HomeMy WebLinkAboutres1984-009I DATE: March 15, 1984 INTRODUCED BY: ROEHL
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RESOLUTION NO.
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A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ADOPTION
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WATER AND SEWER PLANS OF WATER DISTRICT 10
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WHEREAS, RCW 57.16 and RCW 56.Q8 direct water and sewer
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districts to prepare and update comprehensive plans for their
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service areas and, further, direct that :such plans and updatES be
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submitted to the county legislative authority for approval; and,
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WHEREAS, Water District 10 has prepared amendments to
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that District's Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plans which require
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the approval of the County Council; and,
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WHEREAS, the Council has reviexged the proposed amendments
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and finds them to be in the public. intereist;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the amendments pro -
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10, as more specifically set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto,
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be and hereby are approved.
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APPROVED this 15th day of March , 1984.
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WHATCQM COUNTY COUNCIL
21 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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24 ATTEST:-
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26 Clerk of _ the '7Coun it
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APPROVED ASITO FORM:
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BRUCE L. DISEND,
30 Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
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RESOLUTION
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F TIBIT "A"
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WHATCOM COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #10
Resolution #399
A Resolution of the Whatcom County
Water District 10 Board of Commissioners
Adopting Amendments to the District's
Comprehensive Water And Sewer Plana.
WHEREAS, R.C.W. 57.16, W.A.C. 248.54.580,.and R.C.W. 56.
08.020 direct Water and Sewer Districts to prepare Comprehensive
Plans for their respective facilities, and direce that such
plane be up dated at five year intervals and submitted to the
Copnty i,ggisiscive authority for approval
WHEREAS, Whatcom County Water District 10 has not prepared
comprehensive plans or revisions within the last five years,
sad the existing documents- have deficiencies and are out of date;
WHEREAS, the conditions under which the previous plans were
preparet have changed, most notably in the adoption by Whatcom
County of its revised Plan and Zoning for the Lake Whatcom Su0-
area;
WHEREAS,Whatcom County Water District 10 wishes to intergrate
its planning and facilities into an overall framework of county
planning;
WHEREAS, Whatcom County Water District 10 has no single
document entitled a "Comprehensive Sewer Plan," but in-its
place has a de facto incremental record in the form of ULID
resolutions of existing facility improvemeets;
WHEREAS, Whatcom County Water District 10 has prepared,
discussed, received comment on, and revised, in its regular and
special open public meetings on May 18; Jute 1; July 6; August 3;
$eptember 7; and Novowber 2, 1983 a statement of Goals and Policies
for its Comprehensive Water and Sewer plans, and text amendments
for its 1977 Comprehensive Water Plan;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Whatcom County Water
District 10 adopts Goals and Policies for its Comprehensive
Water and Sewer Plane, and text amendments to its 1977 Comprehensive
Water Plan and directs the President of the board of Commissioners
to submit these amendments to the Whatcom County Council for
approval.
Adopted on Noveg�Ler 2, 1983 by the Board of Commissioner& of
Whjro*om Sgjunty f4akr District No. 10.
ISSIONES ♦ CoMM 661ONER �' COMMISSIONER
C.AMMISSIONERS
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JUHN W. DAY. 40.
ERIK UNGfAN
WHATCOM COUNTY WATER DISTRICT NO. 10
1010 LAKEVIEW STREET
BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON 982;8
DISTRICT GOALS AND POLICIES
November 28, 1983
QFFIGE
1010 LAKEV19W $TfiffT
734 -9224
Washington State law requires Water District# to adopt a
general Comprehensive Plan of water supply (RCW'57.16.010). The
requirement also applies to sewer districty (RCW 56.09.020). These
documents should contain an estimate of thg present and reasonably
foreseeable future needs of the District. It also should contain
a general system plan for water source, stproge, and distribution
facilities, and a method for allocating tha costs of that system.
The Comprehensive Plan must be approved by the County in which
the Water District lies. Whatcom County Water District 10 adoptgd
its last full Comprehensive Water Plan in 1977, though it has
adopted amendments to it since. In order to keep its Plan current,
and to .allow for changing circumstances, Water District 10 proposes
to $mend its Plan in part by adoption of s statomeat of Goals and
Policies.
The basis for these Goals and Policies is the Washington State
enabling statute, RCW title 57.A basic premise of Water District
operations is that they shall be "conducive to the public health,
convenience and welfare and will be of benefit to the property
included" in the District (57.04.030). Another concept is that a
Water District "may acquire... property or ;property rights or
privilajes.,.go protect its Watpf,supply ;fcom pollution."
