AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the acquisition of real property commonly known as 1227 South Jackson Street; authorizing acceptance and recording of the deed for open space, park, and recreation purposes; authorizing acquisition by condemnation; increasing appropriations to the Department of Parks and Recreation in the 2012 Adopted Budget; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a three-fourths vote of the City Council.

WHEREAS, by Resolution 31055 the City Council created the Parks and Green Spaces Levy Citizen's Advisory Committee to ensure citizen participation in the development of a potential package of parks, open space, boulevards, trails, green infrastructure, and recreation projects, and a proposed set of options to fund the package; and

WHEREAS, the Parks and Green Spaces Levy Citizens' Advisory Committee, after being duly appointed and after spending many hours in open meetings and receiving public testimony and deliberating on the levy, voted by a strong majority to recommend that the City Council place a $145.5 million six-year levy proposal for park purposes before the voters of Seattle; and

WHEREAS, in response to this recommendation, the City Council passed Ordinance 122749, placing Proposition 2, the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy, before the voters of Seattle; and

WHEREAS, the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy was approved by Seattle voters on November 4, 2008; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance 122749 identifies the ChinatownInternational District Urban Center Village for a potential neighborhood park acquisition; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation has determined the Chinatown-International District Urban Center Village as significantly underserved with quality open space, and the area is, therefore, a priority area for additional acquisitions for parks and open space; and

WHEREAS, the City has determined that the purchase of the property at 1227 South Jackson Street will, after development, provide a new park that meets the criteria to address open space needs established in Seattle's Parks and Recreation 2006 Development Plan, Seattle's 2006 Open Space Gap Report Update, and Seattle's Parks and Recreation 2011 Development Plan, and that it is in the public's best interest to acquire the property for open space, park, and recreation purposes; NOW THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. That public convenience and necessity require that the following described real property, situated in the City of Seattle, County of King, State of Washington, and commonly known as 1227 South Jackson Street (Property), together with all rights, privileges, and other property pertaining thereto, be acquired for open space, park, and recreation purposes:

Lots 6 and 13, Block 2, Syndicate Addition to the City of Seattle, according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 2 of Plats, page 44, in King County, Washington; EXCEPT the north 15 feet of said Lot 6 condemned in King County Superior Court Cause Number 56407 for widening of South Jackson Street.

Section 2. The Superintendent of Parks and Recreation or his or her designee (Superintendent) is authorized, on behalf of the City of Seattle, to negotiate and enter into agreements to acquire the Property upon payment of just compensation not to exceed One Million Four Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($1,400,000.00), and to accept a deed for the Property by attaching to the deed the Superintendent's written acceptance thereof, and recording the same. The Property shall be accepted for open space, park, and recreation purposes, and placed under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.

Section 3. The Seattle City Attorney is authorized to commence and prosecute proceedings in the manner provided by law to condemn, take, damage, and appropriate the Property in fee simple, after just compensation has been made or paid into court for the owners thereof, in the manner provided by law; and to stipulate for the purposes of minimizing damages.

Section 4. To pay for the Property and for necessary related costs and expenses, the appropriation of the following in the 2012 Adopted Budget is increased from the funds shown, as follows:

Section 5. Any acts consistent with the authority and prior to the effective date of this ordinance are hereby ratified and confirmed.

Section 6. 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 a three-fourths (3/4) vote of all the members of the City Council the ____ day of ________________________, 2012, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of ___________________, 2012.

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President __________of the City Council

Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2012.

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Michael McGinn, Mayor

Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2012.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

(Seal)

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