AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to acquire by negotiation land and all other necessary property rights in the Taylor Creek area at 10005 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, Washington for sediment management and fish enhancement, and to execute, accept and record deeds and convenient documents and agreements deemed by the Director to be necessary to this transaction on behalf of the City; placing the conveyed real properties under the jurisdiction of Seattle Public Utilities; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.
The Report of the Seattle Public Utilities and Neighborhoods Committee Agenda Item three Council Bill 118406 relating to Seattle Public Utilities authorizing the necessary property rights in the Taylor Creek area of one 1005 Rainier Avenue. South Seattle, Washington for sediment management and fish enhancement and execute except in record deeds and convenient documents and agreements deemed by the Director to be necessary to this transaction on behalf of the City, placing the conveyed real properties under the jurisdiction of Seattle Public Utilities and ratifying and confirming prior acts. The committee recommends a bill pass. Thank you, Councilmember Bagshaw. And thank you very much. This is a parcel of property on Rainier Avenue South, and we're recommending that we acquire this. Seattle Public Utilities has been working on a lower Taylor Creek restoration project, and this will become part of it. And the goal is to improve the creek habitat and fish pass fish passage to replace a public culvert under Rainier Avenue South. And this will be akin to the work that was done up on Thornton Creek that will replace a small round tube with a larger rectangle through which fish can actually move. It also will help address localized flooding and reduce the sediment disposition that goes into Lake Washington, as in additionally to increase our public open space. So our goal is to be working with parks to assure continued public access along this line. The property was listed for sale two years ago. SPU negotiated a price of $545,000. And since SPU already owns a majority of the property for the project along this corridor, it will actually help lower maintenance costs and reduce the construction costs. And there is a house, an apartment building on that as part of the property right now. And SPU will maintain the property with its current tenants until about 2018 when restoration begins. So nobody's going to be evicted in the near future. And we are in the middle of a preliminary design and I would ask for your vote in support of this Council. Bill 118406. Thank you. Questions or comments? Please call the role on the passage of the bill. Rasmussen I. So want back shall I garden i harrell i lakota i o'brien i okamoto I am president Burgess I nine in favor and opposed. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. Other business council member Okamoto. Yes. Thank you, President Burgess. I'd like to make a request to be excused from the full council meeting on Monday, June 29th. Second. It's moved in. Second, and the council member Okamoto be excused on June 29th. All in favor of the motion indicate by voting. I oppose vote no. You're excused. Is there any other business? Thank you. The council will be adjourned.