HomeMy WebLinkAbout1554RESOLUTION NO. /55~
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of Kent,
Washington, declaring an emergency to pursue an amendment
to the Capital Facilities Element of the Kent Comprehensive
Plan, incorporating the Capital Facilities Plans of the Kent
and Federal Way School Districts for 1999.
WHEREAS, the City of Kent adopted a school impact fee program as
authorized by the Growth Management Act and RCW 82.02.050; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act and Chapter 12.02 of the Kent
City Code authorize the City to amend its Comprehensive Plan only once per calendar year,
except in the case of an emergency, which is defined as an issue of community wide
significance that promotes the public health, safety, and general welfare; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 12.13.070 of the Kent City Code requires that the
Capital Facilities Plans ofthe Kent and Federal Way School Districts be submitted to the
City of Kent on an annual basis for City Council review, and that such review shall occur in
conjunction with any update of the Capital Facilities Plan element of the City's
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, on February 2, 1999, the Kent City Council adopted its
comprehensive plan amendments for 1999 prior to its review of the Capital Facilities Plans
of the Kent and Federal Way School Districts; and
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WHEREAS, adoption of the Kent and Federal Way School Districts Capital
Facilities Plans is a condition precedent to continued collection of impact fees on behalf of
the districts by the City of Kent; and
WHEREAS, the City must now amend the Capital Facilities element of the
City's Comprehensive Plan in order to adopt the Capital Facilities Plans of the Kent and
Federal Way School Districts; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, Public Works and Planning Committee
considered this issue at its regularly scheduled meeting on August 16, 1998, and voted to
submit this matter to the Land Use and Planning Board for consideration of an emergency
Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the adoption of the Capital Facilities Plans of the Kent
and Federal Way School Districts as an element ofthe Capital Facilities Plan element of the
Kent Comprehensive Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That adoption of the Capital Facilities Plans of the Kent and
Federal Way School Districts as an element of the Capital Facilities Plan of the City of Kent
Comprehensive Plan constitutes an issue of community-wide significance that promotes the
public health, safety, and general welfare in accordance with the definition of an emergency
as set forth in Chapter 12.02 of the Kent City Code.
SECTION 2. The City Council therefore declares that an emergency exists
and authorizes the Land Use and Planning Board to consider a Comprehensive Plan
Amendment for the adoption of the Capital Facilities Plan of the Kent and Federal Way
School Districts as an element of the Capital Facilities Plan element of the Kent
Comprehensive Plan.
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r}1..> Passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington this
_1_dayof kj?~ , 1999.
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/ Conc~rred in by the Mayor of A--42-1h,~ , 1999.
-6-4 the City of Kent, this 9 ~ day of
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
(Ott. RO ERA. LUBOVICH, CITY ATTORNEY
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy ofResolution No. !.55'/ , passed
by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, the 7 i£ day of
~~ ,1999.
~ Q..a_~(SEAL) ' t7 BRENDA JACOBER, CITY CLERK
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