File #: 2011-0142    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/11/2011 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/11/2011
Enactment date: 7/13/2011 Enactment #: 17136
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving the City of North Bend Water System Plan, 2010.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Water
Attachments: 1. 17136.pdf, 2. A. City of North Bend Water System Plan--Updated 1-31-11, 3. 2011-0142 transmittal letter.doc, 4. 2011-0142 fiscal note.xls, 5. 2011-0142 regulatory note.doc, 6. Staff Report 06-28-11
Staff: Reed, Mike
Drafter
Clerk 03/31/2011
Title
AN ORDINANCE approving the City of North Bend Water System Plan, 2010.
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 districts within critical water supply service areas be submitted to, and approved by, the legislative authority of the county within which all or a portion of the water utility is located.
3. The city of North Bend's ("the city") last water system plan was prepared in 2002. 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 in King County, provides water service to the unincorporated area and has adopted a 2010 Comprehensive 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 the city's operations and hereby find...

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