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Clerk 01/25/2010
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute an amendment to the Covington water district franchise to add an annexed area to the franchise.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The grantee, Covington water district ("Covington"), was granted a franchise by Ordinance 12858 enacted September 16, 1997, which, after acceptance by Covington on October 13, 1997, became Franchise No. 12858.
2. The King County council approved the updated Covington 2007 Comprehensive Water System Plan by Ordinance 15980 approved on December 10, 2007.
3. By resolution dated April 16, 2008, Covington approved Amendment No. 1 to the 2007 plan providing for the addition of Sugarloaf Mountain, approximately six hundred and forty acres, to the Covington service area.
4. The King County council approved the annexation October 10, 2008, by Ordinance 16252.
5. Covington then submitted the Covington Water District 2007 Comprehensive Water System Plan Amendment No. 1 to the King County utilities and technical review committee for review. The utilities and technical review committee approved Amendment No. 1 on August 20, 2008.
6. The King County council approved Amendment No. 1 to the Covington Water District 2007 Comprehensive Water System Plan on December 12, 2008, by Ordinance 16315.
7. Covington applied to the clerk of the council on July 16, 2009, to amend the legal description of Franchise 12858 to include the Sugarloaf Mountain area.
8. The executive has recommended approval of the amended franchise.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The granting of an amendment to the legal description of Franchise 12858, which authorizes the Covington Water District to construct, operate and maintain a water system within King County, is hereby approved. The King County executive is authorized to enter into and execute the water system Franchise Amendment Agreement, which by this reference is fully incorporated herein, in substantially the form set out in Attachment A to this ordinance. The franchise shall include all of the general and special conditions required by the county in Franchise No. 12858, Attachment B to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. If within forty-five days after the granting of this franchise the
applicant has failed to sign the written acceptance incorporated herein, then the rights and privileges granted herein shall be forfeited and the franchise shall be null and void.
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