Drafter
Clerk 04/19/2012
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A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on the water quality improvement program in accordance with the 2012 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17232, Section 100, Proviso P2.
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WHEREAS, the King County council in adopting the 2012 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17232, Section 100, wastewater treatment, Proviso P2, provides that of this appropriation, $250,000 shall not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits a report to council on the water quality improvement program and a motion that acknowledges receipt of the report, and
WHEREAS, the executive has transmitted to the council with this motion the report on the water quality improvement program called for in the proviso, and
WHEREAS, the report on the water quality improvement program includes the following elements required by the proviso:
1. A status of the water quality monitoring program including a comprehensive review of the changes to water quality monitoring activities since 2009, a list of data sets that are no longer collected and analyzed and the rationale for discontinuing these activities, a list of new water quality data that is being collected and the reasons for the collection;
2. The rate impacts to restore or provide funds for additional water quality monitoring activities; and
3. Options for augmenting wastewater treatment division funding for water quality monitoring activities including fees, grants and contributions from other jurisdictions;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
Receipt of the water quality improvement program report prepared in accordance
with the 2012 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17232, Section 100, wastewater treatment, Proviso P2, Attachment A to this motion, is hereby acknowledged.