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City of Sedro-Woolley Shoreline Management Program Update. Community Visioning Meeting August 16, 2011. WELCOME!. SMA & SMP SMP Update Process Public Participation Inventory and Characterization Next Steps. SMA. Washington State Shoreline Management Act of 1972 (SMA)
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City of Sedro-Woolley Shoreline Management Program Update Community Visioning Meeting August 16, 2011
WELCOME! • SMA & SMP • SMP Update Process • Public Participation • Inventory and Characterization • Next Steps
SMA • Washington State Shoreline Management Act of 1972 (SMA) • Protect shoreline environmental resources AND the public's right to access and use the shorelines • Accommodate appropriate uses that require a shoreline location
SMP • Under the SMA, each city and county with shorelines of the state must prepare and adopt a Shoreline Master Program (SMP) • SMP is essentially a combined comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance, and development permit system for shoreline-specific uses
Shorelines of the State • Rivers over 20 cfs, lakes over 20 acres & marine shorelines • Shorelands extending landward for two hundred feet in all directions as measured on a horizontal plane from the ordinary high water mark; floodways and contiguous floodplain areas landward two hundred feet from such floodways; and all wetlands and river deltas associated with the streams, lakes, and tidal waters
Sedro-Woolley’s Shorelines • The Skagit River is the only body of water in Sedro-Woolley that is regulated under SMA
SMP Update • State regulations updates in 2003 • Require all jurisdictions to update • Skagit County also updating SMP • Received Department of Ecology Grant • 3 year update timeframe in grant • Completion in Summer of 2013
Update Process • Phase 1: Preliminary Shoreline Jurisdiction and Public Participation Plan • Phase 2: Shoreline Inventory, Analysis and Characterization • Phase 3: Environment Designation, Policy & Regulation Development, Cumulative Impacts Analysis • Phase 4: Restoration Plan • Phase 5: Local Approval
Phase 1 • Identify preliminary shoreline jurisdiction – see report Public Participation Working Draft June 2011 • Develop public participation plan – see report Preliminary Assessment of Shoreline Jurisdiction Draft June 2011 • Both of the above are completed • Detailed reports reviewed by Ecology
Phase 2 • Complete shoreline inventory • Conduct shoreline analysis • Prepare inventory and characterization report • The above actions are completed in draft form in the Shoreline Characterization and Analysis Draft June 2011
Phase 3 • Conduct community visioning process • General goals, policies, and regulations • Develop policies, regulations & standards for shoreline uses & modifications as well as environmental designations & administrative provisions • Prepare cumulative impact analysis
Phase 4 - Restoration Plan • Prepare restoration plan • Revisit draft environment designations, policies, and regulations and finalize maps • Demonstrate how no net loss (NNL) is achieved
Phase 5 - Local Approval • Assemble complete draft SMP • Complete SEPA review and documentation • Hold public hearing • Council approve SMP • Submit final SMP to Ecology • Public participation will be ongoing
Public Participation – ongoing through update • Visioning summer of 2011 • Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) • Hold visioning meeting • Hold additional meetings to gather public input on update products as available • Dedicated SMP update webpage • Public Participation Plan • Comment forms
Shoreline Jurisdiction • The SMP will apply to only lands in the shoreline jurisdiction • The document titled Preliminary Assessment of Shoreline Jurisdiction Draft June 2011 shows the area that will be included in the shoreline jurisdiction
Shoreline Analysis • Draft analysis titled Shoreline Characterization and Analysis Draft June 2011 • Analysis to be revised as necessary depending on information and input from visioning meeting
Shoreline Analysis Elements • Current baseline condition of jurisdiction • Analyzes existing shoreline ecological functions • Analyzes current land uses and identifies likely changes • Identifies potential restoration opportunites
Next Steps • Continue developing Shoreline Characterization and Analysis – under way • Community visioning (TODAY!) • Begin Draft SMP – Fall 2011 thru Winter 2013 • Deliver to Council for consideration – early to mid 2013