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Clerk 08/05/2014
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Skyway Water & Sewer District 2013 Comprehensive Plan Water & Sewer Systems.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County has adopted K.C.C. chapter 13.24, which requires approval of comprehensive plans for water and sewer utilities that provide service in unincorporated King County as a prerequisite for operating in unincorporated King County, receiving approval for annexation proposals, being granted right of way franchises, and being given approval for right of way construction permits. K.C.C. chapters 13.24 and 28.84 and chapter 58.17 RCW prescribe the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. The Skyway Water & Sewer District's last comprehensive plan was prepared in 2005. Washington state Department of Ecology, Washington state Department of Health and King County regulations require water and sewer system plans to be updated every six years.
3. The district's service area is within King County and the district has adopted a comprehensive plan update ("the plan").
4. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes water and wastewater policies in its provisions for facilities and services (applicable portions of policies F-201 through F-264) that call for consistency with other adopted plans, pursuit of reclaimed water, water conservation and protection of water resources.
5. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires the utilities technical review committee to review and make a recommendation to the King County executive and council on the plan, the requirements under K.C.C. chapter 13.24 and consistency with the King County Comprehensive Plan. The utilities technical review committee has reviewed the planning data and district operations and has found:
a. The plan uses population and employment forecasts developed by the Puget Sound Regional Council and acknowledges the housing and job growth targets adopted by t...
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