CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights relating to sewer and storm drain easements within Seattle as being surplus to City utility needs; authorizing the General Manager/CEO of Seattle Public Utilities to relinquish such easement rights; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, certain property improvements were built or are planned to be built by various property owners and customers of Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) within the easements originally granted to The City of Seattle (City) for drainage and wastewater purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City has also determined the following existing drainage and wastewater facility easements are surplus to the City’s needs:
A. The sanitary sewer easement that the City accepted pursuant to Ordinance 125549 and recorded under King County Recording number 20021031001186; and
B. The sanitary sewer easement that the City accepted pursuant to Ordinance 122759 and recorded under King County Recording number 20070924001011; and
WHEREAS, easements are required from customers to allow for the installation, maintenance, and operation of replacement or affected existing sanitary sewers and storm drain facilities; and
WHEREAS, SPU has determined the interests of the City, SPU, and SPU’s customers are best served by relinquishing the above-referenced sewer and storm drain easements; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 35.94.040, and after public hearing, certain existing easements to construct, maintain, and operate sewer and storm drain utilities in Seattle, as set forth and legally described in Attachment 1 to this ordinance, are declared no longer required for municipal utility purposes and are surplus to The City of Seattle’s utility needs.
Section 2. The General Manager/CEO of Seattle Public Utilities, or the General Manager/CEO’s designee, is authorized to execute, on behalf of The City of Seattle, the relinquishment of all easement property rights and interests set forth and legally described in Attachment 1 to this ordinance.
Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority of this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is 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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Elizabeth M. Adkisson, Interim City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Descriptions of Relinquished Easements