CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS); authorizing the acquisition of real property identified in King County Records as Parcel Number 766620-2390, commonly known as the Bakun Building, from the Washington State Department of Transportation; authorizing acceptance and recording of deeds for general municipal purposes including, but not limited to, the acquisition of the Bakun Building property; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has designated as surplus the Bakun Building property at 1426 Alaskan Way ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has an outstanding commitment to the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe to provide building space on the Seattle downtown waterfront for a Tribal Interpretive Center, which is a requirement of the Elliott Bay Seawall Project permitting and the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between SDOT and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe dated October 23, 2013; and
WHEREAS, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and SDOT have agreed upon the location for the Tribal Interpretive Center (within the Bakun Building), per the Second Amendment to the MOA for the Elliott Bay Seawall Project; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects (OWCP) team has identified the Bakun Building as an ideal candidate to house the City's waterfront operations: maintenance, programming, and public safety staff who will need dedicated building space to support their ongoing work on the waterfront; and
WHEREAS, WSDOT, the Property owner, is a willing seller and has agreed to sell the Property according to the Real Property Purchase and Sale Agreement between WSDOT and the City, which is conditioned upon approval by the Mayor and City Council; and
WHEREAS, The City of Seattle's 2023-2028 Adopted Capital Improvement Progr...
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