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ORD 76-18 PLANNING AGENCYORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PLANNING AGENCY, PROVIDING FOR MEMBERSHIP THEREIN, PRESCRIBING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SAID AGENCY AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 32. The City Council of the City of Winslow do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 35A.63 there is hereby established within the City of Winslow, a Planning Agency which shall have the following duties and responsibilities: 1. Preparation of a continuous review of the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Winslow. 2. Review, investigate and make formal recommendations on all applications for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan, official zoning map and official zoning ordinance of the City, applications for variances, conditional use permits and planned unit developments and all applications for permits issued pursuant to the Shore- lines Management Act. 3. Such other advisory duties as may be assigned to it by the City Council or the Mayor. SECTION 2. MEMBERSHIP. The Planning Agency shall consist of seven (7) members ap- pointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council who shall serve without compensation for four (4) year terms. At least five (5) members of the Planning Agency shall be residents of the City and two (2) members may be nonresidents but any nonresident appointed to the Planning Agency shall be either (i) the owner of real property located within the city limits or (ii) the owner of not less than 50% of a business licensed to do business within the city limits. SECTION 3. ~ETINGS The Planning Agency shall meet on the first and third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Winslow City Hall and may hold such other special meetings as the Planning Agency may determine and all meetings of the Planning Agency shall be open to the public. In the event the regular scheduled meeting falls upon a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next following business day. Annually, at the first meeting in January or at such other times as may be necessary, the Planning Agency shall elect from its members one person to serve as chairman and the chairman shall preside at all meetings which shall be conducted according to Roberts Rules of Order. The chairman shall be entitled to vote on all matters coming before the Agency. SECTION 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Any special meeting of the Planning Agency shall only be held after notice thereof has been published at least 24 hours in advance and notification of the special meeting together with the nature and matters to come before the meeting have been provided to the news media. SECTION 5. INTERIM PROCEDURES. The existing Planning Commission shall be deemed the Planning Agency and the members thereof shall continue to serve for their full terms. SECTION 6o PUBLIC RECORDS. All meetings of the Planning Agency shall be electronically recorded and the tapes preserved for three (3) years from the date of such meeting, but shall not be transcribed unless ordered by the Chairman. In the event any litigation results which involves any matter upon which the Planning Agency has made a recommendation, the electronic tapes shall be preserved until final termination of such litigation. In the event the recordings of meetings are required for use in court· it shall be the responsibility of the appellant to pay the cost of transcribing said recordings and nothing contained herein shall prevent an appellant from having an official stenographer record any pro- ceedings of the Planning Agency. All recommendations, reports and other official matters of the Planning Agency shall be signed by the Chairman, attested by the Secretary who shall be required to maintain minutes of each meeting. The minutes do not need to reflect the actual discussion, but only the formal actions taken by the Planning Agency. SECTION 7. FINANCIAL AND BUDGET REQUEST. On or before the fourth Monday of September of each year· the Planning Agency Chairman shall submit to the Mayor a budget for the forthcoming fiscal year which may include all expenses for conducting meetings of the Planning Agency including secretarial services or travel expenses for members of the Planning Agency. SECTION 8. CONSULTANTS. Upon approval of the City Council the Planning Agency may recommend the retention of a Planning Consultant who assists the Planning Agency in its deliberations who shall be hired by the City. The Planning Agency, through its Chairman, may request formal opinions or recommendations from the City Attorney or City Engineer on any matter that is pending before it. SECTION 9. REPEALER. Ordinance 32 of the City of Winslow is hereby repealed. SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall become effective on the 1st day of jarlu~tr'~ 19 77 and shall be published in the manner provided by law. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW this Mayor ATTEST: Cle~r~r-eJrxA~' of Beresford, Booth, Lehne, McKisson & Baronsky City Attorneys PLANNING AGENCY APPOINTEES - 1979, December 4 year term, Ordinance 76-18 (1/1/77) Joyce Banks Paul Sakai Tom Johnson Charlotte Shaw Elnora Parfitt Tad Sakuma Allen Harader 4 years 4 years 6 years 4 years 6 years 6 years 6 years January 1, 1983 January 1, 1983' January 1, 1981 January 1, 1982- January 1, 1980 January 1, 1982 January 1, 1981