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Clerk 05/01/2013
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AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Seattle 2013 Water System Plan.
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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 utilities that distribute or obtain water 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. 13.24.060 prescribes the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. RCW 70.116.050 requires that general comprehensive plans for water within critical water supply service areas be submitted to, and approved by, the legislative authority within whose boundaries all or a portion of a utility lies.
3. The city of Seattle's last water system plan was prepared in 2007. Both Washington state Department of Health ("DOH") and King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years.
4. The city's service area is within a critical water supply service area and has adopted a Water System Plan ("the plan").
5. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes water supply policies in its provisions for facilities and services (policies F-107 through F-253) 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.
6. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires the utilities technical review committee ("the 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 city operations and has found:
a. The plan uses population and employment forecasts developed by the Pug...
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