UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 General Planning Process Visioning Setting Goals & Objectives Revising Plans Developing alternatives “ Preferred Alternatives ” Monitoring & Evaluation Implementation Cf. King County Benchmark Reports

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Considerations of Long Range Planning Kim Dietz, Redmond

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Major Areas in WA GMA  Jobs (Economy)  Housing  Transportation  Critical Areas, Resource Protection  Endangered Species Act: Salmon listing  Stream protection  Forestland and Farmland protection  Open Space  Rural Areas

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 GM via 5Cs  Compact urban development  Urban growth in UGAs  Center approach: 25 Centers, Mixed use, higher density development (Jobs/housing)  Comprehensive planning  Linking broad range of issues (see next slide)  Consistency  Comprehensive planning elements are in conformity with each other  No contradiction between plans (city vs. county)

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 GM via 5Cs  Concurrency  Provide necessary infrastructure at the time of development  E.g. Infrastructure financing plan in place prior to building permits  Developers should provide the service within 6 years  I-90 Sunset Exchange, Issaquah Highlands  Citizen Participation  GMA requires all jurisdictions engage in “ early and continuous public participation ”  Cf. Participation by invitation

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 GMA Plan Elements 1990 Mandatory Elements RCW 36.70A.070 Mandatory Elements added in 1995/2002 Optional Elements RCW 36.70A.080 Rural (counties) Parks & Rec. Economic Development Shorelines Utilities Capital Facilities Transportation Housing FLUMFLUM Land Use Solar Energy Community Comprehensive Plan Conservation Subarea Plans

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 JURISDICTIONS IN WA GMA WA Local Puget Sound Kitsap Pierce King Snohomish ebr n ighnoh oo d s State Region Counties Cities

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Countywide Planning Policies (CPP)  A framework for all local governments in a county  ex. King County GMPC (Growth Management Planning Council) adopts CPP  MPC/default.aspx MPC/default.aspx

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Countywide Planning Policies (CPP) (cont.)  UGA designation  Continuous & orderly development providing urban services  Siting major public capital facilities  Urban water and sewer systems

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Countywide Planning Policies (CPP) (cont.)  Transportation strategies & facilities  Affordable housing needs and distribution  Economic development and employment  Example: King County CPP:  PP-current.pdf PP-current.pdf

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Multicounty Planning Policies (MPPs)  Required for King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties and cities  Puget Sound Regional Council develops and adopts MPPs

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Comprehensive Plan  According to CPP, cities prepare their comprehensive plans. The urban growth areas should accommodate 20 years growth.  Local governments should update their CPs every seven years for fast-growing areas (>2%, >50,000)  Submit their CPs to WA state CTED (Community Trade, Economic Development) for review

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Comprehensive Plan (cont.)  Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan  a.k.a. Toward a Sustainable Seattle  s_comprehensive_plan/Overview/ s_comprehensive_plan/Overview/  Adopted in 1994  20-year plan  Exemplar CP

UDP 450/Oct 30, Growth Management Hearings Board Western WA GMHB Central WA GMHB Eastern WA GMHB

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Sanctions for Noncompliance  Losing $$$  Eligibility for state public works project loans  Water pollution control facility grants  Motor vehicle fuel tax  Transportation improvement & arterial accounts  Sales & use taxes  Liquor profit and excise taxes  Power to collect real estate excise taxes  Chelan County, early 1990s

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Planning and Citizen Participation  Goal-Driven Approach  Set long range (~20 years) goals covering wide range of issues  Vision-Driven Approach  Strong community leadership  Issue-Driven Approach  One issue at a time, e.g. traffic management in downtown core, homeless shelters, mixed use development, etc.

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Planning and Citizen Participation (cont.)  Blended approach  Most common method  Combining several approaches depend on tasks

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Techniques for Participation  Public Hearings  Most formal and traditional way of citizen participation  Planning departments send out “ Notice ” with issues of concern, dates and places of public hearing  Example:

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Techniques for Participation  Stakeholder group meetings  (quasi-formal) interest group meetings: neighborhood groups, homeowners ’ associations, environmental groups, business associations (Chamber of Commerce, economic development groups, etc.)  Good for issue-oriented meetings

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS: General public Interested parties Citizen Advisory Committees CITY STAFF: -Neighborhood Planning Team -Strategic Neighborhoods Team CITY OFFICIALS: -Mayor Planning Commission -City Council Neighborhood Planning Stakeholders Residents of the neighborhood representing diversity of the area, including: Age Income Heritage Geographic Place

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Techniques for Participation  Focus Group meetings  Inviting a group of people who are representative of the community  Useful for issue identification, drafting goals and objectives: e.g. deciding rail stations or highway routes

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 A neighborhood plan is created from the direct input and feedback of the residents, workforce, and interested parties within the neighborhood Communication works through a network in which information flows: -from residents & CAC to staff -from and to City Officials -through staff, between residents and City Officials Source: Kim Dietz, City of Redmond

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 GMA requires  “ broad dissemination of proposals and alternatives, opportunity for written comments, public meetings after effective notice, provision for open discussion, communication programs, information services, and consideration of and response to public comments ” (RCW 37.70A.140)

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Open Public Meetings Act  “ All meetings of the governing body of a public agency shall be open and public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of the governing body of a public agency, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. ” (RCW )

UDP 450/Oct 30, 2007 Open Public Meetings Act (cont.)  Cities and counties publish meeting dates via newspapers and newsletters  Identify timeline and process for CP and zoning amendments: enough time to gather feedback from neighbor cities/counties  Local governments should adopt creative strategies for community outreach, e.g. senior citizens, youth, minority populations