HomeMy WebLinkAbout25-93 - Res. Conservancy Shoreline Environment Designation in Totten and Little Skookum Inlets RESOLUTION NO. Z�, -
IN THE MATTER OF:
Enacting an interim measure which will temporarily establish a
Conservancy Shoreline Environment designation on properties along
the shoreline in the Totten and Little Skookum Inlets. This
interim measure shall be in effect for one year from the adoption
date of this resolution, or until the Shoreline Master Program is
revised by the actions of the Mason County Board of Commissioners
and Washington Department of Ecology, or until the Board of
County Commissioners rules that no changes in the Shoreline
Master Program are necessary; and
WHEREAS, the Totten-Little Skookum Watershed Management Committee
recommended in the Totten-Little Skookum Watershed Action Plan,
adopted in 1991, that all shorelines on Totten and Little Skookum
Inlets be redesignated to Conservancy Shoreline Environment,
except where already developed; and
WHEREAS, past sanitary surveys in this watershed confirmed that
on-site sewage systems were failing due to age and deterioration,
improper system design, or undersized drainfields . On-going
sanitary surveys will provide new information during the public
review process to verify if these problems still remain; and
WHEREAS, the Watershed Management Committee, local and state
agencies, and the residents of Mason County are concerned by the
county-wide demand for housing and residential development which
is anticipated to occur in the next twenty years. Construction of
new residences and accompanying on-site sewage systems on these
poor soils will increase the chances that water pollution will
occur and adversely affect these inlets which contribute to Mason
County' s second leading industry, recreational and commercial
shellfish culture and harvesting; and
WHEREAS, the public review to examine the current shoreline
designations in Totten and Little Skookum, Inlets will be held in
open public meetings and will take an extended period of time.
While these meetings occur, some landowners may submit new
applications to subdivide property or develop existing parcels
using standards connected with the current shoreline designation.
These proposed land use actions evade the intent of this public
comment process and are contrary to the open review of these
shoreline designations; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
The Mason County Board of Commissioners shall enact a one year
interim measure which establishes the designation of Conservancy
Shoreline Environment on all parcels along Totten and Little
Skookum Inlets in Mason County, except those already designated
Urban Shoreline Environment, which are completely or in part
within the shoreline management area of the Mason County
Shoreline Master Program (200 feet upland of the ordinary High
High Water Mark) . This interim measure shall be in effect for
one year from the adoption date of this resolution, or until the
Shoreline Master Program is revised by the actions of the Mason
County Board of Commissioners and Washington Department of
Ecology, or until the Board of County Commissioners rules that no
changes in the Shoreline Master Program are necessary; and
During the period of this interim measure, the Mason County
Department of Community Development shall conduct a series of
public meetings to review the existing shoreline designations in
Totten and Little Skookum. Inlets . This review will include
meetings in the watershed to receive comments from watershed
residents, as well as meetings before the Mason County Shoreline
Advisory Board and Board of County Commissioners . The final
recommended shoreline designations will be reviewed by the
Washington Department of Ecology and be part of this public
review process .
�zvDATED this day of '( 1993
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MASON COUNTY, WASHI TON,
William 0. Hunter, CHAIRMAN
Mary L. Faughen' er, COMMISSIONER
Laura E. Porter, COMMISSIONER —
ATTEST:
Clerk of the Boar
P RO, ED AS TO FORM:
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Prosecuting Attorney