Title
Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendments
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The Planning Commission Move to accept the Planning Commission recommendation and forward to City Council.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to accept the Planning Commission recommendation and forward to City Council.
Report
Issue:
Whether to accept the Planning Commission recommendation and forward the 2021 Comprehensive Plan Amendments to City Council for a decision.
Staff Contact:
Joyce Phillips, Principal Planner, Community Planning and Development, 360.570.3722
Presenter(s):
Joyce Phillips, Principal Planner, Community Planning and Development
Background and Analysis:
Under the Growth Management Act, Cities are allowed to amend Comprehensive Plans once a year. Olympia has a two-step process for annual amendments. Those proposals that are advanced past the preliminary screening step are invited to make a formal application and proceed through a public review process and public hearing.
The City made an application to amend text and the Transportation 2030 maps in the Comprehensive Plan. The application consists of three parts, as follows:
* Part A: Text amendments requested by the Public Works Department regarding transportation concurrency.
* Part B: Text and transportation map amendments requested by the Public Works Department regarding street connections in the southeast portion of Olympia, in the area known as "LBA Woods".
* Part C: Text amendments requested by Council to improve language around equity and inclusion, including a proposed definition of neighborhood character.
OMC 18.59.040 includes the final review and evaluation criteria, including the following:
1. Does the proposed amendment or revision maintain consistency with other plan elements or development regulations? If not, are amendments or revisions to other plan elements or regulations necessary to maintain consistency with the current final docket that will be considered by the Pl...
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