Drafter
Clerk 02/05/2010
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute a sale to the Port of Seattle of one unimproved parcel of county-owned real property in council district 5.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. King County's facilities management division ("FMD") is custodian of Assessor's Parcel No. 092204-9164. This is a parcel of unimproved land located within road right-of-way at the southwest corner of the intersection of 20th Avenue South and South 212th Street. The parcel consists of two thirty-foot wide legs joined at a ninety-degree angle. It has a total area of 9,930 square feet (0.23 acres), with overall length of 196.22 feet and overall width of 164.75 feet. Each leg of the property includes asphalt roadway paving along the northern and eastern portions respectively, with the balance of the land unimproved and overgrown ("the L-shaped parcel").
B. The King County department of executive services, finance and business operations division, treasury operations section ("the treasurer") unsuccessfully attempted to sell the subject property during foreclosure proceedings in December 1961 for an amount equal to unpaid property taxes. Subsequently, the treasurer deeded it as tax title property to King County in 1962. FMD is responsible for the management and disposition of tax title properties.
C. The L-shaped parcel lies south of SeaTac International Airport but is not related to other county fee-owned parcels that are proximate to the airport.
D. The Port of Seattle ("the port"), a governmental agency, regulates and maintains SeaTac International Airport.
E. Commencing in 1990 under the auspices of the Federal Aviation Administration's Noise Remedy Program, the port purchased all residential properties lying under the flight path south of the airport and removed all improvements ("the area"). The port fences, secures and controls the area.
F. The L-shaped parcel lies...
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