Title
Consideration of Draft Olympia Comprehensive Plan
Recommended Action
City Manager Recommendation:
Review public comments and provide direction to staff on next steps for City Council deliberation.
Report
Issue:
Councilmembers have received public comments on their Public Hearing Draft of the Olympia Comprehensive Plan, including at their July 22, 2014, public hearing. How does the City Council wish to proceed in considering these comments?
Staff Contact:
Leonard Bauer, Deputy Director, Community Planning and Development, 360.753.8206
Presenter(s):
Leonard Bauer, Deputy Director, Community Planning and Development
Background and Analysis:
The Imagine Olympia website contains the Council public hearing draft of the Olympia Comprehensive Plan. It also contains numerous other documents and videos summarizing the draft Comprehensive Plan and describing the public process through which it was created.
Background on the Comprehensive Plan
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.
Consideration of Public Comments
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