File #: 2013-0251    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/3/2013 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 9/9/2013
Enactment date: 9/18/2013 Enactment #: 17653
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Renton Water System Plan Update 2012.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips, Reagan Dunn
Indexes: Renton, City of, Water
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17653.pdf, 2. 2013-0251 Fiscal Note.xls, 3. A. City of Renton Water System Plan Update 2012, 4. 2013-0251 Transmittal Letter.doc, 5. 2013-0251 Staff Report - Renton H2O Plan Update.docx
Staff: Reed, Mike
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Clerk 09/10/2013
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AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Renton Water System Plan Update 2012.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County has adopted King County Code ("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. section 13.24.060 prescribes the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. The Revised Code of Washington ("RCW") 70.116.050 requires that general comprehensive plans for water within critical water supply service areas be submitted to, and approved by, the legislative authority within whose boundaries all or a portion of a utility lies.
3. The city of Renton's ("the city") last water system plan was prepared in 2005. Both Washington state Department of Health ("DOH") and King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years.
4. The city's service area is within a critical water supply service area and has adopted a Water System Plan ("the plan").
5. King County has adopted a comprehensive plan that includes water supply policies in its provisions for facilities and services (policies F-101 through F-254) 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 the utilities technical review committee ("UTRC") to review and make a recommendation to the King County executive and council on the plan and the requirements under K.C.C. chapter 13.24 and consistency with the King County Comprehensive Plan. The UTRC has reviewed the planning data and city operations...

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