Drafter
Clerk 01/20/2026
Title
AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Auburn Water System Plan dated July 2025.
Body
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 Auburn's last water system plan was approved in 2016.
3. The city of Auburn's water system has a service area within unincorporated King County and has adopted a water comprehensive plan update ("the plan").
4. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes water supply policies in its provisions for facilities and services, which are policies F-306, F-402, F-406, F-480, F-483, F-494, and F-497 through F-500, that call for consistency with other adopted plans, support for regional water supply planning, pursuit of reclaimed water, water conservation, timely and reasonable water service, and protection of water resources.
5. K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires the utilities technical review committee to review the requirements in K.C.C. chapter 13.24, to determine the plan's consistency with the King County Comprehensive Plan, and to make a recommendation to the King County executive and council on the plan. The utilities technical review committee has reviewed the planning data, service area policies, and system operations and has found:
a. The plan utilizes growth projections reflective of the adopted zoning and growth targets;
b. A portion of the system's service area is in unincorporated King County;
c. The capital facility plan is adequate to meet anticipated facility ...
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