Title
Special Recognition - Accepting the Governor’s Smart Communities Award for the Transportation Master Plan
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Recognize that the City’s Transportation Master Plan received the Governor’s Smart Communities Award in the Smart Climate Change Strategies category.
Report
Issue:
Whether to recognize that the City’s Transportation Master Plan received the Governor’s Smart Communities Award in the Smart Climate Change Strategies category.
Staff Contact:
Sophie Stimson, Planning and Engineering Supervisor, Public Works Transportation, 360.753.8497
Presenter(s):
Sophie Stimson, Planning and Engineering Supervisor
Dave Andersen, Director of Growth Management Services, Washington State Department of Commerce
Background and Analysis:
The Governor’s Smart Communities Awards program recognizes local governments for exceptional work in implementing the state’s Growth Management Act to shape future growth, economic vitality, and quality of life in communities across Washington. This year, Olympia’s Transportation Master Plan (TMP) was selected for the Smart Climate Change Strategies Award.
Olympia’s TMP helps us realize the Comprehensive Plan’s vision of “complete streets that move people, not just cars.” The TMP lists 20 years’ worth of projects that will keep our community moving, and increase the number of trips made by walking, biking, and riding the bus.
The TMP is consistent with the Thurston Climate Mitigation Plan, which includes a greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target of 45% of 2015 levels by 2030. Because the transportation sector is the second largest source of GHG emissions in Thurston County, making it easier for people to walk, bike, or take the bus is a key strategy to achieve that target.
City staff will introduce a representative from the Department of Commerce who will present the award.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
Olympia’s TMP helps keep our community moving, and increase the number of trips made by walking, biking, and riding the bus.
Options:
1. Recognize that the City’s Transportation Master Plan received the Governor’s Smart Communities Award in the Smart Climate Change Strategies category.
2. Do not recognize that the City’s Transportation Master Plan received the Governor’s Smart Communities Award in the Smart Climate Change Strategies category.
3. Recognize that the City’s Transportation Master Plan received the Governor’s Smart Communities Award in the Smart Climate Change Strategies category at another time.
Financial Impact:
There is no financial impact in accepting the award.
Attachments:
Department of Commerce Smart Communities Webpage
Transportation Master Plan