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CLEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned to:
Ori 'nator: JPR 5/22/2012 6/5/2012
Council -
RE C E O V E D Introduction
Division Head: JPR 5/22/2012 �C 6/19/2012 Hearing rar
- MAY 2 9 2012
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Ordinance regard g changing the Speed Limit on a portion of Birch Bay Lynden Road and Portal Way.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Memo to County Executive
2. Ordinance
3. Vicinity map
SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing? (X ) Yes ( ) NO
SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO Requested Date: 6/19/2012
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires a public
hearing, you must provide the language for use in the required public notice. Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate.
Be clear in explaining the intent of the action.)
To comply with RCW 46. 61. 415, it is found necessary and expedient to modify the speed limit on a portion of
Birch Bay Lynden Road and Portal Way.
COMMITTEE ACTION:: COUNCIL ACTION::
6 / 05 / 2012 : Introduced
6 / 19 / 2012 : Council Adopted 6-0 , Knutzen
absent Ord . 2012 -025
Related County Contract #: Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution
Number: Ord . 2012-025
Please Note: Once adopted and signed, ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing
on the County 's website at: www. co. whatcom. wa. us/council.
SPONSORED BY : Consent
• PROPOSED BY : Public Works - Engineering
INTRODUCTION DATE : 6 / 5 / 2012
ORDINANCE NO . 2012-025
TO ESTABLISH SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN COUNTY ROADS
WHEREAS , the Whatcom County Council is authorized under RCW 46 . 61 . 415 to
establish speed limits on certain County roads ; and
WHEREAS , a County Road Signal Project will change the traffic flow of the roads ;
and
WHEREAS , the design of the project will require lower speeds ,
NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT ORDAINED that a speed limit be set and posted at 35
miles per hour at the following location:
On Portal Way , 1 ,000 feet north and south of the intersection with Birch Bay Lynden
Road and on Birch Bay Lynden Road 1 ,000 feet west of Portal Way to 1 ,000 feet east
of Valley View Road .
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the County Engineer is hereby directed to post the
appropriate signs and that the Whatcom County Sheriff and the Washington State Patrol be
notified by a copy of this ordinance .
Provisions of this ordinance are hereby added to Whatcom County Code , Section
10.04.050 .
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D9a Bro4zT0r .; Council Clerk Kathy Kershner, Chair of the Council
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APPR 1 VED AS TO FORM : c>4pproved ( ) Denied
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