Title
2018 Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendment Screening
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve forwarding three Comprehensive Plan Amendment proposals to the Planning Commission for review and recommendations back to Council and set the Final Comprehensive Plan Amendment application deadline as April 6, 2018.
Report
Issue:
Whether the proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment proposals should be forwarded to the Planning Commission for review and recommendations and set a Council decision later in 2018.
Staff Contact:
Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner, CP&D, 360.570.3722
Presenter(s):
Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner, CP&D
Background and Analysis:
The Washington State Growth Management Act provides that Olympia generally can amend its Comprehensive Plan only once each calendar year. Chapter 18.59 of the Olympia Municipal Code establishes a specific process for such annual amendments. It provides that:
* Proposals may be submitted by anyone at any time without charge.
* City Council is to set a deadline for proposals to be considered in a given year (November 13, 2017 for consideration in 2018), and
* City staff is to review and present all preliminary proposals to the Council (February 27 this year) to determine which should move forward for formal consideration. The staff's review and recommendation at this preliminary stage is to be based on specific criteria set forth in code section 18.59.020.
In brief, these criteria are:
* Whether the proposal is consistent with state and federal law
* Whether the proposal might lead to adverse environmental impacts, and if so whether there is time to analyze such
* Whether additional capital improvements and maintenance revenue would be needed, and if so whether there is time to analyze such
* Whether the proposal conflicts with other provisions of the Comprehensive Plan
* Whether other significant amendments would be needed and, if so, wh...
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