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Clerk 03/02/2017

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AN ORDINANCE approving the Northshore Utility District Water System Plan 2016.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

1.  RCW 57.16.010 requires that general comprehensive plans by special purpose districts be submitted to, and approved by, the legislative authority within whose boundaries all or a portion of a utility lies.  K.C.C. chapter 13.24 prescribes the requirements for approval of those plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.

2.  The Northshore Utility District has a service area within King County and has adopted a water system plan update ("the plan").

3.  The district's last general water facility plan was approved in 2008.  Washington state Department of Health and King County regulations require water system plans to be updated every six years.

4.  King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes policies F-101 through F-254, the applicable portions of which address water policies for facilities and services; these water policies call for consistency with other adopted plans, pursuit of reclaimed water, water conservation 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 system operations and has found:

  a.  The plan uses population and employment forecasts developed by the Puget Sound Regional Council;

  b.  The district's service area is within King County;

  c.  The capital facility plan is adequate to meet anticipated facility and service needs;

  d.  The plan is consistent with applicable Washington state water quality laws; and

  e.  The plan is consistent with other pertinent county adopted plans and policies.

6.  Washington state Department of Health approval is pending upon King County's approval of the plan.

7.  Under the state Environmental Policy Act the district completed an environmental check list and the district issued a determination of nonsignificance for the plan approval on August 24, 2016.  There were no appeals.

8.  The district's operations and facilities meet multiple existing statutory, administrative and planning standards.  As the district's operations, facilities and planning meet the requirements of the King County Code and are consistent with the King County Comprehensive Plan, the utilities technical review committee has recommended approval of the plan.

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  The Northshore Utility District Water System Plan 2016,

Attachment A to this ordinance, is hereby approved as a comprehensive system water plan.