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Home My WebLink About131 91 Jefferson County Resolution 131-91 Port Townsend Resolution q/-'l b A JOINT RESOLUTION of the Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County and the Port Townsend City Council, updating the regional growth management strategy. WHEREAS, Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend are complying with the regional growth management strategy entered into in September 1990; and WHEREAS, new planning elements need to be incorporated into the regional growth management strategy; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND that the attached Regional Growth Management strategy of the County and the City is hereby adopted as the amended overall strategy of the County and the City to provide for orderly, coordinated management of growth within our jurisdictions in implementation of Engrossed Substitute House Bill 292, the Washington State Growth Management Act, as amended. Adopted by the Board of County Commissioner~ Jefferson County this ~ - . day of ~ Attest: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend and approved by the Mayor this 17TH be.cEJl1I€ /S.,e.. day of 63Jc2 Brent Shirley, Mayo: \ J é1 Attest: J~ ~ David A. Grove City Clerk -<-.. VO:- l'i 'H~ 00. 1LICa I I f'W: .' JEFFERSON COUNTY-PORT TOWNSEND REGIONAL GRO\VTH MANAGE.l'fENT STRATEGY INTRODUCTION Purpose This is the strategy by which Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend will provide for orderly and coordinated management of growth as intended by the legislature in its enactment of Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2929, as amended by Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1025 (hereafter referred to as "Growth Management"). Since the City of Port Townsend is the only incorporated community in Jefferson County, this agreement includes all of the local governments of region. Overall Planning Concept In order to assure that each comprehensive plan element, as well as implementing actions are considered within a unifying policy framework, the regional strategy builds upon a visioning project (Jefferson 2000) to assess community values and develop an over-arching framework, and includes a process for developing a regional county wide planning policy. The comprehensive plans will be dynamic documents, build on the foundations of existing comprehensive plans of the City and County. These plans will be amended to conform with the requirements of Growth Management as each element is prepared. The general workplan of planning tasks is described in linear fashion (see Exhibit A). The county and city intend to adopt the ordinances and plan amendments necessary to meet the requirements of Growth Management in an iterative fashion. This will require considering and adopting comprehensive plan elements and implementing ordinances as they are prepared (see Exhibit B), rather than compiling full sets of revisions and adopting them en mass at one time. This method is chosen over a linear planning model for two important reasons: 1. Current growth pressures require that priority planning elements be implemented as soon as possible. 2. Past experience in Port Townsend and Jefferson County has shown that effective citizen participation more readily occurs when implementing measures are under serious consideration. SmaJIer Cities Assistance As the only City within the County, Port Townsend's planning needs will be accommodated through funding as described in the budget included in this strategy (see Budget below). Contractual Horizon The proposed workplan is a conceptual framework that commits Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend through June 1992, Worlcplan elements after that date are considered statements of the jurisdiction's intentions to comply with Growth Management requirements, but both jurisdictions reserve the right to negotiate amendments to the timing or nature of deliverables after June 1992. 