SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120397

• Record No: CB 120397
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120397
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 8/16/2022
• Ordinance No: Ord 126655
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the financing of the Aquarium Expansion project; authorizing amendments to existing agreements with the Seattle Aquarium Society relating to such financing; and providing for other related matters.
• Sponsors: Teresa Mosqueda
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Central Staff Memo, 3. Signed Ordinance 126655, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/19/2022	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
8/19/2022	1	Mayor	returned
8/19/2022	1	Mayor	Signed
8/19/2022	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
8/16/2022	1	City Council	passed	Pass
8/11/2022	1	Finance and Housing Committee	pass	Pass
8/9/2022	1	City Council	referred
8/1/2022	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
7/27/2022	1	City Clerk	sent for review
7/27/2022	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the financing of the Aquarium Expansion project; authorizing amendments to existing agreements with the Seattle Aquarium Society relating to such financing; and providing for other related matters.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle ("City") owns the Seattle Aquarium facility ("Aquarium"), located on Piers 59 and 60 along the Seattle Central Waterfront ("Waterfront") and recognizes the importance of the Aquarium for its national and regional standing for scientific research, marine conservation education, civic engagement, and value as a visitor destination. The Seattle Aquarium Society (SEAS) has managed aspects of the Aquarium operations since the 1980s under a series of agreements with the City's Parks and Recreation Department (SPR), and SEAS assumed full management responsibility in 2010; and
WHEREAS, in 2009, the City Council passed Ordinance 123205, authorizing SPR to enter into a long-term agreement with SEAS to operate and manage the Aquarium. The Operations and Management Agreement (OMA) required SEAS to prepare a master plan to guide investments in the physical development of the Aquarium and further required that the SEAS master plan be approved by the City Council by resolution. Under the OMA, new capital improvements that SEAS develops will be owned by the City, with SEAS owning all animals and maintaining and operating the facility, including providing animal care and programming of the Aquarium. The OMA requires SEAS to coordinate its planning and development of a future Master Plan with the Committee on Central Waterfront Partnerships, and the Waterfront Planning parameters developed by the City Council. Further, the OMA requires that the Master Plan be consistent with the City's adopted Alaskan Way and Seawall Replacement Program, especially as it concerns the seawall replacement component of the program and the redesign of adjacent public...