Drafter
Clerk 08/16/2012
Title
AN ORDINANCE approving the King County Water District Number 20 Comprehensive Water System Plan Update, April 2012.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County has adopted K.C.C. chapter 13.24, which requires approval of comprehensive plans for water utilities that distribute or obtain water 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. 13.24.060 prescribes the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. RCW 57.16.010 requires that general comprehensive plans for water districts be submitted to, and approved by, the legislative authority within whose boundaries all or a portion of the district lies.
3. King County water district number 20 ("the district") most recently prepared a comprehensive water plan in 2005. Both Washington state Department of Health ("DOH") and King County regulations require water plans to be updated every six years.
4. The district is in King County and has adopted Comprehensive Water System Plan Update, 2012 ("the plan").
5. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes water supply policies in its provisions for facilities and services (policies F-201 through F-244) that call for consistency with other adopted plans, support for regional water supply planning, pursuit of reclaimed water, water conservation and protection of water resources.
6. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires that the utilities technical review committee ("UTRC") review and make a recommendation to the King County executive and council on the plan and its consistency with the requirements under K.C.C. chapter 13.24 and the King County Comprehensive Plan. The UTRC has reviewed the planning data and district operations and hereby finds:
a. The plan uses pop...

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