92-07 ADOPTION OF INVENTORY MAPS FOR PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES49
Resolution No. 92-07
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND,
WASHINGTON, TO PROTECT AND CONSERVE THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND
CRITICAL AREAS OF THE ISLAND BY INVENTORY BY ADOPTING INVENTORY
MAPS PREPARED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE
CRITICAL AREAS AND NATURAL RESOURCE LANDS
WHEREAS, the identification and protection of natural resource
areas and the protection of critical areas on the Island, as
defined by the City's Environmentally Sensitive Areas Ordinance,
adopted on FebruaFy 20th, 1992 , is deemed important by the
City; and
WHEREAS, the State Growth Management Act (GMA) enacted in 1990,
requires the classification and designation of critical areas and
natural resource lands; and
WHEREAS, in order to classify and designate the critical areas and
natural resource lands on the Island, it was necessary to conduct
an inventory of these areas; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) conducted
an inventory of the critical areas and natural resource lands
utilizing existing data, as well as additional information; and
WHEREAS, the inventory maps prepared by CPAC were displayed for
several weeks at the public library and CPAC held two town meetings
on August 14 and 21, 1991 (after notice of the meeting was sent to
over 300 individuals and 50 organizations and was placed in the
newspaper), to provide the Island residents with an opportunity to
comment on the maps; and
WHEREAS, the inventory maps display the approximate location and
extent of a portion of the critical areas and natural resource
lands on the Island; and
THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON HEREBY RESOLVES AS
FOLLOWS:
That the following inventory maps are adopted by the City to be
utilized in any land use related decisions:
Wetlands Inventory Map compiled by Sheldon & Associates
Fish & Wildlife Habitat Map compiled by CPAC
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3. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Maps of
Bainbridge Island
4. Geologically Hazardous areas maps:
Erosion Hazard and Landslide Hazard - the slope stability
map prepared by Jerald Deeter in May, 1979, and contained
in the Coastal Zone Atlas Maps
Seismic Hazard - the Quaternary Geology & Stratigraphy
Maps of Kitsap County prepared by Jerald Deeter in May,
1979, which are contained in the Coastal Zone Atlas Maps
5. Agricultural Lands map prepared by CPAC, with the prime
agricultural soils overlay
6. The Forest Lands map prepared by CPAC
7. The Mineral Resource Lands map contained in the Kitsap
County Ground Water Management Plan, dated April, 1991.
8. Aquifer Recharge Areas - the Recharge Potential and
Aquifer Vulnerability Map (Exhibit II-14) of the Kitsap
County Groundwater Management Plan, dated April, 1991.
PASSED by the Council of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington,
this 20th day of February , 1992.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 20th
ATTEST~ENTICAXE:
SAM D~./Gt~ATO, MAYOR