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STATEOFWASIDNGTON
County of Jefferson
IN THE MATTER OF FORMALIZING )
THE DECISION OF THE COUNTY )
COMMISSIONERS TO NOT ACCEPT )
ANY SITE-SPECIFIC OR EXTERNAL )
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN )
AMENDMENTS DURING THE )
2004 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN )
AMENDMENT CYCLE )
RESOLUTION NO. 91-03
WHEREAS, a section of the Growth Management Act or "GMA", codified
at RCW 36.70A.130, states that a local government such as this that plans for
growth pursuant to the GMA, must provide an opportunity for its Comprehensive
Plan ("CP") to be amended not more often than once per year; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County devotes staff resources to an annual CP
amendment cycle in order to obtain consistency with the County's CP; and
WHEREAS, therefore this County's annual CP amendment cycle is as
generous in terms of providing frequency of opportunities as is permitted by law;
and
WHEREAS, County staff has often been overwhelmed by the number and
complexity of the proposed CP amendments, such as the 19 that went through the
'cycle' during 2002; and;
WHEREAS, County staff has found itself dealing with the consequences of
appeals to the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board years
after the original CP amendment went through the public process and was adopted
said lingering proposals, e.g., the Port of Port Townsend appeal and the seawater
intrusion appeal, consuming much staff time and energy; and
WHEREAS, for example, as part of the DCD work plan for 2004 and as an
outgrowth of a 2001 appeal to the Western Washington Growth Management
Board, County staff will be reviewing and analyzing a list of not less than 100
parcels for potential designation as Prime Agricultural Land or Agricultural Land
of Local Importance on behalf of property owners during the 2004 amendment
cycle, incorporating public outreach and education into the effort; and
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Formalizing the Decision of the County Not to Accept Any Site Specific or External Comprehensive-Plan
Amendments during the 2004 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Cycle
WHEREAS, County staff must assume that the GMA will not be amended
or altered by the Legislature in the near future, thus leading to the inevitable result
that this County will be required to undertake and complete its "Comp Plan
update" on or before December 31, 2004; and
WHEREAS, that CP update will require that considerable resources be
devoted to completing it; and
WHEREAS, the County cannot predict what changes, if any, the State
Legislature will make to the GMA during the 2004 Legislative session and those
changes may result in an additional work load for staff, either as part of or outside
the 2004 CP amendment cycle; and
WHEREAS, County staff has been requested to diligently work on the
general sewer planning and other capital facilities planning for the Urban Growth
Area ("UGA") in Port Hadlock and Irondale so that the necessary CP and UDC
changes for the Bi-Area UGA can be part of the 2004 CP amendment cycle; and
WHEREAS, County staff has beén directed that the CP and UDC
amendments for the Bi-Area UGA are to be prepared in a manner that would allow
them to be legislatively adopted well before the "2nd week in December" deadline
that will mark the end of the 2004 CP amendment cycle; and
WHEREAS, this County Commission may choose to initiate one or more
proposed CP amendments for the 2004 CP cycle as a result of events or
occurrences that cannot be foreseen at the time of this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an agreement with the Port of Port Townsend, the
2004 CP amendment cycle will include analysis, consideration and debate relating
to the CP and UDC changes proposed by the Port relating to the Jefferson County
International Airport; and
WHEREAS, the 2004 CP amendment cycle will also include the County
fully analyzing, considering and debating a proposed CP amendment brought forth
by the citizens' group known as People for a Rural Quimper; and
WHEREAS, the County staff cannot predict what legislatively-enacted CP
amendments, if any, adopted in 2003 will come back for further staff work as a
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Fonnalizing the Decision of the County Not to Accept Any Site Specific or External ComprehensiveJ>lan
Amendments during the 2004 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Cycle
result of a decision from the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings
Board; and
WHEREAS, the above information convincingly indicates that County staff
has a 'full plate' already for the 2004 CP amendment cycle
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the County Commission as
follows:
1. The County will not process, accept or adopt during the 2004 CP amendment
cycle any site specific amendments, as that term is defined on page 2-6 of the
CP and UDC §9.4.1(a), from any member of the public, defining the public to
include, but not be limited to, business entities, persons or not-for-profit
entities.
2. The County Commission will not process, accept or adopt during the 2004 CP
amendment cycle any "general" CP amendment, as that term is defined on
page 2-6 of the CP, or any "suggested" CP amendment, as that term is defined
in the UDC at §9.4.1(b), from any member of the public, defining the public to
include, but not be limited to, business entities, persons or not-for-profit
entities.
Approved and adopted this 15th day of December , 2003.
SEAL:
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ATTEST:
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Julie Matthes, CMC
Deputy Clerk of the Board
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Dan Titterness, Chair
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(Excused Absence)
Patrick M. Rodgers, Member
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