GOALS
Whatcom County Water District 10 adopts the following Coals
to guide the Board of Commissioners and the management in
administering the affairs of the District.
1. Whptcom County Water District 10 seeks to build a water
supply system which is fair and equitable between customers,
2, The District shall offer the lowest feasible rates which ere
consistent with sound fiscal management.
District goals b Policies
Novembor 28, 1983
Page 2
3. Water District 10 facilities shall by pnaintained to the highest
standard.
k. The District shall provide water of the highest standard of
quality, safety, and reliability.
5. Whatcom County Water District 10 shall have a water supply
system that is in balance with its natural environmental
setting,.
6. Whatcom County Water District 10 shall protect Lake Whatcow
and its watershed to the maximum extent that is consiatsnt
with their multiple use character.
POLICIES
The following Policies are separated into fiscal concerns and
resource protection concerns, though the two Are not wutually
exclusive and in some cases overlap.
A. Fiscal concerns:
I. The District shall protect its existing customers tram
dilution of the equity in their investment.
Explanation: The District recognizes that existing
customers in some cases with State or Federal help have
paid for the development of the District's physical
system, and thus are owners of that system. They have
made an investment in the system, and the District's
f:acilitie.s represent their owner's equity. This equity
is a tangible property right in the same sense as a
house-or real property. Where assessments have been
paid with the intent of using the assessment dollars
for maintaining existing capacity of building future
capacity, that capacity will not be diverted to the
use of others who have not helped pay for it.
2. The District shall protect its existing investment in water
and sewer facilities from routine wear and tear.
Explanation: The District intends to maintain what we
have so it does not run down through lack of maintenance
and repair.
3. The District shall insure the provision of services in an
orderly and rational manner.
Explanation: The District will extend services pursuant
to previously conceived plans, forethought, and sequence
in-which new services shall become available. In general
new areas which are isolated by open space from areas
where services are available shall be considered low
priority for provision of services.
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District coals & Policies
November 26, 1983
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4. The District shall not encourage demand for extension of
its services to residential d0velopment that can be served
only at high unit cost#.
Explanation: Utility services typically have a fixed cost
per unit of length, regardless of how many connections are
served. Sparser settlement means higher costs per
connection. The District recognise& and adopts the
regional design goals in the Whatcom County Comprehensive
Land Use Plan, Lake Whateom Sulk -area.
5. The District shall prevent heafth and 'safety problems
that can result from uncontrolled or unplanned growth.
gxplanation: Woshingtop State Law (Titles 56 6 ST) auth-
orize the District to "provide for the reduction, "
minimization, or elimination of pollutants from ... any
lake, stream, or other waterway..." within its borders;
-and to take other measures conducive to the public health,
convenience and welfare, and of benefit to property
included in the District; and to protect the general
region's water supply from pollution.
6. The District's commitments for service shall be
good as long as the conditions under which they are spade
shall hold, and in any case for pot more than one
year from the date they are made in writing.
Resource protection concerns:
1. The District shall protect the water supply resource base
of Lake Whatcom.
Explanation: The District's ciAstomers depend and will
continue to depend for water supply on Lake Whstcom.
2. The District shall recognize the natural conditions of
the resource base, which consists of lake Whatcoss► and its
watershed, as the factual basis for decisions on the
provision of services.
Explanation: Examples of natural conditions are slope;
permeability; soil type; vegetation; erosion hazard.
These factors can be described in objective terms and
used to guide infrastructure development.
3. The District shall protect hydirologically benign land
uses.
Explanation: For example, opep space, agricultural
lands, and some other land usee maintain the existing
characteristics of run -off time, infiltration, and water
quality protection. Run -off ip the basin is very rapid,
and land use or vegetative conditions which tend to slow
it down tend to be beneficial. The District recognize•
that other nearby municipalities find it necessary to
fence off their watersheds and restrict acceso in order to
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maintain hydrologically benign land uses. These options
are not open to the users who depend on Lake Whotcom for
a water supply.
4. The District shall minimize "spill -over effect#" between
land owners, which may &ripe specifically from provision
of District services.
Explanation: New water and sewer lines remove the density
restrictions which accompany wells and septic tanks. Once
those limitations are removed, demand for housing lots
increases. Increased impervious surface are& may cause
drainage problems. indirectly; the District may bs respon-
sible for those problems becausq it started off a chain
reaction. other juriadictigns moy also have responsibilitiss
for spill -over effects.
