HomeMy WebLinkAbout2712 RESOLUTION # 2712
A RESOLUTION reviewing an appeal of a SEPA Determination of
Nonsignificance (DNS) for a Forest Practices timber harvest application on
56-aeres of City !and in a single-family residential (SF-1) zoning district.
WHEREAS, the City of Bremenon entered into a contract with Ronald S. Sciepko and Ellen B. Lunde
to remove forest products from 56 acres of City land located west of Anderson Hill Road; and
WHEREAS, the City has made Forest Practice Application to the Department of Natural Resources for
such timber harvest; and
WHEREAS, on June 10, 1999 the City issued a SEPA Determination of Non-significance (DNS) on
such timber harvest application; and
WHEREAS, Helen Havens-Saunders, representing the Association to Protect Anderson Creek has
appealed the SEPA threshold determination; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has conducted an open record public hearing on this appeal on July 14,
1999.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Bremenon hereby
finds:
1. That for the harvesting of timber, the requirements of the Forest Practices Act and the contractual
requirements with Sciepko/Lunde adequately insure the protection of Anderson Creek;
2. That the City of Bremerton has not received any applications for residential development of this land
and any environmental review of this type of development would be speculative at this time; and
3. Further environmental review for development of the site will be conducted at the earliest possible
time that such proposals are received.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council does hereby find that the DNS for the Forest
Practices application is adequate provided that:
1. The City maps the proposed buffer areas and sensitive lands on the subject site. Said map shall be
completed and made available to the public prior to any harvesting of the land.
2. A buffer with a width of 50 feet be maintained on the subject site along Anderson Hill Road for the
timber harvest provided that marketable timber and dangerous trees may be removed from the buffer
area.
PASSED, by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 14th day of July,
1999.
MIKE SHEPHERD
Council President