HomeMy WebLinkAboutBERK Presentation PC Meeting May 7 - DRAFT 2025_0502Public Draft
Comprehensive Plan
Planning Commission | May 7, 2025
BERK: Jessie Hartmann & Michelle Ellsworth
Cascadia: Mary Ann Rozance
Transpo: Paul Sharman
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Agenda
Objective
Share updates on the 2025-2045 Public Draft Comprehensive Plan.
Agenda
▪Timeline
▪GMA & the Comprehensive Plan
▪Growth Targets
▪Who & What Informed the Proposed Updates?
▪Draft Plan Organization
▪Overview of Proposed Changes
▪Next Steps
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Project Timeline
Spring 2025
Public Review Draft
▪April 30th—published first full
public draft.
▪May 7th Planning Commission—
overview of proposed
changes.
▪May 21st Planning Commission—
gather comments and answer
questions from Planning
Commission, County Staff will
walk through each element.
▪First set of comments from
Planning Commission and the
public due end of May.
Summer 2025
Public Hearing Draft
▪Staff & consultant team will
incorporate comments &
revisions.
▪June 25th (tentative)—publish
revised Public Hearing Draft
Plan + SEPA (initiate formal
SEPA comment period).
▪July 16th (tentative)—hold
formal Planning Commission
Public Hearing (during SEPA
comment period).
Summer/Fall 2025
Adoption Process
▪Staff & consultant team will
incorporate comments &
revisions.
▪BOCC review.
▪Adopt by year end (aiming for
late summer or early fall).
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GMA & the Comprehensive Plan
Overview of New Requirements—BIG CHANGES
▪HB 1220: Requires jurisdictions to plan for and accommodate housing
affordable to all economic segments of the population and to identify
and address racially disparate impacts.
▪HB 1110: Requires many cities in the state to increase middle housing.*
▪HB 1337: Expand housing options by easing barriers for ADUs.
▪HB 1181: Address climate hazards that Jefferson County currently
experiences and that are expected to worsen in the future.
*County is not required to comply with HB 1110 but has chosen to increase middle
housing opportunities in the Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA to improve housing
opportunities and affordability in the UGA and meet other local priorities.
What is the GMA?
State law that outlines
framework for land use
planning and strategies for
managing growth and
directing development in
counties and cities.
Mandates the creation of a
Comprehensive Plan with a 20-
tear horizon (2025-2045).
Certain elements are required
(e.g., Land Use, Housing,
Transportation, Utilities, Capital
Facilities, etc.), others are
optional.
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Growth Targets
▪Adopted population growth target of 5,900 people by 2045 (Res. #68-1118-24R).
▪40% to Port Townsend (+2,360 people)
▪40% to unincorporated urban areas (+2,360 people)
▪20% to rural unincorporated areas (+1,180 people)
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Growth Targets
▪Adopted population growth target of 5,900 people by 2045 (Res. #68-1118-24R).
▪Directive to use HAPT Method C for housing growth targets by income level.
AMI = Area Median Income
PSH = Permanent Supportive
Housing
UGA = Urban Growth Area
MPR = Master Planned Resort
RVC = Rural Village Center
Emergency housing includes
emergency housing and
shelter and is in addition to
permanent housing needs.
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Growth Targets
▪Adopted population growth target of 5,900 people by 2045 (Res. #68-1118-24R).
▪Directive to use HAPT Method C for housing growth targets by income level.
▪Estimated employment growth of 3,689 new jobs by 2045.
▪~10,300 jobs countywide as of 2023
▪Total employment estimated to rise to ~14,000 jobs by 2045
▪+1,461 jobs in Port Townsend (2023 = 5,045, 2045 = 6,506)
▪+1,783 jobs in unincorporated urban areas (2023 = 1,526, 2045 = 3,309)
▪+446 jobs in rural unincorporated areas (2023 = 3,742, 2045 = 4,188)
▪Growth based on:
▪Expected housing growth
▪Existing jobs to housing ratios
▪Estimated 2023 total employment by planning area
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Who & What Informed the Proposed Updates?
