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Home My WebLink Aboutord2003-010IVH4TC0M COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 2002 -084N CLEARANCES Militia Dale Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date y - "-4z. Assi redm: Originator: .Man W. Aamot 1" /(� RR E V LS u V E SEP 17 2002 WHATCOM COUNTY Introduction Division Head: Sylvia Goodwin 10/22/02 Natural Res. Dept Head: Hal Hart I I I �- _ iZ '7 Inbp Prosecutor: Karen Frolics ^.Jt Purehatingatudger: /��a COUNCIL Executive: Pen Kronen SUBJECT.- Pefepesed comprehensive plan and zoning amendment to expand a mineral resource land designation along HStreet Rd. east ofBlaine (Jordan site). - .OrAtInaf- 1 CA✓0-Ap%i-vl 0. ITuno'AL fe.SBCW&Ll tkeldl)�) LbYr(pV2lZC/ZdI,l4°.�)OW Atnl r {ft.[. r1. ✓ fnat ATTACHMEN S: (1) Planning Commission recommendation. Note: Background materials are available or review at the Count Council a me. SEPA review required? ( x ) Yes ( J NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing? ( ) Yes ( x) NO SEPA review completed? ( x ) Yes ( ) NO Requested Date: I Ahearing must be scroll the Council changes the Planning Commission recommendation ( WGC 20.10.110). SUMMARY STATEMENT: The County Council initiated this application Distribution Request on behalf of Delores Jordan to amend the Comprehensive Plan mapjhom Rural to Mineral Resource Lands (MRL) and amend the zoning map to Indicate those who orfuld receive a copy after Counted anion. List a getBe names to the right create a MRL overlay zone for approximately 10 acres. The underlying ADS Facaities Management coning is Rural one dwelling /ten acres (RIGA). The site is located at 3022 H St. Rd., on the north side of H. St. Rd., approximately % mile east of the ADS Finanee ADS Human Resources Blaine City limits, within section 35, T41N, RIE, W.M. ADSInim Services Assessor Keith Willnauer A proposed ordinance has not yet been drafted because the Planning Commission's recommendation is subject to submission of additional information and the findings will change based on the content of the information submitted. Auditor Cooperative Extension District Court executive Health Note: The subject proposal is one of a number of comprehensive plan Hearing Examiner amendments initiated this year. These amendments must be considered Jail concurrently by the County Council so that the cumulative effect Of the various proposals can be evaluated (RCW 36 70A. 130). Additionally, pursuant to the review schedule established in WCC 20.10.120, final Council action on these amendments should occur b P November 30. COL IL ACTIONTAKENt 2002 - 84 N 2/2612002: Docketed and forwarded to Planning Commissio n for review - 7 -0, Res. #2002 -013 9/24/2002: Introduced 10182002: Held in committee to 11112 Juvenile Parks Planning Hal Hart Prosecutor Public Works Sheriff 101222002: Held in committee 1111212002 Ordinance Introduced 121102002: Fomaread to concurrency meeting 6 -0 -0, Su Court Superior McShane abslainetl 1I28I2003: Adoptetl 6 -0, Nelson absent, Ord, M2003 -010 ReL Related bile Numbers: AB2gR1 -084. Treasurer Other Ordinance or Resoluti.Number ' DIO (thin vtem). 1:2 Planning DivisionAComp Plan AmendmentsTomp Plan 2002 %CMP2002-00029 (MRI, Jordan) - AB doc I Is 6? SPONSORED BY: Planning PROPOSED BY: Planning INTRODUCTION DATE: 11/12/02 ORDINANCE # 2003 -010 ADOPTING A MINERAL RESOURCE LANDS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING DESIGNATION FOR THE JORDAN PROPERTY WHEREAS, an application has been submitted to amend the Comprehensive Plan map from Rural to Mineral Resource Lands (MRL) and amend the zoning map to create a MRL overlay zone for approximately 10 acres (the underlying zoning is Rural one dwelling/ten acres); and WHEREAS, the site is located at 3022 H St. Rd., on the north side of H. St. Rd., approximately'' /, mile east of the Blaine City limits, within section 35, T4 IN, R1E, W.M.; and WHEREAS, notice of the Whatcom County Planning Commission hearing on the proposed amendment was published in the Bellingham Herald, mailed and posted; and WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed amendment and considered all testimony; and WHEREAS, The County Council has considered the Planning Commission's Findings of Fact & Reasons for Action, Conclusions, and Recommendations. The Council makes the following findings of fact and conclusions: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Notice of the Planning Commission hearing for the subject amendment was published in the Bellingham Herald on July 25, 2002, 2. Notice of the Planning Commission hearing was mailed to surrounding property owners within 1,000' of the proposed MRL on July 22, 2002. 3. Notice of the Planning Commission hearing was posted on the subject site on July 22, 2002. 4. A determination of non- significance was issued under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) on July 10, 2002. 5. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the subject amendment on August 8, 2002. R 6. Existing Mineral Resource Land designations are located immediately north and east of the subject site. 7. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently completed a study entitled Reconnaissance Investigation of Sand, Gravel, and Quarried Bedrock Resources in the Bellingham 1.100,000 Quadrangle, Washington (Jan. 2001). This study indicates that the working lifetime of most of the significant pits in the County is 10 to 20 years (p. 5). 8. DNR's Reconnaissance Investigation ofSand, Gravel, and Quarried Bedrock Resources in the Bellingham 1.100,000 Quadrangle, Washington (Jan. 2001) identified the entire site as a potential sand and gravel reserve. 9. The Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan contains nine criteria for designating Mineral Resource Lands. 10. Mineral resource designation criterion # 5 states: "Greater than 75% of the site must be classified as MRA -2 (see Comprehensive Plan Map 21) and have proven resource, or meet the following criteria: • Construction material must meet WSDOT Standard Specifications for road, bridge and municipal construction, or Whatcom County standards for other uses. • Sand and gravel deposits must have a net to gross ratio greater than 80% (1290 cy /acre /foot)." 11. Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan map # 21 identifies the entire site within an "MRA -2" area of mixed sand and gravel. According to The Whatcom County Natural Resources Report — Mineral Resources Background Document (1994), the MRA -2 classification denotes mineral resource areas where significant mineral deposits are present or there is a high likelihood of their presence (p. 10). CONCLUSIONS The subject amendment is consistent with Growth Management Act, County Wide Planning Policies, and Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that: Section L The Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan and Official Whatcom County Zoning Ordinance maps are hereby amended to create a Mineral Resource Lands Designation and zoning overlay for the subject site shown on Exhibit A. P. 2 Section 2. Adjudication of invalidity of any of the sections, clauses, or provisions of this ordinance shall not affect or impair the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid. ADOPTED this 28 day of Sanuary , 2003 ATTEST:�(� Dana Brown Davis, Council Clerk WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Dan McShane, Chairperson APPROVED as to fotnt: pproved O Denied Civil Deputy Prosecutor Pete Kremen, Executive Date A1110 F.3 lip IN III