HomeMy WebLinkAbout2407RESOLUTION NO. 2407
GROWTH MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND REGIONAL PLANNING
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton collaborated through the Kitsap Regional
Planning Council with the development of the KRPC recommended County-wide
Planning Policies; and,
WHEREAS, the county-wide policies adopted by Kitsap County include the
following statement regarding the location of urban growth: "The basic premise for
designating urban growth areas is to encourage the location of urban density
residential, commercial and industrial developments in areas where services can be
most economically provided." (Section A. Introduction); and,
WHEREAS, Growth Management Act legislation ReSHB 1025) identifies existing
urban areas and areas characterized by currently urban growth should first host
new urban growth (Section 29{3} ReSHB 1025); and,
WHEREAS, Kitsap County's reluctance to endorse the draft Dyes Inlet/Clear
Creek Watershed Plan is based, in part, on the draft plan's Broad Ranging Action
Recommendation (No.5) which requires "commercial development and high density
residential development and redevelopment which occurs within and adjacent to the
watershed take place in urban areas and where community services are readily
available"; and,
WHEREAS, the County's objection to this element of the Watershed Plan
violates the letter and the spirit of both the County-wide Planning Policies and
the Growth Management legislation;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL: does
hereby request the President of the City Council and the Mayor to consider and
counter the County's approach to location of new residential and commercial
densities; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT: the Mayor and City Council President
discuss with other cities in Kitsap County and the possibility of an appeal over
the insertion of annexation strategies in the County-wide Planning Policies.
PASSED by the Bremerton City Council this 16th day of September, 1992.
Lynn Horton, President
APPROVED this 24 day of September, 1990.
Louis Mentor, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kathleen McCluskey, City Clerk