Drafter
Clerk 08/16/2011
Title
A MOTION acknowledging progress in discussions addressing tenancy of The Center for Wooden Boats at the transit division's North Lake Union dock site for public access to The Center for Wooden Boats's maritime heritage activities, and endorsing the concept of a lease agreement with a limited term and scope to facilitate that tenancy.
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WHEREAS, the council has recently focused attention on assisting community efforts to gain public access to the north end of Lake Union, and on the possibility that the county-owned North Lake Union dock site represents an opportunity to respond to this need, and
WHEREAS, a Seattle nonprofit organization, The Center for Wooden Boats, which provides hands-on education, training and boating access opportunities to the public, with the support of Northwest Seaport and other maritime heritage non-profits, has expressed interest in purchasing or leasing the North Lake Union dock site for uses consistent with the Seattle-King County Task Force on Maritime Heritage's December 2005 final report, and
WHEREAS, the council acknowledges the complexity of the legal, environmental and financial conditions associated with the North Lake Union dock site, which is owned by King County, and
WHEREAS , the council noted that previous efforts of the transit division and The Center for Wooden Boats to negotiate an outcome that would allow appropriate tenancy at the facility by The Center for Wooden Boats while addressing the legitimate concerns of the transit division had reached an impasse, and
WHEREAS, the council nonetheless remained interested in seeking further efforts by the parties to identify avenues for a negotiated agreement that would allow appropriate access by The Center for Wooden Boats to the property, and
WHEREAS, the council took action to energize negotiations between the parties, approving Motion 13400 in January 2011. That motion:
1. Directed the transit division to pursue an updated memo...

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