File #: 2013-0013    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/14/2013 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/19/2013
Enactment date: 3/1/2013 Enactment #: 17528
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving the Cascade Water Alliance Transmission and Supply Plan.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Water
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17528.pdf, 2. A. Review of the Cascade Water Alliance Transmission and Supply Plan, 3. 2013-0013 Fiscal Note.xls, 4. 2013-0013 transmittal letter.doc, 5. 2013-0013 Staff report - Cascade H20 plan.doc, 6. A. Cascade Water Alliance Transmission and Supply Plan, 7. 2013-0013 Amendment 1.pdf
Staff: Mountsier, Beth
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Cascade Water Alliance Transmission and Supply Plan.
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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 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 Cascade Water Alliance's ("CWA") last water system plan was approved in 2006. Both Washington state Department of Health ("DOH") and King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years.
4. The Cascade Water Alliance ("CWA") is within a critical water supply service area and has adopted a transmission and supply 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 that 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 CWA operations and has found:
a. The plan uses population and employment foreca...

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