C. The District accepts the following responsibilities:
1. Of providing expanded services at an appropriate time,
when prior obligations have been fully met, and sources
of funds have been identified; consistent with the fiscal
and resource protection policies stated above.
Z. Of providing equal treatment to all individuals or
groups or classes of people who are similarly situated.
3. Of allowing a reasonable return from the use of or
investment in property. In cases where the District
must consider the value of restricting service to a
parcel of land, it will babe its evaluation on the
original investment rather than on any pgtentiol or
expectation of a windfall profit.
4. Of coordinating the District's Comprehensive Plan and
other actions with all governmental entities having
jurisdiction in the Lake Whatcom watershed.
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WHATCOM COUNTY WATER DISTRICT NO. 10
1010 LAKEVIEW STREET
BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON 98226
COMMISSIONERS
P4URT ANDERSEN
JU"N W. DAY. JR.
ERIK UNGERN
TEXT AMENDMENTS TO 1977 COMPREHENSIVE MATER PLAN
NOVEMBER 2, 1983
Pace Para:
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Delete, and replace with the following;
OFFICE
1010 iAKEVIEW STREET
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"This Comprehensive Water Plan is to facilitate the
provision of services according to the Lake Whatcom
Subarea Land Use Plan, and as the demand for these
services occurs, and as provided fqr in the Goals
and Policies of the District. Its purpose is to
provide equitable, economical, safes, environmentally
sound water services."
Last Para: delete.
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Delete and replace as follows:
"Land Use - The Lake Whatcom Subarea component of the Whatcom
County Comprehensive Land Use Plan, adopted August 5,
1982, establishes a philosophy of meeting the needs for
future urban growth by reserving land in the fringe areas
next to cities, and allowing land use densities to in-
crease when urban services such as aew9r and water are
provided. Conversely, the Land Use Plan defines other
Amendment. -lomp. Plan
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areas where urban -level services are not either in
existence or planned, because of ouch reasons an cost
or environmental sensitivity. The Land Use Plan envisions
that there is a time and a place for development to occur,
and it establishes a range of different densities within
the boundaries of the Water District to implement this
philosophy. The improvements described in this Comprehensive
Water Plan are intended to dovetail with the design
Philosophy of the County Land Use Plan."
P! ache Para.,
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"...is in agreement with the Regional Design and Growth
Management goals of the County Land Use Plan."
2. "...Proposed Comprehensive Water Plan does not conflict
with the above document a..."
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VIII -1 Delete pages VIII -1 and VIII -2. Add the following:
"VIII
Recommended Improvements
The most important improvements to be carried out by
Water District 10 are as follows:
1. Overhaul the Sudden Valley water treatment plant in
order to increase its reliability and back -up capacity.
2. Overcome chronic pressure proOlema in Sudden Valley.
3. Rebuild the water distributiop lines in the area
known as the Lake Whatcom Group to District standards as
soon as an appropriate local contribution to the coat is
Amendmenta )mp. Plan
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secured. The District's objectivq 4a to incorporate the
Lake Whatcom Group without distincition into Water District
10.
4. Attempt to equalize the disparity between the Geneva
and Sudden valley water commodity charges."
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IX -2 Delete first paragraph on financing and replace as follows:
"Among the available methods of financing improvements or
additions to the water system are developer extension agree-
ments, revenue bonds, local improvement districts, grants,
and connection fees. There is a basic distinction between
facilities of special benefit to a local area only, and
those of general benefit to the cuatomera of the District
as a whole. The former facilities include laterals, hydrants,
meters, etc. that serve a relatively restricted area, and
should generally be paid for by the people who are specially
benefitted by them. The latter include the water source,
treatment plant, transmigsion mains, booster pumps,
distribution resevoirs, and system controls; these facilities
should usually be regarded as a general District obligations
when it is a question of who pays for expansion of capacity,
the parties who constitute the demand and Create the
obligation should be expected to produce the means of
meeting it.,'
WHATCOM COUNTY WATER DISTRICT NO, 10
1010 LAKEVIEW STREET
BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON 98226
COMMISSIONERS OFFICE
RoaERT ANDER §EN 1010 LAKEVIEW STREET
JOHN W. DAY. JR, 734.8224
ERIK UNGERN
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Mr. Craig Cole, Chairman WHATCOM Comy
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Whatcom County Council
Bellingham, WA 9x225
Dear Mr. Cole:
On behalf of the Whatcom County Water District 10
Board of Commissioners, I am submitting herewith
amendments to the District's Comprehensive Water and
Sewer Plans for approval by the Whatcom County Council.
