HomeMy WebLinkAboutres1994-026WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL
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CLEARANCES
Initial
Date
Date Received in Council Office:
Agenda date
Assigned to:
Originator. Ward Nelson
4/26/94
Planning dt Development / Council
Division Head:
5/10/94
Plannin / Council
Dept. Head:
Prosecutor.
Purchasing/Budget:
Executive:
SUBJECT
Resolution regarding compliance with the Growth Management Act, RCW 36.70A
ATTACHMENTS:
Proposed resolution
SUMMARY STATEMENT Please complete sections of box as appropriate & explain. the item below.
Related Coun contract #: n a I Should Clerk schedule a hearing? NO / x / YES / / Requested date:
CLERK'S RECOMMENDED MOTION (for final action):
"I move that the Council approve the resolution."
COMMITTEE ACTION TAKEN:
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN
4/26/94:
5/10/94: Council approved the resolution, with amendments.
Related File Numbers: Ordbumce or Resolution Number (this item only): Res 94 -026
gmaHnal.ws 5/10/94 SPONSORED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Nelson
INTRODUCTION DATE: April 26. 1994
RESOLUTION NO, 94 -026
2 REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT,
3 RCW 36.70A
4 WHEREAS, Whatcom County Planning has expended to date over $1.6 million in
5 its efforts to comply with the Growth Management Act (GMA), RCW 36.70A, and
6 WHEREAS, current Planning Division schedules call for much of the remaining
7 allocation of effort to be directed toward GMA non - required elements (Design, Recreation,
8 Visioning, Environment, etc.), and
9 WHEREAS, the GMA requires that the Comprehensive Plan be completed, and
10 WHEREAS, the GMA (RCW 36.70A.340(2)) provides for severe sanctions, including
11 loss of revenues from sales taxes, motor fuel taxes and road moneys upon which our county
12 relies to fund essential services, for failure to meet the completion deadline, and
3 WHEREAS, in consideration of the breadth and depth of its scope and the complex
14 and potentially contentious nature of the issues it addresses sufficient public process and
15 timely involvement by the Planning Commission and Council in time to meet the GMA
16 deadline, and
17 WHEREAS, Whatcom County has engaged in planning activity pursuant to the
18 Planning Enabling Act (RCW 36.70) for over twenty years and has produced Subarea Plans
19 and other planning tools and documents of use in complying with the minimum
20 requirements of the GMA, and
21 WHEREAS, some GMA committees, such as Rural Visioning, have already produced
22 work product that can be used to provide evaluative input to the GMA required
23 Comprehensive Planning process,
24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that
25 every effort shall be made by the Administration to complete the Comprehensive Plan
26 within the deadline of July 1, 1994 as established by the GMA, and to request of the
27 administration that every effort be made by Planning staff to assist in achieving that goal.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to request of the administration that the elements
2 required by the GMA (Utilities, Rural, Transportation, Housing, Capital Facilities and Land
3 Use) be emphasized during the period prior to completion of the Comprehensive Plan.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the basis for completion of the Comprehensive
5 Plan shall be the Visioning process existing Subarea Plans, the work products of the GMA
6 committees, and all other available planning products and tools, all of which shall be
7 integrated into the Comprehensive Plan consistent with the minimum requirements of the
8 GMA and the Planning Enabling Act.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to request of the administration that County
10 Planning, in concert with the Council, establish a new critical path for the completion of the
11 Comprehensive Plan to be submitted to the Planning Commission.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon completion of the minimum GMA
13 requirements, the County shall continue with consideration of the non - required elements
14 now in progress (Design, Recreation, Visions, Environment, etc.) as resources are available,
15 with priority given to those elements for completion by November 30; this effort shall be
16 undertaken in such a fashion and at such a pace as to provide for the most open and
17 inclusive public process feasible, with the goal of making the best possible attempt at
18 adequately identifying and resolving the complex and contentious issues which are inherent
19 in the land use planning process.
20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED to request of the
;1 administration that all committees present to the County Council current findings and
22 analysis. Questions by Council and the public may be answered at this time.
23 APPROVED this 10th day of May , 1994.
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25 ATTEST:
26 dli�'
27 Ramona Reeves, Council Clerk
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Robert A. Imhof, Coun ' Chair
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