1 Vi1t~.J7 ¡,~~; 00 1470 GOVERNMENT AL FRAMEWORK Joint Growth Management Committee Project management and oversight is provided by a joint committee formed of three Jefferson County Commissioners and three members of the Port Townsend City Council. The committee provides overall policy direction and coordination, . and make joint policy-level recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners and the City Council. Lead Agency Due to the high level of trust and sense of common purpose between Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend, Jefferson County will serve as lead agency. The County will convene meetings, act as fiscal agent, and make administrative decisions without unduly cumbersome intergovernmental arrangements. Major decisions may have to be formalized by memoranda of understandings. PRIORITY TASKS Jefferson 2000 A survey of public opinions was conducted as a joint City-County project in 1991 which, in conjunction with meetings of taxing districts, produced a regional strategic plan for coordinating service and capital facility planning for taxing districts within Jefferson County. The results provide a community values backdrop for policy analysis, both geographically and by plan elements, throughout the Growth Management planning process. In addition to completing the analysis of the survey results, meetings will be developed to formalize the intergovernmental coordination processes included in the regional strategi cplan. Lead Responsibility: Jefferson County Target Completion Date: May 1992 Population Projections A joint process will be established to coordinate population projections between the City and County, as well as other taxing districts whose capital facilities planning assumptions must conform with the City and County. This process is currently ongoing at a staff level, and consultant services may be needed. Lead Responsibility: Jefferson County Target Completion Date: April 1992 County-Wide Planning Policy A framework to develop a County- Wide Planning Policy was adopted by the County and City by Joint Resolution on October 1, 1991. Policies will be prepared for consideration by both jurisdictions in accordance with the Joint Resolution. Lead Responsibility: Jefferson County Target Completion Date: July 1992 Public Involvement Jefferson 2000 and a variety of public information and policy-making opportunities have provided significant, early and continuous public involvement opportunities to date in Growth Management. Lead Responsibility: Jefferson County Target Completion Date: December 1991 2 1/01- ~t 7 ff~~-r 00 tl17: An overall public involvement program has been prepared to direct public involvement opportunities for the remainder of the Growth Management process (see Exhibit C). Lead Responsibility: Jefferson County/City of Port Townsend Target Completion Date: Continuous throughout GMA process Resource Lands & Critical Areas Interim Protection In conformance with the approved deadline extension until March 1, 1992, both jurisdictions are preparing policies for classifying, designating and protecting resource lands and critical areas. . Lead Responsibility: Jefferson County/City of Port Townsend Target Completion Date: March 1992' Urban Growth Areas A joint program to define level of service standards for urban growth areas and prepare county-wide planning policies for un-annexed urban growth areas is under way. Following negotiations between the City and the County over the urban growth boundary for the City of Port Townsend, the County will conduct a public involvement process to assess the relationship of existing Community Planning Areas and potential UGA designation. Lead Responsibility: Jefferson County/City of Port Townsend Target Completion Date: April 1993/May 1992 Comprehensive Plan Amendments The workplan includes preparation of required elements to the Comprehensive Plans and details the sequence and deadlines of proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plans of both the City and County. "Fair Share" of some responsibilities involving Comprehensive Plan elements will be addressed through the County Wide Planning Policy process. Following that stage, both jurisdictions will incorporate changes necessitated by interim protection policies for resource lands and critical areas, and boundary designations and policies for urban growth areas. Both the City and County will then prepare required amendments regarding affordable housing, open space, capital facilities, transportation, and utilities. The County will also provide elements for rural lands, fully-contained communities, and master planned resorts. Lead Responsibility: Jefferson County/City of Port Townsend Target Completion Date: April 1993 Transportation Both the City and County are participants in the Peninsula Regional Transportation Planning Organization, and are striving to prepare local transportation plans which are coordinated between the City and County as well as the region. The Growth management workplan includes elements for preparing local and regional transportation plans, The City of Port Townsend is addressing the problems of growth-related congestion along SR20 within the Port Townsend "Gateway", in coordination with Jefferson County, Jefferson Transit, and WSDOT. In addition, City intra-transportation problems will be addressed through preparation of an urban arterial street plan. Lead Responsibility: Jefferson County/City of Port Townsend Target Completion Date: April 1993 Development/Zoning Code Ordinance Updates Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend will operate independently to review and revise their implementing ordinances to assure consistency with their revised Comprehensive Plans in conformance with Growth Management 3 '.'ot'"""-O 1 7 tAt!: 00 1,1- ~3 -< Çl r ~ -.