HomeMy WebLinkAbout1919RESOLUTION NO. /'Y If
A RESOLUTION of the city council of the
city of Kent, Washington, declaring an emergency
and proposing an amendment to the Kent
comprehensive plan, separately from the annual
cycle, to incorporate the Park and Open Space Plan
into the comprehensive plan.
RECITALS
A.Pursuant to the Growth Management Act (GMA), the Kent
comprehensive plan provides for planning activities and capital budget
decisions that are consistent with the comprehensive plan. RCW 36. 70A.120.
B.The city council's strategic goals include the creation of
neighborhood urban centers, connections for people and places, fostering
inclusiveness, and beautifying Kent.
C.The Parks and Recreation Element of the 2015 Kent
Comprehensive Plan anticipated that an update to the Park and Open Space
Plan would be completed in 2016.
D.The city council instead desires to proceed now with an update to
the existing Park and Open Space Plan, adopted by the city council on May 4,
2010, to reflect current park and open space opportunities.
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E.The GMA requires that the city establish procedures governing
amendments to the comprehensive plan that limit amendments to once each
year unless certain circumstances exist. RCW 36. 70A.130(2). The city has
established a procedure for amending the comprehensive plan in Chapter
12.02 of the Kent City Code (KCC) that permits amendments in addition to the
standard annual update if an emergency exists. An emergency is defined as an
issue of community-wide significance that promotes the public health, safety,
and general welfare of the city of Kent. KCC 12.02.0l0(A).
F.On January 11, 2016, the Economic and Community Development
Committee moved to direct staff to update the Park and Open Space Plan.
G.The city council finds that consideration of proposed amendments
to the comprehensive plan through revision of the Park and Open Space Plan is
an issue of community-wide significance that promotes the public health,
safety, and general welfare of the city of Kent; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
RESOLUTION
SECTION 1. -Recitals. The recitals above are incorporated herein by
this reference.
SECTION 2. -Emergency. The update to the existing Park and Open
Space Plan, adopted by the city council on May 4, 2010, 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 KCC 12.02.0l0(A). The city council, therefore, declares that an emergency
exists and authorizes staff and the Land Use and Planning Board to process this
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amendment to the comprehensive plan outside the annual amendment process
in KCC 12.02.030.
SECTION 3. -Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is declared unconstitutional or
invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this resolution.
SECTION 4. -Effective Date. This resolution shall take effect and be in
force immediately upon its passage.
PASSED at a regular meeting of the city council of the city of Kent,
Washington this /f.;J. day of..::::z;;;,va5 , 2016.
CONCURRED in by the mayor of the city of Kent, this /4"� day
of �var4j , 2016.
ATTEST:
TOM BRUBAKER, CITY_,ATTORNEY µn.wll H1"tf'Mllielc. � Tom �,e.t/Bilke<
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of Resolution No.
passed by the city council of the city of Kent, Washington, the
day of , 2016.
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