HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020 - Assignment and Assumption of Limited Easement Rights - Central Puget Sound Transit Authority - 20200129001246Return Address:
Attn: City Clerk's Office
City of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Blvd
Tukwila, WA 98188
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20200129001246
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
1/29/2020 2:10 PM
KING COUNTY, WA
Rec: $105.50
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1. ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LIMITED EASEMENT RIGHTS
Reference Number(s) of Documents assigned or released:
20070403002170 (the "Guideway Easement")
Grantor(s) Exactly as name(s) appear on document
1. Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
Additional names on page of document.
Grantee(s) Exactly as name(s) appear on document
1. City of Tukwila
Additional names on page of document.
Legal description (abbreviated: i.e. lot, block, plat or section, township, range) :
PTN GOVT. LOT 1 SECTION 15 TOWNSHIP 23N RANGE 4E
Additional legal is on page of document.
Assessor's Property Tax Parcel/Account ❑ Assessor Tax # not yet
Number assigned 152304-9072-06
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ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LIMITED EASEMENT RIGHTS
This Assignment and Assumption of Limited Easement Rights (this "Assignment") is entered
into by and between the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority ("Sound Transit") and
the City of Tukwila (the "City") and is effective as of thc date of the last signature below.
RECITALS
A. Sound Transit is the "Grantee" under that certain guideway easement recorded under
King County Recording Number 20070403002170 (the "Guideway Easement"), which grants
Sound Transit a permanent easement over the property described therein (the "Property").
B. The Guideway Easement conveys the rights granted thereunder to Sound Transit and "its
successors and/or assigns."
C. Among the rights conveyed under the Guideway Easement is the right to trim and remove
trees and vegetation in and adjacent to the easement area and the right to inspect Sound Transit's
light rail system.
D. Sound Transit is seeking a permit from the City to perform tree and vegetation removal
and mitigation in the area of the light rail guideway. As a condition ofpermit issuance, the City
requires the ability to enter onto the Property in order to inspect Sound Transit's work.
E. Sound Transit now wishes to assign to the City the right to enter onto the Property for the
limited purpose of inspecting Sound Transit's tree and vegetation removal and mitigation work.
AGREEMENT
Now, therefore, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, Sound Transit and the City agree as follows:
1. Sound Transit hereby assigns to the City and its agents or representatives, and the City
hereby accepts from Sound Transit, Sound Transit's right to enter onto the Property subject to
the Guideway Easement for the limited purpose of inspecting Sound Transit's tree and
vegetation removal and mitigation work adjacent to Sound Transit's light rail guideway.
2. Sound Transit shall defend, indemnify, and hold the City fully and completely harmless
from and against any claims, causes of action, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses
(collectively, "Claims") arising from or relating to the City's entry onto the Property for the
limited purposes described herein; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to the
extent any such Claims (a) arise from or relate to the City's own negligence or intentional
misconduct or (b) arise from or relate to the City's entry onto or activities on the Property for any
purpose not expressly described herein.
3. This Assignment is personal to the City, shall not be assigned by the City without Sound
Transit's written agreement, and shall not run with the land. Sound Transit shall have the right
to terminate this Assignment immediately upon written notice to the City.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Assignment by having its
authorized representative affix his/her signature in the appropriate space below:
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