Title
Approval of a Resolution Accepting the Updated Draft Housing Chapter of the Olympia 2045 Comprehensive Plan
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The Land Use & Environment Committee met on September 25 and recommended that staff forward a resolution to the full Council to approve a Resolution accepting the updated Housing Chapter of the Olympia 2045 Comprehensive Plan.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve a Resolution accepting the updated Housing Chapter of the Olympia 2045 Comprehensive Plan.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve a Resolution accepting the updated Housing Chapter of the Olympia 2045 Comprehensive Plan.
Staff Contact:
Susan McLaughlin, Director, Community Planning & Economic Development, 360.753.8206
Presenter(s):
Casey Schaufler, Associate Planner, Community Planning and Economic Development
Background and Analysis:
For the last periodic update, the City's Comprehensive Plan underwent a major rewrite through a planning process that took place from 2009 through 2014. The Plan was adopted in December of 2014. At least once every 10 years, cities and counties that are fully planning under the Growth Management Act (GMA), must update their plan through a process known as a periodic Update.? The periodic update requires that jurisdictions update the planning horizon to a minimum of 20 years, update the population projection it is planning for, and address all new planning requirements that have been adopted since the previous update.
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In 2021, the Legislature changed the way communities are required to plan for housing. House Bill 1220 (2021) amended the GMA to instruct local governments to "plan for and accommodate" housing affordable to all income levels. This significantly strengthened the previous goal, which was to encourage affordable housing.
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The amended law also directed the Department of Commerce to project future housing needs for jurisdictions by income bracket and made significant updates to how jurisdicti...
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