▪Policy changes at the State level & adopted growth targets
▪CPPs and the Growth Management Steering Committee
▪Working with County Staff across different departments
▪Local engagement
▪Input from community groups like Engage Jefferson County (e.g., EJC’s Equity Analysis)
▪Climate Action Committee (Climate Element and broader comments)
▪Other engagement efforts (e.g., UGA/middle housing workshops in 2024, early 2025 open houses)
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Draft Plan Organization
Plan Foundation
1 Land Use Element
2 Natural Resources Element
3 Housing Element
4 Open Space, Parks & Recreation, Historical
& Cultural Preservation Element
5 Environment Element
6 Transportation Element
7 Economic Development Element
8 Capital Facilities & Utilities Element
9 Climate Element *NEW*
Appendix A
Community Engagement
Summary
Appendix B
Resolution #68-1118-24R,
Population Forecast &
Allocations
Appendix C
Transportation Technical
Document
Appendix D
Capital Facilities Plan
Technical Document
Appendix E
Land Capacity & Housing
Technical Appendix
Appendix F
Climate Engagement Plan &
Vulnerability Assessment
Overview of Changes to the Elements
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Plan Foundation
Purpose
▪Includes vision statement and defines planning area.
▪Describes purpose of the plan (e.g., planning context).
▪Summarizes public engagement.
▪Describes planning process and explains how to use the plan.
What’s New?
▪Updates related to expansion of the Port Townsend UGA and
new wastewater treatment plant.
▪Explains new State requirements.
▪Accommodating county’s fair share of affordable housing.
▪Adequate provisions to address racially disparate impacts in housing.
▪New Climate Element.
▪Limited updates to vision and framework goals.
▪Framework Goal IX: Provide opportunities for meaningful and equitable
public involvement. Engage diverse stakeholders, historically marginalized
communities, and vulnerable populations in the decision-making process.
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1 Land Use Element
Purpose
Land use planning is crucial for future growth, community health, and environmental sustainability by managing
resources responsibly and supporting transportation, industry, and social cohesion. The element addresses rural
lands and rural character, rural villages, and communities, and incorporated and unincorporated UGAs.
What’s New?
▪Incorporates 2045 growth projections.
▪Expands discussion of environmental justice (air quality and
health disparities, land use and noise, land use and urban heat)
and incorporates more recent CHA work.
▪Small revisions to Future Land Use/Zoning Map in the UGA.
▪Updates UGA densities (also in proposed code revisions).
▪ULDR: from 4-6 to 4-8 du/acre
▪UMDR: from 7-12 to 8-18 du/acre
▪UHDR: from 13-18 to 18-24 du/acre
▪Adds policies related to climate change and equity.
▪Simplifies and clarifies policies and reorganizes some under
existing goals—limited revisions to goals.
Organization
▪Framework: Presents countywide land
use plan concepts, population trends,
current land use categories and use.
▪Rural: Addresses rural character, rural
residential densities, and areas like
LAMIRDs and MPRs.
▪Resource: Summarizes conservation of
natural resource lands and conservation
of forested lands in rural areas.
▪Urban: Addresses UGAs (primarily
Irondale and Port Hadlock UGA), current
and planned commercial uses, and
necessary urban services.
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1 Land Use Element: Future Land Use & Zoning Map
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1 Land Use Element: Future Land Use & Zoning Map
Limited rezones from UMDR to
UHDR near the commercial core
and near existing and planned
services (consistent with CPPs).
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1 Land Use Element: Key Goal & Policy Updates
Framework
▪Updated Goal LU-G-1: “Ensure Jefferson County grows in a responsible way that maintains or improves the
quality of life for all residents, workers, and visitors and upholds the community’s vision.”
▪Simplified to more explicitly state the desired end result of a community-based Comprehensive Plan consistent with GMA and the CPPs.
▪Made updates in associated policies to address HB 1220 and to consider the impact of vulnerable communities in decision making, land use
policies, and facility siting.
▪Policies LU-P-1.13 – 1.17: Added policies regarding impact of land use decisions on historically marginalized or disproportionately impacted
communities, policy to prioritize the involvement of tribal governments, and expanded policy support for farmer’s markets and stands.
▪Updated policies under Goal LU-G-4: Adds language to encourage affordable housing for a variety of needs.
▪New Policy LU-P-4.5: “Implement appropriate zoning regulations and develop infrastructure to create opportunities for housing in Jefferson
County consistent with adopted growth targets.”
▪Updated Policy LU-P-5.2: Simplified policy regarding siting of essential public facilities and added
consideration of climate-related hazards.
▪New Policy LU-P-6.5: Adds support for active transportation options.
