Title
Approval of Resolution in Support of the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to adopt the Resolution regarding the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development
Report
Issue:
The Thurston Regional Planning Council has adopted the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development, which is titled "Creating Places Preserving Spaces: A Sustainable Development Plan for the Thurston Region." One of the next steps is for each local jurisdiction in Thurston County to sign their own resolution accepting the Plan.
Staff Contact:
Amy Buckler, Associate Planner, Community Planning & Development, 360.570.5847
Presenter(s):
N/A
Background and Analysis:
In 2010, the Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC) received a Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to craft a sustainable development vision and strategies to guide the region through 2035. During the next three years, thousands of residents attended Sustainable Thurston community workshops, answered surveys and participated online to share their hopes, fears and ideas about the future of our region.
On December 6, 2013, the TRPC adopted Creating Places - Preserving Spaces: A Sustainable Development Plan for the Thurston Region, which sets 12 Priority Goals and Targets and recommends roughly 40 goals and 370 actions across a broad array of topics, including transportation and land use, water quality, health and human services, public safety, and other issues.
The Plan is intended to be a resource for providing background information, informed actions, and a viable template for a coordinated approach to sustainable development in the Thurston Region. A continuing role for TRPC will be to raise awareness, look for best practices, monitor priority goals and targets, and lead supportive regional efforts, as fund are...
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