File #: 2005-0394    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/19/2005 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 10/3/2005
Enactment date: 10/13/2005 Enactment #: 15292
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a purchase and sale agreement for the sale of the surplus South Park custodial landfill property to South Park Property Development, LLC.
Sponsors: Dow Constantine
Indexes: Agreement, Landfills, Purchasing, Surplus Property
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 15292.pdf, 2. 2005-0394 Attachments 5-10 of 9-28-05 Staff Report.pdf, 3. 2005-0394 Fiscal Note.doc, 4. 2005-0394 Revised Staff reportl 09-28-05.doc, 5. 2005-0394 Staff Report 09-28-05.doc, 6. 2005-0394 Transmittal Letter.doc, 7. A. Exhibit 1 Legal Description, 8. A. Exhibit 1 Legal Description, 9. B. Declaration of Surplus Property, 10. B. Declaration of Surplus Property, 11. C. Purchase and Sale Agreement, 12. C. Purchase and Sale Agreement, 13. D. First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement
Drafter
Clerk 09/28/2005
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a purchase and sale agreement for the sale of the surplus South Park custodial landfill property to South Park Property Development, LLC.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings.
A. King County owns a 19.4 acre property (the former South Park landfill tax lot 322404-9005) located adjacent to the city of Seattle's South Transfer Station at Occidental Avenue South and South Sullivan Street in Seattle, Washington. The legal description of this property is attached as Attachment A to this ordinance.
B. The property was purchased out of tax title status by King County beginning in 1937 and leased to the city of Seattle as a landfill site from 1958 through 1978.
C. In June 2000, the property was declared surplus to the needs of King County in accordance with K.C.C. 4.56.070. The declaration of surplus property is attached to this ordinance as Attachment B to this ordinance. No other county departments have expressed interest in the property.
D. The property is zoned to include industrial, commercial and retail uses and was declared not suitable for affordable housing due to refuse disposal.
E. Approval by the council of the King County executive's disposal of the South Park landfill surplus property through sale pursuant to K.C.C. 4.56.080 will minimize the underutilization of this publicly owned property by allowing for cleanup of the site in cooperation with the Washington state Department of Ecology, postcleanup use of the property as a location for industry sufficient to provide living wage jobs to King County residents and design of a facility that will improve aesthetics and quality of life in the South Park neighborhood.
F. Approval of the executive's disposal by sale of the South Park landfill surplus property will enable the executive to obtain comprehensive environmental liability insurance coverage for King County at the purc...

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