Title
Mid-Year Review of Land Use and Environment Committee Work Plan
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
No referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Review Committee 2019 Work Plan and provide feedback and direction to staff.
Report
Issue:
Whether to review the 2019 Work Plan and provide feedback and direction to staff.
Staff Contact:
Keith Stahley, Director Community Planning and Development Department 360.753.8227
Presenter(s):
Keith Stahley, Director Community Planning and Development Department
Background and Analysis:
At the Land Use and Environment Committee's April 25, 2019, meeting, the committee directed staff to place the 2019 Land Use and Environment Committee Work Plan on the agenda for mid-year review. The committee discussed several issues they were interested in exploring and wanted to be clear what was on the 2019 Work Plan. The plan was discussed at the May 16 Land Use and Environment Meeting, and this will be a continuation of that discussion.
Some of the items that the committee touched on included annexations, fire sprinkler experience, adjusting the neighborhood grants program to be better aligned with comp plan and other master plans. The committee also discussed exploring the role that the Capital Facilities Plan could plays in encouraging comp plan implementation. They also discussed examining the role impact fees, frontage improvements and other city costs play in housing costs and production. They also discussed how these costs and our capital facilities investments could be used to encourage implementation of the comp plan objectives, like high-density nodes and neighborhood centers.
Neighborhood/Community Interests:
The Land Use and Environment Committee's 2019 Work Plan has a citywide impact and focus.
Options:
1. Review the 2019 Land Use and Environment Committee Work Plan and provide feedback and direction to staff on amendments to the work plan.
2. Do not review the 2019 Land Use and Environm...
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