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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 1565 - Negotiate Agreement with Wig Properties for Use of Tukwila Pond I r °0 ti\ h J rso8 C it y o f u kw a Washington Resolution No. L�51 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH WIG PROPERTIES, LLC, FOR USE OF CITY -OWNED PROPERTY AT TUKWILA POND WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila owns property identified by the attached Exhibit A and referred to hereafter as the "Tukwila Pond Property;" and WHEREAS, the Tukwila Pond Property is deemed to have significant value as bird and wildlife habitat; and WHEREAS, portions of the Tuk4vilci Pond Property are subject to a "Conservation Easement" intended to preserve the ecological system thereof, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B, and WHEREAS, much of the wetland area and associated habitat is significantly degraded due to poor water quality, invasive, non native vegetation, and lack of appropriate native vegetation, and WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila wishes to preserve and improve the habitat and related ecological and other values provided by the Tukwila Pond Property, and WHEREAS, Wig Properties has proposed development of property lying approximately 310 feet southwest of the Tukwila Pond Property and within the same watershed, which property is identified as the "JC Penny's Site" by Exhibit A, and WHEREAS, the Wig Properties proposed development site contains approximately 116 acres of wetland, and WHEREAS, Wig Properties has proposed that it mitigate the adverse impacts of developing these wetlands by enhancing wetlands at the Tukwila Pond Property at a ratio of 3 to 1, and WHEREAS, off -site mitigation of wetland impacts would provide significant benefits to Wig Properties' development proposal, and WHEREAS, the Tukwila City Council is considering amendments to the City's Sensitive Areas Ordinance that would make it possible to mitigate the impacts of filling these wetlands at the Tukwila Pond Property, and WHEREAS, the potential of off -site mitigation for the Wig Properties development proposal occurring at the Tukwila Pond Property provides a unique opportunity to improve the overall functions and values of wetlands and wildlife habitat on publicly owned property within a heavily- urbanized area, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS- Tukwila Pond 11/12/04 Page 1 of 2 Section 1. The Mayor of the City of Tukwila is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with Wig Properties or its designee, allowing the use of a portion of the Tukwila Pond Property for mitigation of wetland impacts associated with development of the "JC Penny's Site," identified by Exhibit A. Section 2. Any agreement for use of the Tukwila Pond Property for such mitigation shall be consistent with all applicable City of Tukwila ordinances and regulations, including the Tukwila Sensitive Areas Ordinance in force at the time of development approval. Section 3. Any agreement for use of the Tukwila Pond Property for such mitigation shall incorporate measures approved by the Director of the Department of Community Development to ensure the long -term ecological success of the mitigation program. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a Regular Meeting thereof this L day of MOVE YI A 2004. ATTEST/ AUTHENTICATED Jim H Council President Ja e E. Cantu, CMC, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM BY Filed with the City Clerk. ii Passed by the City Council. r). bq Offic f t ty�4ttoney Resolution Number- I ri l p� v Tukwila Pond 11/12/04 Page 2 of 2 Jie_ EXHIBIT B Filed for Record at Request of THIS SPACE PROVIDED FOR A Mil to RECORDER'S USE: HNC LLI S CLARK k RRTik PETERSON, P S, :5Oq' Ga�lland• •��uzlding 12:� I .�eca�ic3 AVE!1it7,2 Seattle, ;tdA. °9;87Q1�:9'25 r' t AttP Glenn mist DEC L31 TIgN 97-! C04LPRVATION EASP.HENT 0 RfNOW ALL PERSONS BXti' THESv ,PRESENT$ that H- BENOLIEL-- ROMNEY 03 4179, a California :Llmi.ted" Pa t-neXsh.ip; as �'bwner of Lots 1 and 2 44 of City of Tukwila Sli t :Plat --No 9 sass'` 5 recorded under O Recording Na 9208261819; of r�q County, Washington, 0 hereby•,= :DEcliR' S that said Lots 3. -and I shall hereafte` be held, sold; and conveyed SUBJECT TO a Q nsti v�i`t, 6n E��ement..� "ov. r and across ifiat portion of said .Lots 1 arid, ;legally d sax'iY ed on Exkfibi A attached hereto and incorporAtdd hprdin this I e feronce`- ("Tukwila Pond" herein), which 'generally :�rc�'vides Xisting 'vegetation shall be retained aged,, �xo 4livexdvzent shall be permitted. on Tukwila' Pond that 1,ould Affeat,.."e ab i lity to preserve the ecological syteni t bird and other wild7,ife habitat for 8 :so '1A�tq s Tukwila Pond is ftemed to have significant Value as �bird and: other Wildlife habitat according to either' the ;:Statb..Jot` Washington Department of Wildlife or the U S Fish. Arid .Vild:life Service, or their Q :successors IN WITNESS W}iEREa'; .S= H== BEIyOL,I :ELF OMEY X179 has caused this instrument to be executed.,.this day .of November, 1993. i•3E NC3Y, BL- ROMNEX #3.79, .:Califnrn a 'Limi Partnership By:- B ruce 114 ford Managing n•era•.l F trie. M P1 r: x