RES 2001-61 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEERESOLUTION 1001-61
A RESOLUTION of [lie City of Bainbridge Island,
Washington, relating to establishing a technical advisory
committee on environmental issues.
WHEREAS, the city council has determined that it is in the best interest of the
citizens of the city to manage and protect our natural resources; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted a Salmon Recovery and Conservation
Strategy on Mary 9, 2001, authorizing the formation of the Environmental Technical
Advisory Committee (ETAC); and
WHEREAS, the Mayor appointed the ETAC as a 90 -day committee on June 29,
?001; and
WHEREAS, the ETAC provides a highly valuable resource to the city and is
necessary for fulfilling the best available science requirements (WAC 365-195-900
through 365-195-925) of the procedural criteria of the Growth Management Act; now
therefore;
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 _ Committee establishment and authoriQL
Arm Environmental Technical Advisory Committee is established for the following
purposes:
A. Serve as a technical advisory committee to the mayor, City Council, and Planning
Department staff on environmental management issues.
B. Provide technical peer review and recommendations on the Bainbridge Island
Nearshore Assessment.
C. Provide technical recommendations on environmental management standards for the
City of Bainbridge Island Shoreline Master Program and Critical Areas Ordinance.
D. Provide technical environmental review of policies and regulations proposed for the
City of Bainbridge Island Shoreline Master Program and Critical Areas Ordinance.
E. Conduct all items above consistent with the best available science sections ( WAC
365-195-900 through 365-195-925) of the procedural criteria of the Growth
Management Act.
Section 2. Committee membership and terms.
The Environmental Technical Advisory Committee shall consist of qualified local experts
necessary to fulfill the purposes of Section 1 and must qualify as an expert as provided in
WAC 365-195-905(4), or as amended. The committee shall be appointed by the mavor,
confirmed by the city council, and shall serve without compensation. The committee
shat I serve for a tenn of two years from the effective date of this resolution. The term of
the committee may be extended in six-month increments by the mayor as necessary.
PASSED by the City Council this 12"' day of December 2001.
APPROVED by the Mayor this
AT ST/AUTHENTICATE:
i
Susan P. Kasper, City Clerk
13"' day of December 2001.
Dwight'' Sutton, Mayor
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: November 16, 2001
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: December 12, 2001
RESOLUTION NUMBER: 2001-61