SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120384

• Record No: CB 120384
• Version: 2
• Council Bill No: In CB 120384
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/6/2022
• Ordinance No: Ord 126661
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the South Park Bridge project; authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of The City of Seattle, a quit claim deed from King County, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, for property situated in Lots 9 through 13, Block 37, South Park; placing the real property rights and interests conveyed by such deed under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation and designating for transportation purposes; laying off the deed as right-of-way; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Alex Pedersen
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Ex 1 - Vicinity Map, 3. Amendment A, 4. Presentation, 5. Signed Ordinance 126661, 6. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/14/2022	2	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
9/14/2022	2	Mayor	returned
9/14/2022	2	Mayor	Signed
9/9/2022	2	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/6/2022	1	City Council	passed as amended	Pass
8/16/2022	1	Transportation and Seattle Public Utilities	pass	Pass
7/26/2022	1	City Council	referred
7/22/2022	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
7/20/2022	1	City Clerk	sent for review
7/20/2022	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the South Park Bridge project; authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of The City of Seattle, a quit claim deed from King County, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, for property situated in Lots 9 through 13, Block 37, South Park; placing the real property rights and interests conveyed by such deed under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation and designating for transportation purposes; laying off the deed as right-of-way; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 123101 passed on September 21, 2009, authorizing the Director of the Department of Transportation to negotiate and enter into an Interlocal Agreement between King County, a political subdivision of the State of Washington ("King County") and The City of Seattle (the "City") relating to the conveyance of road-related property, dated June 17, 2010 (the "Interlocal Agreement"), to build the new South Park Bridge (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Project was designed to improve traffic safety at the five-legged intersection of 14th Avenue South, Dallas Avenue South, and South Sullivan Street, by constructing a new seismically resilient bridge over Seattle's Duwamish Waterway, parallel to and downriver from the existing bridge, which had been battered by earthquakes and age; and
WHEREAS, the new South Park Bridge opened to traffic June 30, 2014, and at the public's request it architecturally emulates and preserves aspects of the original historic bridge; and
WHEREAS, the reconfiguration of the intersection made it necessary for King County to purchase property in the city of Seattle for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Interlocal Agreement set forth the conditions by which King County transfers any property it acquired for the Project within Seattle city limits a...