Drafter
Clerk 12/02/2010
Title
A MOTION adopting the Factoria Recycling and Transfer Station 2010 Facility Master Plan.
Body
WHEREAS, K.C.C. 4.04.210 requires the King County council to review, amend, defer or adopt operational master plans, facility master plans, facility program plans, capital improvement program ("CIP") project cost elements, schedules and total budget in the annual CIP budget or amendments thereto pursuant to the provisions of the King County Charter, and
WHEREAS, the 2001 Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan, RTS 3, directs the county to focus capital investment to:
1. Maintain the county's solid waste transfer system facilities in a safe condition for both the system's customers and employees;
2. Upgrade its transfer system to serve a future waste export system when the Cedar Hills regional landfill reaches its permitted capacity, or at such earlier time as the county may decide;
3. Improve transfer stations to improve efficiency, capacity and customer service; and
4. Expand, relocate or replace or any combination thereof, transfer stations when safety, efficiency, capacity or customer services needs cannot be met by existing transfer facilities, and
WHEREAS, the 2001 Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan, RTS 12, designates the Factoria recycling and transfer station as capable of being expanded on its current site in order to provide a full range of solid waste disposal and recycling services for county residents and businesses, and
WHEREAS, the solid waste division of the department of natural resources and parks worked collaboratively with the King County solid waste advisory committee and the metropolitan solid waste management advisory committee on the development of the Solid Waste Transfer and Waste Management Plan, and
WHEREAS, the King County council adopted the Solid Waste Transfer and Waste Management Plan in December 2007, and
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Transfer and Waste Management Plan recommends that the transfer system be modernized to accommodate a growing population and industry changes to provide efficient and cost-effective service to customers, and
WHEREAS, the development of the Factoria Recycling and Transfer Station 2010 Facility Master Plan included an extensive public notification and involvement process, which included meetings with the city of Bellevue; letters to cities in the service area, presentations to the King County solid waste advisory committee and the metropolitan solid waste management advisory committee as well as meetings with the commercial haulers; a public meeting; distribution of project information to customers at the facility; and development of a project website, and
WHEREAS, the draft Factoria Recycling and Transfer Station 2010 Facility Master Plan concludes that, due to its age, which is now more than forty years old, and inadequate capacity to serve the anticipated population growth within the existing service area, the Factoria recycling and transfer station requires extensive improvements, and
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Transfer and Waste Management Plan recommends that a new transfer station be constructed on the solid waste division's Factoria/Eastgate property or an alternative site in Bellevue, and
WHEREAS, the solid waste division and the city of Bellevue worked collaboratively to identify an alternate site for construction of the new station in place of the division's property on Eastgate Way, and
WHEREAS, the solid waste division purchased two properties adjacent to the existing station to facilitate construction of the new facility;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The facility master plan for the design and construction of the Factoria recycling and transfer station, Attachment A to this motion, is hereby adopted.
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