Volume 2: Draft Gorst Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement

ORDINANCE NO.________AN ORDINANCE OF [THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON/THEKITSAP COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS] WASHINGTON,ESTABLISHING A PLANNED ACTION FOR THE GORST URBAN GROWTH AREAPURSUANT TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACTWHEREAS, the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and implementing rules provide for theintegration of environmental review with land use planning and project review through designation of“Planned Actions” by jurisdictions planning under the Growth Management Act (GMA); andWHEREAS, the City of Bremerton (City) and Kitsap County (County) have each adopted aComprehensive Plan complying with the GMA; and,WHEREAS, to guide Gorst’s growth and redevelopment, the City and Country have engaged inextensive watershed characterization and subarea planning for Gorst and have adopted amendments totheir Comprehensive Plan including the Gorst Subarea Plan; andWHEREAS, the City has received a grant from the USEPA’s Watershed Management AssistanceProgram Grant and also received support from the participation of Gorst property owners, regionalstakeholders, and government agencies including Kitsap County; andWHEREAS, the City approved a planned action ordinance for part of the Gorst Creek Watershedfor the South Kitsap Industrial Area, which was separately approved for a planned action in 2012; andWHEREAS, the [City] [County] desires to designate a separate Planned Action for [a portion of]the Gorst Urban Growth Area (UGA); andWHEREAS, designation of a Planned Action expedites the permitting process for subsequent,implementing projects whose impacts have been previously addressed in a Planned Actionenvironmental impact statement (EIS), and thereby encourages desired growth and economicdevelopment; andWHEREAS, the Gorst Planned Action EIS identifies impacts and mitigation measures associatedwith planned development in the Gorst UGA; andWHEREAS, the [City] [County] has adopted development regulations and ordinances which willhelp protect the environment, and is adopting regulations specific to the Gorst UGA which will guide theallocation, form and quality of desired development; andWHEREAS, the [City’s SEPA Rules, Bremerton Municipal Code 20.04.205] [County’s SEPA Rules,Kitsap County Code 18.04.020] provide for Planned Actions within the [City] [County]; andWHEREAS, the City as lead agency and County as a project partner provided public commentopportunities through an EIS scoping period in October and November 2012, and for the Gorst SubareaPlan and Draft Planned Action EIS during June and July 2013, and held public meetings and hearings aspart of a coordinated Gorst public participation program throughout 2013.NOW, THEREFORE, the [City Council of the City of Bremerton] [Board of County Commissionersof Kitsap County], Washington ordains as follows:Section 1. Recitals. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein by reference.November 2012 1