RES 2001-48 ESTABLISHMENT OF CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ACQUIRING/PRESERVING OPEN SPACERESOLUTION NO. 2001-48
A RESOLUTION of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington, establishing a
citizen's advisory commission to recommend to the city council a program and
process for acquiring or otherwise preserving forested areas, open space, wildlife
habitat and farms and agricultural lands and creating new trails and passive parks,
and a program and process for overseeing, monitoring and auditing such property
and improvements once acquired and preserved.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2001-36, the city council provided for
submission to the city voters at the November 6, 2001 general election a proposition authorizing
the city to issue its general obligation bonds of no more than $8,000,000 to pay the costs of
acquiring and preserving forested areas, open space and wildlife habitat (including without
limitation environmentally fragile areas and land along streams and ponds and wetlands) and
farms and agricultural lands and creating new trails and passive parks (not including sports
facilities and sports fields) (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2001-36 for the city council to consider recommendations of
a citizen's commission before acquiring the Project; and
WHEREAS, the city council desires to establish the membership, duties and
responsibilities of the citizen's commission; now, therefore
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON,
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Commission establishment and authority. A citizen's advisory
commission ("commission") is established for the following purposes:
1. Identifying, prioritizing, and recommending to the city council the acquisition,
preservation and creation of the Project, as defined and described in Ordinance
No. 2001-36;
2. Upon request of the city council, recommending the sale or transfer of rights in
property acquired as part of the Project, consistent with Ordinance No. 2001-36;
3. Developing and recommending to the city council a process and program for
ongoing oversight, monitoring and audit of the Project; and
4. Recommending to the city council persons or organizations with demonstrated
expertise in purchasing or acquiring property or in using property conservation
and preservation mechanisms to carry out the Project.
Section . Commission membership and terms. The commission shall consist of
seven members who represent a broad variety of interests and expertise, such as farming,
environmental protection, recreational activities, hiking and biking, wildlife biology, real estate
sales/management, finance and banking. The members of the commission shall be nominated by
the mayor and confirmed by the city council. The first members of the commission shall be
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confirmed within 45 days of passage and certification of the ballot proposition authorized by
Ordinance No. 2001-36. The members shall serve for terms of three years, except that the initial
terms shall be staggered as follows: two members shall serve one-year terms; two members shall
serve two-year terms; and three members shall serve three-year terms.
PASSED by the City Council this 12`" day of September 2001.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 10 day of September 2001.
D ight Sutton, Mayor
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
SUSAN P. KASPER, City Clerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: September 6, 2001
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: September 12, 2001
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