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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2823 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 2823 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, OPPOSING INITIATIVE 547 . WHEREAS, the City of Renton, Washington, wants to promote orderly and environmentally sensitive growth; and WHEREAS, the 1990 legislature enacted the state' s first comprehensive Growth Management Act (ESHB 2929 ) to guide and integrate local land use, transportation, capital facilities, economic development, and planning and growth; and WHEREAS, ESHB 2929 recognizes the diversity of growth management challenges facing Washington' s large, urban, small and rural cities and counties, and establishes distinct planning requirements for all cities and counties that vary depending upon population and growth rates; and WHEREAS, ESHB 2929 maintains local control and encourages local jurisdictions to coordinate their planning efforts; and WHEREAS, this legislation constitutes a major step in an evolving state growth management strategy, and the governor' s Growth Strategies Commission has recently published recommendations to further strengthen the legislation and more effectively manage growth; and WHEREAS, the governor and the leadership of both houses of the legislature have pledged to enact the Growth Strategies Commission' s recommendations; WHEREAS, Initiative 547 would repeal ESHB 2929; and 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2823 WHEREAS, Initiative 547 would have two growth panels; one for Eastern Washington and one for Western Washington, and these growth panels would have to approve local comprehensive plans before they would be valid, thereby taking away local control of the comprehensive planning process; and WHEREAS, Initiative 547 would ostensibly require the city, within thirty ( 30 ) days of its enactment, to modify its comprehensive plan to make it consistent with the general goals and specific subgoals of Initiative 547 , which time frame is impossible for the city to meet; and WHEREAS, Initiative 547 would substantially modify and expand the accepted definition of wetlands and require preservation of those wetlands at a time when local governments have spent considerable time and money adopting new rules and regulations controlling the destruction and development of wetlands; and WHEREAS, Initiative 547 will encourage environmental litigation and shift a substantial portion of the burden for financing that litigation onto local governments; and WHEREAS, Initiative 547 contains no substitutes for the provisions of ESHB 2929 authorizing regional transportation planning organizations; and WHEREAS, Initiative 547 would repeal the real estate excise taxing authority which underlies the Open Space Bond Proposition (Proposition 21 ) , thus negating possible approval of that measure; and WHEREAS, Initiative 547 would substantially define the land use and growth policy goals for all of the state' s jurisdiction, 2 RESOLUTION NO. 2823 thereby removing the city' s ability to select its own comprehensive planning goals; and WHEREAS, Initiative 547 would force the city to make planning and budget decisions based on policy goals which are self- contradictory. 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 . SECTION II . The City Council of the City of Renton, Washington, supports retention of ESHB 2929 and enactment of the recommendations of the governor' s Growth Strategies Commission. SECTION III. The City of Renton strongly endorses the thrust of the Growth Management Act of 1990 as an essential and responsible series of planning and interlocal coordination measures that as implemented, will help direct community, regional, and statewide efforts to enhance Washington' s quality of life, environmental protection, and economic vitality. SECTION IV. The City of Renton opposes Initiative 547 because it will further delay implementation of growth management policies and regulations in King County and the City of Renton by altering timelines and local activities now underway to implement ESHB 2929 and threatens to invalidate other environmental protection, transportation, and growth management tools granted to cities during the 1990 legislative session. 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2823 SECTION V. The City Council of the City of Renton, Washington, opposes Initiative 547 and urges the voters to vote against Initiative 547 . PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 22nd day of October , 1990 . Marilyn . 'Petersen, City Clerk APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 22nd day of October , 1990 . L � �1 1,1 k 6 k Earl Clymer, ay Approved s to form: Lawrence J. War n, City Attorney RES . 113 : 10/22/90 :as . 4