} --r ~ \~ 0 '=' ~ ~ "1 t, E~~;b¡t 1\ Master Growth Management Workplan Task Name Lead Agency Days 1991 1992 1993 1994 Jun Jul Au ~ep Oc t No ecJan Feb Ma !API Ma Jun Jul Au per Oct No )ec Jan Feb \1a !API Ma Jun Jul Au pep Oct No )e JenF ..;RITICAL AREAS County/City 121.0 ,"' .u Geologic Hazard Group Recc'd (County/Cityl 14.0 a 4.( d Wetlands Group Recc'd County/City 7.0 117.< d Fish & Wildlife Group Recc'd County/City 7.0 7 .þ d Aquifer Recharge Group Recc' [County/City) 7.0 I .0 Flooded Areas Group Recc'd (County/City) 7.0 l1li1/.0 Ordinance (County/City) 72.0 72. þd Draft [County/City! 30.0 am III 30. d Hearing (County/Cityl 14.0 nIl 4.0 d Envir Review (County/City) 14.0 Ii¡ 1 .0 Adoption [County/Cityl 14.0 liliiii 14. Jd RESOURCE LANDS County 146.0 14 .0 Mineral Lands County 20.0 I'iIIIII!I 20 Od Forest Lands Group Recc'd County 16.0 a 6. Ag Lands Work Group Recc'd County 14.0 11111 1 0 j Comp Plan Revisions County 96.0 96 iO d Draft (County) 54.0 54 Od Hearing (County! 14.0 m! 4. d Envir Review (County) 14.0 I f1 1 .0 d Adoption [Countyl 14.0 IIIŒ 14 Od ~OPULA TION PROJECTIONS County/City 155.0 1 ~~. cI Coordination Committee [County/City) 44.0 44 d County growth range est. County 7.0 7þd Consultant Selection [County/City) 40.0 ~ Fm 4 .0 Population Forecasts [County/City) 21.0 am a 2 .0 Subaraa growth estimates County 25.0 m II 5.0:d Buildout projections County 52.5 2.~ d þOUNTY-WIDE PLAN PROCESS County/City 228.0 22 .0 Initial Consultation Meeting [County/City) 0.0 j 0'< d Coordination Process [County/Cityl 39.0 ~ ImIII ß9. d Draft Plan (County/City) 174.0 .1 4.0,d "Consistency" def. [County/City) 30.0 mm 3 .0 UGA Joint Planning [County/City) 30.0 mIIIII 3 .0 Transport Stratagy (County/City) 28.0 mm 2 .0 UGA Devel & Svcs [County/Cityl 30.0 iZW!! 13 .0 UGA Boundaries (County/City! 21.8 D II;¿ .8 f] Econ Davel/Employ (County/Cityl 30.0 111m 3 .0 Envir/Open Space [County/City) 30.0 IIIIIIm 3 .0 Affordable Housing (County/City) 60.0 60. d Fair Share [County/City) 30.0 mIIIII 3 .0 County/St Faciltites (County/Cityl 55.0 b .U Fiscal Impact (County/City) 60.0 6c.O Printed: 11/Dac/91 Page 1 require men ts. Lead Responsibility: Jefferson County/City of Port Townsend Target Completion Date: April 1993 BUDGET Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend will allocate Growth Management funds based on the population, according to the 1990 census, The census indicates that the City of Port Townsend had a population of 7,001, or approximately one-third of the total County population of 20,406. Thus, this budget assumes that the City of Port Townsend will receive one-third of the County allocation for Growth Management. Any joint planning activities, such as those related to the development of County-wide Planning policies, or consulting services to analyze demographic trends, will be funded cooperatively out of the funds allocated according to each jurisdiction according to the following allocation of 1991-1992 Funds: Jefferson County City of Port Townsend Total $87,550 43.122 130,672 4 -<.-. VOl 1 7 00 1 A I"' c" . ru,r ..',1:."i/. Master Growth Management Workplan /-b -....,.1 Task Nama I Lead Agancy I Days 1991 1992 1993 1994 Jun Jul Au epOc t No ee Jen Feb 'via V\PI Ma lJun Jul Au er Oct No Dee Jan Feb 'via V\PI Ma lJun Jul Au ~e~ Oct No )ee JanF Final Adoption (County/City) 15.0 IiII!III ¡lb. ( ~EFFERSON 2000 County/City 182.0 82 Od Forum [County/City! 30.0 = 1153 b.o Conclusions [County/City! 21.0 œ .;¿ .o cJ Survey mailing [County/City! 60.0 6 .0 d Statistical Results (County/City! 60.0 60 Dd Strategic Plan (County/City) 60.0 0.1 d VISIONING FOR 21ST CENTURY City 84.0 . 84 Od URBAN GROWTH AREAS County 362.0 J j;¿. 0 Level of Service Standards (County! 62.0 6 .0 City Proposal City 89.0 89 Od Subarea assessments [County! 92.0 2. d Subarea meetings [County! 53.0 5 .0 Draft Proposals (Countyl 55.0 Public Hearings [County! 51.0 5 .0 CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN County/City 299.0 2! 