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AN ORDINANCE relating to the adoption of school capital facility plans and the capital improvement plan; and amending Ordinance 13147, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.18.030, Ordinance 13147, Section 22, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.18.060 and Ordinance 13147, Section 23, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.18.070.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Since 1998 the county has signed and implemented interlocal agreements with school districts that have unincorporated county areas within their district boundaries for the purpose of collecting school impact fees on behalf of the districts. As part of this process, the county has adopted school district capital facility plans as part of the capital facilities element of the county's Comprehensive Plan in conjunction with the annual adoption of the next year's budget.
B. The county's capital improvement plan is updated on an annual basis, to comply with state law requirements for annual programs, and to reflect changes to the plan due to completed construction and identified needs.
C. In 2013, the county adopted a biennial budget covering a two year cycle as well as the annual capital facility plans from the school districts and the capital improvement plan. In order to continue to implement the interlocal agreements with the school districts by adopting the districts' annual capital facility plans, and to make annual updates to the capital improvement plan, the council finds that the process for adoption of those plans in years when a county budget is not adopted warrant clarification and amendment.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 13147, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.18.030 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The King County Comprehensive Plan shall be amended in accordance with this chapter, which, in compliance with RCW 36.70A.130(2), establishes a public participation program whereby amendments are considered by the council no more frequently...
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