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WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO 636
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
DESIGNATING THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AS THE
OFFIC]:AL TO CERTIFY SANITARY SEWER, CONNECTIONS,
AND EXTENSIONS.
COUNCIL ACTION
MEETING r I AGENDA I
TYPE I DATE ITEM ACTION
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2933 passed by the Council of the
Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle on April 6, 1978, initiated a certifi-
cation procedure for the connection and extension of local sewerage systems
to the Metropolitan sewerage systems; and
WHEREAS, such certification shall ensure that such connections
and extensions are consistent with the Tukwila Comprehensive Land Use
Plan; and
WHEREAS, such certification shall be made by the Public Works
Director after review by the Planning Division of the Office of Community
Development and the Engineering Division of the Public Works Department of
the City of Tukwila;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
The City Council of the City of Tukwila hereby
designates the Public Works Director of the City as
the official to certify that connections and extensions
of sewers, which flow into the Municipality of Metro-
politan Seattle's disposal system, are consistent with
the adopted Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Policies of
the City of Tukwila.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
at a regular meeting thereof this /9 day of 1978.
A proved as to Form:
eputy City Attorney
ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk
and
RESOLUTION NO. 2933
A RESOLUTION of the Council of the Municipality
of Metropolitan Seattle amending and supplementing
the Municipality's Rules and Regulations .for the
disposal of sewage into the Metropolitan Sewerage
System to add a certification procedure for con-
nections and extensions.
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2315 adopted June 26, 1975,
the Municipality established rules and regulations_ for the dis-
posal of sewage into the Metropolitan Sewerage System and for the
construction and use of local sewerage facilities, hereinafter
referred to as the "Rules and Regulations and
WHEREAS, local sewer service through the construction
of connections and extensions to the Metropolitan Sewerage System
should be consistent with the adopted land use plans and policies
of cities and counties; and
WHEREAS, the Municipality has developed procedures to
ensure such consistency in response to land use concerns of local
governments and as part of its areawide water quality planning
for the Cedar -Green River Basins under Section 208 of PL 92 -500;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend and supplement the
Rules and Regulations to implement such procedures;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the
Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle as follows:
Section I. The following new section entitled "Section. 3
.CERTIFICATIONS FOR EXTENSIONS AND CONNECTIONS" is hereby added
to the Rules and Regulations:
SECTION 3 CERTIFICATIONS FOR EXTENSIONS AND CONNECTIONS.
3 -01 Requests for Extensions
A request by a Local Public Agency, person, state or
federal agency for an extension to an existing Metro
Interceptor or Trunk shall not be considered by Metro
for funding of planning, design or construction, and
agreements therefor shall not be considered for approval
unless Metro's Executive. Director has received written
certification from the legislative bodies of all cities
and counties which have zoning jurisdiction over:
a
(1) Any portion of the area proposed by the request-
ing party to be served, or determined by Metro a.s
being capable of being served, by such extension;
and
(2) Any other area in or through which the facility is
proposed to be constructed;
which certification shall state that-such service and construc-
tion is consistent with the adopted Land use plans and policies
of such local governments. If a city or county cannot so
certify, it shall issue a written statement to the Executive
Director that the service or construction is not consistent
with said adopted plans and policies, or that action on the
application for certification_ must be deferred pending receipt
by the city or county of such additional, specified informa-
tion and data as may be reasonably required for the considera-
tion of said application.
3 -02 Request for Connections
Requests by a Local Public Agency, person, state or federal
agency for approval of a Local Public Sewer facility connec-
tion to an existing Metro Interceptor or Trunk shall be
considered by Metro only if Metro's Executive Director has
received a written certification as described in Section
3 -01 provided, that a connection involving service by a
Local Public Sewer facility which is located wholely within
the boundaries of a city and has a potential service area
contained wholely within such boundaries shall require only
the written certification of that city.
3-03. Administration
The certification may be made by either the legislative body
of the city or county or by such department or division
thereof as the legislative body may designate. The issuance
of the certification may be preceded by a reasonable analysis
and consideration, by a city or county having zoning authority,
of alternatives to the proposed connection or extension. If
Metro's Executive Director has not received a certification
or other statement from a city or county as described in
Section 3 -01 within ninety (90) days of receipt by a city or
county of a written application for certification, said city
or county shall be deemed, for purposes of this regulation
only, to have certified the proposal. as consistent with adopted
land use plans and policies; provided, that if such certifi-
cation has not been received by the Executive Director within
sixty (60) days of receipt by a city or county of a written
application for certification, the Executive Director shall
notify the chief executive and chairman of the legislative body
of said city or county of the certification deadline. The
Executive Director of Metro is authorized to develop such addi-
tional rules, procedures and forms as may be required to im-
plement this section, to notify Local Public Agencies, cities,
counties and interested persons of the certification process,
and to assist such Local Public Agencies, cities, counties
and persons in compliance therewith. Any questions concerning
the applicability or scope of certification requirements shall
be referred to the Executive Director for final resolution.
Nothing in this section shall preclude Metro from providing
staff assistance to a Local Public Agency, city, county or
state or federal agency concerning waterborne pollutant
removal, water quality improvements or sewage disposal al-
ternatives.
Resolution No 2933 Page 2
3 -04 Legal Requirements
Section 2. Sections 3 through 18 of the Rules and Regula-
tions, as adopted by Resolution No. 2315 and as amended by Resolu-
tion No. 2698, are hereby renumbered as Sections 4 through 19.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect on April 6,
ADOPTED by the Council of the Municipality of Metropolitan
Seattle at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of April,
1978.
1978.
ATTEST:
The provisions of Section 3 -01 and Section 3 -02 shall not
apply where an extension of or connection to a Metro Inter-
ceptor or Trunk is required by formal order or directive of
a state or federal agency with regulatory powers over said
extension, connection or the Metropolitan Sewer System, or
to the following Interceptor extensions: (1) That portion
of the Phase 1 May Creek Interceptor System, as defined
in the Environmental Protection Agency Project No. C- 530749
Negative Declaration dated November 29, 1977, which includes
the Honeydew Interceptor and a section of the May Creek
Interceptor between existing Petro Manhole 8 and the con
fluence of May and Honey Creeks; (2) SLW 14 in the Compre-
hensive Plan, also known as the Madsen Creek trunk,and (3)
GR 25 and GR 26 of the Comprehensive Plan, extending from
Ilth Avenue in Algona to Main Street in the City of Auburn.
Copies of any formal orders or directives as referred to
herein shall be immediately forwarded to every city and
county and other Local Public Agencies within the Metro-
politan Area.
Pf ARV
Carl f Johansen
Clerk of the Council
C,_ Care/ Donworth
Chairman of the Council