9.0 d Coordination Committee [County/City! 60.0 O.t> d Facilities Inventory (County/City! 31.0 ~ f¡¡¡3 .0 d Essential Facilities Designatio County 31.0 Id Surplus Capacity Estimate [County/Cityl 30.0 mm ~ 3 .0 Six Year Plan (County/City! 22.0 ~ 22 Od Financing Options (County/City) 30.0 iIIIII3IIII 18 3 D.O Impact Fee Analysis County 60.0 6C .01 RANSPORT A TION County/City 332.3 jJ~ ¡.J ( RTPO projections (County/City! 43.5 43 d RTPO service standards [County/City! 43.5 4 .5 RTPO Devel. Strategy [County/City! 43.5 4 .5 ~ RTPO System Strategy Plan [County/City! 43.5 4 .5 ~ County six year road plan (County/City! 21.8 EX Im;¿ .H Alternative Standards Analysi [County/City! 21.8 II! liliiii 1.1 d Capacity deficiencies [County/City! 21.8 81 ~ 1. d Traffic Volume Projections [County/City! 43.5 3. d Alternative Standards Analysi [County/City) 54.4 5 .4 Alternative Mode Analysis [County/City! 32.6 111m þIIIIIII ;¿; ,0 Capacity plan [County/City! 21.8 I liliiii 121. d þOMPREHENSIVE PLAN County/City 400.0 40 0.0 Draft Amendment [County/City! 0.0 L1 .0 Þ Affordabla Housing Element (County/City! 21.8 IIIII!æ 2 .8 ( Open Space Element !County/City! 21.8 þæ1a ;¿l 'H 0 Rural Element County 21.8 IIIB 21 8d Resource/Critical Area Review [County/City! 21.8 ~ 21 8e Fully Contained Comm Elema County 21.8 ~ 21. Bd .,.: f Co , -- ... 1." .~ g ... ~ .} tj Printed: 11/Dec/91 Page 3 Master Growth Management Workplan ¡........ -J Task Name I Lead Agency I Days 1991 1992 I 1993 1994 un Jul Au Se~ Oct No ae Jan Feb Mar Apr Ma Uun Jul Au 6e~ Ocd No DeclJanlFeb Mar Apr Ma un Jul Au epOct No pee JanF Land Use Element (County/Cityl 16.5 ro.! id Master Planned Rasorts Elam County 21.8 :œI: 21 8d Capital Fecilities Element (County/City! 21.8 Iæ ¡a2 .8 d Utilities Element (County/City) 21.8 ~ 21 8d Trans Element (County/City) 21.8 œæ 2 .8 Multi-Family Housing Element (County/City! 203.0 20 .O~ Draft for Hearing/Review County/City 21.8 - 1. :d Submit for State review County/City 60.0 f 0.0 d Hearing County/City 60.0 fo.O d Environmental Review County/City 60.0 fo.O d Adoption County/City 14.0 E 1~.0 Submit to DCD County/City 10.0 IiIII U.l d MPLEMENTING ORDINANCES County/City 211.0 9 .O:J Development Code/Zoning (County/Cityl 91.0 SEPA Implementing (County/Cityl 91.0 Subdivision Ordinance (County/City) 89.0 ':" Æ ?- (' ..,. ,. \"" q 0 . :..::> ¡... ;;. .) ("'; Printed: 11/Dec/91 Page 5 ------ 9 I ~ -J Y' ". "... "i E~~~t>~t ß UTERATUV!E COlMlP[REHE!NISUVE lPlLA!NINDNG METHOD ExhibiLA 0 ::J .... ;.¡ ..J CdMl4UNITY VISION & MISSION f Planning Other Elements GOALS ... Planning Urban Commercial Resource/Cnneal lands POLICY STRATEGY , CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS "'I 'J Timellne - - - REGULATIONS ~ )~ .:,. '-) 'TT'TT Information & Analysis 'T'T" Information & Analysis T'T"T Information & Analysis 'TT"T Information & Analysis EXHIBIT C GROWTH MANAGEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN Introduction Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend have taken the mandate of Growth Management for "early and continuous public participation" to mean that there should be opportunities for public involvement from the outset of policy development. This will ensure that the final outcome reflects the values that are most important to our community. 1990-1991 Growth Management in Jefferson County began with a series of public forums designed to inform the public about G.M.A. topics and issues, The forums also provided for facilitated group discussion of the information and issues, Public comments and recommendations from these forums were compiled for use by elected and appointed policymakers. Videotapes of the forums were aired over public access television on a schedule advertised in the local newspapers, and copies are available for checkout from the county library and Planning & Building Department. The Comity also produced two editorials related to Growth Management that were printed in the Port Townsend Leader, and will provide additional editorial contributions related to Growth Management as time and staff allow. Following up on suggestions received at the forums, two citizen workgroups were formed-- one to deal with Critical Areas and one for Resource Lands. Their task was to draft specific policy recommendations to the County Commissioners for the interim protective ordinances. Both groups met weekly (with many subgroup meetings in addition) for a period of ten weeks. A total of 42 people representing a variety of backgrounds and interests, including representatives of both the City and County Planning Commissions, served on the workgroups. A