CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services, declaring the vacant property located at 10610 55^th Ave. S. as surplus to the City’s needs; authorizing the sale of said property; authorizing the Director of Finance and Administrative Services to execute all documents for the sale and transfer of the property; and directing how proceeds from the sale shall be distributed.

WHEREAS, in May 1979 the City acquired the vacant property located at 10610 55th Ave. S. in fee simple by a Local Improvement Assessment Deed as payment in full for a delinquent local improvement assessment; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS) has determined that the property does not serve an essential City function; and

WHEREAS, by Resolution 30862, the City adopted amended Procedures for the Evaluation of the Reuse and Disposal of the City’s Real Property, which established a uniform evaluation process for the reuse or disposal of real property the City owns in fee simple; and

WHEREAS, no other City department or other government agency requested jurisdiction over the property; and

WHEREAS, the parcel being 1,000 square feet in size is exempt from the public notification requirements of Resolution 30862; and

WHEREAS, FAS offered the property to the adjoining property owners through a competitive process; and

WHEREAS, FAS received a fair market offer from Jacqueline A. Murray and Virginia R. Dunning, who own an adjoining property; and

WHEREAS, the property is subject to an easement for a driveway that serves the property owned by Jacqueline A. Murray and Virginia R. Dunning, and

WHEREAS, FAS recommends declaring the subject property surplus to the City’s needs and requests authorization to sell and transfer the property to Jacqueline A. Murray and Virginia R. Dunning; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The property legally described in this section is hereby found and declared to be no longer required for municipal purposes and is hereby declared surplus to the City’s needs:

Lot 2 of Block 4, Whites Rainer Beach Gardens, according to the plat thereof, recorded in Volume 13 Page 38, in King County Washington; Except the north 85 feet thereof; and Except the south 98 feet thereof.

Section 2. The Director of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS) or the Director’s designee is authorized to negotiate the purchase and sale agreement and any ancillary documents to accomplish the sale and transfer of the property to the owners of the adjacent property, Jacqueline A. Murray and Virginia R. Dunning, a married couple.

Section 3. Proceeds from the sale authorized herein shall be used first to reimburse costs incurred and paid by FAS in connection with the sale. The remaining proceeds shall be deposited in the Unrestricted Subaccount of the Cumulative Reserve Subfund (00164).

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 ________________________, 2015, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this

_____ day of ___________________, 2015.

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    President __________of the City Council

  Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2015.

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    Edward B. Murray, Mayor

  Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2015.

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    Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

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