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No. 94242-1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON _____________________________________________________ PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC., Appellant/Cross-Respondent, v. EAST BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, Respondent/Cross-Appellant, and CITY OF BELLEVUE, Respondents. ______________________________________________________ RESPONDENT CITY OF BELLEVUE’S ANSWER TO PETITION FOR REVIEW ______________________________________________________ CITY OF BELLEVUE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY Chad R. Barnes, WSBA #30480 Matthew McFarland, WSBA #51675 Assistant City Attorney Attorney for City of Bellevue 450 – 110th Avenue NE Bellevue, WA 98004 (425) 452-6829

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No. 94242-1

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

_____________________________________________________

PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.,

Appellant/Cross-Respondent,

v.

EAST BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COUNCIL,

Respondent/Cross-Appellant, and

CITY OF BELLEVUE,

Respondents.

______________________________________________________

RESPONDENT CITY OF BELLEVUE’S ANSWER

TO PETITION FOR REVIEW

______________________________________________________

CITY OF BELLEVUE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY

Chad R. Barnes, WSBA #30480 Matthew McFarland, WSBA #51675

Assistant City Attorney Attorney for City of Bellevue

450 – 110th Avenue NE Bellevue, WA 98004

(425) 452-6829

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ..................................................................... iii I. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1 II. RESTATEMENT OF ISSUES

PRESENTED FOR REVIEW......................................................... 2 III. STATEMENT OF CASE ............................................................... 2 IV. ARGUMENT .................................................................................. 5

A. The Court of Appeals’ Decision Does Not Involve An Issue of Substantial Public Interest Under RAP 13.4(b)(4) ........................................................ 5

B. The Court of Appeals’ Decision Does Not

Conflict With Any Decision of This Court ......................... 9 V. CONCLUSION ............................................................................. 14

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

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Cases City of Bellevue v. East Bellevue Comm'ty Council 138 Wn.2d 937, 938, 943-947 P.2d 602, 605-607 (1999)............5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Lauer v. Pierce county, 173 Wn.2d 242, 252-53, 267 P.3d 988, 992 (2011)...............................10 Pentagram Corp. v. City of Seattle,

28 Wn. App. 219, 227, 622 P.2d 892 (1981)..........................................12 Puget Sound Energy v. East Bellevue Cmty. Council 79 Wn. App. 841, 917 P.2d 1086 (1995) ............................................ 4, 5 Sammamish Comm'ty Council v. City of Bellevue 108 Wn. App. 46, 55, 29 P.3d 728, 732 (2001) .................................... 10 Sunderland Family Treatment Servs. v. City of Pasco 127 Wn.2d 782, 788, 903 P.2d 986, 990 (1995) ................................... 12

Statutes RCW 35.63 ................................................................................................. 6 RCW 90.58 ............................................................................................. 6, 8 RCW 35.14.040 ............................................................ 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 RCW 35.14.030(3) .................................................................................. 4, 5 RCW 35.14.040(3) ...................................................................... 2, 6, 10, 11 RCW 36.70C.130(1)(c) ....................................................................... 11, 13

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Rules RAP 13.4(b)(1) ............................................................................. 2, 5, 9, 13 RAP 13.4(b)(4) ..................................................................... 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13

Appendices

Appendix A: House Bill (HB) 2610 Analysis Appendix B: EBCC and Houghton Community Council

Jurisdiction Maps

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I. INTRODUCTION

The East Bellevue Community Council’s petition for review

should be denied. The Court of Appeals’ unpublished opinion correctly

applied established law and does not conflict with any opinion of this

Court. Additionally, the East Bellevue Community Council (EBCC) is

one of only two remaining community municipal corporations in

Washington State. Consequently, the EBCC cannot demonstrate that there

is any issue of substantial public interest that should be resolved by this

Court.

The underlying litigation concerns Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE)

proposal to link two electrical substations in the City of Bellevue (City) in

order to improve electrical service and meet future demands (the Project).

After four years of regulatory permit analysis, the City approved the

Project with mitigations in May 2015.