professional facilitator conducted the meetings with both groups. The report was completed, and copies are available to the public. A public forum is scheduled for December 18 for members of the public to meet and discuss the recommendations with the workgroup members and County Commissioners. Public hearings will be conducted prior to any ordinance adoption or revision. As the both jurisdictions move forward with drafting the interim ordinances and revising the Comprehensive Plan, each is committed to a continued high level of public involvement, incorporating the standards and approaches outlined below. Public Outreach Policies An important element for encouraging public participation is ongoing information and education throughout the process. This will continue to include open access to all public activities, notice through local newspapers, mail list development and maintenance to disseminate notices and materials regarding draft policies, public forums to provide opportunities for public input on specific topics, wide dissemination of all draft planning documents, public hearings where formal comments are received, and dissemination of all formal recommendations. The County Planning & Building Department has appointed a staff public involvement coordinator who is responsible for public involvement activities for which the County is responsible. These activities include preparing press releases, keeping records of public 5 '"""'- . /Of, 17 ~~c;r on -t 1 f"1f!' r'o"O comments, scheduling public activities, providing staff supPort for the various citizen workgroups and committees, acting as a liaison with other agencies and community groups, and answering public questions throughout the process. Citizen Steering Committee The work of the citizen workgroups involved in developing policy recommendations for interim regulations will be completed in December. This process, which involved 42 people, has proved to be an excellent tool for educating the public, providing an opportunity for the public to work intensively with staff and appointed officials and thereby give specific, structured input to the County. It has also created a pool of informed community .members, of whom a substantial number are interested in further involvement. The next major steps in revising the Comprehensive Plan include the projection of population growth, the establishment of level of public service standards, the designation of urban growth areas, and addressing such matters as affordable housing, economic development and employment. Parallel citizen steering committee will be appointed by the City and County to provide continuing recommendations and public input during this period for each jurisdiction. These steering committees will consist of 40 to 50 members of the community representing the broad spectrum of people who live in each jurisdiction. For the Jefferson County Growth Management Steering Committee, special attention will be given to ensuring geographical representation, especially from those areas which may be designated as urban growth areas. The initial meeting of the committee will be a workshop designed to inform members of the over-all policies and time lines for implementing the GMA and the specific policy recommendations which are needed from the group. Following the workshop, members will be asked to participate in a series of ad hoc subcommittees for each of the specific elements of the Comprehensive Plans, to participate in drafting, reviewing and commenting on impending policy decisions. It is anticipated that additional interested persons and staff members will join these subcommittees where appropriate. For example, when designating urban growth areas, persons from those areas will be recruited to serve on the subcommittee and public forums will be conducted in those areas to encourage public comments and answer questions. Meetings of the entire steering committee will be held periodically so that they continue to be informed and offer comments on the activities of subcommittees. Conclusion The processes outlined here represent the intent of the both Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend to implement the public involvement requirements of the Growth Management Act. Each jurisdiction retains the right to adjust the public involvement workplans of their jurisdictions to meet special needs as they arise in order to tailor public involvement to the needs of their jurisdiction to provide continuing opportunities for the public to review and comment on impending policy decisions. 6 ! a! -::-. 1 Î ' ~ r :' onl 4: 79