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Initial
Date
Date Received in Council Qffwe
A enda Date
Assi ned to:
Originator:
Citizens
6/23/2016
6/28/2016
Council
Division Head:
Dept. Head:
Prosecutor
Purchasing/Bud el:
Executive:
TITLE OF DOCUMENT.
Res. Petition to create Columbia Valley Park & Recreation District & set hearing
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution and petiton
SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
Should Clerk schedule a hearing ? ( X ) Yes ( ) NO
SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO
Requested Date:
7I26I2016
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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.)
Citizens have submitted a Petition to Create the Columbia Valley Park and Recreation District (Initiative No. 2016 -1). This resolution accepts the
petition to create the district and sets a hearing on the proposal.
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COMMITTEE ACTION:
COUNCIL ACTION.
6/28/2016: Approved 7 -0, Resolution 2016 -023
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Ordinance or Resolution
Number: Res. 2016 -023
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PROPOSED BY: CITIZENS
INTRODUCTION DATE: JUNE 28. 2016
RESOLUTION NO. 2016 -023
ACCEPTING A PETITION TO CREATE
THE COLUMBIA VALLEY PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT AND
SETTING DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSAL
WHEREAS, on June 22, 2016, a petition proposing the creation of a park and
recreation district in the Columbia Valley was delivered to the Clerk of the Council; and
WHEREAS, a Certificate of Sufficiency from the County Auditor was included with the
petition, verifying the petition contains a sufficient number of qualified signatures; and
WHEREAS, the petition meets the requirements of RCW 36.69.020; and
WHEREAS, the Council's current role in the petition process is to accept the petition
and schedule a public hearing on the proposal; and
WHEREAS, the Council's future role, following public hearing, is to establish the
boundaries of the proposed park and recreation district, establish its name, and call for an
election of the property owners residing within district boundaries to determine whether the
district shall be formed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Whatcom County Council hereby
accepts the petition proposing to create the Columbia Valley Park and Recreation District.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a public hearing on the proposal will be scheduled
for the Council's regular evening meeting at 7 p.m. on July 26, 2016.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that following the public hearing on July 26, it is
anticipated that the Council will adopt an ordinance naming the proposed district, setting the
district boundaries, and forwarding the proposal to the County Auditor for inclusion on the
November General Election ballot.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the name and boundaries of the proposed park and
recreation djst0,Ct;1asfsqPmitted by the petitioners, are outlined in Exhibit A to this resolution.
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ATT.:4 HATCOM COUNTY, W�1'HINGTON
Dana Town- Oavis, Council (Zl'erk #achaAan-, Council Chair
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Civil D Y;-P as. Atty.
EXHIBIT A
(RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PROPOSED COLUMBIA VALLEY PARK DISTRICT PETITION)
PROPOSED NAME:
Columbia Valley Park and Recreation District
PROPOSED DISTRICT BOUNDARIES:
The point of beginning to be the NW CORNER or the NW QUARTER of the SE QUARTER
of SECTION 9, T40N, R5E, thence EAST 10,560 feet to the NE CORNER of the NE
QUARTER of the SW QUARTER of SECTION 11, T40N, R5E, thence SOUTH 15,840 feet
to the SE CORNER of the SE QUARTER of the NW QUARTER of SECTION 35, T40N,
R5E, thence WEST 10,560 feet to the SW CORNER of the SW QUARTER of the NE
QUARTER of SECTION 33, T40N, R5E, thence NORTH 15,840 feet to the beginning
point. Excluding all rural forestry and commercial forestry as now or hereafter
established.