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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of Yelm that Resolution 193 and Resolution 202 adopting the Shoreline Master Program for the Thurston Region (1990) are repealed.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: ~~'l%t /l r %C~/?~ti nine A. Schnepf, City Clerk.