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Vancouver, WA
Resolution No. M-2848

Joint Resolution of the City Council of Vancouver and the Board of Clark County Commissioners

A RESOLUTION providing for the development of a coordinated Impact Fee Program of the City of Vancouver and Clark County.

WHEREAS, Clark County has had an Impact Fee Program since 1990, and;

WHEREAS, the City of Vancouver has an annexation plan that proposes annexation of certain portions of the County covered by its Impact Fee Program, and;

WHEREAS, the annexation of these areas does not remove the need for public facilities to serve them, and;

WHEREAS, the State Growth Management Act of the State of Washington requires concurrency of public facilities and development, and;

WHEREAS, to achieve concurrency there is a need to finance public facilities with the participation of the new development that is adding to the need for those facilities, and;

WHEREAS, there is a need for a coordinated City/County Impact Fee Program(s) to be guided by certain principles as set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. There should be fixed boundaries to impact fee service areas irrespective of city limits and future annexations. The boundaries of such areas should be logical to the services provided and should be parcel specific. There should be a legal nexus between the service areas and the proposed projects list within the service areas.

Section 2. The administration of the Impact Fee Program(s) should be seamless and consistent regardless of whether the property is incorporated or unincorporated. Properties within a single service area should have consistent rates.

Section 3. There should be joint decision making regarding planning for future needs, the selection of projects and their relative priority, and the design standards to which the project will be completed.

Section 4. The coordinated program(s) should accommodate regional and county-wide facilities through some sort of regional or county-wide overlay.

Section 5. The Impact Fee Program(s) should accommodate locally desired incentives to development by having the jurisdiction that proposes the incentive assume the associated public facility costs.

Section 6. The City Council and Board of County Commissioners direct that a team of City and County staff be assigned the responsibility to resolve outstanding issues that include, but are not limited to, the following:

(a) The allocation of local share for projects.

(b) The administration of the program.

(d) Determination of project scope/appropriate design standards.

(e) Establishing a joint decision making structure.

Section 7. The Council and Board direct that a final report and draft implementing ordinances be presented to their respective bodies on or about May 9, 1994.

Section 8. The Council and Board jointly agree that the City shall be given lead responsibility for developing the coordinated program based on the principles set forth above.

ADOPTED at regular session of the Council of the City of Vancouver on 22nd day of February, 1994.

Bruce E. Hagensen, Mayor

Attest:

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H.K. Shorthill, City Clerk

Approved as to form:

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Jerry F. King, City Attorney

Adopted at regular session of the Board of County Commissioners for Clark County on the 1st day of March, 1994.

Board of County Commissioners for Clark County, Washington

By: David W. Sturdevant

By: Busse Nutley, Commissioner

By: John Magano, Commissioner

Attest:

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Clerk to the board

Approved as to form only:

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Arthur D. Curtis, Prosecuting Attorney

By: Richard S. Lowry, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney