File #: 2002-0292    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/8/2002 In control: Utilities Committee
On agenda: 7/22/2002 Final action: 7/22/2002
Enactment date: 7/23/2002 Enactment #: 14424
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving an amendment to the city of Redmond water franchise approved by Motion 9036 to construct, operate and maintain a water system in council district three and authorizing the executive to execute the franchise amendment.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Agreement, Franchises, Redmond, City of, Water
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14424.pdf, 2. 2002-0292 Hearing Notice.doc, 3. 2002-0292 Transmittal Letter.doc, 4. A. Amended Franchise, 5. A. Amendment to Franchise 9036, dated July 2002, 6. B. Franchise Area Map, 7. B. Franchise Area Map, 8. Revised Staff Report, 9. Staff Report 7-09-02
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Clerk 07/10/2002
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AN ORDINANCE approving an amendment to the city of Redmond water franchise approved by Motion 9036 to construct, operate and maintain a water system in council district three and authorizing the executive to execute the franchise amendment.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The city of Redmond has filed an application for an amendment to franchise 9036 in council district three to construct, operate and maintain a water system to serve single family residences in accordance with RCW 36.55.010 and K.C.C. chapter 6.27.
2. Franchise 9036 was approved by the King County council in 1993 by Motion 9036. Franchise 9036 is consistent with the city of Redmond's 1992 Water Comprehensive Plan which was approved by the King County council by Ordinance 10765.
3. The amendment to franchise 9036 will allow the city of Redmond to provide water service to a portion of the Trilogy at Redmond Ridge Master Plan Development (MPD) that currently has no water service provider.
4. The city of Redmond through an interlocal arrangement with the Woodinville water district agreed to provide water service to that portion of the Trilogy MPD with no direct water service provider.
5. The Woodinville water district under the Critical Water Supply Plan (CWSP) initially agreed to serve a portion of the Trilogy MPD. During the review and processing of their water comprehensive plan through the utilities committee, the district substantially reduced the area that they agreed to serve under the CWSP. As a result of this action, it created an area that had no water service provider for that portion of the MPD.
6. The utilities technical review committee (UTRC) concluded that the city of Redmond needed an amended comprehensive plan and franchise or a new franchise to provide water service to the development. The UTRC determined that amending the current comprehensive plan and franchise would be the most expeditious way to resolve the water servi...

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