Form revised December 4, 2006

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Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	DOF Analyst/Phone:
Seattle Department of  Transportation	Larry Huggins/684-5001	Stephen Barham/733-9084

Legislation Title:   AN ORDINANCE accepting deeds for street and/or alley purposes establishing, laying off, and widening portions of the following rights-of way:  the alley in Block 12, Pettit’s University Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 12, Boren & Denny’s Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 17, D. T. Denny’s Waterfront Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 3, Fairview Homestead Association; 36^th Avenue West in Government Lot 6 of Section 10, Township 25 north, Range 3 East, W.M.; the alley in Block 5, Pettit’s University Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 10, Bell & Denny’s Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 1, Albert Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 39, West Green Lake Addition No. 2 to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 4, Replat of Blocks C & D, Hamblet’s Acre Gardens; the easement for public sidewalk in Block 2, Pettit’s University Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 1, Phinney Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 5, University Addition to the City of Seattle; the alley in Block 6, Interlake Addition to the City of Seattle; and the alley in Block 12, Replat of John J. McGilvra’s Third Addition to the City of Seattle; and placing the real property conveyed by such deeds under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation.

(RW T2002-05, RW T2002-06, RW T2002-07, RW T2002-10, RW T2002-11, RW T2002-13, RW T2003-01, RW T2003-03, RW T2003-15, RW T2004-05, RW T2004-06, RW T2004-08 (deed and easement), RW T2004-09, RW T2004-13, RW T2004-19; RW T2004-29)

· Summary of the Legislation:

This Council Bill accepts 16 deeds for street/alley purposes and one easement for sidewalk purposes and places those deeds and easement under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT).

· Background

The City of Seattle Land Use Code (Chapter 23.53 of the Seattle Municipal Code) requires that street/alleys and sidewalks adjacent and leading to lots being created, developed, or redeveloped, be improved or brought up to the minimum conditions specified in the Land Use Code and the Seattle Right-of-Way Improvements Manual.  The Seattle Department of Transportation obtained, on behalf of the City, the necessary rights-of-way from specific property owners for, and in fulfillment of, that requirement.  This legislation accepts the real property interests conveyed by such deeds and easements and places them under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Department of Transportation.

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__X__ This legislation has financial implications.

Costs associated with implementing this ordinance (e.g., maintenance for newly acquired rights-of-way),are included in the Seattle Department of Transportation 2007 Adopted Budget.