Title
Consider the Department of Ecology's Required and Recommended Changes to the City's Shoreline Master Program
Recommended Action
City Manager Recommendation:
Consider required and recommended changes from the Department of Ecology pertaining to the City's proposed Shoreline Master Program (SMP), and move to direct staff to notify the Department of Ecology (Ecology) that the City accepts these changes.
Report
Issue:
The Ecology has completed its review of the City's proposed SMP and has prepared a list of required changes and recommended changes. The required changes are changes that must be made to the SMP in order to be in compliance with the Shoreline Management Act and the Washington Administrative Code guidance and for the City's SMP to be approved by the Department of Ecology. Adoption of the recommended changes is discretionary, however, generally they help to provide clarity to the document and staff supports their adoption.
Staff Contact:
Keith Stahley, Director Community Planning and Development Department 360.753.8227
Presenter(s):
Keith Stahley, Director Community Planning and Development Department
Todd Stamm, Principal Planner
Background and Analysis:
The Land Use and Environment Committee considered the Department of Ecology's required and recommended changes at its June 18, 2015 meeting. They unanimously recommend that City Council notify Ecology that the City accepts the required and recommended changes to the SMP and that staff and the Ecology continue to work to finalize language and technical information in the recommended changes.
Staff has prepared a table that helps to clarify the impact of the recommended changes on Olympia's SMP. The last column contains specific comments and recommendations on suggested responses to Ecology's recommended changes. It is included as Attachment 1. Staff is continuing to work with Ecology to refine two recommendations related to mapping the shoreline environmental ...
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