521 Shoreline Master Program T.C.CITY OF YELM
RESOLUTION 521
REPEALING RESOLUTION 193 AND RESOLUTION 202 ADOPTING AND REVISING THE
SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM FOR THE THURSTON REGION
WHEREAS, the City adopted a shoreline master program pursuant to the Shoreline
Management Act, Chapter 90.58 RCW, and the Rules for master program
approval/amendment procedures and master program guidelines, Chapter 173-26
Washington Administrative Code; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted in 1976 the Shoreline Master Program for the Thurston
Region, prepared by the Thurston Regional Planning Council and adopted by other
cities and towns and the county; and
WHEREAS, the City's most recent adoption of the Shoreline Master Program for the
Thurston Region (1990) occurred via Resolution 193 and Resolution 202; and
WHEREAS, in April 2010 the Thurston Regional Planning Council provided information
to the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) as part of a required
Shoreline Master Program update that indicated that Yelm Creek and Thompson Creek
do not meet the statutory definition of `shoreline of the state'; and
WHEREAS, the April report also recommended that the Centralia Power Canal should
not be regulated as a shoreline of the state as it is a man-made feature; and
WHEREAS, Ecology evaluated the report and other relevant data and found that there
are no "shorelines of the state" within the municipal boundaries of the City of Yelm and
documented this determination in a letter dated November 30, 2010; and
WHEREAS, these conditions make the City's current shoreline master program
regulations null and void; and
WHEREAS, streams within the city remain protected by the City of Yelm Critical Area
Code, including the provisions for Wetlands (Section 14.08.100 YMC), Frequently
Flooded Areas (Section 14.08.120 YMC), and Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation
Areas (Section 14.08.140 YMC); and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Yelm that
Resolution 193 and Resolution 202 adopting the Shoreline Master Program for the
Thurston Region (1990) are repealed.
PASSED by the City Cou~ci) of Yelm this 25th day of January, 2011.
Ron Hardi
Authenticated:
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nine A. Schnepf, City Clerk.