▪Updated policies under Goal LU-G-7: Adds language to promote climate resiliency. Removed redundant
policies that exist in other chapters.
▪Updated policies under Goal LU-G-9: Adds policies on floodplain management and climate.
▪New and Updated policies under Goal LU-G-10 and Goal LU-G-11: Adds policies regarding impact to water
supply and groundwater based on changing climate conditions.
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1 Land Use Element: Key Goal & Policy Updates
Rural
▪Adjusts language in goals and policies to support housing variety, choice, and affordability in rural residential
areas.
▪New Policy LU-P-18.3: “Preserve open space corridors to provide for the aesthetic needs of the community, to
protect critical areas including flood prone lands, and to conserve fish and wildlife habitat. Prioritize preserving
open space corridors in areas with vulnerable populations.”
▪New Policy LU-P-21.6: “Explore opportunities for new appropriately sized Rural Village Centers.”
▪New Policy LU-P-25.2: “Encourage local businesses that sustainably harvest wild foods in the county’s forests
and marine waters.”
Urban
▪Adds language to clarify where growth should be located first in response to CPPs (1st in urban areas with
services, 2nd in urban areas with planned services, and 3rd in remaining UGA).
▪Incorporates Phase 1 sewer service area and adds discussion of phased development in the UGA.
▪Updates Irondale & Port Hadlock land capacity analysis—up to 3,152 housing units and 4,507 people
with proposed zoning revisions, above the targets for 2,471 housing units and 2,360 people.
▪Reorganizes several policies under the existing goals, adds multimodal language and language
in support of healthy communities and equitable access to opportunity.
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2 Natural Resources Element
Purpose
Conserve agricultural and forest working lands, shoreline and mountain
vistas, and natural ecosystems in the county.
What’s New?
▪Updates context (e.g., soil classifications, mineral lands, etc.).
▪Updated Policy NR-P-1.2: Added tribal coordination where tribal interest
intersect.
▪New Policy NR-P-1.6: “Encourage non-agricultural uses to be located on
lands with poor soils or otherwise not suitable for agricultural purposes.”
▪Updated Policy NR-P-3.8 and policies under Goal NR-G-9: New
language around climate resiliency and promoting opportunities for
underserved communities and vulnerable populations.
▪Updated Policies NR-P-6.3 and NR-P-8.3 : Added in climate change
impacts and resiliency as it relates to water conservation and water
resource quality and quantity.
▪New Policies NR-P-8.11 – 8.13: New policies to strengthen local food
systems and expand opportunities with working farms and local farmers.
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3 Housing
Purpose
Ensure the vitality of residential neighborhoods and ensure a variety
of housing is available to meet the needs of all economic segments of
the community now and in the future.
What’s New?
▪Updates to address new State requirements and housing growth
targets by income band.
▪Updates context and future needs discussion (more details in the
new Land Capacity & Housing Technical Appendix).
▪Updated inventory (e.g., household cost burden for renters and owners).
▪Evaluation of land capacity to meet housing needs at all income levels.
▪Summary of displacement risk and anti-displacement measures.
▪Analysis of racially disparate impacts and measures to undo impacts.
▪Identifies adequate provisions for identified needs and removal of identified barriers.
▪Updates discussion of affordability (e.g., household cost burden for
renters and owners) and attainability.
▪Key challenges and opportunities: housing affordability and
housing needs for people of different ages and abilities.
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3 Housing: Our Housing Plan
Housing Affordability
▪1 in 4 households in unincorporated county are cost-burdened.
▪Affordability needs disproportionate across tenure, income groups, and
racial and ethnic groups.
▪Existing inventory consists primarily of larger detached homes, smaller
units and rental housing are limited to certain neighborhoods.
▪Market often does not produce affordable housing for the lowest income
households, even if a diverse range of housing types are built. Special
housing is also needed to support those experiencing homelessness.
White alone, not Hispanic
BIPOC
Hispanic or Latino, any race
What are Some Solutions?
▪Protect existing affordability (e.g., retain county’s manufactured housing and older housing stock).
▪Create additional permanently affordable housing opportunities:
▪Promote housing variety and greater density in land use/zoning regs (particularly in UGA).
▪Remove barriers to producing more affordable housing types (e.g., middle housing, ADUs).
▪Secure funding for supporting capital facilities and services.
▪Work with partners to fill existing gaps in the availability of income-restricted, subsidized, emergency,
and permanent supportive housing.
