AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights to be surplus to the needs of Seattle Public Utilities; and authorizing the General Manager and CEO of Seattle Public Utilities to grant a water utility easement to the Ryan-GHC Two, LLC, a limited liability company of the state of Delaware to use certain City of Seattle property in the Northeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 23 North, Range 4 East, W.M., in King County, Washington for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining a storm drain pipeline crossing the City of Seattle’s Bow Lake Pipeline right-of-way.
Bill passenger Cheryl Simon. Please read the next agenda item the short title. Agenda item seven. Cancel 119 314 Rally to Sell Public Utilities. Declaring certain real property rights. To be surplus to the. Needs of Seattle Public Utilities. Committee recommends the bill pass. Senator Herbold, thank you. This legislation requests an easement to construct and maintain an underground storm drain line across the city of Seattle's Old Lake Pipeline. Right of way. The storm water pipe would convey stormwater to a detention pond associated with a development in a city of to fill up approximately two miles east of south center. We get any questions or comments that please call the role on the passage of the bill? Herbold i. Johnson whereas mosquera i. O'BRIEN So aren't I make sure President Harrell aid in favor and. Oppose the bill passed. Your assignment please read the report of the Housing, Health, Energy and Workers Rights Committee. Housing, Health, Energy and Workers Rights Committee. Agenda Item eight Resolution 318 29 relating to the City Department adopting revised procedures for the disposition of surplus properties under the jurisdiction of City Light, the committee recommends the resolution be adopted as amended. Councilmember Mosquito. Thank you, Mr. President. This resolution essentially adopts House Bill 2382, which allows the Seattle City Light to dispose of excess properties for the purpose of affordable housing. This is a piece of legislation at the state level that Representative Raju introduced and the City of Seattle was supportive of, to make sure that local government entities, including utilities, can dispose of or lease surplus or underutilized land for below market value so that we can actually address much of what the community needs and what the community needs is affordable housing. This is in line with what we I think I've talked about a lot here on this council. It's something that I talked about a lot last year, which is a commitment to keep public land in public hands and use it for the public good. And to the extent that we have excess or surplus property, that is not currently being used. We would like to prioritize its use for affordable housing. Whether that means the Seattle City Light will now be able to transfer or sell at below market rate the piece of land to another city entity so that we can build affordable housing or that we work in partnership with the community developers. Nonprofit developers to create affordable housing with other public goods is the best way for us to, I think, utilize the precious resources that we have in this city. Councilmember Johnson said earlier that with this exponential growth that we are currently seeing in Seattle, well, that means we must use our land in more efficient and effective ways. And I think this piece of legislation does exactly that. We are looking not to acquire new land, but when we have existing public land that we are not using to the best of its ability, we should be prioritizing affordable housing and doing so in a way like the Seattle GREENSPACE Coalition member represented. Doing so in a way that promotes livability as well. Above child care facilities, a health care facilities, grocery stores around park like settings so that you have trees and public spaces and plazas and playgrounds. That's what it looks like to create affordable housing, new homes and mixed use opportunities that our community truly benefits from. Land that is currently sitting unused. So the piece of legislation in front of you basically implements this first step in Seattle to pass into our state statute the ability to to look at excess property, prioritize it for affordable housing as per House Bill 2382 has suggested. And I'll also note that this is an issue that has been brought to our attention the desire to use public land for public space, whether it's these park like settings that I'm talking about around affordable mixed income homes, or making sure that we're creating more innovative ways to think about transit oriented development, like what we see at Plaza Roberto Master's, where people from around the neighborhood are able to benefit and use those properties as we create affordable housing, really identifying ways to create mixed opportunities there. I've heard about this desire from community councils, from neighborhood councils just as much as I've heard about it from social justice groups and housing and affordability advocates. So I'm excited that we're taking this first piece of first step with this legislation for Seattle City Light to be able to look at surplus properties that A currently has in hand and see if we can make it available for affordable housing in this city. Thank you very much. Any questions or comments? I just want to thank you, councilmember skater, for pushing the issue and doing the research and being creative and in the situation dealing with in our city. Thank you very much for your leadership with that. Those in favor of adopting the resolution please vote i. I. Those of those opposed vote no. The motion carries in. The resolution is adopted. The chair will sign it. Please read agenda items nine and ten. You can read a short title from the Planning Land Use and Zoning Committee.