Title
Proposed 2015 Comprehensive Plan Amendments
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendations:
* Move to approve consideration of proposals 1, 2 and 3 below (Waste ReSources update, Transportation plan map refinement and Copper Ridge future land use map amendment) and direct Planning Commission to review and provide a recommendation in 2015 (provided that the Copper Ridge proponent must submit a final application on or before May 21);
* Move to add proposal #4 (Bigelow neighborhood transitional zoning issues) to Planning Commission and Community Planning and Development Department's 2015 Work Plans as one or more development code amendments with specific scope to be determined by City staff in consultation with Land Use and Environment Committee;
* Move to approve consideration of proposal #5 (M-5 property) as the initial and only year-2016 privately-initiated Comprehensive Plan amendment, such amendment to include consideration of the surrounding Kaiser/Harrison "opportunity area" as described in "Investment Strategy - City of Olympia Opportunity Areas," with review by City staff and the Planning Commission to be conducted in a manner that will provide for a final Council decision in mid-2016; and
* Move to direct City staff to continue to work with interested parties to explore proposal #6 (Wellington Heights 'automall' expansion).
Report
Issue:
The Washington Growth Management Act provides that, subject to certain exceptions, Olympia may amend its Comprehensive Plan only once each year. Olympia's municipal code establishes a structure for considering and consolidating review of such annual amendments. In 2015, the Council set March 2 as the deadline for submitting initial proposals. Which of the six proposals received should be forwarded to the Planning Commission for review and recommendations leading to a Council decision later in 2015?
Staff Contact:
Todd Stamm, P...
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