HomeMy WebLinkAbout1029 RESOLUTION NO. 1029
A RESOLUTION of the Kitsap County Commissioners,of the City of Bremerton, Town
of Poulsbo, Town of P~rt Orchard and the Town of Winslow creating a Kitsap County
Joint Planning Commission in accordance with the provisionsof Chapter 35.63 RCW as
amended by Chapter 130, Laws of 1957 and prescribing its responsibilities and pro-
cedures and establishing a Kitsap Joint Planning Conference.
BE IT RESOLVED:
Section 1. Creation of Kttsap County Joint Planning Commission. Pursuant to
the provision'sol Ch. 35.~3 RCW, as amended by Ch. 130, Laws.of 1957, there is here-
by created the Eitsap County Joint Planning Commission hereinafter referred to as
the Commission.
Section B. Membershipt Terms and Compensation. The members of the Kitsap
County PlanniRg COmmis'sio~ shall consist o~' the members of the Bre~erton 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 ap~ointed by the Kitsap County Joint Planning Commission.
RESOLUTION N0.~'1029 (CON'T) ,
-. Commission members from incorporated towns shall be appointedby-the
body of those towns for terms not exceeding six (6) years.
School and Port authorities or others as deemed advisable may be
members or advisory members by the Commission.
The term of each member of the Kitsap County Joint'Planning Commission
expire at the same time as his term on his planning commission and each membe~
serve without Compensation. .~
Section 3. Nethod of Appointment. 'Whenever a new 'member has:been appoin!
or a present member has been reappointed, the appointing official shall advise
chairman Of the Kitsap Joint Planning Commission. in writing of such. action withtn~
ten days after the appointment has been_made.
Section 4. Organizationt Neetin~s and Records. The Kitsap Joint Planning Com-
mission, at ifs first meeting shall 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 newspaper, radio and
television stations, (hereinafter referre~ to as the press) situated within the
county of the time and place of its regular meeting.
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) member from each city or town and two (2)kfrom the County Planning Commission.
The County Engineer, City or Town Engineers and t~e County Health Doctor shall serve
as ex-officio members.
The §hairman of the Commission shall also be the Chairman of the Executive Board
and shall preside over all meetings. In the absence of the Chairman and the Vice-
Chairman, the Secretary shall perform the duties of Chairman.
The Commission shall hold at least three 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 Kitsap Joint Planning Conference by mail or by telephone at'least five days
in advance of the date. The same notice shall be communicated to the press.
The Executive Board .shall hold at least nine meetings each fiscal year, and such
additional meetings as may be called by the Chairman.
The Secretary shall keep and maintain a reoord of the minutes of all regular,
special and executive board meetings and copies shall be distributed to the members
of the Commission, the Conference and the press.
SectiOn 5. Personnel and Equipment. The Kitsap Joint Planning Commission may
employ technically trained and necessar'y administrative personnel and consultants to
perform such service as are necessary for the preparation of planning studies, sur-
veys, and comprehensive plans.
The Kitsap Joint Planning Commission shall withinits budgetary allotment provide
necessary equipment, supplies ~nd office space.
Section 6. Responsibilities. The Kitsap Joint Planning Commission shall conduct
such research and surveys with respect to population, land use, economics, utilities,
transportation and related subject matters as may be essential to the development, o~ a
comprehensive plan, and may perform all qther functions authorized by state law.
The Commission shall prepare a comprehensive plan, for the coordinated physical
development of the entire county. 'l~e comprehensive plan shall also serve as a guide
and basic framework within which more detailed physical development plans can be formu-
lated for any municipality.
The comprehensive plan shall be so prepared that'all or portions of it may be ap-
proved by the commission and recommended to the county, cities and ~owns within Kitsap
County as a~basis for .guiding their individual and collective development. Th.e com-
prehensive plan may be approved by the Commission and recommended to the respective
municipalities progressively area by area, or subject bysubJect or parts of subjects.
The Commission may contract to pre,are individual comprehensive plans within the
framework of the county wide cgmprehensive plan, for any municipality in the County of
Kitsap. It may formulate and ~repare application 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 eac~six mOnth period of the
fiscal year describing its activities, programs and 'the progress it is making in plan
preparation.
It_shall have prepared and shall submit to the 'Confere~&ji~e~erred~ to'in Section
7 hereo£ on July i of each year a proposed budget.Eor~its f~l~0~eration~,,~which
sh~ll be accompanied by a summary of proposed proJectS-~-t6 ~beT~ertaken during the fis-
cal year and the estimated cost of each.
The chairman or.the Commission is hereb~ amtho.~i~ed%an4 ~&~cali.,~a joint meeting
of the Conference and the Commission as may be-necessarY, and,~sh~ll call. a.~Joint meeting
during the months of January a~d June of e~C~'myear~T$~~ t~e purPoSe iof peV£m$ging the
planning program of the Cormmission.
It shall be the purpose, and responsibility of the'Executive ~oard to administer the
program of t~e Commission, i~cluding supervision 'a~d.:'g~i~anc~i.o~ staff'-and~,oonsulting
work, and such other duties as m~y be prescribed in the~-~y~.la~a ~f :the~Com~ission, or
by direction of the Commissi6n, subject only to the a'cti0n~.~i'.the ~ommissi~h~in one of
its regular meetings. .
