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Agenda Item:
Comprehensive Plan Update - Council's Review and Deliberation Process
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Issue:
The Olympia Planning Commission has forwarded its Comprehensive Plan update recommendation to the Council. The staff seeks Committee discussion of the process for moving toward a Council decision later this year.
Committee Recommendation:
None. The Land use and Environment Committee discussed this topic on March 28, 2013, and suggested a general framework. Staff's proposal below is in response to those suggestions.
City Manager’s Recommendation:
Report the Committee's discussion to the full Council at earliest opportunity for consideration in scheduling the Council's review and deliberation regarding the Plan update.
Staff Contact:
Todd Stamm, Planning Manager, Community Planning and Development, (360) 753.8597
Presenter(s):
Todd Stamm, Planning Manager
Background and Analysis:
Washington’s Growth Management Act requires a ‘periodic’ review and update of local Comprehensive Plans such as Olympia’s to ensure that they conform to the requirements of the Act. Olympia began such an update in 2009 with a goal of completing the update by 2012. This update process became known as “Imagine Olympia.” When the Act was amended to postpone the statutory deadline to 2016, the City Council decided to continue the update process with a new completion target of late 2013. In July of 2012 after extensive public involvement and consistent with the scope directed by Council, the staff issued a proposed update of the Plan. Following public hearings, in March of 2013 the Planning Commission completed its review of the proposal and issued a recommendation. That recommendation is to be posted on the City’s website on May 20, 2013. The Council is scheduled to meet with the Commission on June 11, 2013, to discuss the Commission’s recommendation.
On March 28, 2013, the Committee discussed the process for Council’s review of the Commission-recommended version of the Plan. That proc...
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