CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

AN ORDINANCE relating to the Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement project; authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of The City of Seattle, two deeds for street purposes from ARE-1201/1208 Eastlake Avenue, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, located in a portion of Lots 1 and 2, City of Seattle Lot Boundary Adjustment Number 9604526, recorded under King County Recording Number 9611060361, and a permanent easement for sidewalk purposes from the Washington State Employees Credit Union, a Washington State chartered credit union, located in a portion of Lot 10, Block 4, Doyle’s Addition to the City of Seattle; placing the real property rights and interests conveyed by such deeds and easement under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation; laying off the deeds as right-of-way; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

WHEREAS, The City of Seattle (“City”) is responsible for maintaining the 117 bridges it owns; and

WHEREAS, Fairview Avenue North Bridge (“Fairview Bridge”) is located on the southeast shore of Lake Union near the 1200 block of Fairview Avenue North, next to the historic Lake Union Steam Plant building; and

WHEREAS, the oldest portion of the Fairview Bridge was built over 65 years ago, and it is the last timber-supported bridge on a major road in Seattle; and

WHEREAS, the Fairview Bridge is structurally deficient and seismically vulnerable and needs to be replaced; and

WHEREAS, the 2018-2023 Adopted Capital Improvement Program includes funding to construct the replacement of the Fairview Bridge; and

WHEREAS, the Fairview Avenue Bridge Replacement project, under the Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement Program, replaces the existing bridge with a bridge that is designed to be safer for all users and will provide the necessary infrastructure for potential transit expansion in the future; and

WHEREAS, it is critical that the City accept the property rights necessary for construction of the Fairview Bridge to improve public safety and increase load capacity for oversized vehicles; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Deed for Street Purposes from ARE-1201/1208 Eastlake Avenue, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated May 5, 2017 and recorded under King County Recording Number 20170508000549, attached as Attachment A and incorporated into this ordinance, is accepted for street purposes, placed under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation, and laid off, opened, widened, extended, and established as right-of-way (a portion of tax parcel number 286960-0135).

Section 2. The Deed for Street Purposes from ARE-1201/1208 Eastlake Avenue, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, dated May 5, 2017 and recorded under King County Recording Number 20170508000550, attached as Attachment B and incorporated into this ordinance, is accepted for street purposes, placed under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation, and laid off, opened, widened, extended, and established as right-of-way (a portion of tax parcel number 408880-2925).

Section 3. The Easement for Sidewalk Purposes granted by the Washington State Employees Credit Union, a Washington State chartered credit union, dated February 24, 2017 and recorded under King County Recording Number 20170522000144, attached as Attachment C and incorporated into this ordinance, is accepted strictly for sidewalk purposes and placed under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation (a portion of tax parcel number 210770-0260).

Section 4. Funding for the Fairview Avenue North Bridge Replacement Project, including the property acquisitions, comes from Bridging the Gap, the Move Seattle Levy, and federal funding through the Bridge Replacement Advisory Committee.

Section 5. Any act consistent with this ordinance taken prior to its effective date is 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 the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2018, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2018.

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President ____________ of the City Council

Approved by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2018.

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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor

Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2018.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

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