HomeMy WebLinkAbout486CITY OF KENT
RESOLUTION NO. 486
AGREEMENT FOR THE FOR!~TION
OF
A REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL
WHEREAS the undersigned, the 1~yors of the Cities of
Auburn, Kent, Renton and Tukwila, and the undersigned Commissioner
of the County of King, desire to cause the formation of a Regional
Planning Council as provided by RCW 35.63.070 and RCW 35.63.060
for the uses and purposes set forth in those statutes, and
WHEREAS the cities and county recognize and desire the
advantages of advisory regional planning under local sponsorship,
leadership and control, and
WHEREAS the presently existing Valley Industrial Commission
has provided the leadership and nucleus for practical regional
planning in our area to this time, and
WHEREAS the undersigned have agreed that this instrument
should be submitted to and ratified by the respective legislative
bodies of each of the cities and the county involved, each such
legislative body retaining the right to at any time withdraw from
such Planning Commission its representatives and financial support,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
THAT THIS AGREEMENT, based upon the By-Laws of the Valley
Industrial Commission, is hereby adopted as the proposed charter
of the Regional Planning Commission of the Duwamish Valley Region.
When ratified by the legislative bodies of all five constituent
members, this charter shall have full force and effect and the
Regional Planning Commission shall from that date forward be
and constiture a lawful Regional Planning Commission:
ARTICLE I. Name:
The Regional Planning Commission shall be named "The
Duwamish Valley Regional Planning Council.''
ARTICLE II. Purposes:
The Commission is formed
(1) To collect and disseminate to the cities and
county the existing plans, policies and zoning
actions of the municipalities of the region to
insure a coordinated and harmonious development
of land use, street and highway facilities,
industrial facilities, utilities, flood control,
and the other elements of planning;
(2) To advise the municipalities of the region of
any significant proposal for changes in planning
of such elements;
{3) To assist the municipalities of the region in
liason with the State Highway Commission;
(4) To do such studies and prepare such advisory
regional plans as the member municipalities may
direct from time to time;
{5) To lend planning advice and counsel to the muni-
cipalities of the region.
ARTICLE III. Membership of Commission; Term;
Vacancies; Chairman and secretary:
The Regional Planning Council shall consist of ten members.
Two shall be appointed by each of the ~~yors of Tukwila, Renton,
Kent and Auburn and two by the Board of County Commissioners of
th~ County. Each appointee shall serve for a term of one year,
provided that one of the initial appointees from each municipality
shall be designated at the time of ~ppointment to serve for two
years.
Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment in the same
manner for the unexpired term.
The members shall annually elect a chairman and secretary
from among their number.
ARTICLE IV. Meetings: Time, Place, Quorum:
The Commission shall regularly rotate meeting places
among the city halls of the member cities. Meetings will be held
at a regular time and date to be established by action of the first
Commission and changed by vote of a majority of the members.
Special meetings may be'called by the chairman or any
three commission members upon seven {7) days notice.
Six members shall constiture a quorum of the Commission.
If a quorum is not present at any regular or special meeting a
majority of those members present may recess the meeting from
time to time Without further notice.
ARTICLE V. By-Laws:
The Commission may adopt and amend By-Laws for the con-
duct of its business.
ARTICLE VI. Finances:
The Regional Planning Commission Ehall incur no costs or
expense without the prior consent of the legislative bodies of
the member cities and county. In every instance financial support
and expenditure for any project of the Commission shall be in such
manner as the respective legislative bodies shall, in each in-
stcince, agree upon. Records of Commission finances shall be public
records available to all citzens.
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ARTICLE VII. Participation by Members:
Each city and the county, by their ratification of this
resolution, demonstrate their recognition of the value of full
participation in proper regional planning; all are mindful of
their primary obligation to their respective municipalities
but wish to join with others for such benefits as may result
from joint, coordinated planning of the region.
No member city or county shall be obligated to parti-
cipate in any project or activity of the Regional Planning Com-
mission, nor shall any act or recommendation of the commission
be binding, or have any effect other than advisory, upon the
member cities or county.
ARTICLE VIII. Ivtinutes, Books and Records:
The minutes of all meetings, books, records, planning
material and studies which are the property of the Regional
Planning Commission shall be placed in the custody of the Clerk
of one of the member cities, to be selected by the Commission
at its first meeting. These shall be public records available
to all persons.
In ratification of the form and purposes of the Duwamish
Valley Regional Planning Commission the foregoing is adopted
the day and year shown.
DATE: Ce t-'3 (I, I '-l I::.__;;
Adopted by City Council
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COUNTY OF KING
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CITY OF RENTON
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CITY OF TUKWILA
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