Title
Approval of Ordinance Adopting the Olympia Comprehensive Plan Update
Recommended Action
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve on second reading the ordinance adopting the updated Olympia Comprehensive Plan.
Report
Issue:
Should ordinance adopting the updated Olympia Comprehensive Plan (Attachment 1) be approved?
Staff Contact:
Leonard Bauer, Deputy Director, Community Planning and Development Department, 360.753.8206
Presenter:
Leonard Bauer, Deputy Director, Community Planning and Development Department
Background and Analysis:
The background and analysis have not changed from first reading to second reading.
In 2009, the City initiated a major update to its Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan describes the City's vision for the next twenty years, and provides the policy direction for the City to achieve that vision. The state Growth Management Act (GMA) requires that the Comprehensive Plan accommodate the growth that is projected to occur over the next twenty years. Plan elements include land use, housing, capital facilities, utilities, natural resources, transportation, economic development, cultural resources, and other topics.
The Comprehensive Plan may be amended annually and a major review, and update if needed, is required every eight years by the GMA. This is the City of Olympia's major comprehensive plan update. Each major update must also address development regulations, and coordination with Thurston County to update urban growth areas. These remaining portions of the City's required GMA update will be completed by the deadline in June 2016.
The City Council held public hearings on the Draft Comprehensive Plan on July 22, 2014, and November 3, 2014.
A draft ordinance adopting the updated Olympia Comprehensive Plan is included as Attachment 1. Attachment 2 includes the updated Olympia Comprehensive Plan proposed for adoption, as well as additional information regarding the Comprehensive Plan update process.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
During the last five years many members of the public have participated in and commented on this periodic update of the Comprehensive Plan.
Options:
1. Move to approve ordinance adopting the updated Olympia Comprehensive Plan (Attachment 1).
2. Direct staff to schedule additional deliberations on the Olympia Comprehensive Plan.
Financial Impact:
None; this periodic Comprehensive Plan update is part of 2014 budget. Fiscal impacts of City actions needed to implement the Comprehensive Plan will be addressed in an Action Plan proposed for adoption in mid-2015, and in future year's City budgets.