreement and a telecommunications agreement, both with Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the City Light Department (“City Light”) entered into an agreement in 1991 with the Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County (“District”) regarding the transfer of electrical energy over City Light’s Gorge to Snohomish transmission line and to construct the required interconnecting substation, designated as the North Mountain substation (“Substation”); and
WHEREAS, the District and the City continue to operate and maintained the Substation under the 1991 agreement, which is set to expire July 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the District has requested that City Light continue to operate and maintain the Substation and facilitate telecommunications related to such operations; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The General Manager and Chief Executive officer of the City Light Department, or designee, is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of The City of Seattle an agreement for the operation and maintenance of the North Mountain Substation substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment 1.
Section 2. The General Manager and Chief Executive officer of the City Light Department, or designee, is hereby further authorized to execute for and on behalf of The City of Seattle a telecommunications agreement related to the North Mountain Substation, substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment 2.
Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance that is taken after its passage and prior to its effective date is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. 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 - Amended and Restated North Mountain Substation Operation and Maintenance Agreement between The City of Seattle, City Light Department, and the Public Utility District No. 1, Snohomish County
Attachment 2 - North Mountain Substation Telecommunications Agreement between The City of Seattle, City Light Department, and Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County