Resolution 10910006.90000
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4/8/05
RESOLUTION NO. 1091
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, FINDING CONSISTENCY
BETWEEN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ITS
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, NOTING THE CITY
COUNCIL'S CONCERN REGARDING THE IMPACT OF
REDUCED GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES ON ITS CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND CERTIFYING
COMPLIANCE OF ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WITH THE GROWTH
MANAGEMENT ACT.
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds has adopted a Comprehensive Plan under the
provisions of the Growth Management Act, Chapter 36.70A of the Revised Code of Washington,
and,
WHEREAS, the City Council is required to certify compliance with the Growth
Management Act and the consistency of its development regulations and Comprehensive Plan as
a requirement for application for loans and funding under the Public Works Trust Fund, and
WHEREAS, as have many other local governmental entities in the State of
Washington, the City of Edmonds has been severely impacted by the reduction in revenues due
to limitations on tax revenues imposed by initiative and the continued and continual reduction in
state and federal funding to local agencies, and
WHEREAS, the reduction in revenues to the City's general funds severely
impacts the City's ability to construct needed public improvements and to maintain those
improvements which are already in place, and
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WHEREAS, the City Council has and will convey its concerns to the state
legislature in the hopes that additional sources of revenue and funding will be made available so
that local government such as the City of Edmonds .can continue to provide adequate basic local
services to the community and to maintain the public infrastructure which is essential to the
health, safety and welfare of its citizens, and
WHEREAS, the City Council acknowledges that its ability to construct public
improvements in accordance with its Capital Improvement Plan element of the Comprehensive
Plan is falling behind the goals and objectives of its Comprehensive Plan, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Edmonds hereby certifies that its
Comprehensive Plan and its development regulations are consistent with each other and in
conformance with the goals and objectives of the Growth Management Act of the State of
Washington, Chapter 36.70A RCW.
Section 2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to provide a certified copy of this
resolution for use by the staff in applications for Public Works Trust Fund loans, and to other
appropriate agencies of the State of Washington to signify the City's self certification.
RESOLVED this 26th day of April, 2005.
APPROVED
MAYOR, HAAKENSON
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 04/22/2005
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 04/26/2005
RESOLUTION NO. 1091
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