Because a portion of the Project is located within the EBCC’s

jurisdiction, City approval was not final until the EBCC considered the

effect of the Project within this limited geographic area. Unfortunately, the

EBCC’s consideration of the Project focused exclusively on its own

unsupported parochial concerns, and the EBCC disapproved of the

Project, including disapproval of the conditional use permit and shoreline

conditional use permit the City granted to PSE.

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After PSE challenged the EBCC’s disapproval of the Project, the

Court of Appeals correctly ruled that the EBCC’s decision to deny the

conditional use permit was not supported by substantial evidence.

Additionally, the Court of Appeals held that based on a plain reading of

RCW 35.14.040(3), the EBCC does not have jurisdiction to review

shoreline conditional use permits. These holdings do not involve any

issue of substantial public importance and do not conflict with any

decision of this Court. Therefore, the EBCC’s Petition for Review

(Petition) should be denied.

II. RESTATEMENT OF ISSUES PRESENTED FOR REVIEW

1. Does the Court of Appeals’ holding that the EBCC lacked

jurisdiction to disapprove of the shoreline conditional use permit granted

by the City to PSE involve any issue of substantial public interest under

RAP 13.4(b)(4)?

2. Does the Court of Appeals’ decision conflict with any

decision of this Court under RAP 13.4(b)(1)?

III. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The EBCC is a community municipal corporation created under

chapter 35.14 RCW that was established in 1969 when the City annexed

the EBCC area. The EBCC and the Houghton Community Council in the

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City of Kirkland are the only two community municipal corporations (also

known as “community councils”) that remain in Washington State.

Appendix A (House Bill (HB) 2610 Analysis) at 1.1 These community

councils’ jurisdictions are virtually contiguous, separated by a 2.8 mile

stretch across north Bellevue. Appendix B (EBCC and Houghton

Community Council Jurisdiction Maps).2

The Project seeks to improve electrical service reliability and meet

future demands in the City by looping an overhead transmission line in

PSE’s Lake Hills substation with the Phantom Lake substation.

Administrative Record (AR) 780-82; AR 2168 at ¶ 3; AR 2176 at ¶ 27.

1 The HB 2610 Analysis included as Appendix A is publicly-available at

https://app.leg.wa.gov/CMD/Handler.ashx?MethodName=getdocumentcontent&documentId=Q_3xQTOCDmQ&att=false

The EBCC and the Houghton Community Council are incorporated as

community municipal corporations under RCW ch. 35.14, but they are colloquially referred to as “community councils.” Although the EBCC and the Houghton Community Council will be referred to as “community councils” herein, these two remaining community municipal corporations are not to be confused with the many neighborhood groups that also call themselves “neighborhood councils” or “community councils.” See, e.g., Madison Park Community Council (http://www.madisonparkcouncil.org/); Westwood-Roxhill-Arbor Heights Community Council (https://wwrhah.wordpress.com/).

2 The EBCC and Houghton Community Council Jurisdiction Maps

included as Appendix B are publicly-available on the official Bellevue and Kirkland websites at http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/pdf/Clerk/EastBellCommCounc_A.pdf and http://www.kirklandwa.gov/Assets/Planning/Planning+PDFs/HCCMap2.pdf

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The proposed transmission line covers 2.89 miles in the City, a portion of

which is partially within the EBCC’s area. AR 2172 at ¶ 9.

After four years of regulatory permit analysis, Comprehensive Plan

Policy Analysis, public hearings, and the Hearing Examiner’s

recommendation of approval, the City approved PSE’s application for a

conditional use permit and shoreline conditional use permit, with

mitigation requirements. AR 236-45; AR 2158-93; AR 2629-40.

However, in June 2015, the EBCC passed Resolution No. 550, which

disapproved of the Project within the EBCC’s area and disapproved of the

conditional use permit and shoreline conditional use permit the City issued

to PSE. AR 3016-21. The EBCC Resolution included 16 numbered

paragraphs of “findings and conclusions” in support of its disapproval of

the Project. Id.

