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2021 Docket Enabling Ordinance December 7, 2021 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />SECTION I <br />PROCEDURAL FINDINGS <br /> <br />Whereas, Kittitas County opted into the Growth Management Act, RCW 36.70A, <br />voluntarily on December 27, 1990, through Resolution 90-138; and <br /> <br />Whereas, The Kittitas County GMA Comprehensive Plan was originally adopted on July 26, <br />1996 by the Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners; and <br /> <br />Whereas, Kittitas County Code 15B.03.030 indicates that any interested person, including <br />applicants, citizens, county commission and board members, and staff of other <br />agencies may suggest plan or development regulation amendments for annual <br />consideration by the Kittitas County Planning Commission and Board of County <br />Commissioners; and <br /> <br />Whereas, Kittitas County Code 15B.03.030 requires amendments to the comprehensive plan <br />or development regulations that are docketed by June 30th must be approved or <br />denied by the Board of County Commissioners on or before December 31st of that <br />same calendar year; and <br /> <br />Whereas, Kittitas County Community Development Services docketed a list of suggested <br />changes to the Kittitas County Code and Comprehensive Plan and made these <br />proposals readily available for review by the public in Community Development <br />Services and within the County’s official website; and <br /> <br />Whereas, Kittitas County submitted its proposed docketed items on September 23, 2021 to <br />the Department of Commerce as required by statute and received a letter of <br />receipt on September 23, 2021 that the docket proposal had been received and <br />was sent to other agencies for comment; and <br /> <br />Whereas, Comments were received from state agencies and members of the public; and <br /> <br />Whereas, Kittitas County filed its overall docket SEPA checklist and SEPA checklist for <br />CP-21-00001 on August 24, 2021 and issued a Determination of Non- <br />significance (DNS) for the annual docket on September 16, 2021 through <br />authority of WAC 197-11-340; and <br /> <br />Whereas, There were no agency or public appeals or reviews filed on the Determinations of <br />Non-significance; and <br /> <br />Whereas, Due public notice was placed upon the County official website and in the <br />Northern Kittitas County Tribune on October 21, 2021 and October 28, 2021, <br />and in the Daily Record on October 26, 2021 and November 2, 2021 regarding <br />the Planning Commission public hearing; and <br /> <br />Whereas, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on November 10, 2021 to <br />hear testimony and take public comment on the items considered for amendment <br />and after deliberation made recommendations to the Board of County <br />Commissioners, taking due consideration of the public benefit involved in the <br />proposals; and <br />