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Clerk 09/30/2008
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing King County, through the solid waste division of the department of natural resources and parks, to provide draft evaluation criteria for review before construction proposals and to adopt the competitive negotiation procedures set forth within RCW 36.58.090 to construct the site facilities portion of the new Bow Lake Recycling and Transfer Station.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The King County council adopted the Final 2001 Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan ("the plan") by Ordinance 14236 on April 16, 2001, which set forth goals and policies intended to guide the county in providing solid waste transfer and recycling programs and services in that portion of King County for which the county has solid waste planning authority. One of the recommendations within the plan was for the county to take necessary steps to upgrade and expand the county's existing transfer station system to continue to meet regional demands for efficiency, capacity and service.
B. Consistent with the plan, the King County council adopted the 2006 Facilities Master Plan Update for the Bow Lake Transfer and Recycling Station ("FMP update") by Motion 12522 on April 9, 2007. The FMP update provided a blueprint for replacing the existing Bow Lake Transfer Station ("existing station") with a new station at the same location to provide enhanced solid waste handling and processing capacity and capability for the residents of King County. The new station, to be called the Bow Lake Recycling and Transfer Station ("new station"), will shift the focus of the station's operation from simply being a waste transfer facility only to a facility that will process, recycle and transfer waste and recyclable materials.
C. Development of the new station and deconstruction of the existing station encompasses complex construction, scheduling and contractor/subcontractor coordination an...
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