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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2016-010 Making Certain Findings and Adopting by Reference Amendments to the Comprehensive Transportation Plan for the City of Arlington ORDINANCE NO. 2016--010 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ARLINGTON WHEREAS the City of Arlington maintains a transportation system consisting of roadway, trails and multimodal transportation facilities in the City of Arlington; and WHEREAS, the City of Arlington is required to periodically take legislative action to review and, if needed, revise its comprehensive transportation plan, including capital improvement plans, service levels, and operational and maintenance plans to ensure compliance with city policies, state and federal regulations, to identify any deficiencies which present threats to public health and safety, and to develop and identify funding sources and requirements; and WHEREAS, the City of Arlington's comprehensive transportation plan was last amended in 2008; and WHEREAS, the City of Arlington contracted with Shea Carr Jewell Alliance Consulting Services to conduct a thorough review of the City's comprehensive transportation plan and prepare with the assistance of city staff analyses of that portion of the plan currently in effect in the City of Arlington for consistency with the requirements of state law; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission considered amendments to the comprehensive transportation plan for the City of Arlington; and WHEREAS, based on its review of the requirements of state law, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and took public testimony on April 5, 2015; and WHEREAS, the City Council considered the recommendation of the Planning Commission at its workshop on May 9, 2016 and thereafter took the matter under consideration at its May 16, 2016 public meeting; and WHEREAS, based on its review of the requirements of state law, the analysis and proposed revisions prepared by the Planning Commission and staff, and the public comments received, the City Council finds and declares that the review and needed revisions have been prepared in conformance with applicable law, including Chapter 36.70A RCW, Washington Administrative Code Chapter 173-240, RCW Chapter 43.21C RCW, and the approved public participation and adoption process; and WHEREAS, based on its review of the requirements of state law, the analysis and proposed revisions prepared by the Planning Commission and staff, the recommended findings on review and proposed revisions forwarded by the Planning Commission, and the public ORDINANCE NO. 2016-010 1 comments received, the City Council hereby finds and declares that Arlington's comprehensive transportation plan as revised by this ordinance complies with the requirements of state law; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON, DOES MAKE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: 1. Findings. The Arlington City Council finds that: a. The City has established and followed a public participation program in accordance with RCW 36.70A.130(2)(a), which program was formally adopted and followed by the City via City of Arlington Resolution#2014-022. b. The City Council believes that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) issued by the City's Responsible Official for the comprehensive transportation plan update adequately identified all known significant environmental issues associated with the adoption of the updates to the comprehensive plan. C. The comprehensive transportation plan identifies operational and capital improvement projects to meet growth projections established in the Arlington General Comprehensive Plan, adopted July 6, 2015. d. Notice of all amendments to the comprehensive transportation plan adopted to fulfill the state law was sent to the Puget Sound Regional Council, which conditionally approved the Plan on or about March 31, 2016. e. The City Council finds that the review and needed revisions to the Comprehensive Transportation Plan have been prepared in conformance with applicable law, including Chapter 36.70A RCW, Chapter 43.21C RCW, WAC Chapter 173-240, and the approved public participation and adoption process and, taken collectively, are in the best interests of all its citizens. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arlington does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. Adoption of Transportation Comprehensive Plan. The City Council approves and adopts that certain "City of Arlington Transportation 2035 Plan 2016 Update" prepared by the City of Arlington staff with assistance from Shea Carr Jewell dated March 1, 2016, as amended, a true copy of which is attached to the original of this ordinance as Exhibit "A" hereto. Section 2. Severability. If any provision, section, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof consisting of the title shall be published in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force five (5) days after publication. ORDINANCE NO. 2016-010 2 PASSED BY the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this 16th day of May, 2016. CITY OF ARLINGTON Ilk Barbara Tolbert, Mayor Attest: X'C Kristi Banfield, City C rk Approved as to form: Ste en e' e City Attorney ORDINANCE NO. 2016-010 3 CERTIFICATION OF ORDINANCE I, Kristin Banfield, being the duly appointed and acting Clerk of the City of Arlington, Washington, a municipal corporation, do hereby certify that the following Ordinance No. 2016- 010 was approved at the May 16, 2016 City Council meeting. ORDINANCE NO. 2016-010 "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ARLINGTON" A true and correct copy of the original ordinance is attached. Dated this 17T" day of May, 2016. Kristin , nfield City Clerk for the City of Arlington SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION You are hereby notified that on May 16, 2016, the City Council of the City of Arlington, Washington, did adopt Ordinance No. 2016-009 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S PARK REGULATIONS TO PERMIT LIMITED CONSUMPTION OF BEER AND WINE IN CERTAIN CITY PARKS" And Ordinance No. 2016-010 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ARLINGTON" These ordinances are effective five days from passage and publication, except as otherwise specified in the ordinance. The full text of the ordinances is available to interested persons and will be mailed upon request. �r Kristin Banfield City Clerk City of Arlington