Title
Consideration of Proposed 2019 Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The Planning Commission recommends amending Policy PN8.1 of the Comprehensive Plan and forwarding to Council for consideration.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to recommend amending Policy PN8.1 of the Comprehensive Plan and forward to Council for consideration.
Report
Issue:
Whether to recommend amending Policy PN8.1 of the Natural Environment Chapter of the Olympia Comprehensive Plan. If approved by full Council, the City's greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal would be updated to reflect the regionally agreed upon language passed by City Council on October 16, 2018, in Resolution M-1976.
Staff Contact:
Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner, Community Planning and Development, 360.570.3722
Susan Clark, Senior Planner, Public Works Water Resources, 360.753.8321
Presenter(s):
Joyce Phillips, Senior Planner, Community Planning and Development
Background and Analysis:
The City of Olympia adopted a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goal in its 2014 Comprehensive Plan. The City's goal was developed to reflect the GHG emission reduction goal of the Sustainable Thurston plan, which was approved in late 2013. Other jurisdictions in Thurston County adopted similar but different goals.
Sustainable Thurston recommended that a Climate Action Plan be developed. In 2018 the City entered into an Interlocal Agreement with the Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC), Thurston County, and the cities of Lacey and Tumwater to develop a regional climate mitigation plan. Phase 1 of the project included a review of each participating jurisdiction's varying climate policies and emission targets. As a result, a recommendation to adopt a common region-wide emissions reduction target, using 2015 as the base year instead of 1990, was made.
At the end of the Phase 1 work, each of the partnering jurisdictions agreed to the shared GHG emissions reduc...
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