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Home My WebLink Aboutres2014-045 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. _ 2014-253 CLEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned to: Originator: Public Works/ Gary Stovka 7/8/2014 Division Head: /�`_ t� I_ (� j f —Council Gary Stovka f!'�. '/'3//1 nt F ( F V E J -1 --8/5/2014 —Finance/Council Dept.Head: /' PPPP'"' Frank Abort b113 P/L 9/30/2014 ommittee to be Prosecutor: O6/z6/IL announced Dan Gibson — Purchasing/Budget: Brad Bennett Executive: Y Jack Louws L�3 0 ` TITLE OF DOCU Resolution commencing the Coordinated Water System Plan update process. ATTACHMENTS: Cover Memorandum Resolution SEPA review required? ( ) Yes (X ) NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO Requested Date: SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires a public hearing,you must provide the language for use in the required public notice. Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate. Be clear in explaining the intent of the action.) Public Works staff is planning to update the Whatcom County Coordinated Water System Plan. The plan was last updated in 2000. The attached resolution calls for convening the Water Utility Coordinating Committee,sets the boundaries of the Critical Water Supply Service Area,and establishes a scope for the update. COMMITTEE ACTION: COUNCIL ACTION: 7/8/2014: Held in Committee for two weeks 7/8/2014: Held in Committee 7/22/2014: Held in Committee for two weeks 7/22/2014: Held in Committee 8/5/2014: Approved and amended to move to Council 8/5/2014: Held proposed schedule 9/30 committee to 9/30/2014: Amended and approved in Finance Committee, be announced at a later date. forwarded to Council for full approval 9/30/2014: Council amended and approved 6-1, Brenner opposed, Res. 2014-045 Related County Contract#: Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number: Res. 2014-045 Please Note: Once adopted and signed,ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing on the County's website at: www.co.whatcom.wa.us/council. PROPOSED BY: Consent SPONSORED BY: INTRODUCTION DATE: 7/8/2014 RESOLUTION NO. 2014-045 COMMENCING THE COORDINATED WATER SYSTEM PLAN UPDATE PROCESS WHEREAS,on November 13, 1990, Whatcom County adopted Resolution 1990-073 establishing Critical Water Supply Service Area boundaries to meet the requirements for developing a Coordinated Water System Plan(CWSP)under RCW 70.116; and WHEREAS, the Critical Water Supply Service Area boundaries were reviewed by the Water Utility Coordinating Committee established by Resolution 1990-073; and WHEREAS, these boundaries were modified by Resolution 1991-046, dated July 9, 1991, and Resolution 1991-075, dated September 24, 1991, to generally include all lands west of the National Forest Boundary excluding certain portions of the Lummi and Nooksack Indian reservations; and WHEREAS, the first CWSP was developed in 1993 but was not approved by state Department of Health (DOH) due to concerns raised by Lummi Nation and unresolved litigation over Whatcom County's compliance with the state Growth Management Act; and WHEREAS, an update of the 1993 CWSP was prepared and adopted by the Whatcom County Council by resolution on May 2, 2000; and WHEREAS,in 2005 the Whatcom County Council approved the WRIA 1 Watershed Management Plan, Phase 1 which was developed pursuant to RCW 90.82; and WHEREAS, in October 2010 the WRIA 1 Joint Administrative Board adopted the 2010 Lower Nooksack Strategy, Objective 3 Task 3 of which called for a CWSP update"to be used as the basis for furthering the completion of a comprehensive water supply plan;" and WHEREAS, the CWSP notes periodic updates may be initiated by the Whatcom County Council, and recommends that the Water Utility Coordinating Committee establish standing subcommittees to address CWSP issues; and WHEREAS, it has been over 14 years since the last update of the CWSP and much has changed regarding water systems and water issues in Whatcom County since the last update such that some provisions of the 2000 CWSP are obsolete and others may be. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Whatcom County Council does hereby call for updating of the 2000 Whatcom County Coordinated Water System Plan to address the following issues: 1. Water demand forecasting consistent with the 2016 update of the County's Comprehensive Plan; 2. A review of minimum design standards for water systems including emergency interties and fire flow requirements; 3. A review of service are boundary designations and identification of contested service areas; 4. A review of the utility service review procedure; 5. A review of policies regarding satellite management agencies; 6. A review of water quality issues including,but not necessarily limited to,nitrate contamination issues; 7. Terms of the Lummi Peninsula groundwater settlement agreement; 8. Incorporation of provisions of the state Municipal Water Law of 2003 including water use efficiency measures; and 9. Coordination, including identification of and provision for specific linkages,with other water resource management efforts, including but not necessarily limited to the WRIA 1 Watershed Management Project, in order to assure efficient use of time and funding, to avoid overlap and duplication of effort and consistency of use of parameters such as per capita water use rates. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the boundaries of the Critical Water Supply Service Area shall remain unchanged; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Whatcom County Council hereby convenes the Whatcom County Water Utility Coordinating Committee(WUCC)to assist in developing an update to the CWSP. In accordance with RCW 70.116.040,Whatcom County shall invite representatives of all public water systems serving more than 50 customers to participate on the WUCC as voting members along with representatives of the Health Department, Planning and Development Services Department, and County Council. To get the broadest base of input, Whatcom County shall also invite representatives of all other public water systems in the County and representatives of Lummi Nation and the Nooksack Indian Tribe to participate on the WUCC as non-voting members; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,that input from the WRIA 1 Planning Unit will be sought at the outset of the update process and the Planning Unit will be provided an opportunity to comment on the final draft of the updated CWSP prior to submittal to the County Council; and BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Whatcom County Council shall select a councilmember to represent the entire County Council on the Water Utility Coordinating Committee. APPROVER/this 30th day of September , 2014. ATT 1k�; • P*-1-C• C,, � WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL i WHATCOM COUNTY,WASHINGTON :0111tAktill Dares frown Day* e , pf thj Council Carl Weimer, Council Chair • APPI YEII.Ls i'o cow • fIr`,,r r,+r 1 -7-3 ` `,,,'4�ti gam r Civil Deputy Prosecutor