3925 water rights feeRESOLUTION NO. 3925
A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE ADOPTION AND EFFECTIVE
DATE OF A NEW WATER RIGHTS ACQUISITION FEE PURSUANT TO
MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 17.03.060
Recitals:
1. Moses Lake Municipal Code Section 17.03.060 provides that if water rights are
not available to be assigned to the City in connection with platting, then the City
council shall establish from time to time a fee to be paid in lieu of such
assignment of water rights.
2. The City Council adopted Resolution 2901 on August 14, 2007, establishing a fee
in lieu of water rights at $1,200.00 per equivalent residential unit.
3. In 2022, the City Council engaged its engineer to perform a review of this fee in
order to determine whether any adjustments were necessary.
4. Based upon the City Council’s review of the engineer’s report and
recommendation, the City Council has determined that a significant increase in
the fee is necessary.
5. On November 22, 2022, the City Council approved the water rights fee increase
to $3,500.00 per acre of platted land effective that same date and adopted
Resolution 3922.
6. Resolution 3922 was adopted in error as the language failed to identify the basis
for the $3,500.00 water rights fee; accordingly, on December 13, 2022, the City
revised the policy to clarify that the fee increase to $3,500 applied to the per acre-
foot of water right needed to serve the proposed use of the land.
Resolved:
1. Resolution 3922 is hereby repealed.
2. Pursuant to Moses Lake Municipal Code Section 17.03.060, the City Council
hereby establishes the fee of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per
acre-foot of water right required to serve the proposed use of the platted land. In
the event of fraction of an acre-foot of water right is required, the fee for one acre-
foot of water right shall apply. In the event of a fraction of an acre-foot being
required together with at least one acre-foot of water right, then the fee for that
fractional portion shall be in the same proportion as the fractional portion is to an
acre-foot of water right. This water rights fee shall be effective on and shall apply
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retroactively to November 22, 2022.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Moses Lake, Washington, this 13th day of
December 2022.
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Don Myers, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Debbie Burke, City Clerk
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Mayor Don Myers
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Debbie Burke
Email: dburke@cityofml.com
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