HomeMy WebLinkAbout80-007 RESOLUTION NO. 80-07
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING CERTAIN
RECOMENDATIONS OF THE WATER COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the Water Committee of the City Council of the City of
Port Townsend has engaged in a careful study of water supply and
distribution as it existsr~nd is projected within the corporate
municipal boundaries, and in certain service area outside the City,
and
WHEREAS, it[iiS appa~rent__tbat the City of Port Townsend is the
only entity 'that can b~ expected to provide a solution for water supply
problems in aaid areas, ~and
WHEREAS, said committee has submitted to the City Council its
report on th~ findings made as a result of said study, and has made
recommendations based thereon, and
WHEREAS,it is found by the City Council that said recommendations
are sound, and that it is in the interests of the health and welfare
of the people of the City, and of other existing users of city water,
that said recommendations be adopted as a part of the policy governing
water supply and distribution for the City, NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend
as follows:
First: The water supply and distribution system should be
planned and developed on the assumption that the population to be
served by the system within the corporate boundaries will eventually
number 15,000, and that existing supplies of water will not permit
expansion beyond the corporate limits and the existing service area
hereinafter defined.
Second: The service area outside the corporate limits will
limited to that area shown and illustrated on the
Third: It is not anticipated that additional water sources will
be developed by the City in the foreseeable future.
Fourth: There shall be no extension of existing water mains
except for the purpose of improving hydraulics.
Fifth: No water tap will be approved or permitted within the service
areas herein defined except upon property where a valid building permit
subsists. SusPension, reVocation or expiration of such building permit
shall result in automatic termination of any rights in taps authorized
or installed, without reimbursement therefor.
Sixth: The City Council shall undertake an orderly review of the
comprehensive Plan for water supply, and shall give particular attention
the elimination there~om~-of Phase 3 (Cape George), Phase 4 (Ocean Grove
and Beckett Point), and Phase 5 (Marrowstone Island).
Seventh: Clarification. and solidifying of contract water supply
agreements with the United States Navy at Indian Island, Federal Fish
Laboratory on Marrowstone Island and Fort Fl~gler State Park should be
pursued and completed.
Eighth: Any effort on the part of Jefferson County Public Utility
District No. 1 to develop water sources outside of the City service
areas should be encouraged.
Passed April / , 1980.
/ BARN~Y/McCLURE
~yor
Attest:
C~i[y Cle~k '