HomeMy WebLinkAbout967RESOLUTION NO.
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A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City
of Kent, washington, relating to community
development and directing staff action in the
event of water shortages.
WHEREAS, the City Council has a legal responsibility to
provide for the health, life safety, and general welfare of the
community, and
WHEREAS, the City Council legally must assume
responsibility for the adequacies of services and take whatever
steps are necessary to assure the maintenance of those levels of
service, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted the goal for the
City of Kent that all development within the City shall be
predicated upon the City's ability to provide an acceptable level
of services to support such development.
WHEREAS, the City Council has by Resolution 952 adopted a
water policy and directed the staff to develop strategies for
future implementation.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DO
HEREBY RESOLVE:
Section 1. Whenever the staff determines that within the
forthcoming year the anticipated peak demand for water exceeds the
available supply, and additional supplies are not anticipated to
be available within a year, or that the available supplies are
anticipated to decline resulting in a supply deficiency for which
a plan does not exist to resolve the deficiency, the staff shall
report to the Council and suggest possible actions to extend
existing supply or reduce demand.
PASSED
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BY THE CI'rY COUNCIL of the City o~e t,
regular meeting this ~ day of 1982.
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AT'rEST:
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MARIE JENSEN ~I~T=Y~c=L~E=R~K=---------
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Y ATTORNEY
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I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Resolution
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~ MARIE J, N, CIT CLERK
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