AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the Mayor and the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute a memorandum of agreement between The City of Seattle, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, and the National Park Service for the transfer and curation of certain precontact archeological artifacts recovered during the 2013 Newhalem Gorge Inn Restoration Project; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
The Report of the Economic Development, Technology and City Light Committee Agenda Item one Council Bill one 2278 relating to the City Department authorizing the mayor and the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute a memorandum of agreement between the City of Seattle, the first Indian tribe and the National Park Service. The committee recommends the bill pass. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Customer Nelson. Yes. So as the title so aptly conveys this, this legislation does concern the transfer of about 300 pre-contract artifacts that were found during the 2013 restoration project of the the new Hallam Gorge in. And that is property that is owned by City Light. And so this this legislation transfers the ownership and curation to the upper Skagit tribe, where it was determined through ethnographic research that the upper scheduled tribe had a permanent settlement during the time that these artifacts date from. And so these artifacts would are right now at the the National Park Visitor Center there, and they would remain there or they could be moved. That is up to the tribe. And this simply executes an agreement that transfers the ownership from the city to the tribe. Thank you. Councilmember Nelson, are there any questions that anyone would have to Councilmember Nelson regarding this item? Okay. Not seen any. Well, the clerk please call the rule on the passage of the bill. Let's remember, Nelson, I. Councilmember Peterson. I. Councilmember Silent. Yes. Councilmember Strouse. Yes. Councilmember Herbold. Yes. Member Lewis. Yes. Councilmember Morales Yes. And Council President Juarez. I h in favor and unopposed. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The bill passes. The chair will sign it went to court, please. The fix my signature to the legislation. Madam Clerk, can you please read item two into the record? A part of the Land Use Committee Agenda Item two Council Bill one 2266 relating to land use and zoning amending sections 23.47 8.0 12 and