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PCDC 5/09/11 Pgs. 4
V.C. Historic Preservation
Strategies
Submitted by: Elizabeth C.
*
CiTY OF
AtIBURN Memorandum
* WASHINGTON Planning and Development Dept.
To: Councilmember Lynn Norman, Chair, Planning and Community Development
Committee
Councilmember Nancy Backus, Vice- Chair, Planning and Community Development
Committee
Councilmember John Partridge, Member, Planning and Community Development
Committee
From: Elizabeth Chamberlain, AICP, Planning Manager
CC: Kevin Snyder, AICP, Director of Planning and Development
Date: May 2, 2011
Re: Amendments to Pierce County's Countywide Planning Policies - Current Status
Backqround
When Vision 2040 was adopted by the Puget Sound Regional Council General Assembly in May
2008, there were provisions for the four counties to update their Countywide Planning Policies
(CPP) to be consistent with the Multi-County Planning Policies identified in Vision 2040. Pierce
County began that work, through the Growth Management Coordinating Committee (GMCC),
towards the end of 2009 and has continued that work through March 2011. The GMCC is a staff
level committee representing each jurisdiction in Pierce County that makes recommendations,
related to growth management, to the Pierce County Regional Council (PCRC).
The GMCC has been working on proposed changes to the CPPs to be consistent with Vision
2040 has made their recommendation to the PCRC. The PCRC has been reviewing the CPP
amendments and has made their recommendation to the Pierce County Council for ratification.
Staff presented the proposed amendments to the Committee back at their April 12, 2010 meeting
and received feedback from the Committee. Enclosed for reference is the memo staff presented
at that April 2010 meeting (Exhibit B).
Status of Proposed Countywide Planninq Policies Amendments
Attached to this memo for the Committee's reference is the final draft that the PCRC forwarded to
the Pierce County Council for approval and ratification (Exhibit A). Since it has been about a year
since staff presented the amendments to the Committee and there have been modifications to
the proposed amendments, staff wanted to bring back the proposed amendments for review prior
to the Committee seeing the amendment package for ratification in July/August 2011.
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Staff has outlined all of the proposed amendments and shown in color are the modifications from
when these amendments were originally presented to the Committee about a year ago.
1. Addition of three new chapters
• Community and Urban Design
• Health and Wellbeing
• Rural Areas
2. Introduction
• Proposed changes to address changes made to state law regarding the Growth
Management Act
• Identify that plans be consistent with the Multi-County Planning Policies
• Addition of language to include transportation strategies to address concurrency
such as public transportation
• Addition of section stating purpose of Countywide Planning Policies and deletion
of how CPPs first established
• Addition of section identifying Vision 2040 and the Multi-County Planning Policies
3. Affordable Housing
• Addition of Vision 2040 MPP statement (page 14)
• Policy that jurisdictions with designated regional growth center should consider
affordable housing allocations as part of population allocations for those centers
(Page 15)
Comment: Auburn's regional growth center is within King County so this does not
apply.