The District Board's intention is that the Goals
and Policies be adopted as a preamble to both the
water and sewer plans. The sewer plan dQea not exist
as a discrete document at the present ti*e, but instead
consists of a group of sewer extensions performed under
various ULID's. Thus for sewer purposes„ the District
is adopting a first chapter of a true aeMfer "plan ", in
place of an aggregation of statements of "what is ".
The Board looks forward to your congideration of
these awndments.
Sincerely,
IC400 ,-
Robert S. Andersen
President
AttacYunents
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Phone 676 -4730
County .348 -1310 -.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Bureau of Engineering Edwin R. Henken, County Engineer
Courthouse, Bellingham, WA 98225 Robert C. Jurica, Asst. County Engineer
February 10, 1984
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TO: William P. Roehl, Chairman Planning & DevelopmenteoUiti`ell
FROM: Robert C. Jurica, Asst. County Engineer,
SUBJECT: Whatcom County Water District No. 10
Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plan Amendment
The Engineering Division has reviewed the proposed subject amendment and finds
it acceptable.
ERH /mp
PHILLIP H. JONES, M.D. M.P.H.
District Health Officer
BELLINGHAM & WHATCOM COUNTY DISTRICT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Community Health Center — 509 Girard Stregt
P. O. Box 835
Bellingham, Washington 88227
February 8, 1984
William P. Roehl, Chairman
Planning and Development Committee
Whatcom County Courthouse
Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone 676 -6720
Env. Health 676 -6724
County 384 -1528
RE: Amendments to the Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plan for Whatcom
County Water District No. 10. Resolution #399.
Dear Mr. Roehl:
I have reviewed the District's goals, policies and proposed amendments
and have the following comments:
1. There should be a policy statement as to the responsibility of
the District in the control and operation of small public water
systems that are developed within District boundaries.
2. Dwellings located on water front lots frequently draw inadequately
treated water directly from Lake Whatcom. The District should
put a priority on supplying these residences with potable water,
if they desire the service.
Sincerely,
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Bert Brainard, M.P.H.
Director Environmental Health
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401 Grand Avenue Bellingham. Wauhinglan 94225
Phone 676 -6756
MEMORANDUM
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PLANNING DEPARTMENT
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To: William P. Roehl, Chairman
Planning and Development Committee
Whatcom County Council
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From: Vernon M. Umetsu, Planner I
Date: February 10, 1984
Re: Review of Whatcom County Water District
No. 10's Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plans
The Planning Department has received and reviewed the
proposed goals and policies applicable to both the
Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plans of Whatcom County Water
District No. 10 and the textual amendments to the District's
Comprehensive Water Plan.
The Planning Department generally supports the work of
Whatcom County Water District No. 10 to r4tionally plan for
the provision of water and sewer facilities►.. The Department
especially supports the District's preparation and adoption
of goals and policies which are intended to provide
direction for the development of facilities through water
and sewer comprehensive plans:
The Planning Department has carefully reviewed the proposed
goals and policies due to their importance to area
development and suggests the following be considered as a
goal:
Whatcom County Water District No. 10
shall plan and develop water and sewer
facilities in such a manner as to com-
plement and support the Lake Whatcom
Subarea Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
The Department otherwise finds the proposed goals and
policies to be consistent with the Whatcom County
Comprehensive Plan, Lake Whatcom Subarea Plan.
The Planning Department also finds all other textual
amendments to the Comprehensive Water Plan to be consistent
with the Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan, Lake Whatcom
Subarea Plan.
VU:sh
COUNTY COUNCIL
311 Grand Avenue
Bellingham, Washington 98225
MEMO TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mary Kay Becker
Donald G. Hansey
Craig W. Cole
C. J. Johnson
R. W. "Bob" Muenscher
J. V. "Jim" Hawley, Jr.
William P. Roehl
Ed Henken, Engineer
William P. Roehl, Chairman Planning and Development
January 31, 1984
Amendment tc Whatcom County Water District No. 10's
Comprehensive Water and Sewer Plan
Would you pease review the proposed amendment (attached)
and submit your recommendations to the Council office on or
before February 10, 1984.
Thank you for your prompt attention -to this matter.
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