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Clerk 04/03/2014
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Soos Creek Water & Sewer District Sewer 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 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. Title 57 RCW and K.C.C. chapters 13.24 and 28.84 prescribe the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. The district's last sewer system plan was prepared in 2005. Both Washington state Department of Ecology and King County regulations require sewer system plans to be updated as needed.
3. The district's service area is within King County and the district has adopted a sewer system plan update ("the plan").
4. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes wastewater policies in its provisions for facilities and services (policies F-214, and F-255 through F-264) that call for consistency with other adopted plans, pursuit of reclaimed water, 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. Portions of the district's service area are 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 Ecology 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 issuance of the plan on
February 6, 2013. 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 Sewer Comprehensive Plan, Attachment A to this ordinance, is hereby approved as a sewer system plan.