North Lake Management District
North Lake is located in the eastern part of Federal Way, south of 320th Street and north of Highway 18 in King County Washington. The 55-acre lake is located in the White River Watershed (WRIA 10), which encompasses parts of Southern King County and extends into Pierce County. North Lake, a publically-accessed lake, is located in an urban area, and is bordered by single-family residential properties on the east shoreline, and 52 acres of mostly undeveloped land owned and maintained by Weyerhaeuser on the west. North Lake drains into the Commencement Bay through the Hylebos Creek, a salmon-bearing freshwater stream. 
Photo: North Lake
North Lake Management District Efforts In 2009,a nearly year-long process to form a Lake Management District (LMD) for North Lake was completed. The LMD will create a funding source and an operational program for all future designated aquatic plant management and water quality management, maintenance and monitoring activites for North Lake. The LMD development began with the signing of a petition during a public meeting on February 24, 2009 at the North Lake Improvment Club. The meeting was well received with no opposition to the proposed plan. By this action, the petition met the requirement set forth in RCW 36.61.030 (signed by ten landowners or owners of at least fiftenn percent of the acreage contained within the proposed LMD) and enabled the Coucil to take action regarding the formation of a North Lake LMD. A public vote was held on July 10, 2009: by a simple majority, 97% of the voters approved the measure. Subsequently, after several required resolutions and public hearings, the City Coucil formally created Lake Management District Number Two for North Lake on September 10, 2009 by passing Ordinance #09-622. By the end of 2009, and after several more resolutions and ordinances related to assessments and the formation of the Advisory Committee, the ten-year LMD became final. Click Here to view the North Lake LMD Final Assessment. [If you have any questions about the North Lake Management District, please contact: Dan Smith at Daniel.Smith@cityoffederalway.com or 253 835-2756.]
If you have any questions about this web page, please contact Hollie Shilley, Water Quality Specialist & NPDES Coordinator at hollie.shilley@cityoffederalway.com or 253 835-2752.
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