File #: 2014-0155    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/14/2014 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/2/2014
Enactment date: 6/5/2014 Enactment #: 17821
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving the Soos Creek Water & Sewer District Sewer Comprehensive Plan.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski, Reagan Dunn
Indexes: Sewer Districts, Soos Creek, Water Districts
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17821.pdf, 2. 2014-0155 Legislative Review Form.pdf, 3. 2014-0155 fiscal note.xls, 4. 2014-0155 Review of the Soos Creek Water and Sewer District Sewer Comprehensive Plan.doc.docx, 5. A. Soos Creek Water & Sewer District Sewer Comprehensive Plan, 6. 2014-0155 Transmittal Letter.doc, 7. 2014-0155 Staff Report - Soos Creek sewer plan.docx
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Clerk 04/03/2014
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AN ORDINANCE approving the Soos Creek Water & Sewer District Sewer Comprehensive 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 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. Title 57 RCW and K.C.C. chapters 13.24 and 28.84 prescribe the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.
2. The district's last sewer system plan was prepared in 2005. Both Washington state Department of Ecology and King County regulations require sewer system plans to be updated as needed.
3. The district's service area is within King County and the district has adopted a sewer system plan update ("the plan").
4. King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes wastewater policies in its provisions for facilities and services (policies F-214, and F-255 through F-264) that call for consistency with other adopted plans, pursuit of reclaimed water, 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 district operations and has found:
a. The plan uses population and employment forecasts developed by the Puget Sound Regional Council and acknowledges the housing and job growth targets adopted by the Growth Management Planning Council for the district's service area;
b. Portions of the district's service area are in unincorporated King Co...

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