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AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, repealing Ordinance No. 5242 and
approving the 2020 Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan.
WHEREAS, the State of Washington requires an update of long range
park plans every six years to maintain eligibility for certain state and federal park
acquisition and improvement grants; and
WHEREAS, the Bremerton Comprehensive Plan references this Plan and contains
goals and policies related to parks, open space, trails and recreation facilities that require periodic
review and revision to adjust for changing needs and population growth; and
WHEREAS, City Parks and Recreation Staff in conjunction with the Parks and
Recreation Commission have been working over the past 14 months to develop the 2020 update
to the City's Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department solicited citizen input by
conducting a survey available on the City's web page and widely advertised and sponsored two
public meetings on the Plan on May 21, 2019 and October 22, 2019; and
WHEREAS, a draft of the Plan was made available to the general public and
interested parties for review and comment at City offices and on the City's web page; and
WHEREAS, the proposed plan update was sent to the State Office of Recreation
and Conservation on October 31, 2019 and the State of Washington Office of Department of
Commerce on November 6, 2019 with a 60-day review period ending on January 5, 2020 and no
adverse comments were received; and
WHEREAS, the proposed plan update was brought to the Parks and Recreation
Commission and for review at thirteen meetings, and the Parks and Recreation Commission, at
its December 10, 2019 meeting recommended approval of the plan by the City Council; and
WHEREAS a SEPA checklist was submitted to the City's Department of
Community Development, and the SEPA Official issued a Deterrnination ofNon-Significance on
December 17, 2019 with an associated comment period and administrative appeal deadline; and
WHEREAS a notice of City Council public hearing on the proposed plan update
was provided to the paper of record on February 3, 2020; and
WHEREAS, on February 19, 2020, the City Council held a public hearing on the
proposed plan update; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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2020 Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 5242, which adopted the 2014 Parks and Recreation
Interim Comprehensive Plan is hereby repealed.
SECTION2. The City Council accepts and adopts the recommendation of the
Parks and Recreation Commission as presented in the minutes of the December 10, 2019
meeting, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTIONS. The City Council approves the 2020 Parks, Recreation and Open
Space Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 4. Corrections. The City Clerk and codifiers of this ordinance are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance including, but not limited to, the
correction of scrivener, clerical, typographical, and spelling errors, references, ordinance
numbering, section/subsection numbers and any references thereto.
SECTION S. Severability. If any one or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 6. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten
(10) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council the �qb�lay of
2020.
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ERIC YOUNC�`R, Cou�il President
APPROVED this Zo�� day of F� ear , 2020.
ATTEST:
GREG �IEELER, Mayor
AS TO FORM:
ROGER A. LUBOVI
PUBLISHED the �1 day of m q rG�'j , 2020.
EFFECTIVE the ��}-11�day of rl(�p�,r � , 2020.
ORDINANCE NO. 53�1 s
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