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ITEM INFORMATION
ITEM No.
5.E.
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STAFF SPONSOR: PEGGY MCCARTHY
ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE: 11/12/13
AGENDA ITEM Trn.r.:
Repeal Ordinance No. 2313 Section
language related to payment by
1 as codified
the City for
at TMC Section 14.04.320 to remove
water furnished to fire hydrants.
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SPONSOR — Council fl Mayor 7 PIR _ DCD Finance — Fire — IT — P&R Ti Police Ti AU
SPONSOR'S Repeal Ordinance No. 2313 Section 1 as codified at TMC Section 14.04.320 to remove
SUMMARY language related to payment by the City for water furnished to fire hydrants.
REVIEWED BY
— COW Mtg.
CA&P Cmte fl F&S Cmte Ti Transportation Cmte
Cmte Arts Comm. fl Parks Comm. 17 Planning Comm.
COMMITTEE CHAIR: DUFFIE
VA Utilities
DATE: 11/04/13
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SPONSOR/ADMIN.
Commyrim
Finance and Public Works
Unanimous Approval, Forward to Committee of the Whole
COST IMPACT / FUND SOURCE
EXPENDITURE REQUIRED AMOUNT BUDGETED APPROPRIATION REQUIRED
$0 $0 $0
Fund Source:
Comments:
MTG. DATE
RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION
11/12/13
Forward to next Regular Meeting
MTG. DATE
ATTACHMENTS
11/12/13
Informational Memorandum dated 11/01/13
Ordinance No. 2313
Ordinance in Draft Form
Minutes from Utilities Committee meeting of 11/04/13
11/18/13
Ordinance in final form
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City of Tukwila
Washington
Ordinance No.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO.
2313, §1 (PART), AS CODIFIED AT TUKWILA MUNICIPAL
CODE SECTION 14.04.320, RELATING TO PAYMENT BY
THE CITY FOR WATER FURNISHED TO FIRE HYDRANTS;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2313 set forth a procedure for the City to pay the
Tukwila water department a monthly fee for water furnished to each fire hydrant in the
City in accordance with a fee schedule to be adopted by motion or resolution of the
Tukwila City Council; and
WHEREAS, Substitute House Bill (SHB) 1512 allows "a purveyor to allocate and
recover costs of fire suppression and services from all customers as costs of complying
with state laws and regulations "; and
WHEREAS, Substitute House Bill 1512, which pertains to fire suppression water
facilities and services provided by municipal and other water purveyors was signed by
the Governor on May 3, 2013 and made effective on July 28, 2013; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that water customers directly benefit from the
availability of fire hydrants and adequate fire flow and that to include this cost in the
customer's water rates will be a more equitable allocation of recovering public fire
suppression costs;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Repealer. Ordinance No. 2313 §1 (part), as codified at Tukwila
Municipal Code (TMC) Section 14.04.320, "Payment by City for Fire Hydrant Supply," is
hereby repealed, thereby eliminating TMC Section 14.04.320.
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Section 2. Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon approval of the
City Attorney, the City Clerk and the code reviser are authorized to make necessary
corrections to this ordinance, including the correction of clerical errors; references to
other local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or regulations; or ordinance numbering
and section /subsection numbering.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or situation should be held to be
invalid or unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published
in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force and effect
January 1, 2014.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at
a Regular Meeting thereof this day of , 2013.
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
Christy O'Flaherty, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY:
Shelley M. Kerslake, City Attorney
Jim Haggerton, Mayor
Filed with the City Clerk:
Passed by the City Council:
Published:
Effective Date:
Ordinance Number:
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