File #: 2005-0321    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/19/2005 In control: Natural Resources and Utilities Committee
On agenda: 10/17/2005 Final action: 10/17/2005
Enactment date: 10/21/2005 Enactment #: 15303
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to, under threat of condemnation, enter into a possession and use agreement with the Washington state Department of Transportation, and upon payment of just compensation, to convey to the Washington state Department of Transportation certain land interests necessary for the widening and improvements of State Route 9 in Snohomish county.
Sponsors: Carolyn Edmonds
Indexes: Agreement, Condemnations, Snohomish County, Transportation, Washington, State of
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 15303.pdf, 2. 2005-0321 Fiscal Note.xls, 3. 2005-0321 Rev SR attachment.pdf, 4. 2005-0321 Staff Report Brightwater Easements to WSDOT SNOPUD.doc, 5. 2005-0321 Transmittal letter.doc, 6. A. Legal Descriptions, 7. A. Legal Descriptions
Staff: Reed, Mike
Drafter
Clerk 07/21/2005
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to, under threat of condemnation, enter into a possession and use agreement with the Washington state Department of Transportation, and upon payment of just compensation, to convey to the Washington state Department of Transportation certain land interests necessary for the widening and improvements of State Route 9 in Snohomish county.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings.
A. In 2003, King County passed Ordinance 14699, authorizing the wastewater treatment division in the department of natural resources and parks to acquire property for the Brightwater treatment plant located at State Route 9 ("SR 9") in Snohomish county.
B. King County has acquired fee title to all of the property required for the Brightwater treatment plant at the SR 9 site, except for three parcels.
C. The Washington state Department of Transportation ("WSDOT") is in the process of acquiring fee title and temporary and permanent easement rights necessary for the widening and improvements along SR 9 from State Route 522 to 212th Street SE in Snohomish county ("the SR 9 widening project").
D. The SR 9 widening project requires certain fee simple property, temporary construction and clear zone easements on or across portions of certain parcels acquired by King County's wastewater treatment division for the Brightwater treatment plant as described in Attachment A to this ordinance.
E. The WSDOT is required to pay the county wastewater treatment division in the department of natural resources and parks just compensation for the subject properties. The WSDOT has asked King County to enter into a possession and use agreement that authorizes WSDOT to possess and use the subject property for the SR 9 widening project in order to allow the SR 9 widening project to proceed on schedule while the parties come to an agreement on compensation for the property. The ...

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