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Clerk 06/25/2014
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Soos Creek Water & Sewer District Water Comprehensive 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 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 57.16 RCW prescribe the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. The district's last comprehensive plan was prepared in 2005. Washington state Department of Health and King County regulations require water 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 policies in its provisions for facilities and services (applicable portions of policies F-101 through F-254) 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 the Growth Management Planning Council for the district's service area;
b. A portion of the district's service area is 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; and
e. The plan is consistent with other pertinent county adopted plans and policies.
6. Washington state Department of Health approval is pending upon King County's approval of the plan.
7. Under the state Environmental Policy Act, the district issued a Determination of Nonsignificance for the plan on May 22, 2012. 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 King County Code and are consistent with the King County Comprehensive Plan, the utilities technical review committee has recommended approval of the plan.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The Soos Creek Water & Sewer District Water Comprehensive
Plan, Attachment A to this ordinance, is hereby approved as a comprehensive water system plan.