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Clerk 11/13/2014
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AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Tukwila Comprehensive Water 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. chapter 13.24 prescribes the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. The city of Tukwila's last comprehensive plan was approved in 2007. Washington state Department of Health and King County regulations require water and sewer system plans to be updated every six years.
3. The city owns a water transmission line within unincorporated King County and the city has adopted a comprehensive plan update ("the plan").
4. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes water and wastewater policies in its provisions for facilities and services (applicable portions of policies F-201 through F-264) 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 city 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 city's service area;
b. A portion of the city's water infrastructure 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 city issued a Determination of Nonsignificance for the plan on November 21, 2013. There were no appeals.
8. The city's operations and facilities meet multiple existing statutory, administrative and planning standards. As the city'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 City of Tukwila Comprehensive Water Plan, Attachment A to this ordinance, is hereby approved as a comprehensive water plan.