File #: 2023-0216    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/18/2023 In control: Local Services and Land Use Committee
On agenda: Final action: 9/5/2023
Enactment date: 9/13/2023 Enactment #: 19662
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District Wastewater Comprehensive Plan Update and General Sewer Plan dated February 2023.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
Indexes: Sammamish, City of, Water and Sewer Districts
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19662, 2. Ordinance 19662 Attachment A, 3. 2023-0216 transmittal letter, 4. 2023-0216 Fiscal Note, 5. 2023-0216 Sammamish Plateau Water & Sewer District Wastewater Comprehensive Plan Update and General Sewer Plan (February 2023), 6. 2023-0216 Legislative Review Form, 7. 2023-0216_SR_SammamishPlateauSewer
Staff: Micklow, Andy
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Clerk 06/14/2023
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District Wastewater Comprehensive Plan Update and General Sewer Plan dated February 2023.
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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 Sammamish Plateau's last sewer plan was approved in 2015. King County regulations require wastewater system plans to be updated every six years.
3. The Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District's wastewater system has a service area within King County and has adopted a wastewater comprehensive plan update ("the plan").
4. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes policies F-101 through F-264, the applicable portions of which address wastewater policies for facilities and services; these wastewater 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 considers population and employment forecasts developed by the Puget Sound Regional Council;
b. The system's service area is in unincorporated King County;
c. The capital facility plan is...

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