HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-074JEFFERSON COUNTY/CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND
STATE OF WASHINGTON
The Establishment of a
County-wide Policy Plan
COUNTY RESOLUTION NO. 94-91
CITY RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS, Re-engrossed Substitute House Bill 1025 directs the County, in
ceoperation with its City, to develop a county-wide planning policy to be utilized as
the guiding framework in drafting growth management plans, and;
WHEREAS, it is the expressed intent of Jefferson County and the City of Port
Townsend to develop said plan in a collaborative process, and;
WHEREAS, said plan must be completed and adopted by July 1, 1992.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Jefferson County and the City of
Port Townsend agree to develop a county-wide planning policy which addresses the
policy areas required by ReSHB 1025 and other areas of policy as provided for in
Attachment A, incorporated hereto, and;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Joint Growth Management Committee
will serve to oversee the development of said plan, and;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, Jefferson County shall be assigned the primary
staff responsibility to draft the policy plan, and;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that direct costs incurred, not to exceed ten
thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, in the drafting and adoptiOn of the policy plan shall be
reimbursed to Jefferson County from funding provided by the Washington State
Department of Community Development for completion of tasks associated with the
Growth Management Act, and;
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, said policy plan will be adopted by joint Resolution
of the County and City, after receiving a recommendation from the Growth
Management Committee. Said recommendation is to be formulated following a public
hearing on the policy plan conducted by the Joint Growth Management Committee.
,'~PASS ED this 24th
Lorna Delaney,
Clerk of the Board ~
day of September 1991.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
L-'~ry W."D~ison, Chairman
PASSED this //_3~ day of October, 1991.
CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND
ATTACHMENT A
COUNTY-WIDE PLANNING POLIO",/SUBJECT AREAS
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Policies to define and implement RCW 36.70A. 110 (Urban Growth Areas)
Policies for promotion of contiguous and orderly development of Urban Growth
Areas and the provision of urban services to such areas.
Policies for the siting of public capital facilities of a county-wide or state-
wide nature.
Policies for county-wide transportation facilities and strategies.
Policies that consider the need for affordable housing, such as housing for
all economic segments of the population and parameters for its distribution.
Policies for joint County and City planning within urban growth areas,
Policies for county*wide economic development and employment.
Policies dealing with issues of "fair share."
Policies on consistency and coordination of Growth Management planning
activities and the delivery of governmental services.
An analysis of the fiscal impacts of policy options contained in the policy plan.