~ection 7. Qreation of 'Joint Plannin$ Conferenc ....
e. The~'-~'is'~ereby 'created a
Kitsap Joint Planning Conference for th~ region of Kitsap ~o~tY,~hereinafter referred
to ~s the Conference, including the incorporated city and ~oWns':!~nerein to provide for
a regular Joint meeting of the mayors of these towns, the Clty~Co~u~cil-of Bremerton
and the Board of County Commissioners of the county of Kit~ap.
Section 8. Organization and Mmmbers. The Kitsap Joint. Planning Conference shall
consist 6f nine (9) members, one o£ whom shall be elected chairman. The M~ors of the
incorporated towns, the C0unc£1 of the City of Bremerton and the County Commissioners
of the County of Ki~sap 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 adviseable may be appointed as
by the Conference.
9. Neetings. The Conference shall meet at least once during each three
the fiscal year. Additional meetings may be called by the chairman
~JointPlanning Commission, Mayor of any incorporated city or town, chairman of
of County Commissioners of the County of Kitsap, or the chairman of the
official conve~-~ing the Conference shall notify the me,abets of the conference
press, by letter or by telephone of the time and place, and the purpose of
meeting at least five (8) deysin advance of the meeting date.
At least two meeting 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 Commis-
sion in respect to the division of responsibility to be ~recommended to the Board of
County Commissioners and the City Councils ~'&ncerned. · '
The Conference is created to provide the members o~ the legislative bodies in -~.
the Region with an opportunity of coordinating lo'al governmental programs of planning.
land deveX~pment, surveys, and of health, sanitation and.~.welfare.
It shall be the responsibility of the Mayors of the~ inc0rporated towns who are
members to reoort to their respective legislative bo~le~/~.the progress and the nature.
of t~e plannin~ program of the Commission and the recommendations of the Commission
regarding administrative and policy matters.
The officials who are members of the Conference, m~y require the chairma~ of -
the Commission, together with designated pers0nne.l°~ ~tl~e commission, to assist in
presenting a report to each of the legislativ, e~bcdies o~ ~the progrees and the nature
of the planning program of the Commission.. :"~.. ~
Section 10. Staff, The staff of ~
and Town Planning ~-~ssions, and the
approval of the Kitsap J~int Planning
Planning Commission Planning project ·
and efficiently.
Section 11. Administrative ProCe,d.~s,., 'The,
of ma~ by the leg~'slative body o~,'l~he~-$i~y
County Commissioners of the county of K~tsap
Commission shall, on or before the firs,$~.~ d~Y~'of ~ ~ear,
ty Treasurer for the County of Eitsap '~'U'~hall be reCeived by the Count
and credited _to an account entitled, Kitsap County Joint Planning Commission. ·
Before ~he County Treasurer disbur~ea' Any of the' f~nds of the account, vo~chers~?
for such disbUrsement shall be approved bY the head of the staff ~and the ch~ix~4'~an of~'
the Kitsap County Joi. nt Planning Commission. ·
The County Treasurer. Will maintain the same vigilance of the account ent~ed~'~~'
Kitsap County Joint Planning Commission ~as is characteristic of all other ~acc~ts ~
under the Treasurers Ju~ts~,~c~tSn. ' '~ - '~'"
The City or towns by ~Pdinance, toe,ether with the County, 'b~ ~ ~'"
ceive gifts, grants, and'o~h~r forms of~aterials and financial~[ssi~ance
al, state, and locaT sources, and fr.om individuals, fi~r~a'and corporations, and
credit such gifts, gra~ts, and other forms of material and financial assistance to'
such account. Disbursement-'~f such funds shall be made~n accordance with the;'proced-
utes established herein. ,.:.~ !~
Section 12. Amendmehts. Any t° .-this r~e~lu.~ i~.-
passed by the city or town councils of
of County Commissioners of the
of its final passage to each of
~a) Prosecuting Attorney for the-
(b) City Attorney for the City.
(c) Chairman of the .C~or~ference
(d) Mayors for the.~ic, i,'t~,~:.~r Townl
(e) Chairman of the · Board of
(f) Chairman of the Commission ~ ~
The Mayors of the ~incorporate~ ci6 Board of
County Commissioners shall..each rec~ the Pro-
secuting Attorney and the' attorneys for the . their opin-
ions on the validity o~, the proposed ama on whether
it reflects sound administrative and legi. sla'.
Section 15. 'Legislative 'Authority not Xs:of' this Reso-
lution shall not be administered, construe
the legislative authority of the Board of Cotu~.ty
sap, or the legislative bodies of the incorporated
Section ~ Effects of Partial Invalldit~
RESOLUTION 1029 (CON,T) ·:.
section, part of section, sentence, or clause of thi's reso!Ution sh~ll be held unconsti-
tutional or.invalid, all other parts, orovfsions_ and sections of this resolution not ex-
pressly so held to be void or uncons~i%utional §~all continue in full.force and effect.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the C~t~ of Bremerton, signed b y the
Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 10th day of
December, 1958.
A'~TEST: . H.0..D0~STAD, Mayor
E.H.T. McGOWAN,/CIty Clerk