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RESOLUTION NO. 28-90
A RESOLUTION of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, endorsing the thrust of the
Growth Management Act of 1990, and opposing
Initiative 547.
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles wants to promote
orderly and environmentally sensitive growth; and
WHEREAS, the 1990 Legislature enacted the State' s first
comprehensive Growth Management Act (the Act) to guide and
integrate local land use, transportation, capital facilitiesr and
economic development planning; and
WHEREAS,
the Act authorizes ci ties to charge
development impact fees; and
WHEREAS, the Act recognizes the diversity of growth
management challenges facing Washington's large, urban, small,
and rural cities and counties and establishes distinct planning
requirements for all cities and counties that vary, depending
upon population and growth rates; and
WHEREAS, the Act maintains local control and encourages
local jurisdictions to coordinate their planning efforts; and
WHEREAS, the Legislation constitutes a positive step
in an evolving State growth management strategy that will be
expanded with additional citizen input, experiences from
jurisdictions involved in implementation of the Actr and the
recommendations of the Governor and his Growth strategies
Commission; and
WHEREASr Initiative 547 has been put forth that
outlines a different approach to growth management; and
WHEREAS, this Initiative creates a new State agency
granted authority over local land use decisions; and
WHEREAS, this Initiative establishes a dangerous
precedent of requiring local budgeting and land use plans be in
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compliance with planning goals that do not allow local plans a
chance to update to meet these goals; and
WHEREAS, its passage could potentially invalidate
numerous environmental protection, transportation, and growth
management tools provided to cities during the 1990 Legislative
session; and
WHEREAS, this Initiative does not adequately recognize
planning and economic development distinctions characterized by
the diversity of Washington's 268 cities; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 42.17.190(4) (a) the City
Council may vote upon a resolution to support or oppose an
initiative to the legislature so long as members of the public
are given an approximately equal opportunity to express an
opposing view, which opportunity the City Council has provided
by conducting a public hearing prior to the consideration of this
Resolution;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Port
Angeles strongly endorses the thrust of the Growth Management Act
of 1990 as an essential and responsible series of planning and
interlocal coordination measures that as implemented, will help
direct community, regional, and Statewide efforts to enhance
Washington's quality of life, environmental protection, and
economic vitality.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Port Angeles:
A. Opposes the creation of State-level agencies or panels
with limited and selective membershipsr such as stipulated in
Initiative 547, which are empowered to review and approve or
disapprove the substance of local comprehensive plans and
associated development regulations; and
B. Opposes Initiative 547 because it will further delay
implementation of Growth Management policies and regulations in
the fastest growing jurisdictions by altering timelines and local
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activities now underway to implement the Act and threatens to
invalidate other environmental protection, transportation, and
growth management tools granted to cities during the 1990
Legislative session; and
C. Opposes Initiative 547 because it subjects every local
land use and capital budget decision to unnecessary legal
litigation.
D. Opposes Initiative 547 and its Statewide mandatory
planning provisions which would establish the same planning
requirements in all cities, regardless of size, locationr and
growth rates; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the city of Port Angeles
supports the continued efforts of the Washington Growth
Commission
to
further
strengthen the Act
through
its
recommendations.
PASSED by the City council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of said council held on the l6th day of
October, 1990.
ATTEST:
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Becky J Up on, - ty Clerk
Attorney
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