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Home My WebLink About035 19IL I c HSTF } �J COUNTY OF JEFFERSON STATE OF WASHINGTON A Resolution Establishing and Appointing ) Members to a Jefferson County ) Critical Areas Regulatory Reform Task Force ) RESOLUTION NO. 35-19 WHEREAS, the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners advocates public participation and encourages citizen involvement in all matters of County government; and WHEREAS, the County is required to update the critical areas ordinance as part of the periodic review and update to its Comprehensive Plan and development regulations in accordance with Washington State's Growth Management Act (GMA), RCW 36.70A; and WHEREAS, on March 25, 2019, the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners and the Jefferson County Board of Health adopted a resolution 17-19, a Joint Resolution establishing a Regulatory Reform Program for the County, including directing the Department of Community Development to use the updates to the critical areas ordinance (CAO) as an opportunity to holistically analyze and reform regulations, protect the environment, and create efficient development practices and permitting paths; and, WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners are empowered to create task forces by the general governmental powers with which county legislative bodies are vested; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners hereby establishes the Critical Areas Regulatory Reform Task Force to advise the County with recommendations as the County finalizes drafting updates to the CAO. The Task Force is authorized to discuss and collectively recommend refinements to the policy, regulations and environmental standards in the existing draft of the CAO update, for potential inclusion in a revised draft CAO update in the following manner: (i) Compare each article or major topic in the existing draft CAO update with how it is addressed in the adopted standards from a limited number of neighboring jurisdictions as provided by the County's consultant, and potentially recommend revising the existing draft CAO update to include one or more provisions from those other GMA-compliant CAO standards; (ii) In performing (i), be guided substantially by the letter and intent of Resolution 17-19; (iii) Utilize existing information including the existing record of best available science; and (iv) Work cooperatively with County management and the County's consultant; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Critical Areas Regulatory Reform Task Force is directed to complete its review and deliver its recommendations to the Department of Community Development, with copies to the Planning Commission and Board of County Commissioners on or before December 31, 2019, and the Task Force shall dissolve immediately at the end of December 31, 2019, or after delivering its recommendations, whichever is first; 3. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners hereby appoints the following representatives with broad and diverse skill sets that relate to this update effort, to serve as the initial members of the Critical Areas Regulatory Reform Task Force: Jean Ball, District 3 citizen John Bellow, Spring Rain Farms Al Cairns, Jefferson County Conservation District Kevin Coker, Jefferson County Planning Commission Craig Durgan, Business Owner Robin Fitch, District 2 citizen Donna Frostholm, Jefferson County DCD Linda Herzog, Facilitator/Quilcene Community Steve Mader, Environmental Scientist/Consultant Teresa Michelson, District 1 citizen 4. FINALLY, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners may make future changes to the membership of the Critical Areas Regulatory Reform Task Force by a motion approved by the Board of Commissioners to add or remove a member. Adopted this 0h. day of 2019 C� Carolyn allaway, Deputy Clerk of the Board JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Kate Dean, ChajP7 David Sullivan, Member reg Brotherton, Member APPROVED AS TO FORM: 9C. /�0,-ti 7/B� 9 Phil Hunsucker, Chief Civil Prosecuting Attorney t Ji a vta # a r ATTEST: C� Carolyn allaway, Deputy Clerk of the Board JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Kate Dean, ChajP7 David Sullivan, Member reg Brotherton, Member APPROVED AS TO FORM: 9C. /�0,-ti 7/B� 9 Phil Hunsucker, Chief Civil Prosecuting Attorney Regular Agenda JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST TO: Board of County Commissioners Philip Morley, County Administrator FROM: Patty Charnas, Director, Dept. Community Development DATE: July 8, 2019 SUBJECT: Resolution Establishing the Critical Areas Regulatory Reform Task Force and Appointing Its Members STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The BoCC is asked to approve the Resolution establishing a Critical Areas Regulatory Reform Task Force and appointing its initial members. ANALYSIS: Jefferson County plans under the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA). The GMA requires counties and cities that plan under the Act to adopt a Comprehensive Plan and to designate and protect critical areas. The GMA further requires counties and cities to periodically update their Comprehensive Plans and the implementing regulations of the Plan, including critical areas regulations. Jefferson County Department of Community Development (DCD) is in the process of completing the periodic updates to its Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO). The Board of County Commissioners adopted a completed, updated Comprehensive Plan in December of 2018. In shaping and adopting the Comprehensive Plan, the Board recognized the importance of regulatory reform for economic development, affordable housing and residential development while continuing to protect public health and the environment, assist the County in adapting to climate change, and make it easier, less time consuming and cheaper for applicants to comply with regulations and for County staff to administer them. The CAO constitutes the regulations governing development and uses on land adjacent to or on critical areas. Critical areas are: wetlands, fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas, geologically hazardous areas, frequently flooded areas and critical aquifer recharge areas. These regulations affect land uses and development and modifications within the critical areas and their buffers. On March 25, 2019, the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution No. 17-19 A Joint Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners and the Jefferson County Board of Health Establishing a Regulatory Reform Program for Jefferson County. In that Resolution is stated direction to DCD to protect Jefferson County's environment and public health while streamlining and simplifying the structure of the County Code, including its CAO. Regular Agenda As part of meeting this directive, a regulatory reform task force is being assembled to assist the County in completing the drafting of the CAO. The CAO has been revised in draft and the majority of that revised draft CAO has been briefed to the Jefferson County Planning Commission. Those Planning Commission briefings were generally positive on the draft revisions. It was jointly decided between DCD and the Planning Commission that more work on CAO revisions was advisable, with the Planning Commission making special note of the need for more work to be done on content related to critical areas protections in areas of agricultural activities. The Critical Areas Regulatory Reform Task Force will be comprised of private individual citizens who broadly represent Jefferson County stakeholders involved in or affected by local regulations, including the CAO. This nine -member group represents land use planning and development, environmental protection and salmon recovery interests, agriculture and resource conservation, real estate and building trades and each Commissioner district. A representative from Jefferson County Department of Community Development (DCD) and the Jefferson County Planning Commission are serving as Task Force members. The primary mission of the Task Force is to review the CAOs of other GMA-compliant counties, and compare and contrast those development standards to see if, through the lens of regulatory reform, Jefferson County's CAO can be made easier to read, understand and be successfully implemented. The Task Force will not be a decision-making body but a group assembled to review, comment on, and make recommendations related to the CAO. Once established, a Task Force charter and ground rules will more specifically define the role, function and operating ground rules for its members. The Resolution directs the Task Force to complete its review and deliver its recommendations to the Department of Community Development, with copies to the Planning Commission and Board of County Commissioners on or before December 31, 2019, after which the Task Force sunsets. FISCAL IMPACT: Work associated with and the participation on this Task Force and subsequent completion of the draft CAO is funded entirely by the County's general fund. RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Resolution establishing a Critical Areas Regulatory Reform Task Force and appointing its initial members. ,FMVIEWED BV:- ) , hilipNjory, County Administrator Date 2