HomeMy WebLinkAbout3005 Resolution RESOLUTION NO. �3005
A RESOLUTION conditionally authorizing connection of two public
schools outside the city to the municipal sewer system.
WHEREAS, the city has experienced extraordinary residential growth over the past five
years and the Pasco School District is obligated under state law to absorb the enrollment growth
in the delivery of public educational services; and
WHEREAS, the Pasco School District finds it necessary to add student enrollment
capacity at two school sites (McLaughlin Middle School and Ruth Livingston Elementary) which
are presently situated outside the boundaries of the City of Pasco but within its Urban Growth
Area; and
WHEREAS, the Pasco School District desires to connect the subject schools to the city
sewer system now rather than spend additional public funds on site expansion and reconstruction
of the on-site septic systems for the subject schools; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pasco has previously received approval from Franklin County,
under the terms of Franchise Agreement No. 2005-558, two construct and maintain sewer
utilities within county rights-of-way, but the Pasco School District does not currently have such
approval from the County; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary and appropriate, in consideration of the
mutual interests of the taxpayers of the city and District, to conditionally grant an exception from
its long-standing policy that prohibits connection of properties outside the city to the municipal
sewer system; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The City Council hereby authorizes the Pasco School District to connect the
McLaughlin Middle School and Ruth Livingston Elementary School to the municipal sewer
system, provided the following conditions are fulfilled in relation to such connections:
• The sewer connections shall be in the form of a private temporary sewer pipeline
connected to a city sewer line at a point within the city's boundary approved by the
city engineer, at the sole expense of the Pasco School District;
• The District shall pay all standard fees associated with connection to the municipal
sewer system, at the time of the temporary connection, but shall not be required to
pay an additional fee when reconnecting after the city sewer system is adjacent to the
school property;
• At such future time as the city sewer system is adjacent the school property, the
District shall install at its cost a standard connection to the adjacent city sewer line
and disconnect the temporary pipeline.
Section 2. The Pasco City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with
the Pasco School District Superintendent whereby the District's temporary line may be installed
within County right-of-way under the authority of the city's franchise agreement with Franklin
County, provided such agreement does not transfer responsibility for the temporary line from the
District to the city.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Pasco this 5f,--day of Mqtli, 2007.
Joyc 1 is Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Sandy Ken orthy, Deputy City dlerk Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney
Pasco School District—Municipal Sewer System
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