Drafter
Clerk 02/02/2012
Title
AN ORDINANCE approving the King County Water District 54 Comprehensive Water System Plan, February 2011.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. RCW 57.16.010 requires that general comprehensive plans for water districts be submitted to, and approved by, the legislative authority within whose boundaries all or a portion of the district lies. K.C.C. 13.24.060 prescribes the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. King County water district 54's last water system plan was prepared in 2004. Both Washington state Department of Health and King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years.
3. King County water district 52 ("the district") is in King County and has adopted a 2011 Comprehensive Water System Plan ("the plan").
4. King County has adopted a comprehensive plan that includes water supply policies in its provisions for facilities and services (policies F-201 through F-244) that call for consistency with other adopted plans, support for regional water supply planning, pursuit of reclaimed water, water conservation and protection of water resources.
5. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires the utilities technical review committee ("UTRC") to review and make a recommendation to the King County executive and council on the plan and the requirements under K.C.C. chapter 13.24 and consistency with the King County Comprehensive Plan. The UTRC has reviewed the planning data and district operations and hereby finds:
a. The plan uses population and employment forecasts developed by the Puget Sound Regional Council for the district's service area;
b. There is no portion of the district's service area located in unincorporated King County;
c. The capital facility plan is adequate to meet anticipated facility and service needs;
d. The plan is consistent with applicable Washington state water quality laws, including the evaluation of reclaimed water use; and
e. The plan is consistent with other pertinent county adopted plans and policies.
6. The Washington state Department of Health approval of the district's plan is pending King County council action.
7. Under the state Environmental Policy Act the district delegated lead agency status to the city of Des Moines. The district completed a state Environmental Protection Act checklist. The city issued a determination of nonsignificance for the issuance of the plan on May 10, 2011, and there were no appeals.
8. The district's operations and facilities meet multiple existing statutory, administrative and planning standards. As the district's operations, facilities and planning meet the requirements of the K.C.C., and are consistent with the King County Comprehensive Plan, the UTRC recommends approval of the plan.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The King County Water District 54 Comprehensive Water System
Plan, February 2011, Attachment A to this ordinance, is hereby approved as comprehensive water system plan.
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