HomeMy WebLinkAbout3377 Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 3-71
A RESOLUTION declaring the preferred Urban Growth Boundary for the City of
Pasco.
WHEREAS, the City of Pasco and Franklin County are planning under the State
Growth Management Act of 1990 as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act requires the establishment of Urban
Growth areas around all urban centers in Franklin County; and,
WHEREAS, the Pasco Urban Growth Boundary was last amended in September
2008; and,
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act permits the periodic review and
amendment of the City's Comprehensive Plan provided the review and amendment does
not occur more than once a year; and,
WHEREAS, the designation of the Urban Growth Boundary is an integral part of
the City's Comprehensive Planning effort; and,
WHEREAS, goals of the Growth Management Act encourage development to
occur in urban areas where adequate public facilities and services exist or can be provided
in an efficient manner; and,
WHEREAS, goals of the Growth Management Act encourage promotion of
economic opportunity for all citizens of this state; and,
WHEREAS, State law recognizes the City of Pasco as the most appropriate local
governmental unit to provide urban governmental services, including water, sewer, police
and fire service to lands within the Pasco Urban Growth Area; and,
WHEREAS, the Pasco Planning Commission held a public hearing in October of
2011 followed by additional hearings in November 2011, December 2011 and a final
hearing in January 2012 to consider changing conditions in the community that may
warrant modifications to the City's Urban Growth Boundary and Comprehensive Plan;
and,
WHEREAS, the Pasco Planning Commission considered the fact that the current
Urban Growth Boundary based primarily on the use of section lines or subsets of section
lines dissects the Tidewater Barge Facility causing part of the facility to be outside the
Urban Growth Boundary while most of the facility is located inside the Boundary; and,
WHEREAS, the Pasco Planning Commission considered the fact the County
previously included the old Devries Dairy in the Pasco Urban Growth Area boundary but
in an effort to help the dairy expand the property was removed from the Urban Growth
Area. The dairy has been relocated and the City is now in the process of installing a sewer
lift station on property immediately adjacent to the Devries Dairy; and,
WHEREAS, the City recently bored under SR-12, at a cost of$600,000, to place
a large casing with four pipes under the freeway as the first phase of a multi-phase
infrastructure project to provide utilities to current and future industrial users in and
around the Lewis Street/Kahlotus Highway Interchange. Two million dollars of sewer
improvements will be connected to the SR-12 casing in the next few years and an
additional $800,000 will be devoted to water system improvements. The water system
will aid in the future expansion of industrial processing and will provide fire protection
that is currently lacking in the County east of SR-12; and,
WHEREAS, during the past few years the City has invested two million dollars
in improvements to the north end of Capitol Avenue. These investments included
connecting Capital Avenue with East Foster Wells Road and installing all the necessary
water and sewer lines to serve current and future industrial development needs in the area
including the properties to the east of Capitol Avenue; and,
WHEREAS, the UGA should include areas that will provide for a broad range
of land uses including nonresidential uses. The broad range of land uses should include a
"reasonable land market supply factor" to provide for a wide range of commercial and
industrial development(RCW 36.70A.110); and,
WHEREAS, the State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) owns 640 acres
of land east of SR-395 that has a significant impact on the availability of land for
industrial development purposes. The DNR property is essentially unavailable for future
industrial development because the DNR will not sell property; and,
WHEREAS, the Pasco City Council has determined the Pasco Urban Growth
Area boundary must be expanded to permitted the City to properly plan for future growth
as required by the Growth Management Act; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PASCO:
Section 1. That the boundaries identified in Exhibit "A" are the preferred
boundary lines for the Pasco Urban Growth Area. The preferred boundary will provide
for a reasonable land market factor for future commercial and industrial development and
will complement urban infrastructure planning and development that has already occurred
in the community.
Section 2. That this resolution be forwarded to Franklin County for its due
consideration of the City Council's position when the Franklin County Planning
Commission and/or Franklin County Board of Commissioners determine whether or not
to modify the Pasco Urban Growth Area during the 2012 Comprehensive Plan
amendment cycle.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Pasco this 21 st day of February, 2012.
Matt Watkins, Mayor
AT S APPR VED S TO FORM:
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Dew L. Clark, CMC Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney
City Clerk
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