• Policy that jurisdictions should review and streamline development standards
(Page 17)
4. Agricultural Lands
• Addition of Vision 2040 MPP statement (Page 19)
• Addition of criteria for determining long-term significance for agriculture (Pages
20-21)
5. Economic Development and Employment
• Addition of Vision 2040 MPP statement (Page 25)
• Amendments to support job creation and businesses
• Amendments to include jobs/housing balance
• New policies added that are from Vision 2040 (Pages 26-29)
6. Education
• Addition of Vision 2040 MPP statement (Page 30)
• New policy added that is from Vision 2040 (Page 30-31)
7. Fiscallmpact
• Minor non-substantive changes (Page 33)
8. Historic, Archaeological, and Cultural Preservation
• Addition of Vision 2040 MPP statement (Page 34)
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• New policy added that is from Vision 2040 (Page 36)
9. Natural Resources, Open Space, Protection of Environmentally Sensitive Lands, and
the Environment
• Addition of Vision 2040 MPP statement (Page 37-38)
• New policies added that are from Vision 2040 (Pages 39-42 and 44-48)
• Addition of language supporting transfer/purchase of development rights and
cluster design
• Addition of policies related to climate change (Pages 48-50)
10. Siting of Essen:lal Public Capital Facilities of a Countywide or Statewide Significance
• Title proposed to read "Siting of Essential Public Capital Facilities of a
Countywide or Statewide Significance"
• Addition of specific facility requirements from the MPPs (Page 52)
• New policies added that are from Vision 2040 (Pages 52-54)
11. Transportation Facilities and Strategies
• Addition of Commute Trip Reduction statement (Page 55)
• Addition of Vision 2040 MPP statement (Page 55-56)
• New policies to promote sustainable transportafion system and improve safety
(Page 56)
• Addition of non-motorized facilities as a transportation service that is Countywide
(Page 56)
• Expand what considered multi-modal (Page 56)
• Addition of a transit level of service policy (Page 57)
• New policies added that are from Vision 2040 (Page 58-62)
12. Urban GroveLh P,reas, Promoticn of Cort:guous anc1 Orderiy Developmer~t, a~~d
Provision of Urban Services i:o Siicii Develorm,ert
• Adding of language that it is not appropriate that urban services be extended or
expanded in rural areas (Page 63)
• Addition of Vision 2040 MPP statement (Page 64-65)
• Addii~.on on Grow!'~ Targets cliscussirg that c"ocation ol gro~vtr based or -,oiicy
direction set by t.e l?egional Growth Strategy :^'✓ision 2040 (Page 66)
• Amending language on centers to be consistent with Vision 2040 terminology
(Pages 67-68 and 84-94)
• Addition of two designated Manufacturing/Industrial Centers (Page 68)
• Deletion of criteria when the County first designated UGAs as process not
applicable any longer (Pages 70-71)
• New policies added that are from Vision 2040 (Page 72-74)
13. Buildable Lands
• Addition of new policy to provide clarification on who responsible for Buildable
Lands, identify the first report, what is the Buildable Lands Program, and
jurisdiction responsibility (Pages 95-97)
• New policy stating that an ad-hoc be convened every five years to review the
capacity analysis for residential and employment (Page 98)
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14. Amendments and Transitions
• New pn( cy establishing a timefrai-ne ror ratifying amenefinents to the Countywide
Planning Policies (Page 99)
• New policy regarding Urban Growth Area expansions (Page 100)
• New policy regarding the adoption of housing and employment targets (Page 102)
• There will be further work by the Growth Management Coordinating Committee
(staff level committee) related to Urban Growth Area expansions. The GMCC
reqtiested that this item be added to the work plan for 2011.
15. Community and Urban Design (new chapter)
• New chapter to the CPPs (Pages 103-104)
• Policies primarily from Vision 2040
16. Health and Wellbeing (new chapter)
• New chapter to the CPPs (Pages 105-107)
• Policies primarily from Vision 2040
17. Rural Areas (new chapter)
• New chapter to the CPPs (Pages 108-110)
• Policies primarily from Vision 2040 with some modification by the GMCC
Next Steps
At the May 9, 2011 Planning and Community Development Committee meeting, staff will review
the proposed amendments to the Pierce County Countywide Planning Policies with the
Committee. The Pierce County Regional Council (Councilmember Wagner represents Auburn)
moved forward to the Pierce County Council for approval and ratification the proposed
amendments. Once the Pierce County Council takes action then the amendments are sent to
each jurisdiction for ratification. In order for the amendments to pass, 60% of the affected
governments representing 75% of the total Pierce County population must ratify the
amendments.
Exhibits:
Exhibit A- Amendments to the Pierce County Countywide Planning Policies
Exhibit B- Memo to Planning and Community Development Committee April 12, 2010 meeting
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