File #: 2017-0477    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/13/2017 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 1/29/2018
Enactment date: 2/5/2018 Enactment #: 18648
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving the Fall City Water District 2016 Water System Plan.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
Indexes: Fall City, Town of, Planning, Water Districts
Attachments: 1. 18648.pdf, 2. A. Fall City Water District 2016 Water System Plan, 3. 2017-0477 legislative review form - new version 11-09-17, 4. 2017-0477 legislative review form, 5. 2017-0477 transmittal letter, 6. 2017-0477--Fiscal Note, 7. 2017-0477--Matrix, 8. 2017-0477_SR__Water_Plan_FallCity.docx
Staff: Porter, Samantha
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Clerk 11/02/2017
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Fall City Water District 2016 Water System Plan.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. RCW 57.16.010 requires that general comprehensive plans by special purpose districts be submitted to, and approved by, the legislative authority within whose boundaries all or a portion of a utility lies. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 prescribes the requirements for approval of those plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
K.C.C. chapter 13.24 also 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.
2. The Fall City Water District's last general water plan was prepared in 2008. King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years.
3. The district has a service area within King County and has adopted a comprehensive water system plan ("the plan").
4. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes policies F-101 through F-254, the applicable portions of which address water policies for facilities and services; these water policies 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 system operations and has found:
a. The plan uses population and employment forecasts developed by the Puget Sound Regional Council;
b. The district's service area includes portions of unin...

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