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Whereas, <br />Whereas, <br />Whereas, <br />Whereas, <br />Whereas, <br />Whereas, <br />Whereas, <br />Whereas, <br />Whereas, <br />Whereas, <br />Whereas, <br />Whereas, <br />SECTION I <br />PROCEDURAL FINDINGS <br />Kittitas County opted into the Growth Management Act, RCW 36.70A, voluntarily on <br />December 27,1990, through Resolution 90-138; and <br />The Kittitas County GMA Comprehensive Plan was originally adopted on July 26, 1996, <br />by the Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners; and <br />Kittitas County Code 15B.03.030 indicates that any interested person, including <br />applicants , citizens, county commission and board members, and staff of other agencies <br />may suggest plan or development regulation amendments for annual consideration by the <br />Kittitas County Planning Commission and Board of County Commissioners; and <br />Kittitas Counly Code 15B.03.030 requires amendm ents LO the comprehensive pl an that <br />are d keted by June 30th must be approved or deni ed by the Board of County <br />Commissioners on or before December 31 st of that same calendar year; and <br />Kittitas County Community Development Services docketed a list of suggested changes <br />to the Comprehensive Plan and development regulation amendments and made these <br />proposals readily available for review by the public in the Planning Department, <br />Community Development Services and within the County's official website; and <br />Kittitas County submitted its proposed docketed items on Septemher 30,2016, to the <br />Department of Commerce as required by statute and received letter of receipt on <br />October 12,2016, that the docket proposal had been received and was sent to other <br />agencies for comment; and <br />No comments were received from other State agencies; and <br />Kittitas County filed its SEPA checklist on November 3,2016, and issued a Final <br />Determination of Non-significance (DNS) for the annual docket on November 7, <br />2016, through authority of WAC 197-11-355; and <br />There were no agency or public appeals or reviews filed on the Detennination of Non- <br />significance; and <br />Due public notice was placed upon the County official website and in the Daily <br />Record on November 2, 2016; and <br />The Planning Commission met on November 9,2016, to hear testimony and take <br />public comment on the items considered for amendment, and after deliberation made <br />recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners, taking due consideration of <br />the public benefit involved in the proposals; and <br />After due notice and publication on official website and Daily Record on November <br />16, and November 21,2016, the Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners <br />held an open public hearing on November 28,2016, during which public testimony <br />2016 Docket Enabling Ordinance <br />Ord. # 2016-023 <br />December 6, 2016 <br />Page 2