AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department, the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Seattle Department of Transportation; declaring certain real property rights to be surplus to the needs of City Light; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle City Light to execute an easement agreement with King County, allowing the temporary use of a portion of City Light property to resolve the encroachment of an existing structure located on the west side of Boeing Field within the Northeast Quarter of Section 29 Township 24 N Range 4 E and the Southeast Quarter of Section 29 Township 24 N Range 4 E, and increasing the temporary use area authorized by Ordinance 126328 by approximately 207 square feet; and transferring jurisdiction of certain properties located in the Georgetown neighborhood in Section 29 Township 24 N, Range 4 E, from the City Light Department to the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation and to the Seattle Department of Transportation.
Thank you, Madam Clerk. The motion carries and the appointments are confirmed. Thank you, Councilmember Herbold. So next we have item number seven, and this will be Councilor Petersen coming out of the Transportation Utilities Committee. Will the clerk please read the short title of item number seven to the Record Report of the Transportation and Utilities Committee Agenda Item seven Council Bill 120230. An ordinance relating to the City Department in excuse me, the City Department, the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation and the Seattle Department of Transportation. The committee recommends the bill pass. Thank you. Casper Peterson, it's all you. Thank you. Council president. Colleagues, this bill passed unanimously out of our Transportation Utilities Committee last month. This is the very last in a series of council actions to clean up access and ownership of parcels of land needed to facilitate the Georgetown of South Park Pedestrian and bike trail. This ambitious trail project, which will benefit both District one and two, is already funded by prior council budget actions. It's been gratifying to see Seattle City Lights, Public Utilities, Seattle Parks and Rec and the Seattle Department of Transportation work together collaboratively and seamlessly to shepherd this complex project through the council. The project includes vacating a dead end street nearby at City Lights Cell Service Center that will pave the way, literally and figuratively, for significant public benefits along the trails right of way, including a new future dog park. Again, the Transportation Utilities Committee voted unanimously for this council bill, and I'm hoping for a full support of the council today to move this project forward. I'm getting all choked up about it. Thank you. That's all I have to say. Thank you. Councilor Peterson, are there any comments from our colleagues? Yes, Councilor. I was scared. Of course. All right. Thank you very much. Council president. Councilmember Peterson, thanks for your work on this. I want to thank you, Seattle City Light and Department of Transportation for their joint efforts. As you all know, we worked really hard a few years ago to pass a resolution to make sure that every parcel of public land was being used for the public good and that we prioritize housing. I understand that this property is a public benefit as identified in its origination, and the use of the street vacation requested by City Light clearly identifies that there's going to be a public benefit. But the property did not go through the process outlined in resolution 31829 or Resolution 31424, which is the surplus lands legislation that passed in 2018. Again, my hope is that all pieces of property will explicitly go through the process so that we can continue to show to members of the community how parcels, including those owned by City Light, will be reviewed for potential affordable housing development, even as the first priority remains affordable housing. We know that efforts like the one that Councilmember Peterson just outlined are incredibly important as well to connect community. So I'm very supportive of this legislation. I just want to continue to call out for all of our departments, and this applies to City Light and all of the departments. The importance of us going through this process to show that every parcel is being scrutinized for that level of analysis of whether or not housing is able to be built on the site, and that when we have a parcel that's not suitable for affordable housing, that we make it available for efforts like this to connect communities to create more thriving and and vibrant neighborhoods. And that we want to make sure in doing so, we're leaving no stone unturned in our work to create affordable housing and appreciate that this legislation will go forward today. I support it and I would love to make sure that every department shows the work that they're doing to follow a31 8 to 9 resolution and resolution 31424. I appreciate you taking the moment to have me opine on the importance of those resolutions as it relates to public properties in general. And we'll be supporting this legislation today. Thank you, Councilor. Mosquito Councilmember Peterson, is there anything you want to add? Yeah. Okay, so let's see. Any other comments or concerns? Well, the clerk please call the role on the passage of the Bill Herbold. That's Lewis? Yes. Morales. Enthusiastic. Yes. Was I? Nelson, I. Peterson. All right. So why don't. Yes. Strauss. Yes. Council President Juarez high nine in favor and unopposed. Great. Thank you. The bill passes and the chair will sign it. And will the clerk please affix my signature to the legislation? Okay. So let's moving on. We have adoption of other resolutions and that would be me. I think I have items eight and nine. So will the clerk please read item eight into the record? Agenda item eight. Resolution 232036. A resolution designating the monthly President Pro-Tem of the City Council of the City of Seattle for 2022 2023. Superseding Resolution 31924 introduced today, January 4th.