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2023 Docket Enabling Ordinance December 19, 2023 <br />Page 2 <br /> <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 October 19, 2023 to the <br />Department of Commerce as required by statute; and <br /> <br />Whereas, Kittitas County filed its overall docket SEPA checklist and SEPA checklist for <br />one citizen-initiated comprehensive plan amendment and rezone application on <br />October 31, 2023 and issued a Determination of Non-significance (DNS) for the <br />annual docket items on November 16, 2023 through authority of WAC 197-11- <br />340; and <br /> <br />Whereas, Due public notice was placed upon the County official website and in the <br />Northern Kittitas County Tribune on November 2, 2023 and November 9, 2023, <br />and in the Daily Record on November 2, 2023 and November 9, 2023 regarding <br />the Planning Commission public hearing; and <br /> <br />Whereas, The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on November 14, 2023 <br />and November 28, 2022 to hear testimony and take public comment on the items <br />considered for amendment and after deliberation made recommendations to the <br />Board of County Commissioners, taking due consideration of the public benefit <br />involved in the proposals; and <br /> <br />Whereas, After due notice and publication on official website and in the Northern Kittitas <br />County Tribune on November 30, 2023 and December 7, 2023, and in the Daily <br />Record on November 30, 2023 and December 7, 2023, the Kittitas County Board