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AN ORDINANCE making a technical correction to the ordinance authorizing the condemnation of a subsurface easement from the city of Seattle needed for the conveyance tunnel for the Brightwater regional wastewater treatment system; and amending Ordinance 15990, Section 1, Ordinance 15990, Section 2, and Ordinance 15990, Section 3.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
Ordinance 15990 was adopted in December 2007, but the attachment intended for Ordinance 15990 was inadvertently omitted. This ordinance corrects that error, adding the attachment to Ordinance 15990 by amending the sections in Ordinance 15990 that referred to the attachment. This ordinance does not change the policy adopted under Ordinance 15990.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 15990, Section 2, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Findings:
A. By Ordinance 13680, on November 29, 1999, King County adopted the Regional Wastewater Services Plan ("RWSP"), which set forth treatment plant policies intended to guide the county in providing wastewater treatment at its existing plants, and in expanding wastewater treatment capacity through the year 2030. The RWSP calls for construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in north King County or south Snohomish county by 2010.
B. On December 10, 2001, by Ordinance 14278, the King County council authorized the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") on the siting and construction of the north treatment facility project, now known as the Brightwater regional wastewater treatment system. King County issued the final EIS on the Brightwater regional wastewater treatment system in November 2003. In December 2003, the King County executive selected the Route 9 - 195th Street system alternative, including a new regional wastewater treatment plant, conveyance facilities, with five primary portals, and an outfall to Puget Sound as the final Brightwater alternative. King County has developed the pla...

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