AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to acquire, through negotiation or condemnation, land and other necessary property rights commonly known as portions of 12754 and13002 NE Riviera Place for open space, park, and recreation purposes, and to execute, accept, and record deeds and convenient documents and agreements deemed by the Superintendent to be necessary to this transaction on behalf of the City; placing conveyed real property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Questions or comments? All those in favor of confirming the appointment listed in Agenda Item 14. Angelique Davis Vote. I oppose vote no. The appointment is unanimously confirmed. Parks, Seattle Center Libraries and Gender Pay Equity Committee. Please read item 15 through the first semicolon. The Report of the Park Seattle Center Libraries and Gender Pay Equity Committee Agenda Item 15 Council Bill 118500 relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation. Councilmember Gordon. This particular ordinance authorizes the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to acquire, through negotiation or condemnation, land and otherwise necessary property rights, commonly known as portions of 127, 54 and 130. Ode to Northeast Revere, Place for open space parks and recreation purposes and to execute except in record deeds and covenants and agreements deemed by the superintendent to be necessary to this transaction. I know that you all have been looking forward to this piece of legislation on 130/30 Street in the City Park neighborhood. This is something that some people came out to look at. I didn't have to because it happens to have been an area that I'm very, very familiar with, having lived there for many years. It is a street in use by the public for water access for something like 82 years. And it was lost to the public after a court decision. And this rectifies that. And we're so very happy the committee voted unanimously to approve this. Thank. Thank you. Comments. Council members who want. Thank you, Brendan Burgess. I would like to congratulate the Lake City activists who have for the last year mobilized, organized and pressured their elected officials to take action to restore their public access to Lake Washington. This is not a very widely known issue, but a whole community lost its small public beach and started to organize and demand that the city use eminent domain to restore it. And as of today, you have one. It is another example of how, you know, it shows that while there is no guarantee that we will win every time we fight. But if we don't, don't fight, we are guaranteed to lose. Council member, Rasmussen. Thank you. Well, first you called yourself neighbors. Neighbors. Now you call yourself activists. So thank you very much for fighting for what we thought was your neighborhood park for a very, very long time. And I really appreciate you invited me out to see your vision for what it can be. And we look forward to success in negotiating a transfer, a permanent transfer to the city. So thank you very much for all of your work. Thank you. Please call the role on the passage of the Bill O'Brien. Hi, Okamoto. Hi. Rasmussen, I. Want. A. Backdrop. Hi, Gordon. Hi, Carol Licata. I am President Burgess, my native favor and unopposed. Bill passes and the chair will sign. Thanks for coming down. Appreciate it. And keep watching carefully as we move forward because it gets complicated the further we go along here. So thank you. Please read item 16.