S-1639

AN ACT Relating to authorizing the military department to dispose at public bid of the state armory land and buildings known as the Pier 91 property and acquire replacement property and improvements; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The state military department is hereby authorized to sell, lease, or exchange the state armory land and buildings in the city of Seattle at the address 1601 W. Armory Way, Seattle, Washington 98119-2786, commonly known as the Pier 91 property, legally described as follows:

All those lands lying and being situate in Seattle, King County, Washington and being that portion of Seattle tide lands and streets and alleys of the City of Seattle, King County, State of Washington, lying south of Lawton Way viaduct more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a city monument located at the intersection of the centerlines of 15th Avenue West and West Garfield Street, thence S. 89E 51' 38" W. along the centerline of said Garfield Street, 381.69 feet, thence N. 0E 08' 22" W. 50.00 feet to the north line of Garfield Street, the true point of beginning of parcel, thence N. 0E 08' 22" W. along the westerly edge of the existing rope walk structure a distance of 65.00 feet, thence N. 89E 51' 38" E. along said structure a distance of 9.62 feet to a point which is 21 feet west of the cast line of lot 8, Block 131, Seattle Tide Lands, thence N. 0E 08' 22" W. parallel to and 21 feet westerly from the east line of lots 8 to 1, inclusive, of block 131, extended across West Howe Street, now vacated, and 21 feet westerly from the east line of lots 9 to 3, inclusive, of block 128, Seattle Tide Lands to a point which is 21 feet westerly from the east line of said lot 3 and 30 feet southerly from the north line of said Lot 3, thence S. 89E 51' 38" W. parallel to the north line of said Lot 3 a distance of 34.68 feet, thence N. 0E 08' 22" W. parallel to and 55.68 feet westerly from the east line of lots 2 and 3 of said block 128 a distance of 130.00 feet to the southeast corner of lot 1 of said block 128, thence N. 33E 43' 50" W. a distance of 142.38 feet to a point 20 feet southwesterly from (when measured at right angles to) the centerline of the most southwesterly line of tracks of the Northern Pacific Railway Company along Lawton Way, thence N. 39E 52' 00" W. parallel to and 20 feet southwesterly from said track centerline, a distance of 754.03 feet to an intersection with a line which is the northerly extension of a line parallel to and 20 feet easterly from (when measured at right angles to) the centerline of the most easterly line of tracks of said Railroad Company as said tracks are tangent through lots 6 and 7 of block 126 and lots 1 to 9 inclusive of block 129 of said addition, thence S. 0E 06' 52" E. along the above described line parallel to and 20 feet easterly from said railroad centerline a distance of 1479.39 feet, thence parallel to and 20 feet easterly from said railroad centerline of a 1030.84 foot radius curve to the left (the long chord of which curve bears S. 16E 23' 52" E. 578.07 feet) an arc distance of 585.92 feet, thence S. 32E 40' 52" E. parallel to and 20 feet easterly from said railroad centerline and the southerly extension thereof tangent through lots 5 and 6 of block 130 of said addition a distance of 423.46 feet to the north line of Garfield Street, thence N. 89E 51' 38" E. along the north line of Garfield Street, a distance of 196.79 feet to the true point of beginning; containing 24.7485 acres, more or less.

(2) Before any sale, lease, or exchange is made under the provisions of this section the property must be independently appraised by a certified commercial real estate appraiser. Any such sale, lease, or exchange shall be made to the highest competent bidder for a price not less than the independently appraised value of the property and pursuant to a call for bids published in at least one issue of a legal newspaper of general circulation in King county at least thirty days prior to the date fixed for the bid closing.

(3) The sale, lease, or exchange shall be under the direction of the adjutant general in accordance with procedures provided by law. The adjutant general shall proceed with the sale, lease, or exchange only if, in the opinion of the adjutant general, the proceeds from the sale, lease, or exchange of the land and buildings described in this section, together with federal funds available to the state military department, are sufficient to purchase or otherwise acquire other real property for the state military department and for the acquisition, purchase, construction, furnishing, and equipping of buildings and other improvements on said real property and the appurtenances thereto.

(4) The proceeds of the sale, lease, or exchange of the property legally described in this section shall be transmitted by the adjutant general to the state treasurer to be set aside and used exclusively by the military department for the purposes set forth in this section.

(5) Upon the sale, lease, or exchange of the property described in this section, the state military department may select a site or sites for a new armory or readiness center and purchase or otherwise acquire real property for the state of Washington for the purposes set forth in this section and to acquire, purchase, construct, furnish, and equip buildings and other improvements on such real property and the appurtenances thereto.