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Home My WebLink Aboutord2016-070strikeWHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 2016 -364 CLEARANCES I ilia! Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned to: Originator: Joshua Fleischmann I O�/ l� 1112212016 Introduction D Division Head. // t u �/�4 12/6/16 NR / Council Mark Personius NOV 15 2016 WHATCOM C o Un w COUNCIL Sam tRyand' ! J Prosecutor. Royce Buckingham Purchasing /BF et: Executive: h Jack Louws OTITLE DOC EN 7. Amendment to Whatcom County Code Title 2, Chapter 2.120, Section 2.120.040 Membership -Term of Office for the Surface Mining Advisory Committee ATTACHMENTS: 1. Cover letter 2. Draft Ordinance and Exhibit SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( X) NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing? ( ) Yes ( X) NO SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO Requested Date: 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.) The proposed amendments would change the member terms of the Surface Mining Advisory Committee from 2 years to 4 years. Three committee members' first term would be extended by 2 years. Six committee members' second term would be extended by 2 years. COMMITTEE ACTION.• COUNCIL ACTION: 12/6/2016: Forwarded to Council for approval 11/22/2016: Introduced 7 -0 12/6/2016: Adopted 7 -0, Ord. 2016 -070 Related County Contract #: Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number: Ord. 2016 -070 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 PROPOSED BY: JRF INTRODUCTION DATE: —11/22/2016 ORDINANCE # 2016 -070 AMENDMENT TO WHATCOM COUNTY CODE TITLE 2, CHAPTER 2.120, SECTION 2.120.040 MEMBERSHIP -TERM OF OFFICE FOR THE SURFACE MINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHEREAS, The Whatcom County Surface Mining Advisory Committee is comprised of 11 members appointed by the County Council; and WHEREAS, Member terms are two years long; and WHEREAS, Appointments to boards, committees and commissions made by the council may be for a term up to four years; and WHEREAS, No board, commission or committee member shall serve more than two consecutive full terms; and WHEREAS, Six committee members' 2nd two -year terms are expiring and they are currently not eligible to reapply; and WHEREAS, One position is currently vacant; and WHEREAS, The Surface Mining Advisory Committee has not met since December 2014; and WHEREAS, Under the current county code, in 2017 only 1 of 11 members will have attended a meeting; and WHEREAS, Whatcom County is beginning work on a county -wide review of Designated Mineral Resource Lands; and WHEREAS, The current Surface Mining Advisory Committee members are familiar with the mineral resource lands portion of the zoning code and comprehensive plan; and WHEREAS, The current Surface Mining Advisory Committee provided review and comments as part of the development of the Aggregate Resource Inventory 2014 Study Update that helps provide a basis for the county -wide review of Designated Mineral Resource Lands; and WHEREAS, All six committee members not presently eligible to reapply are willing to continue serving on the committee. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED that the current terms of the following SMAC positions be extended from 2 years to 4 years; thereafter the terms will be for four years: • Surface Mining Material User, term will expire January 31, 2019 • Geologist, term will expire January 31, 2019 L• \Planning Division \Long Range Planning\Mining \surface- mining - advisory - committee \term- limit - ordinance -20161 M.doc P. l • Potable domestic groundwater supply (preferably a public water system representative or private well owner), term will expire January 31, 2020 • Civil or geo- technical engineer with no direct or indirect financial business ties to the industry, term will expire January 31, 2019 • Citizen who lives in close proximity to active mining or mineral overlay areas, term will expire January 31, 2019 • Forestry, term will expire January 31, 2019 • Member of the Surface Mining Industry, term will expire January 31, 2019 • Member of the Surface Mining Industry, term will expire January 31, 2019 • Environmental Consultant, term will expire January 31, 2019 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FINALLY ORDAINED that Whatcom County Code Chapter 2.120 be amended as shown in Exhibit A. ADOPTED this 6th day of December 2016 i I� ; 1 i'r. -, 7 1 f I1 . , U C) �`'f WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AT rES • `w b i WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON COUN 6 O � �y Dana Brown = K! a4utticil MTk Buchanan, Chairperson APPROVED as to form: Civil ' Prosecutor Approved () Denied Jack Lou s, Ex ive Date: [: \Planning Division \Long Range Planning \Mining \surface- mining - advisory -com inittee \tenn- limit- ordinance- 20161104.doc P. 2 Exhibit A Title 2 Administration and Personnel Amendments Chapter 2.120 SURFACE MINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2.120.040 Membership - Term of Office A. The committee shall consist of the following individuals: 1. One civil or geotechnical engineer with no direct or indirect financial business ties to the industry; 2. One material user; 3. One geologist; 4. Two members of the surface mining industry; 5. One citizen who lives in close proximity to active mining, mineral overlay area, or quarry; 6. One representative of agriculture from the conservation district; 7. One representative of forestry; 8. One representative of ground water as a potable, domestic supply, specifically a public water system or private well owner; 9. One ecologist; 10. One environmental consultant. B. Committee members shall be appointed by the county council. Member terms will be two four years; provided, that teFMS ef members first appointed will be staggered se that" half ef "- --mmittee meffibers shall I Led fOF one yeaf. (Ord. 2000 -017). C. When considering applications for appointments to this committee, county council should stg_gger the terms such that the term limit requirement in WCC 2.03.030 does not cause more than five positions to expire simultaneously. 1