As a result of the EBCC’s disapproval, PSE commenced the

underlying Land Use Petition Act (LUPA) appeal and challenged

Resolution No. 550. The Court of Appeals ultimately ruled in an

unpublished opinion that (1) substantial evidence does not support EBCC

Resolution No. 550, and (2) the plain language of RCW 35.14.040(3) does

not give the EBCC jurisdiction to approve or disapprove of the shoreline

conditional use permit the City granted to PSE. Puget Sound Energy v.

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East Bellevue Comm’ty. Council, No. 74464-0-I, at 2, 6-19, 22-26 (Wash.

App. Jan. 30, 2017) (Opinion); Appendix A to Petition.

IV. ARGUMENT

Discretionary review under RAP 13.4(b) is available only in

limited circumstances. Here, the EBCC argues two grounds for review:

(1) the Court of Appeals’ holding that the EBCC lacked authority to

approve or disapprove of the shoreline conditional use permit involves an

issue of substantial public interest (RAP 13.4(b)(4)); and (2) the Court of

Appeals’ decision conflicts with this Court’s decision in City of Bellevue

v. East Bellevue Comm’ty Council, 138 Wn.2d 937, 983 P.2d 602 (1999)

(RAP 13.4(b)(1)). Petition at 12-20. For the reasons described below,

neither argument has merit, and discretionary review should be denied.

A. The Court of Appeals’ Decision Does Not Involve An Issue of Substantial Public Interest Under RAP 13.4(b)(4).

The EBCC first argues that review of the Court of Appeals’

opinion is warranted under RAP 13.4(b)(4). Petition at 12-15.

Specifically, the EBCC believes the court’s holding that the EBCC lacked

authority to disapprove of the shoreline conditional use permit involves an

issue of substantial public importance. Id. This argument ignores both the

substance and effect of the court’s opinion and should be rejected.

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The Court of Appeals’ opinion, along with the analysis contained

therein, is incredibly straightforward. In considering the EBCC’s

authorizing statute, RCW 35.14.040, the court simply applied basic rules

of statutory construction and held the plain words of RCW 35.14.040(3)

do not authorize the EBCC to approve or disapprove shoreline conditional

use permits. Opinion at 22-26. The court declined to add words

(“shoreline conditional use permits”) to the statute that the legislature

omitted, and distinguished chapter 90.58 RCW, which governs shoreline

conditional use permits, from chapter 35.63 RCW, which governs

conditional use permits. Id. at 23-26. The plain words of RCW 35.14.040

did not support the EBCC’s argument that shoreline conditional use

permits are merely a subset of “conditional use permits,” and there is

nothing in the court’s relatively uncontroversial holding that would elicit

substantial public interest or warrant review by this Court under RAP

13.4(b)(4).

Further, the holding that the EBCC lacks jurisdiction to approve or

disapprove shoreline conditional use permits will impact only the EBCC

and the Houghton Community Council. This ruling has no application or

importance separate from the narrow question of the scope of authority

granted to municipal community councils by their authorizing statute,

RCW 35.14.040. Because the EBCC and Houghton Community Council

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are the only two community councils that exist in Washington State, the

Court of Appeals’ decision would, at most, impact only the authority of

these two community councils. Appendix A (HB 2610 Analysis) at 1.

Even this impact would be limited to the narrow issue of the community

councils’ jurisdiction to approve or disapprove shoreline conditional use

permits.

Similarly, the opinion affects a limited number of people in an

extremely limited geographic area. The specific holding that the EBCC

lacks authority to disapprove of the shoreline conditional use permit at

issue would impact only local residents living within the limited

jurisdiction of the EBCC. See Appendix B (EBCC Map). To the extent

the decision also applies to the Houghton Community Council authority

over shoreline conditional use permits, it would only affect residents

living within the limited jurisdiction of the Houghton Community Council.

