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A RESOLUTION of the Kitsap County Commissioners;
of the City of Bremerton, Town of Poulsbo, Town
of Port Orchard and the Town of Winslow creating
a Kitsap County Joint Planning Commission in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 35.63
ROWas amended by Chapter 130, Laws of 1957 and
prescribing its responsibilities and procedures
and establishing a Kitsap Joint Planning Conference.
BE IT RESOLVED:
Section %,,~ O~e~tion of ,Kitsap,,,Cqunty Joint PlanDi,a~
Commission. Pursuant to the provisions of Ch. 35.63 RCW, as
amended by Ch. 130, Laws of 1957, there is hereby created the
Kitsap County Joint Planning Commission hereinafter referred
to as the Commission.
~ection2. Membership., Terms and Comp~qs~tiqn.' The
members of the Kitsap Comuty joint Planning Commission shall
consist of the members of the Bremerton planning commission,
two (2) members each from Port Orchard, Poulsbo and Winslow,
and the members of the Kitsap County planning commission and
others in ex-officio capacity as appointed by the Kitsap County
Joint Planning Commission.
Commission members from incorporated towns shall be
appointed by the governing body of those towns for terms not
exceeding six (6) years.
School and Port authorities or Others as deemed
advisable may be appointed as members or advisory members by the
Commission.
The term of each member of the Kitsap County Joint
Planning Commission shall expire at the same time as his term
on his planning commission and each member shall serve without
compensation.
Section 3.. Method of Appointment. %%%enever a new member
has o~.~n api~cinted, o~~ a present member has been reappointed, the
appointing official shall advise the chairman of the Kitsap Joint
Planning Commission in writing of such action within ten days
after the appointment has been made.
Section 4. Orgainization,. Meetings, and Records. The
Kitsap Joint Planning Commission, at its first meeting shal]~ elect
a chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary (no more than one from
any governmental unit) and shall prepare and adopt rules for the
conduct of its meetings. The secretary shall notify all newspapers,
ra~io and television stations, (hereinafter referred to as the press)
situabed within the county of the time and olace of its regular
~eeting.
The Executive Board shall consist of six (6) members
composed of the officers and three (3) elected members from the
Commission. They shall be divided as follows: One (1) m~mber
from each city or town and t~o (2) from the County Planning
Com~ission. The County Engineer and City or Town Engineers shall
serve as ex-officio members.
The commission shall hold at least nine regular meetings
each fiscal year, and may hold special meetings.
Notice of special meetings shall be communicated to the
members and the chairman of the }~{itsap Joint Planning Conference
by mail or by telephone at least five days in advance of the meeting
date. The same notice shall be communicated to the press.
The secretary shall keep and maintain a record of the
~inutes of all regular, special and executive board meetings and
copies shall be distributed to the members of the Oommission,.the
Conference and the press.
Section 5.~ Personnel and Eguip~ent. The Kitsap Joint
Planning Commission may employ technically trained and necessary
administrative personnel and consultants to perform such service
as are necessary for the preparation of planning studies, surveys,
and comprehensiYe plans.
The Kitsap Joint Planning Commission shall provide necessary
equipment, supplies and office space.
Section 6. Responsibilities. The Kitsap Joint Planning
Commission shall conduct all kinds of research and surveys with
respect to population, land use, economics, utilities, and trans-
portation and may perform all other functions authorized by state
law.
The Commission shall prepare comprehensive plans for all
or any portion of the region Of Kitsap County, for the physical
development and renewal of the region or any of its parts.
The Commission may contract to prepare comprehensive plans
for any municipality in the County of Kitsap. It may formulate and
prepare applications for federal assistance and planning grants
in aid in accordance with federal and state procedures as may be
requested by the municipality.
The Commission shall prepare at least one report for
each six month period of the fiscal year describing its activities,
programs and the progress it is making in plan preparation.
It shall have ~repared and shall submit to the Conference
referred to in Section 7 hereof on July 1 of each year a proposed
budget for its fiscal operations, which shall be accompanied by a
summary of proposed projects to be undertaken during the fiscal
year and the estimated cost of each.
The Commission shall organize a program for an annual
county planning institute which shall be open tc the public and
shall be held especially for planning co~mission members, city and
town councilmen, and ~nembers of the board of county commissioners.
The chairman of the Commission is hereby authorized and
may call a joint meeting of the Conference and the Commission as
may be necessary, and shall call a joint meeting during the months
of January and June of each year for the purpose of reviewing the
planning program of the Commission.
Section 7. Creation of Joint Planning Conference. There
is hereby created a Kitsap Joint Planning Conference for the region
of Kitsap County, hereinafter referred to as the Conference, includ-
ing the incorporated city and towns therein to provide for s regular
joint meeting of' the mayors of these towns, the City Council. of
Bremerton and the ~oard of Count~ Commissioners of the County of
Kitsap.
