File #: 2012-0175    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/29/2012 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/11/2012
Enactment date: 6/15/2012 Enactment #: 17341
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Redmond 2011 Water System Plan, September 2011.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Planning, Redmond, City of, Water Districts
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17341.pdf, 2. 2012-0175 Fiscal Note.xls, 3. 2012-0175 Matrix.doc, 4. 2012-0175 transmittal letter.doc, 5. A. City of Redmond 2011 Water System Plan, 6. 2012-0175 Staff report - Redmond h2o plan.doc
Staff: Bourguignon, Mary
Drafter
Clerk 04/30/2012
Title
AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Redmond 2011 Water System Plan, September 2011.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County has adopted 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. 13.24.060 prescribes the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. 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 Redmond's ("the city") last water system plan was prepared in 2003. Both Washington state Department of Health ("DOH") and King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years.
4. The city is within a critical water supply service area and has adopted a 2011 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-201 through F-244) 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 and has found:
a. The plan uses population and employment forecasts develo...

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