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RES NO. 2017-18 ADOPTING THE COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANRESOLUTION NO. 2017-19 A RESOLUTION of the City Council of Bainbridge Island, Washington, adopting the Bainbridge Island Open Space Study (2008). WHEREAS, in 2007 the City was preparing for a periodic update of its Comprehensive Plan that was to be completed by 2012, but the State delayed that periodic update until 2016; and WHEREAS, in 2007 a then citizen advisory group, the Mayor's 2025 Growth Advisory Committee, was considering different growth strategies for the City's Comprehensive Plan and sought a comprehensive open space inventory to determine what areas should be identified for conservation instead of growth; and WHEREAS, the Bainbridge Island Open Space Study work coincided with two other community open space efforts: 1) the City's Open Space Commission, which reviewed properties for the City to buy as open space; and 2) the Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park and Recreation District, which was reviewing options for increasing parks in the Winslow area and undertaking a comprehensive plan update; and WHEREAS, the Bainbridge Island Open Space Study was completed in 2008 and included an inventory of important Island natural resources and recommendations for additional programs, public education and outreach, incentives, and an improved Transfer of Development Rights program; and WHEREAS, the City Council discussed the Bainbridge Island Open Space Study at a workshop on October 8, 2008, and formally accepted the Study on November 12, 2008, via a unanimous vote of approval of a motion to accept the Study and to authorize work related to the Study; and WHEREAS, several recommendations from the Bainbridge Island Open Space Study are still relevant and have not been implemented; and WHEREAS, the Council Tree and Low Impact Development Ad Hoc Committee has recommended that the Bainbridge Island Open Space Study should be adopted by the City Council to promote implementation of Study recommendations; now, therefore, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Bainbridge Island Open Space Study (2008) is hereby adopted. The City will review Study recommendations and work toward implementation of those recommendations through review of the City's transfer of development rights regulations, program development, and public outreach. Page 1 of 2 PASSED by the City Council this 22nd day of August, 2017. APPROVED by the Mayor this 22nd day of August, 2017. By: Val if 04, lpn' 40 ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE: By: Christine Brown, City Clerk FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: August 11, 2017 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: August 22, 2017 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-19 Page 2 of 2