RESOLUTION
ESTABLISHING A PLANNING AREA FOR EASTERN
RESOLUTION NO.
– 2003
WHEREAS, Urban Growth Areas (UGAs) designated under the Washington Growth Management Act must provide for or be capable of providing for urban levels of service for water supply; and
WHEREAS,
the Eastsound Village Urban Growth Area, as designated by the adoption
of
Ordinance 10-2000, is currently served by Eastsound Water Users
Association
(EWUA), and a growing number of individual wells and small Group B
community
water systems; and
WHEREAS,
the Washington State Department of Ecology has responsibility for
issuing water
rights to meet municipal requirements and new legislation, (HB 1338)
calls for
coordination between water system plans and watershed planning in
determining
the status of water rights; and
WHEREAS,
future growth and demand for water service maybe greater than EWUA’s
ability to
provide service; and
WHEREAS,
EWUA does not have security of water rights or source capacity to serve
long-term growth projections for Eastsound ; and
WHEREAS,
individual wells and small water systems are being developed in the
EWUA and
Rosario Utilities Water System service areas on small parcels, creating
a potential
competition for water and customers; and
WHEREAS,
Eastsound and Rosario share the need for planning in order to identify
areas
where coordination of water system management could benefit both
entities, and
WHEREAS,
the San Juan County Water Resource Management Committee (WRMC) is
charged with
assessing and planning for the protection of the county’s water
supplies and
met with the Eastsound Water Users board of directors on July 16, 2003,
and
held a public meeting for interested parties at Rosario Resort on
Septmeber 17,
2003; and
WHEREAS,
at their October 15th meeting the WRMC directed staff to
request
that the San Juan County Board of Commissioners establish a planning
sub-committee to address water resource issues with a planning area
designated
as the Eastsound and Rosario water system service area boundaries; and
WHEREAS,
the WRMC recommends including purveyors and other interested parties on
the
east side of Orcas to participate in this planning committee
NOW
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the service areas for Eastsound and
Rosario on
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Health and Community Services Department
will
develop an assessment of water availability for the east side of
DONE
THIS day
of
,
2003.
BOARD
OF HEALTH
Rhea
Y. Miller, Chair
Darcie
L. Nielsen, Member
John
B. Evans, Member
Attest: Si A. Stephens, Auditor
And
Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board
By:
Lillian Hamel, Deputy
Approved
as to Form Only
Randall
K. Gaylord, Prosecuting Attorney
By:
Exhibit
A – Map of Critical Water Resource Area Boundaries
Orcas Island Watershed Planning
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