CB 121295 — Version 1 https://webapi.legistar.com/v1/seattle/Matters/17424/Texts/18806 Screen Reader Users: Make sure settings include reading strikethrough and underline font attributes. The City of Seattle Ordinance / Council Bill / ..title An ordinance relating to the Department of Finance and Administrative Services; authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services or the Director’s designee to negotiate and execute a real property lease renewal with the United States Army for The City of Seattle’s continued interim use and occupancy of 33.95 acres at the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center. ..body Recitals: In 2005, the United States Congress authorized the closure of the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center, located in the Magnolia neighborhood and adjacent to Discovery Park. The United States Army has determined the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center is surplus to the United States’ needs in accordance with the Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act. Since 2008, The City of Seattle (City) has worked with the Department of Defense, United States Army and federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to consider options for the redevelopment and reuse of the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center for affordable housing and parkland. In 2017 and again in 2021, the United States Army and the City executed a five-year lease for the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center. In consideration of the lease, the United States Army has required that the City assume all holding and caretaker costs associated with the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center during the lease term and as further described in the lease. The existing lease of the Fort Lawton Army Reserve Center expires on December 31, 2026, and both the Army and City find it in their mutual interest to renew the lease with similar lease terms for another five years, extending through December 31, 2031. City Council authorization is required because the square footage of the leased premises exceeds the limitations under Seattle Municipal Code Section 3.127.020. Therefore, Be it ordained by The City of Seattle as follows: Section 1. The Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services (Director), or the Director’s designee, is authorized to execute, for and on behalf of The City of Seattle (City), a lease agreement with the Secretary of the United States Army, substantially in the form attached as Attachment 1 to this ordinance and identified as “Department of the Army Lease No. DACA671270000700 under Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Fort Lawton Army Reserve Complex, King County, Washington,” providing for the City’s tenancy and occupancy of the real property located adjacent to Discovery Park in the Magnolia neighborhood in Seattle, Washington and legally described in Exhibit A to Attachment 1. Section 2. The caretaking and maintenance costs required by the terms of the Lease Agreement, authorized in Section 1 of this ordinance, shall be paid by the Department of Finance and Administrative Services on behalf of the City and charged to the appropriate allowance(s) in the budget of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services and shall either be passed through to or reimbursed by the Office of Housing and Seattle Parks and Recreation. Attachments: Attachment 1 – Fort Lawton Lease with Exhibits A-E This ordinance shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Sections 1.04.020 and 1.04.070. Passed by the City Council and signed in open session in authentication of its passage on /. President / of the City Council / on /. Katie B. Wilson, Mayor Attested on /. Lenné Dedman, City Clerk Seal