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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6011 ORDINANCE NO.6 0 1 1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, DECLARING PUBLIC USE AND NECESSITY REGARDING DOWNTOWN PARKING FACILITIES, AN EXPANDED DOWNTOWN TOWN CENTER PLAZA AND A CITY HALL ANNEX, AND AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION WHEREAS, the City of Auburn is involved in a project to provide for a City Hall Annex, to expand the Downtown Town Center Plaza and to make certain improvements to City of Auburn Downtown Parking facilities (combined as the Project); and, WHEREAS, efforts have been made to obtain property needed in connection with the project, including having the property appraised and trying to negotiate reasonable amounts of compensation to be paid for the property to be acquired; and, WHEREAS, while on-going, those efforts have not been successful at this point in time in securing the acquisition of all of the property necessary for the Project; and, WHEREAS, although there may be interest by the owner(s) of the subject property to work toward agreement(s) whereby the City may acquire the property, passage of this ordinance will allow the City to continue moving forward with the condemnation process while the negotiation process is pursued; and WHEREAS, the current Auburn City Hall building was built in 1979, and because of the growth of the City since then, and the corresponding increase in needed City services, the office space at the current City Hall is inadequate to Ordinance No. 6011 March 17,2006 Page 1 house existing employees, so that the City has to lease other office space for some City employees; and WHEREAS, The City Council recently passed its resolution No. 3985, stating its support for a Downtown Town Center Plaza concept, which Resolution and its findings are incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, because of the need for a City Hall Annex, and the need for an expanded Downtown Town Center Plaza, and because of the importance of the City of Auburn Downtown Parking facilities as a part of the City's infrastructure system, and because the improvements are necessary to complete the project, and because of the importance of the improvements to be made, the property to be acquired is necessary for the project and for completion of the public uses of the project. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Declaration of Necessity. That the property identified herein is necessary for the City of Auburn City Hall Annex, for an expanded Downtown Town Center Plaza and for additional Downtown Parking facilities, and have a public use in connection with the improvements to be made to the Project. Section 2. Authorization for Condemnation. That the Mayor and/or designee(s) is/are authorized to commence condemnation action to acquire the property identified as follows: Ordinance No. 6011 March 17,2006 Page 2 That certain property generally located at the Northeast Corner of the Intersection of East Main Street and North Division, in Auburn, Washington, and legally described as follows: Parcel One Lot 4 in Block "0" of the First Edition to the Town of Slaughter, as per the plat recorded in Volume 2 of Plats, page 84, records of King County, Washington, EXCEPT that portion conveyed to Yale investment company, a corporation, by the deed recorded under auditor's file number 2601863, records of King County, Washington, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of said lot; running thence northerly along the east line of said lot to the northeast corner of said lot; thence west along the north line of said lot, 16.75 feet to a point in the centerline of a concrete wall; thence south along the centerline of said concrete wall, to a point in the south line of said lot, which is 16.53 feet west of the point of beginning; thence east along said south line of said lot, 16.53 feet to the point of beginning, situate in the City of Auburn, King County, State of Washington Parcel Two Part A: The east 16 feet and 6 inches of Lot 4, Block "0" Part B: The west 1/2 of Lot 3, Block "0" All in the First Edition to the Town of Slaughter, as per the plat recorded in Volume 2 of Plats, page 84, records of King County, situate in the City of Auburn, County of King, State of Washington, commonly known as 9 East Main Street, Auburn, Washington Parcel Three The west half of Lot 2, Block "0", Ballard's First Edition to the Town of Slaughter, according to the plat thereof recorded in Volume 2 of Plats, page 84, in King County, Washington. Ordinance No. 6011 March 17,2006 Page 3 Section 3. Authorization for Administrative Action. That the Mayor and/or designee(s) is/are further authorized to take such other action and/or implement such other administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directives of this legislation. Section 4. Compensation from General Fund. That the compensation to be paid to the owners of the property to be acquired by the condemnation action shall be paid from the General Fund of the City. Section 5. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances. Section 6. Effective date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided bylaw. INTRODUCED: PASSED: APPROVED: ~~ \\ ~ t- .- ~ PET R B. ~EWIS, MAYOR MAR 2 0 2006 MAR 2 0 2006 MAR 2 0 2006 ATTEST: Ordinance No. 6011 March 17, 2006 Page 4 Published: ()3-2f/Z-d04 Ordinance No. 6011 March 17,2006 Page 5