Id. The EBCC and Houghton Community Council are both located within

the same area of King County. In fact, their respective jurisdictions are

virtually contiguous, separated by a mere 2.8 mile stretch across north

Bellevue. Id. As a result, the decision would be of interest to a limited

number of people, living in the same geographic area, with zero impact or

interest to members of the public outside the EBCC and Houghton

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Community Council jurisdictions.3 This Court should deny discretionary

review under RAP 13.4(b)(4) on this basis as well.

To the extent the EBCC argues that the “public importance in

preserving shorelines” supports discretionary review, this argument again

ignores the substance of the Court of Appeals’ opinion. See, e.g., Petition

at 15. The court considered and rejected the EBCC’s argument that it had

jurisdiction to review shoreline conditional use permits and refused to

rewrite RCW 35.14.040 to add words the legislature omitted. Opinion at

22-26. As part of its analysis, the court acknowledged the rigorous

requirements governing shoreline conditional use permits in chapter 90.58

RCW and recognized the primacy of state interests over local interests

with respect to Washington’s shorelines. Id. at 25.

Contrary to the EBCC’s Petition, the opinion does not question or

denigrate Washington’s shoreline protection policy when considering the

narrow issue of the EBCC’s jurisdiction to disapprove of a shoreline

conditional use permit not mentioned in its authorizing statute. Id. at 22-

26. The larger public’s interest in protecting shorelines was not an issue

before the court, and the vast majority of the public, who live outside the

limited jurisdiction of any area potentially impacted by this decision, have

3 Notably, just as any other citizen residents within the EBCC or Houghton Community Council jurisdictions still have the ability to be heard regarding a shoreline conditional use permit through the regular permitting and appeal process.

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little-to-no interest in the limits of EBCC authority under RCW 35.14.040.

For all of these reasons, further review by this Court is not warranted

under RAP 13.4(b)(4).

B. The Court of Appeals’ Decision Does Not Conflict With Any Decision of This Court.

The EBCC next argues that review is warranted under RAP

13.4(b)(1) because the opinion is contrary to this Court’s decision in City

of Bellevue, 138 Wn.2d 937, 983 P.2d 602. The EBCC’s argument

focuses on this Court’s holding that, when authorized by RCW 35.14.040,

community councils have final decision-making authority over land use

approvals and disapprovals within their geographic jurisdiction. City of

Bellevue, 138 Wn.2d at 943-47, 983 P.2d at 605-07. The EBCC then

argues the Court of Appeals’ opinion conflicts with the community

council decision-making authority discussed in City of Bellevue. Petition

at 14-20.

First, and contrary to the EBCC’s argument, the Court of Appeals’

opinion recognized “RCW 35.14.040 provides the EBCC authority to

affect whether land use ordinances approved by [the City] become

effective within the EBCC area.” Opinion at 2. The court also quoted, at

length, the relevant portion of City of Bellevue and stated, “[u]nder RCW

35.14.040(3), the EBCC has the authority to approve or disapprove

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conditional use permits approved by [the City] to the extent of property

within the EBCC's area.” Id. at 19-20. Thus, consistent with City of

Bellevue, the Court of Appeals acknowledged the scope of the EBCC’s

final decision-making authority over subjects listed in RCW 35.14.040.

See Sammamish Comm’ty Council v. City of Bellevue, 108 Wn. App. 46,

55, 29 P.3d 728, 732 (2001) (“In [City of Bellevue], the Supreme Court

recognized that RCW 35.14.040 gave community councils final decision-

making authority over subjects listed in RCW 35.14.040 applying to land,

buildings, or structures within their geographic jurisdictions.”).

