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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-20
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of Bainbridge Island,
Washington, ratifying the 2021 amendments to the
Countywide Planning Policies, as recommended by the Board
of the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council and approved by
the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners.
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act (“GMA”), RCW 36.70A, requires that
each county planning under the GMA must adopt countywide planning policies to be
used as a framework from which county and city comprehensive plans are developed and
adopted; and
WHEREAS, the Kitsap Regional Coordinating Council (“KRCC”) is established
by an interlocal agreement as a regional body comprised of members from Kitsap County
and the cities of Bainbridge Island, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Poulsbo, as well as the
Suquamish and Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribes, Ports of Bremerton and Kingston, Naval
Base Kitsap, and Kitsap Transit; and
WHEREAS, the KRCC Board includes elected officials as members including
two Bainbridge Island City Councilmembers; and
WHEREAS, the adopted countywide planning policies are reviewed and
amended as necessary at least every 5 years through the KRCC; and
WHEREAS, in 2020, the KRCC began an update process for the countywide
planning policies, to revise them for consistency with the Puget Sound Regional
Coordinating Council’s (“PSRC”) Vision 2050, and related to changes in state law that
have occurred since the countywide planning policies were last updated in 2015, through
multijurisdictional collaboration including planning staff and KRCC board members; and
WHEREAS, on April 20, 2021, the City Council received a presentation on the
countywide planning policy update from KRCC staff; and
WHEREAS, on July 6, 2021, the KRCC held a public hearing on the proposed
revisions to the countywide planning policies; and
WHEREAS, on July 19, 2021 the KRCC forwarded the proposed revisions to the
countywide planning policies to Kitsap County to begin the County’s review process; and
WHEREAS, on August 17, 2021 the Kitsap County State Environmental Policy
Act Official issued a Determination of Non-significance (“DNS”), and the DNS was not
appealed; and
WHEREAS, on September 27, 2021, the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners
held a public hearing on the proposed revisions to the countywide planning policies; and
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WHEREAS, on October 6, 2021, the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners
continued deliberations on the proposed revisions to the countywide planning policies;
and
WHEREAS, on October 11, 2021, the Kitsap County Board of Commissioners
adopted Ordinance No. 601-2021, amending the countywide planning policies, and these
policies were then forwarded to the cities as well as the Suquamish and Port Gamble
S’Klallam Tribes for ratification, as outlined in Appendix A of the countywide planning
policies; and
WHEREAS, on December 14, 2021, the Bainbridge Island City Council
considered Kitsap County Ordinance No. 601-2021, amending the Kitsap Countywide
Planning Policies, and the Council took action via this Resolution to ratify those policies.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington, hereby
ratifies the Kitsap Countywide Planning Policies, as adopted by Kitsap County Ordinance
No. 601-2021, which is attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein as part of this
Resolution.
Section 2. This Resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its
passage.
PASSED by the City Council this 14th day of December, 2021.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 14th day of December, 2021.
Rasham Nassar, Mayor
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
By:
Christine Brown, MMC, City Clerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: December 9, 2021
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: December 14, 2021
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-20
ATTACHED: Exhibit A (Updated Countywide Planning
Policies)