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RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BREMERTON: ADOPTING THE
WATERFRONT ACCESS PLAN AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1986
BREMERTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Bremerton CIty Council hereby finds and adopts these
facts:
1. The Bremerton City Council adopted the Bremerton Comprehensive Plan on
July 9, 1986 as the official City policy guide for growth and development in
the City of Bremerton,
2. The Bremerton Comprehensive Plan contains general policy guidance
supporting improved public access to the shorelines, and specifically endorses
the vision of a waterfront boardwalk/trail system between the Downtown,
Evergreen Park, and Olympic College.
3. The Bremerton Shoreline Master Program requires the provision of public
access as a condition for approval of certain shoreline permits, consistent
with Bremerton Comprehensive Plan policy.
4. The Waterfront Access Plan was developed with the help of a Bremerton
Parks and Recreation Board Advisory Committee. The Parks and Recreation
Board endorsed and urged the City Council to adopt the Waterfront Access
Plan on August 27, 1988.
5. An Environmental Checklist on the Waterfront Access Plan was submitted on
August 18, 1988 in conformance with the State Environmental Policy Act.
A Declaration of Non-Significance was issued on the proposed plan on
October 9, 1988 pursuant to WAC 197-11-340.
6. The Bremerton Planning Commission held several study meetings and four
public hearings on the Waterfront Access Plan. The Commission recommended
approval of the proposed plan with certain changes on December 19, 1989.
7. The City Council reviewed the proposed Waterfront Access Plan at a series
of city council and Operations Committee study meetings between April and
August 1990.
8. The City Council has held public hearings on the proposed Waterfront Access
Plan on July 25 and August 22, 1990. The Council has considered the
proposed plan and all public testimony on the plan during this one month
period.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Bremerton City Council hereby concludes:
1. The Waterfront Access Plan proposes a system of waterfront access facilities
and connecting pathways. consistent with the general policy guidance of the
Bremerton Comprehensive Plan.
2. Adoption of the Waterfront Access Plan as an element of the Bremerton
Comprehensive Plan will maintain consistency between the different Plan
elements with the Plan Map. and conformance between the Plan Map and its
implementing techniques.
3. Adoption of the Waterfront Access Plan will promote the overall goals and
policies of the Comprehensive Plan and the interests of the entire community.
4. Adoption of the Waterfront Access Plan will have a beneficial effect on the
natural. economic. and social environment of the city.
5. Adoption of the Waterfront Access Plan will provide clear and specific
guidance for administration of the Bremenon Shoreline Master Program
requirements for public access.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Bremerton City Council hereby adopts the
Waterfront Access Plan as an amendment to the Bremerton ComprehensIve Plan.
PASSED this 22 day of August , 1990.
LYNN HORTON, President
Bremerton City Council
APPROVED this 30 day of August , 1990.
LOUIS MENTOR, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY
City Clerk