Goals
(4 total)
- UT 1: Provide adequate water, sewer, stormwater, and solid waste services to serve existing and future development within the UGA.
- UT 2: Plan and invest in utility infrastructure concurrent with growth to avoid service deficiencies.
- UT 3: Promote water conservation and sustainable utility management practices.
- UT 4: Coordinate with utility providers including Snohomish County PUD and Puget Sound Energy to ensure adequate power and communications infrastructure.
Stronger Policy Language (8 policies)
- UT 1: Require water, sewer, and stormwater services to be available concurrent with development in the UGA consistent with adopted level of service standards.
- UT 2: Require utility infrastructure to be planned, designed, and built to serve growth in accordance with the City's adopted utility comprehensive plans.
Aspirational / Monitoring Language (7 policies)
- UT 3: Encourage water conservation through public outreach, rate structures, and regulatory requirements for efficient fixtures and landscaping in new development.
- UT 4: Coordinate with Snohomish County PUD and Puget Sound Energy to ensure adequate power infrastructure to serve industrial and commercial growth in the Cascade Industrial Center.
- UT 3: Promote the use of Low Impact Development techniques to reduce stormwater runoff and improve water quality.