Section ~. OrGanization and Members. The Kitsap Joint
Planning Conference shall consist of nine (9) members, one of whom
shall be elected chairman. The Mayors of the incorporated towns,
the council of the City of Bremerton and the County Commissioners
of the County of Kitsap shall each be a member of the Conference.
The Conference, at its first meeting, shall elect a chairman.
School and Port authorities or others as deemed advisable,
may be appointed as advisory members by the Conference.
Section ~ Meetings. The Conference shall meet at least
once during each three month period of the fiscal year. Additional
meetings may be called by the chairman of the Joint Planning Com-
mission, Mayor of any incorporated city or town, chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners of the County of Kitsap, or the
chairman of the Conference.
The official convening the ~onference shall notify the
members of the Conference and the press, by letter or by telephone
of the time and place, and the purpose of the meeting at least
five (5) days in advance of the~meeting date.
At least two meetins of the Conference, each fiscal year,
shall be devoted to hearing the progress reports in the planning
program of the Commission.
One meeting shall be devoted, in part, to considering
the budget of the Commission in respect to the division of respon-
sibility~to be recommended to the Board of County Commissioners
and the City Councils concerned.
The Conference is created to provide the members of the
legislative bodies in the Region with an opportunity of coordin-
ating local governmental programs of planning, land development,
surveys, and of health, sanitation and welfare.
It shall be the responsibility of the Mayors of the
incorporated towns who are members to report to their respective
legislatiYe bodies the progress and the nature of the planning
program of the Commission and the recommendations of the
Commission regarding administrative and policy matters.
The officials who are members of the Conference, may
require the chairman of the Commission, together with designated
personnel of the Commission, to assist in presenting a report
to each of the legislative bodies on the progress and the nature
of the planning program of the Commission.
Section 10. Staff. The staff of the Commission shall
assist the County, City and Town Plannin~ Oommissions, and the
staff work schedule shall be subject to the approval of the Kitsap
Joint Planning Commission so that each Town, City and County Planning
Commission Planning oroject can be pursued to a conclusion exped-
itiously and efficiently.
Section 11. Administrative Procedures. The appropriations
or a portion thereof made by the legislative body of the city or
towns concerned and by the Board of County Comnissione~s of the county
of Kitsap for the conduct and operations of the Commission, shall,
on or before the first day of the fiscal year, be sent to t?~e
County Treasurer for the County of Kitsap and shall be received
by the County Treasurer and credited to an account entitled, Kitsap
County Joint Planning Commission.
Before the County Treasurer disburses any of the funds
of the account, vouchers for such disbursement shall be approved
by the head of the st~ff and the chairman of the ~itsap County
Joint Planning Commission.
The County Treasurer will maintain the same vigilance
of the account entitled Kitsap County Joint Planning Commission
~s is characteristic of all other accounts under the Treasurers
jurisdiction.
The city or to~s by ordinance, together with the county,
by resolution, may recie~e ~ifts, grants, and other forms of material
and financial assistance from federal, state, and local sources,
and from individuals, firms, and corporations, and shall credit
such gifts, grants, and other forms of material and financial
assistanc~e to such account. Disburesement of such funds shall be
made in accordance with the ~rocedure established herein.
S~ection 12. Amendments. Any proposed amendment to
t?~is resolution before it is ~assed by the city or town councils
of th incorporated city and to~ns or the Board of County Commissioners
of the County of Kitsap shall be submitted ten days in advance of
its final passage to each of the following:
(a) Prosecutin~ Attorney.for the County of Kitsap.
(b) City Attorney for the City o~Towns concerned.
Chairman of the Conference.
(d) Mayors for the City or Towns concerned.
(e) Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
for the County of Kitsap.
(f) Chairman of the Commission.
The Mayor of the incorporated city and tovms ann the
C~airman of the Board of County Commissioners shall each receive
a written joint report prepared by the Prosecuting Attorney and
the attorneys for the city or towns, and containing their opinions
on the validity of the proposed amendment under the state law,
and on whether it reflects sound administrative and legislative
practice.
Section 13. Legislative Autho~it~ not Delegated. The
provisions of this Resolution shall not be administered, construed,
or interpreted as limiting or delegating the legislative authority
of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Kitsap, or
the legislative bodies of the incorporated city and towns.
Section 14. Effects of Partial Invalidit_~ If any
provision, section, part of section, sentence, or clause of this
resolution shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, all other
parts, provisions and sections of this resolution not expressly
so held to be void or unconstitutional shall continue in full
force and effect.
PASSED AND APP~OYED by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton signed by the ~syor and attest~ed by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this ~'~day of a2~, 195~.
N. ~DV DOMS~AD.~ay~
ATTEST:
E. H. ~. McGOWAN,-CitY-~le'rk