Second, although the Court of Appeals recognized the EBCC’s

final decision-making authority over certain land use subjects, the court

nonetheless concluded the EBCC committed a fatal error when exercising

this authority because PSE established that substantial evidence did not

support the EBCC’s adoption of Resolution No. 550. Opinion at 6-19. In

contrast to City of Bellevue, this holding was not based on the EBCC’s

authorizing statute, RCW 35.14.040, but instead applied RCW

36.70C.130(1)(c), which permits judicial relief from land use decisions not

supported by substantial evidence. Id. at 5 (citing Lauer v. Pierce County,

173 Wn.2d 242, 252-53, 267 P.3d 988, 992 (2011)).

In applying the substantial evidence standard of review to the

EBCC’s findings and conclusions, the Court of Appeals’ opinion contains

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a lengthy discussion of why the EBCC failed to provide substantial

evidence to support Resolution No. 550 when viewed in light of the whole

record before the court. Id. at 6-19. No portion of the court’s application

of the substantial evidence standard under RCW 36.70C.130(1)(C) or its

attendant holding that the EBCC failed to meet this controlling standard

conflicts with, or even touches on, this Court’s decision in City of

Bellevue. Id. at 6-19.

Third, the court’s secondary holding that the plain language of

RCW 35.14.040(3) does not grant the EBCC jurisdiction to disapprove

shoreline conditional use permits does not conflict with City of Bellevue.

See id. at 22-26. City of Bellevue did not hold that the EBCC’s final

decision-making authority extends to shoreline conditional use permits or

any other matters not listed under RCW 35.14.040. Quite the contrary—

the land use subjects at issue in City of Bellevue were the comprehensive

plan and a zoning ordinance, which are expressly listed in subsections (1)

and (2) of RCW 35.14.040. City of Bellevue, 138 Wn.2d at 943-47, 983

P.2d at 605-07. Although the EBCC may disagree with the Court of

Appeals’ holding that its jurisdiction is limited by the plain language of

the statute, this does not create a conflict with Supreme Court precedent or

otherwise warrant review under RAP 13.4(b).

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Fourth, and importantly, City of Bellevue concerned the validity of

a legislative decision of the EBCC, and this Court reviewed the legislative

decision at issue for illegal acts or arbitrary and capricious conduct. Id. at

943 n. 1, 983 P.2d at 605. In fact, the Court confirmed at the outset of its

City of Bellevue opinion that when the EBCC considered the zoning

ordinance at issue in the case, “[the EBCC] was not exercising a judicial

or quasi-judicial function.” Id.

Conversely, the EBCC’s disapproval of the Project and

disapproval of the permits the City issued to PSE is adjudicatory in nature,

and the Court of Appeals reviewed this quasi-judicial decision in order to

determine whether the EBCC’s decision was supported by substantial

evidence, rather than under the illegal acts and arbitrary and capricious

standard of review employed by this Court in City of Bellevue. See

Sunderland Family Treatment Servs. v. City of Pasco, 127 Wn.2d 782,

788, 903 P.2d 986, 990 (1995) (citing Pentagram Corp. v. City of Seattle,

28 Wn. App. 219, 227, 622 P.2d 892 (1981)) (“The grant or denial of a

special use permit by local government is adjudicatory in nature.”). This

Court’s evaluation of the EBCC’s legislative decision in City of Bellevue

has no bearing on the Court of Appeal’s evaluation of the EBCC’s quasi-

judicial decision here, and this distinction provides yet another reason why

review is not warranted under RAP 13.4(b)(1).

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In sum, although City of Bellevue did recognize that the EBCC has

final decision-making authority over subjects listed in RCW 35.14.040,

this Court did not hold the EBCC’s jurisdiction extends beyond the plain

language of the authorizing statute or that the EBCC’s exercise of this

authority is immune from a LUPA challenge when PSE shows the

EBCC’s decision was not supported by substantial evidence. See RCW

36.70C.130(1)(c). The Court of Appeals’ consideration and holdings

regarding these issues were incredibly straightforward, relatively

uncontroversial, and did not conflict with City of Bellevue. As a result,

discretionary review under RAP 13.4(b) should be denied.

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V. CONCLUSION

The City respectfully requests that the Court deny the EBCC's

Petition because the Court of Appeals' opinion does not involve any issue

of substantial public importance and does not conflict with City of

Bellevue or any other decision of this Court. Therefore, Supreme Court

review is not available under RAP 13.4(b)(4) or RAP 13.4(b)(l).

Dated this 31st day of March, 2017.

