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Clerk 02/14/2020
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AN ORDINANCE revising a financial policy of the Regional Wastewater Services Plan addressing the capacity charge; and amending Ordinance 13680, Section 16, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.86.160.
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PREAMBLE:
In 2017, King County's wastewater treatment division of the department of natural resources and parks initiated a study of the capacity charge rate structure given the changes that are occurring in terms of types of development and housing stock.
Also in 2017, the metropolitan water pollution abatement advisory committee created a capacity charge rate structure work group to provide technical expertise to the county on the rate study and make any recommendations to the county's wastewater treatment division director.
A key recommendation of the work group is that capacity charge customer classifications should bear a close relationship with the average persons per household for each customer class.
In a residential setting, the number of occupants or persons per household, is a logical factor driving the wastewater discharge volume of a structure.
Average persons per household by structure type can be evaluated using readily available data from housing surveys conducted regularly by the U.S. Census Bureau.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 13680, Section 16, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.86.160 is hereby amended as follows:
A. Under the ((provisions of the)) King County Charter and RCW 35.58.200, these financial policies are hereby adopted and declared to be the principal financial policies of the comprehensive water pollution abatement plan for King County, adopted by the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro) in Resolution No. 23, as amended, and the RWSP, a supplement to the plan.
B. Explanatory material.
1. Financial forecast and budget. Policies FP-1 through FP-10 are intended to guide the county in the areas of prudent financial forecasting and budget planning and are included...
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