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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NUMBER 95 -66 -CC
IN THE MATTER OF DESIGNATING} ORDINANCE NO. 95-66-C
THE INTERIM URBAN GROWTH } CITY OF QUINCY
AREA FOR THE CITY OF QUINCY } GRANT COUNTY
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act, Chapter 36.70A RCW (hereinafter GMA)
requires Grant County to designate interim urban growth areas; and
WHEREAS, the cities and towns and Grant County have participated in the development of
County wide Planning Policies; and,
WHEREAS, The GMA requires that all cities within the county be included within an
urban growth area; that urban growth be located first in areas already characterized by urban
growth that have sufficient existing public services and facilities to serve the development,
and second, in areas already characterized by urban growth that will be served by a
combination of existing and proposed services and facilities.
WHEREAS, the City of Quincy has proposed an interim urban growth area for the City of
Quincy on the basis of the following criteria which include:
1) The Final Adopted Policies of the Grant County Planned Growth Committee 5-6-93.
2) Draft City of Quincy Comprehensive Plan including goals with respect to land use,
housing, economic development, open -space and recreation, transportation, utilities,
and capital facilities.
3) Data and information developed by the City of Quincy and the analysis of such data
and information by the Quincy Citizens Advisory Committee for the development of
the City of Quincy Comprehensive Plan including: population and land capacity
analysis; Draft Water Plan; Draft Sewer System Plan; financing strategies and a
general financing plan for its Draft Six -Year Schedule of Improvements in the Capital
Facilities Element of the Comprehensive Plan; and, the Grant County/Quincy Housing
Assessment and Economic Analysis.
4) The City of Quincy has received input from the Comprehensive Plan Citizens
Advisory Committee and four duly advertized and held public hearings.
5) The City of Quincy City Council has adopted the proposed IUGA by Resolution No.
94-02, entitled, A Resolution Adopting Alternative 9 of the Urban Growth Area for
the City of Quincy Pursuant to the Growth Management Act, dated February 1,
1994.
WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic
Development was provided 60 day notice and opportunity to comment and no comments have
been received; and
WHEREAS, the Grant County Planning Director is the SEPA Responsible Official for the
State Environmental Policy ACT (SEPA) purposes, and has conducted a SEPA analysis and
issued a Mitigated Declaration of Non -significance (MDNS) on March 20, 1995 for the
establishment of the proposed IUGA; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners held a public hearing on April 27, 1995 at
the City of Quincy City Hall upon notice at which time the Board of County
Commissioners heard comments in favor and in opposition to the proposed IUGA and
continued the public hearing until May 16, 1995 at 2 p.m. in the Board Room of the County
Commissioners at the Grant County Court House, Ephrata, WA; and
WHEREAS, the interim urban growth area as proposed by the City of Quincy appears to
be reasonable; and
WHEREAS, The Grant County board of County Commissioners makes the following
findings and conclusions:
1. The Washington State Legislature has adopted the Growth Management Act. Grant
County has been mandated to plan under the Growth Management Act. The Growth
Management Act requires that Interim Urban Growth Areas be designated for cities,
towns and rural urban nodes within Grant County. The City of Quincy has made a
proposal for an interim urban growth area to the Grant County Board of
Commissioners. A final urban growth area will be developed and proposed by the
City of Quincy in the completed City of Quincy Comprehensive Plan and designated
in the adopted Grant County Comprehensive Plan.
2. The Washington State Legislature has determined the following. Growth and
development is inevitable. Growth, development and population increase will affect
the human and natural environment. The development of Comprehensive plans and
implementing development regulations as required by the Growth management act will
constitute mitigation tools to mitigate potential adverse impacts to the human and
natural environment resulting from growth, development and population increase in a
planned, coordinated and funded manner concurrent with growth, development and
population increase.
3. The City of Quincy has determined that its IUGA proposal represents a reasonable
area to which the City of Quincy may provide urban services, facilities and utilities
over a 20 year planning horizon. The City of Quincy Comprehensive Plan,
implementing development regulations, capital facilities plans and capital funding
plans will address: land use; transportation; utilities; capital facilities; housing;
economic development; open space and recreation; and, design in the City of Quincy
and the proposed Interim Urban Growth Area.
4. The City of Quincy and Grant County may develop Interlocal Agreements for joint
planning to implement the Growth Management Act.
5. The IUGA proposal by the City of Quincy and supporting documentation reasonably
address criteria including but not limited to the following:
A. Existing commercial and residential developments bordering the corporate
limits of the City.
B. Estimated population growth of the City.
C. The capacity of the city for expanding urban governmental services as defined
in RCW 36.70A. 030 (16).
D. Availability of land suitable for development in the city or the area adjacent to
the City.
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED: that the IUGA proposal by the City of
Quincy is established by the Board of County Commissioners as identified in Exhibit A with
the following stipulations:
Stipulations:
1. The final urban growth area shall be proposed and designated in compliance with the
Growth Management Act, The County Wide Planning Policies, The Washington
State Environmental Policy Act, and all applicable federal, state, and local
regulations, rulings or requirements.
2. Final urban growth areas shall be proposed and designated in conformance, as
required by the Growth Management Act, with revised population projections for
Grant County as prepared by the Washington State Office of Financial Management.
The 20 year population projections released by OFM for Grant County in 1992 were
underestimated. OFM will issue revised population projections in late 1995. Final
Urban Growth Areas shall include areas and densities sufficient to permit urban
growth that is projected to occur in Grant County within the next 20 years.
3. Final IUGA proposals and designations shall take into consideration Prethreshold
Decision Scoping Review Comments submitted by persons, agencies with
jurisdiction, the Washington State Department of Ecology, affected Indian Tribes,
and each local agency or political subdivision whose public services would be changed
as a result of implementation of the IUGA proposal.
4. The interim urban growth areas shall be considered as a long term urban growth area
boundary.
5. Modification of interim urban growth areas may be made by the County based on
revised data or changed circumstances. The interim urban growth area designated by
this ordinance shall remain in effect only until such time as a final urban growth area
is designated as part of the County's new comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to the
requirements of the Growth Management Act.
DONE THIS 16TH DAY OF MAY, 1995.
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EXHIBIT A
CITY OF QUINCY
Proposed Interim Growth Boundary
Alternative 9, Rev 2-24-94
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