BELLEVUE BIDS FOR WATER-SEWER UTILITY TAKEOVER BUT COAL CREEK SAYS THE PLAN IS UNPOPULAR AND WOULD RESULT IN HIGHER CUSTOMER RATES.(News) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: July 14, 2000| Author: Kamb, Lewis | COPYRIGHT 2000 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In a crowded high school library filled with concerned utility customers, a state panel considered Bellevue's proposal to take over part of a water and sewer system that serves three cities and parts of unincorporated King County.

Under the plan, Bellevue would assume control of about 60 percent of the Coal Creek Utility District's holdings that lie within the city. It would absorb about 9,100 district ratepayers.

Formed in 1959, the Coal Creek district runs f...