Respectfully submitted,

CITY OF BELLEVUE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY Lori M. Riordan, City Attorney

~~~~ Chad R. Barnes, WSBA #30480 Matthew McFarland, WSBA #51675 Assistant City Attorney Attorney for City of Bellevue

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies under penalty of perjury of the laws of

the State of Washington that he/she caused to be served in the manner

indicated below a true correct copy of the RESPONDENT CITY OF

BELLEVUE’S ANSWER TO PETITION FOR REVIEW on the party or

parties below stated:

To: Court Clerk Washington State Supreme Court

Email: [email protected]

And To:

Kathleen J. Haggard Andrea L. Bradford Porter Foster Rorick LLP 601 Union Street, STE 800 Seattle, WA 98101 [email protected] [email protected]

By: Mail Email Messenger Facsimile

Dated this Thursday, March 31, 2017, at Bellevue, WA.

/s/Jason W. Banks Jason W. Banks, Legal Assistant

Erin L. Anderson Rita V. Latsinova Sara Leverette Stoel Rives 600 University Street, STE 3600 Seattle, WA 98101 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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APPENDIX A House Bill (HB) 2610 Analysis

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Washington StateHouse of RepresentativesOffice of Program Research

BILLANALYSIS

Local Government Committee

HB 2610Brief Description: Repealing provisions governing community municipal corporations.

Sponsors: Representatives Springer, Eddy, Goodman, Stanford, Moscoso and Kagi.

Brief Summary of Bill

Provides that community municipal corporations for cities and towns may not be organized after January 1, 2012.

Expires provisions governing existing municipal corporations on January 6, 2014.

Hearing Date: 1/24/12

Staff: Ann Koepke (786-7291), Ethan Moreno (786-7386).

Background:

Community municipal corporations (corporations) may be organized when unincorporated territory is annexed by a city or town using certain annexation provisions if the service area: (1)would be otherwise eligible for incorporation as a city or town; (2) has at least 300 inhabitants and 10 percent of the population of the annexing city or town; or (3) has at least 1,000 inhabitants. Corporations may also be organized when two or more cities are consolidated pursuant to specific statutory requirements. Two community municipal corporations currently exist in Washington state: the East Bellevue Community Council and the Houghton Community Council.

No territory may be included within the service area of two or more corporations. After initial organization, the ongoing existence of corporations must be ratified by qualified voters within the service area of the corporation every four years.

Corporations are governed by a community council composed of five members serving four-year terms. Community council members are elected at the same elections authorizing the continued existence of the corporation. Community councils are staffed by a deputy to the appropriate city

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This analysis was prepared by non-partisan legislative staff for the use of legislative members in their deliberations. This analysis is not a part of the legislation nor does it constitute a statement of legislative intent.

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clerk. The city is required to provide the council with clerical and technical assistance and a properly equipped office. The necessary expenses of the community council must be budgeted and paid by the city.

Corporations have specific land use powers and duties prescribed in statute. The adoption, approval, enactment, amendment, granting, or authorization by the city council or commission of an ordinance or resolution applying to land, buildings, or structures within a corporation becomes effective upon either approval by the community council, or by failure of the community council to disapprove the ordinance or resolution within 60 days. Such authority applies to specified land use controls, including comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances, and subdivision plats.

In addition to powers and duties relating to the approval of zoning regulations and restrictions, a corporation acting through its community council may:

make recommendations concerning a proposed comprehensive plan or other proposal that directly or indirectly affects the use of property or land within the service area; provide a forum for the consideration of the conservation, improvement, or development of property or land within the service area; and

� advise, consult, and cooperate with the legislative authority of the city on local matters directly or indirectly affecting the service area.

Summary of Bill:

The statutory authority providing for the initial organization of community municipal corporations for cities and towns expires June 7, 2012. Provisions regarding the governance and operations of community municipal corporations expire January 6, 2014.

Appropriation: None.

Fiscal Note: Not requested.

Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the bill is passed.

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APPENDIX B EBCC and HCC Jurisdiction Maps

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