Req.#13583
RESOLUTIONNO. 38706
1 A RESOLUTION relating to community and economic development; authorizing the
2 execution of an interlocal agreement with the Port of Tacoma for review and
authorization of a flexible approach to the provision of shoreline public
3 access under the City's Shoreline Master Program.
4 WHEREAS, under the City of Tacoma's current Shoreline Master Program
5 ("SIVIP"), the Port of Tacoma ("Port") is required to provide public access as
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mitigation for using shoreline areas in a manner that preempts public use, and
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8 WHEREAS the existing rules have often exempted Port development
9 projects from this requirement, and
10 WHEREAS, under new state rules, once the City's adopted SMP is approved
1 1 by the State Department of Ecology, this exemption will no longer be available, and
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WHEREAS, given the limited opportunities to provide high quality public
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1 4 access on Port property, the new SMP authorizes the City to enter into agreements
15 with the Port and other public agencies for public access provision geographically
16 separate from the new development site, including the use of a public access fund
17 and an in-lieu fee, and
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WHEREAS on July 10, 2012, Port of Tacoma staff presented a draft Port of
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20 Tacoma Public Access Plan at a joint City Council-Port Commission study session,
21 and, as a result of the discussion, the City and the Port formed a joint committee
22 consisting of two Councilmembers and two Commissioners with the aim of building
23 consensus for an interlocal agreement regarding Port public access priorities and
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proposed projects, and
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WHEREAS the joint committee prepared a d...
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