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To: Board of County Commissioners
From: David Greetham, Planning Manager
Joel Peterson, Associate Planner
Date: December 13, 2016
RE: Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update briefing materials
Below please find the following materials for the December 19, 2016 Comprehensive Plan Periodic
Update briefing:
1. Periodic update project requirements (RCW 36.70A.070)
2. Project status and current work tasks
3. Guiding principles for periodic update
Periodic Update Project Requirements (RCW 36.70A.070)
The Comprehensive Plan shall consist of a map or maps, and descriptive text covering
objectives, principles, and standards used to develop the comprehensive plan.
The Plan shall be an internally consistent document and all elements shall be consistent with
the future land use map.
The Plan shall be adopted and amended with public participation as provided in RCW
36.70A.140.
The Plan shall be consistent with the Countywide Planning Policies.
The Plan shall include a plan, scheme, or design for each of the following required GMA
elements:
(1) A land use element meeting all GMA requirements.
(2) A housing element meeting all GMA requirements.
(3) A capital facilities plan element meeting all GMA requirements.
(4) A utilities element meeting all GMA requirements.
(5) Rural element meeting all GMA requirements.
(6) A transportation element meeting all GMA requirements, and that implements, and is consistent
with, the land use element.
(7) An economic development element establishing local goals, policies, objectives, and provisions for
economic growth and vitality and a high quality of life.
(8) A park and recreation element that implements, and is consistent with, the capital facilities plan
element as it relates to park and recreation facilities.
County note: The project shall consider current issues and revise, delete, supplement or add Goals and
Policies.
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Project status and current work tasks
Project Status
The Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update project is approximately 18 months from completion.
DCD will be finalizing the scope of Comprehensive Plan work so we can move from existing
condition review to draft line-in/line-out work. This will also enable DCD to begin to plan SEPA
analysis of proposed changes.
Updates to the Unified Development Code have been initiated and will be a companion
deliverable with the Comprehensive Plan to the Department of Commerce.
Current Work Tasks
“Total Fitness Review” of Comprehensive Plan Goals and Policies
Verification of Plan changes since 2004 in Plan text and official maps. Developing update
procedure for page-in/page-out updates for keeping plan current.
Work is beginning on methods to compile distributed editing efforts into a master document and
to track all changes made to CP during periodic update. Consideration is being made of
document format and editorial guidelines.
Additional review is being done to identify special groups and/or management plans that may be
in the process of being updated, and which may provide updated information for the
Comprehensive Plan and be adopted by reference.
DCD is outlining the periodic update program for the Irondale/Port Hadlock Urban Growth Area,
which is a part of the Comprehensive Plan periodic review requirements.
Guiding Principles for Periodic Update
DCD proposes the following set of Guiding Principles in order to create a usable, implementable, and
results oriented Plan. They are as follows:
Project Deliverables will be transmitted to Commerce on or before the deadline of June 30,
2018.
All mandatory elements, requisite reviews and updates required by the Growth Management Act
(GMA) will be incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan and UDC.
The Comprehensive Plan update will be coordinated with adjacent jurisdictions.
The Comprehensive Plan will be internally consistent, and consistency will be maintained
between the Comprehensive Plan and the Unified Development Code.
The Comprehensive Plan update will use a robust and meaningful public outreach effort.
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