HomeMy WebLinkAbout2853 RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION adopting the document entitled "Road Maintenance, Road
Abandonment, & Fish Passage Plan for the Union and Gorst Basins" as policies of the
City of Bremerton Public Works & Utilities Forestry Division as required by WAC 222-
24-050, 051 and 052, and authorizing the City's Director of Public Works & Utilities to
take necessary steps to implement that Plan.
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton owns forest lands for the protection of the Union
River and Gorst Creek watersheds, and for the generation of revenue from the timber resources
of the watersheds in support of Water Utility operations; and
WHEREAS, the City owns and maintains approximately sixty miles of forest roads that
provide access for water supply and forest resource activities and management; and
WHEREAS, poorly constructed and maintained roads and water crossings have
increased potential for contributing sediment and blockages to streams, thereby affecting water
quality and fish passage; and
WHEREAS, it is required by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources
that forest landowners develop and implement a plan to assure that best management practices
and standards are incorporated in the construction, maintenance and abandonment of forest
roads; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works and Utilities has prepared the "Road
Maintenance, Road Abandonment, & Fish Passage Plan for the Union and Gorst Basins"
consistent with the requirements of Chapter 222-24 WAC.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
1. That we find the "Road Maintenance, Road Abandonment, & Fish Passage
Plan for the Union and Gorst Basins" (incorporated herein by reference)
conSistent with the goals and objectives of the City of Bremerton and do
hereby adopt the Plan as official policy and program of the City of
Bremerton that complements the City's existing Utility Land Management
and Forest Land Management Plans adopted March 19, 1997.
2. That the Department of Public Works & Utilities shall submit the required
Plan to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for review and
approval as the City's management plan for construction, maintenance and
abandonment of forest roads on Water Utility forest lands.
3. That the Director of Public Works and Utilities (Director) is hereby
authorized to implement the recommendations and programs outlined in
the Plan as approved and hereafter amended by DNR as required.
4. That the Director be further instructed to continue to monitor any changes
in the requirements of the State that may affect the forest management
program of the City of Bremerton.
PAS SED on this ~ day o~ 2002.
CITY OF BREMERTON CITY COUNCIL
BY: ~ ~Z~-4~_~
C~rol Arends, President