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Resolution No 9708
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND
CLARIFYING THE CITYS
INTENT REGARDING PROPERTY LAND USE
DESIGNATION FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY PORT OF PORT TOWNSEND
The City Council ofthe City of Port Townsend Washington does resolve
as
follows
WHEREAS
on
July 15 1996 the Port Townsend City Council adopted the Port
Townsend Comprehensive Plan by Ordinance No 2539 and
WBEREAS pursuant
to Ordinance 2539 the City issued a final Land Use Map directing
future land uses for Port Townsend and directing that zoning ordinances and a
zoning map
be
prepared
to
fully implement the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Map and
WHEREAS
one of the Land Use designations
on the Comprehensive Plan is the Park
and Open Space Designation
POSand
WHEREAS the Comprehensive Plan page IV11 contains the following preliminary
description for the
POS designation This category
includes existing City County and State
owned parks recreation
areas
and City owned lands which provide valuable natural and
open
space ftmctions and
WI 1EREAS the Port of Port Townsend
owns certain properties located within the
POS
land use
designations While one
of these properties is situated in the Kah Tai
Lagoon Nature
Park
area
and is encumbered by
a
City Lease through the
year 2012 it is not
technically owned
by the City the County
or the State Similarly
Port owned property in the Fort Worden area
is not owned by the City County
or
the State and
WHEREAS like
any
other property
owner within the City of Port Townsend the Port
ofPort Townsend has a
legal right
to request
Plan amendments through the annual amendment
process
As a
good faith measure to facilitate intergovernmental cooperation and to serve the best
interests of the public the City Council hereby agrees to make explicit the Ports
opportunity in
the future toseek revisions to the Land Use Map
at such time as the Port
may
have control ofthe
property
situated within the Kah Tai
Lagoon
area
currently leased to the City ofPort Townsend
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council for the City of Port
Townsend
1 Designated properties situated within the Kah Tai
Lagoon Nature Park
are
owned by the Port of Port Townsend and leased to the City of Port Townsend for
use as a
public park At such time
as the Lease from the Port to the City
terminates for
any reason
the Port shall be free to
apply for whatever land use
designation which would be consistent with the Ports
proposed
use of the property
at that time Upon such application by the Port the City shall review the land
use
and the designation
as POS Existing Park or
Open Space shall not be
controlling
2 This Resolution shall not be construed
as
controlling the actions
or
decisions
by future city councils
or in
any
fashion compromising the legislative authority of
the City of Port Townsend to
plan for and zone
properties within Port Townsend
sjurisdictionalboundariesThisresolutionmerelyrepresentsthestatementthatthe
Port
possesses
the legal right
to seek an
amendment of the Comprehensive Plan
and that such amendment will be reviewed in good faith and that the existing
designation shall not control the Citys
decision and
response to the application
At such time
as
the Kah Tai property Lease terminates and the Port desires to make
an
application for Plan amendment the Port will be required
to submit its
application through the Citys
Comprehensive Plan amendment
process
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend and signed by the Mayor
on this 21st day of January 1997
Attest
Pam Kolacy
95 101CA Res CP Port doc
Julie M6Culloch Mayor
Attorney
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