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Initial
Date
Date Received in Council Office
Agenda Date
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Ori orator:
2/28/2006
2/28/2006
Council
Division Head:
Dept. Head:
Prosecutor:
Purchasin /Bud et:
Executive:
TITLE OF DOCUMENT.
Emergency ordinance rescinding Urban Growth designation for Sudden Valley.
ATTACHMENTS:
SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
Should Clerk schedule a hearing ? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
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Emergency ordinance rescinding Urban Growth designation for Sudden Valley.
COMMITTEE ACTION:
COUNCIL ACTION.
2/28/06: Council adopted the emergency
ordinance. 5 -1 -1 with Nelson
opposed and Crawford absent.
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Ordinance or Resolution
Number: Ord 2006 -011
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Text amendment
PROPOSED BY: Consent
SPONSORED BY: Seth Fleetwood
INTRODUCED: February 28.2006
ORDINANCE NO. 2006 -011
ENACTING AN EMERGENCY TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
MAP AND ASSOCIATED TEXT PROVISIONS -- RESCINDING THE URBAN GROWTH
DESIGNATION FOR SUDDEN VALLEY
WHEREAS, the provisions of WCC 20.10.060 indicate that proposed Comprehensive Plan
amendments shall be docketed for consideration once per year; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of WCC 20.10.070 provide for the initiation of "emergency"
amendments outside of the annual amendment cycle to process an amendment for the purpose of
resolving an appeal of the Comprehensive Plan filed with the Growth Management Hearings Board
or with the court; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of WCC 20.10.030(3) permit that emergency amendments may
be reviewed and acted upon outside the annual amendment review cycle and that emergency
amendments may be adopted by emergency ordinance pursuant to section 2.40 of the Whatcom
County Charter when immediate rather than expeditious action is required; and
WHEREAS, The Whatcom County Charter, Section 2.40 permits adoption of emergency
ordinances to support county government and its existing institutions when passed by a two thirds
vote of the County Council; and
WHEREAS, Whatcom County is presently in litigation defending the right of Sudden Valley
to incorporate at a time when the majority of the Whatcom County Council opposes such
incorporation; and
WHEREAS, Whatcom County opposes the future City of Sudden Valley because it creates
the prospect of increased urban development in precisely the location that Whatcom County policy
has sought to avoid increased development; and
WHEREAS, a group of citizens who reside in Sudden Valley have filed notice of proposed
incorporation; and
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WHEREAS, rescinding the Urban Growth Area designation significantly reduces the
likelihood of future incorporation and resolves pending litigation; and
WHEREAS, the Whatcom County finds that the rescission of the provisional Urban Growth
Area designation does not impose an undue burden upon property owners; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that the
Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan, Chapter two, be amended as follows:
The official Whatcom County Comprehensive Land Use Map be amended to delete
references that designate Sudden Valley as a provisional Urban Growth Area;
Goal 2AA be amended to delete reference to Sudden Valley; and that policy 2AA -20
("Recognize Sudden Valley as a provisional County Urban Growth Area, not associated with an
existing city "); Goal 2AA -21 ( "Study Sudden Valley to identify the factors necessary to create an
economically viable city, the implications of such development within the County overall, and make
recommendations as to whether, and, if feasible, how such action should be addressed ") be deleted;
Goal 2AA -24 ( "If incorporation has not been accomplished by the end of 2006, the Sudden
Valley Provisional UGA will be designated as a "Recreational Subdivision ") be amended to read "If
incorporation has not been accomplished by February 28h, 2006, the Sudden Valley Provisional
UGA will be designated as a "Recreational Subdivision."
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AjjjJ &' erk Orthe Council Laurie Caskey - Schreiber, Co ' cil Chair
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Deputy Prosecutor Pete Kremen; County Executive
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