HomeMy WebLinkAbout3398 Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 3 3C/g
A RESOLUTION acknowledging the Tri-Cities Rivershore Enhancement Master Plan.
WHEREAS, the construction of dams and the associated system of river levees along the
Columbia River in the mid-20th century effectively separated the people of the Tri-Cities region from
its greatest natural asset, the Columbia River; and
WHEREAS, a volunteer effort in the form of the Tri-Cities Rivershore Enhancement Council
(TREC) formed in the mid-1990s to develop a common vision of restoring access and use of the
rivershore throughout the Tri-Cities urban area, resulting in creation of the Tri-Cities Rivershore
Enhancement Master Plan in 1997; and
WHEREAS, the Master Plan has served as a blue print for individual and common actions by the
various local jurisdictions, resulting in lowering of the excessively high levee walls, development of a
continuous 23-mile rivershore trail, lighting of the cable bridge and many other amenities associated
with the river and of benefit to all citizens of the region; and
WHEREAS, the member jurisdictions of TREC financed preparation of an updated Master Plan
during 2011, presenting a fresh plan of recommended actions to be undertaken individually and
collectively to accomplish further enhancement of the various attributes of the rivershore throughout
the Tri-Cities; and
WHEREAS, the commitment of individual local jurisdictions to the common objectives
recommended in the updated master plan will be essential to the plan's implementation and the
region's realization of further rivershore enhancement; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
that:
Section 1: The Pasco City Council hereby acknowledges the content and objectives of the updated
Rivershore Master Plan and, to the greatest extent practicable, pledges to support and participate in
efforts to implement recommendations of the plan.
Section 2: The Pasco City Council hereby recognizes the TREC Master Plan as a resource to assist
jurisdictional planning and decision making relative to the shoreline environment within its jurisdiction
and that regional coordination of such plans is crucial to realization of the plan's goals.
Section 3: The City Manager is authorized and directed to take such administrative actions as are
necessary and appropriate to effect the conclusions of the City Council as reflected in Sections 1 and 2
hereinabove.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco at its regular meeting this 7th day of May, 2012.
Matt Watkins, Mayor
AT EST: APP AS TO FORM:
De a lark, ity C erk Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney