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Clerk 05/01/2025
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AN ORDINANCE approving City of Auburn 2024 Comprehensive Sewer Plan dated November 2024.
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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, granting right of way franchises, and approving 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 Comprehensive Sewer Plan approved in 2016 through King County Ordinance 18304.
3. The city of Auburn's wastewater system has a service area within unincorporated King County and has adopted a comprehensive wastewater plan ("the plan").
4. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes policies F-402 through F-453, 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 uses population and employment forecasts developed by the Puget Sound Regional Council;
b. The city of Auburn's wastewater system has a service area within unincorporated King County;
c. The capital facility plan is adequate to meet anticipated facility and service needs;
d. The plan is consistent with applicable Washington sta...

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