HomeMy WebLinkAbout3607 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 3 (e) 7
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 (GMA) of 1990 as amended; and
WHEREAS, The GMA (RCW 36.70A.I10) requires the establishment of Urban
Growth Areas (UGA); and
WHEREAS, the goals of the Growth Management Act related to UGA's include:
i) Encouraging development of urban areas where adequate public facilities
and services exist or can be provided in an efficient manner;
ii) Reducing the inappropriate conversion of undeveloped land into sprawling
low-density development; and,
iii) Maintaining and enhancing natural resource-based industries, including
productive timber, agriculture, and fisheries industries; and
WHEREAS, each city located in Franklin County must be included within a UGA;
and
WHEREAS, UGA's are to encompass lands within the City's recognized utility
service area; and
WHEREAS, UGA's may include portions of the County already characterized by
urban growth or adjacent to urban growth; and
WHEREAS, designated UGA's are to include enough undeveloped land to
adequately accommodate forecasted growth for a 20 year planning period; and
WHEREAS, forecasted growth is determined by population projections provided
by the State Office of Financial Management; and
WHEREAS, the GMA mid-range population projections for the County anticipate
Franklin County will grow to over 100,000 people during the 20 year planning horizon;
and
WHEREAS, for planning purposes during the development of the 2007
Comprehensive Plan update, City and County Planners assume 85 percent of future
population growth in Franklin County would occur in the Pasco UGA; and
WHEREAS, Pasco's UGA population is expected to be about 87,300 by 2027;
and
WHEREAS, to reach the projected population the City will need to accommodate
another 19,530 people; and
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WHEREAS, there are over 2,500 acres of raw undeveloped land within the Pasco
UGA designated for residential development. At least 1,222 acres are needed to
accommodate the projected growth; and
WHEREAS, twelve owners control 2,117 acres of raw land within the UGA
designated for residential development. Due to various constraints much of this land
cannot or will not be developed within the near future. Development constraints include
lack of utility service, land prices, gravel mining leases and contracts, and lack of
development interest on the part of the owners; and
WHEREAS, while the County "donut hole" areas contain approximately 300 acres
of undeveloped land that is occupied by hobby farms, pastures, horse corrals and
gardens; and has limited utility for residential developed due to poor subdivision
practices of the past, and lack of access to public streets; and
WHEREAS, the remaining five major subdivisions available (228 acres of
buildable land) for new housing construction are controlled by a limited number of
builders; and
WHEREAS, the last land sale for a subdivision (Three Rivers West) was about 30
percent higher than comparable sales in the recent past. The owners that sold the 50 acres
for Three Rivers West control another 450 acres of vacant land within the UGA
boundary; and
WHEREAS, State and local housing goals encourage the provision of affordable
housing (RCW 36.70A.210(3)e and County Policy #6) within the community; and
WHEREAS, On December 31, 2012 the Port of Pasco purchased 30 acres of land
in the Northwest Commons subdivision for a runway protection zone. This purchase
removed 30 acres of residential land from the UGA inventory; and
WHEREAS, On July 15, 2013 the zoning code was updated to include revisions to
the airport zoning regulation which will limit the densities on about half of the site in
question. Reducing the density will reduce the impact on utility providers including the
City's sewer utility; and
WHEREAS, the site in question as shown in Exhibit "1" is currently being farined
but is not designated as farmland with long-term commercial significance; and
WHEREAS, in the past ten years the Franklin County Public Utilities District
(PUD) built one new substation and completely rebuilt and significant expanded another
to ensure electrical needs will be met within the UGA.; and
WHEREAS, the City recently built a new water filter plant on West Court Street
near Road 111 to increase capacity to provide potable water to current and future
residents; and
WHEREAS, a new potable municipal water intake structure and pump house will
be built on West Court Street near the new water plant to increase pumping capacity; and
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WHEREAS, early next year the main Butterfield Water Plant intake structure in
the Columbia River will be rebuilt to improve pumping capacity; and
WHEREAS, the applicant has been investigating the possibility of providing
additional sewer capacity to the area by constructing a force main east of 4th Avenue;
and
WHEREAS, the site as shown in Exhibit "1" is encumbered with Airport Use
Zones #2 and #4. Zone #2 prohibits residential development of any kind and Zone #4
limits residential development to two units per acre; and
WHEREAS, The Pasco City Council has reviewed and accepted the Planning
Commission recommendation; 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 "I" are the preferred
boundary lines for the Pasco Urban Growth Area. The preferred boundary will
accommodate the projected population in a geographic area most likely to experience
development pressure and which presents the best opportunity for the City to logically
and economically extend its utility and emergency services systems.
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 Boundary.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Pasco this day of
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Matt Watkins, Mayor
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City Clerk
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Leland B. Kerr, City Attorney