HomeMy WebLinkAbout2647RESOLUTION NO. 2647
A RESOLUTION supporting the Economic Development Council of Kitsap County Industrial Land
Market Analysis of July 1994.
WHEREAS, the Economic Development Council of Kitsap County has worked diligently over the past
several years to provide a plan for economic diversity; and
WHEREAS, the Economic Development Council of Kitsap County is a coalition of broad-based, private and
public leaders working for a sustainable quality of life for residents now and in the future; and
WHEREAS, the provision of an adequate supply of market-supported industrial land in Kitsap County to
accommodate future demands is necessary to secure the economic prosperity and employment for the area; and
WHEREAS, it is essential that new opportunities for industrial diversification are provided to the area economy
which is presently overly dependent upon the ever downsizing United States Department of Defense; and
WHEREAS, the Washington State Growth Management Act requires that the municipal and county
Comprehensive Plans must designate and zone an adequate supply of industrial land for a 20 year time span; and
WHEREAS, the city has concluded that areas within or directly adjacent to Urban Growth Areas, where
services are logically and economically available within a reasonable time frame, are the most appropriate for
cconomic growth and whereas the EDC study does not compete with this underlying philosophy; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton Comprehensive Plan discloses that many large tracts of land are located
within or directly adjacent to the city; and
WHEREAS, Bremerton concurs that properties identified by the Port of Bremerton, Port Blakely and
McCormick Land Company for industriall purposes meet the objectives of the GMA, the cities and the EDC
study; and
WHEREAS, of the 2,029 acres of vacant land zoned for ndustrial uses in Kitsap County (as of 1994), less than
five-hundred acres were found to have reasonable development potential; and
WHEREAS, the EDC industrial supply recommcndatioa uses a land reserve multiplier of 2.5 there, by producing
a proper supply of resources without supply constraint distortions which would make the area non-competitive
with other regions consequently discouraging interested industry from locating here;
LET BE IT RESOLVED that these same recommendations given by the Economic Development Council of
Kitsap County to designate and zone 2,575 additional acres of developable industrial land to accommodate the
market place and to meet GMA planning requirements for the next 20 years also be a recommendation shared
and supported without hesitation by the City Council of the City ef Bremerton.
PASSED by the City Council of Bremerton this 11th day of March, 1998.
David Farr, President Bremerrton City Council