Title
Capital Mall Triangle Subarea Plan Briefing
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Report
Issue:
Briefing on the Capital Mall Triangle Subarea Plan
Staff Contact:
David Ginther, Senior Planner, Community Planning and Development, 360.753.8335
Presenter(s):
David Ginther, Senior Planner
Background and Analysis:
In 2014, the Olympia Comprehensive Plan was updated following significant public outreach and multiple public participation opportunities. The adopted plan contains a vision for the Capital Mall area to:
1. Eventually transition to a high-density mixed-use neighborhood where people can walk, bike, or take the bus to obtain goods, services, and entertainment.
2. Keep the subarea a regional draw for the retailers and other businesses.
The main purpose of the Capital Mall Triangle planning project is to determine how to facilitate the development envisioned in the Comprehensive Plan.
The planning project has two major components: a Planned Action Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and a subarea plan. Both the Final EIS and the final draft subarea plan have been written based on community input collected over the past two years and have been released for the public. Both documents and their appendices are available for download on the project webpage (see attachments for link).
Implementation actions will occur after the final subarea plan is adopted. This includes a planned action ordinance, which will incorporate the mitigation identified in the Final EIS, and allow proposed development consistent with the subarea plan and EIS to move forward without an additional project-level environmental review process.
The subarea plan will inform and help to guide future park planning efforts in the Capital Mall Triangle when future updates to the Parks, Arts & Recreation Plan are undertaken. The subarea plan and Final EIS are both on the project webpage (see attachment for link)
Comprehensive Plan or Parks, Arts & Recreation Plan Connection:
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