File #: 2023-0246    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/18/2023 In control: Local Services and Land Use Committee
On agenda: Final action: 9/5/2023
Enactment date: 9/13/2023 Enactment #: 19664
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving the Lake Meridian Water District Water Comprehensive Plan dated April 2023.
Sponsors: Sarah Perry
Indexes: Comprehensive Plan, Water, Water Districts
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19664, 2. A. Lake Meridian Water District 2023 Water Comprehensive Plan April 2023 (Reduced file), 3. Lake Meridian Water District 2023 Water Comprehensive Plan April 2023, 4. 2023-0246 Matrix - Lake Meridian Water District 2023 Water Comprehensive Plan (April 2023), 5. 2023-0246 transmittal letter, 6. 2023-0246 fiscal note, 7. 2023-0246 Legislative Review Form, 8. 2023-0246 Amd1, 9. 2023-0246_SR_LakeMeridianWater, 10. 2023-0246_RevisedSR_LakeMeridianWater
Staff: Micklow, Andy
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Lake Meridian Water District Water Comprehensive Plan dated April 2023.
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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, being granted right of way franchises, and being given approval for 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. RCW 57.16.010 requires general comprehensive plans by special purpose districts be submitted to, and be approved by, the legislative authority within whose boundaries all or a portion of a utility lies.
3. The Lake Meridian Water District's last water system plan was approved in 2016, under its former name King County Water District No. 111. King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years.
4. The Lake Meridian Water District's water system has a service area within King County and has adopted a water comprehensive plan update ("the plan").
5. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes water supply policies in its provisions for facilities and services, which are policies F-210, F-231 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 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 pla...

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