Title
2023 Land Use and Environment Committee Work Plan
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Approve the 2023 Land Use and Environment Committee Work Plan recommendation and forward to the City Council for approval.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the 2023 Land Use and Environment Committee Work Plan recommendation and forward to the City Council for approval.
Staff Contact:
Leonard Bauer, Director, Community Planning and Development, 360.753.8206
Presenter(s):
Leonard Bauer, Director, Community Planning and Development
Background and Analysis:
The Committee annually sets a program of work items to consider that year. A draft 2023 LUEC work program is attached. It contains items carried over from LUEC's 2022 work program, and items included on the initial draft work programs for City staff and the Olympia Planning Commission.
Climate Analysis:
(Note: This is a high-level summary of all the agenda items on the 2023 LUEC Work Program. A more detailed analysis will be completed for each of the agenda items when they come before the LUEC.)
The majority of the agenda items in the proposed 2023 LUEC work program include actions intended to specifically support climate action strategies. Many of the items focus on the transportation and land use sector by seeking and promoting ways for the City to accommodate future growth in denser land use patterns. Such patterns increase opportunities for residents to live closer to jobs and services, promoting non-automobile travel modes such as walking, biking and transit. These patterns also reduce urban sprawl, preserving forest and agriculture outside the current city boundaries.
Other agenda items support the buildings and energy; water and waste; and agriculture, forests, and urban tree canopy sectors. They do this through increased energy efficiency and electrification of buildings, diverting solid waste from landfills, preserving and enh...
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