HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 3247 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 3247
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON,
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY IN ORDER TO CONSIDER TEXT
AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RELATING TO THE
TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENTS.
WHEREAS, the City of Renton has adopted a Comprehensive Plan
. pursuant to the. requirements and authority of the Growth
Management Act; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act and the City Code provide
for an annual review cycle of the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Renton' s annual review of the
Comprehensive Plan is scheduled to proceed after the March 31,
1997 ,deadline established by the City for acceptance of proposed
changes to the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, RCW 36. 70 .A. 130 (b) provides that, when an emergency
exists, the City may adopt amendments or revisions to its
Comprehensive Plan as an exception to the required annual review
cycle; and
WHEREAS, Renton City Code section 4-3-5 .B permits the City
Council to consider emergency amendments to the Comprehensive Plan
as an exception to the required annual review cycle; and
WHEREAS, the City of Renton has been presented with a
development proposal which will require substantial transportation
improvements in the N.E. 44th Street/I-405 intersection; and
WHEREAS, the adopted TIP lists only general purpose traffic
capacity improvements for that intersection; and
RESOLUTION NO. 3247
WHEREAS, the City of Renton is proposing to make application
for state and federal grants to help fund potential HOV plan
improvements needed for the regional transportation system at the
N.E. 44th Street/I-405 interchange; and
WHEREAS, to be eligible for such state and federal funding,
the potential HOV plan improvements must be included on the City' s
list of potential TIP projects which are included as an element of
the adopted Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the application deadline for several of the grant
funding programs is prior to April 1, 1997, the first scheduled
day that the City could consider amendments to its Comprehensive
Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Renton needs to amend its Comprehensive
Plan with respect to the potential HOV plan improvements at the
N.E. 44th Street/I-405 interchange prior to the application
deadline of March 31, 1997 to be eligible for certain state and
federal funding; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of the N.E. 44th Street/I-405 HOV *
intersection improvements without state and federal funding would
create a financial hardship for the City of Renton;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON,
WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION I. The above recitals are found to be true and
correct in all respects .
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RESOLUTION NO. 3247
SECTION II. An emergency is hereby declared pursuant to
state law and Renton City Code so that an immediate amendment to
the Comprehensive Plan can be considered to add the planned HOV
improvements to the TIP project list . Furthermore, because of
thisemergency this issue is referred to the Planning and
Development Committee for processing rather than the Planning
Commission as is set forth in City Code section 4-3-5 .B.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this17th day of February, 1997 .
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Marilyn `f
. •etersen, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 17th day of February, 1997 .
Jesse Tanner, Mayor
App o as .to form:
Lawrence J. War n, City Attorney
RES . 569 : 2/05/97 .
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