King County - File #: 2006-0069

• File #: 2006-0069
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/28/2006
• In control: Growth Management and Natural Resources Committee
• Final action: 9/18/2006
• Enactment date: 9/29/2006
• Enactment #: 15587
• Title: AN ORDINANCE approving the Skyway Water & Sewer District 2004 Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plan subject to specified conditions.
• Sponsors: Julia Patterson, Jane Hague
• Indexes: Comprehensive Plan, Sewer Districts, Water, Water and Sewer Districts

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/18/2006	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Hearing Held
9/18/2006	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Passed	Pass
9/12/2006	1	Growth Management and Natural Resources Committee	Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent	Pass
8/28/2006	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

Drafter
Clerk 09/14/2006
Title
AN ORDINANCE approving the Skyway Water & Sewer District 2004 Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plan subject to specified conditions.
Body
PREAMBLE:
K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires approval of comprehensive plans for water and sewer utilities as a prerequisite for granting right-of-way franchises and approval of right-of-way construction permits.
RCW 43.20.260 requires that water system plans for any new industrial, commercial, or residential use are to be consistent with the requirements of any comprehensive plans or development regulations adopted under chapter 36.70A RCW or any other applicable comprehensive plan, land use plan, or development regulation adopted by a city, town or county for the service area.
The Skyway water and sewer district ("district") currently provides water service to approximately ten thousand residents, several schools and businesses and sewer service to approximately twelve thousand residents. The district is located in the south central portion of King County.
The district obtains its water from the Cascade Water Alliance ("Cascade"), which has as its source the Seattle Public Utilities. The average annual water demand is currently approximately 0.7 million gallons per day. The demand is projected to increase to about 1.0 million gallons per day in 2022, or assuming a modest water conservation program, the demand is forecast to be 0.8 million gallons per day in 2022.
The district is planning a water system capital improvement program valued at approximately $15,000,000 over the long-term planning period. The capital improvements proposed include modifications to the storage and distribution systems. The district also is planning sewer system capital improvements of approximately $31 million for the long-term planning period.
The King County utilities technical review committee ("UTRC") reviewed the plan on October 13, 2004, and requested that the district make changes to address comments...