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3 Housing: Our Housing Plan
Housing Needs of People of Different Ages & Abilities
▪Meeting the housing needs of an aging population will be an
increasingly important issue in the next 20 years.
▪Overall number of adults over 65 is expected to increase countywide from
an estimated 13,881 in 2022 to 15,589 in 2045.
▪Demand for accessible supportive housing and services will likely increase.
▪Approximately 19% of unincorporated residents live with one or
more disabilities.
What are Some Solutions?
▪Promote housing variety and greater density in land use/zoning
regs near existing healthcare and other supportive services
(particularly in the UGA).
Percent of Population Age 65+ by Block Group (2022)
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3 Housing: Key Goal & Policy Updates
▪New Policy HS-P-1.10: “Support alternative homeownership models that lower barriers to
ownership and provide long-term affordability, such as community land trusts, limited or
shared equity co-ops, and integrated multi-generational communities.” See also Policies HS-P-1.11 – 1.16.
▪New Policy HS-P-2.4: “Prioritize moderate and higher density residential development in the
UGA and in limited rural areas with access to available or planned services.”
▪New Policy HS-P-2.15: “Encourage programs to help homeowners—particularly extremely
low-, very-low, and low-income households—access financing, technical support, or other
tools needed to participate in and benefit from infill development opportunities.”
▪Incorporate climate resiliency measures to preserve naturally occurring affordable housing
(e.g., updated Policy HS-P-3.1 and new Policy HS-P-3.6)
▪New Policy HS-P-3.4: “Identify, preserve, and rehabilitate historically significant or naturally
occurring affordable housing. Provide technical support for owners of such dwelling units in
applying for appropriate assistance programs.”
▪Expanded Goal HS-G-4 and policies: include seniors, vulnerable populations, historically
marginalized groups, and people with disabilities.
▪New policies related to a coordinated regional approach to homelessness and partnerships that encourage the
development of emergency housing and permanent supportive housing.
▪New Policies HS-P-4.6 – 4.11: Promote affordable housing types for seniors; support assisted housing and housing-
related human services; regulate group homes and other facilities; enhance rental protections for tenants; and
coordinate with emergency housing providers to expand accessibility especially during extreme weather events.
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4 Open Space, Parks & Rec., Historical
& Cultural Preservation Element
Purpose
Classify, protect, and enhance park and open space lands; encourage the
preservation of historical and pre-European sites, structures, and artifacts.
What’s New?
▪Updated Goal OS-G-2 and policies: Added stronger language around improved
accessibility and safety on multipurpose park trails and corridors.
▪New Policies OS-P-2.5 – 2.7: Incorporate minimizing environmental impact and
factoring in climate resilience in park system development and maintenance.
Includes minimized impacts on wildlife and cultural resources.
▪New Policies OS-P-3.3 & 3.4: Focused on encouraging integration of stormwater
facilities with parks and expanding forest canopy to support climate resilience.
▪Seven New Policies OS-P-4.10 – 4.16: Support equity and inclusion in parks and
recreation, including equitable recreational programming, engagement of diverse
populations, partnerships with volunteer groups and educational institutions, and
consulting and honoring tribal significance.
▪Expanded Goal OS-G-5 and policies: Added language around recognition and
preservation of cultural resources. Includes:
▪Support of significant spaces for tribal heritage and BIPOC communities.
▪Involving local tribes early in planning processes.
▪Identifying opportunities for cultural placemaking.
▪Encouraging grants for preservation initiatives by historically marginalized groups.
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5 Environment Element
Purpose
Conserve and protect important environmental resources, including
open spaces, shorelines, forests, clean air and clean water, and wildlife
and wildlife habitat.
What’s New?
▪Updates context to recognize knowledge and experience of the
indigenous population and emphasize climate adaptation strategies
and GHG impacts.
▪Note: Some information was moved to the Climate Element.
▪Updated Policy EN-P-1.1 and New Policy EN-P-4.3: Focus on water and
shoreline climate resilience, including climate change impacts of on
water supply and identifying funding for shoreline protection and
restoration.
▪Updated Goal EN-G-6 and policies to increase the use of climate
science and recognize its effects on the environment.
▪New Goal EN-G-7 and policies to add further protection of critical
areas through increased resources, interjurisdictional coordination, and
public outreach and education.
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6 Transportation
Purpose
Analyze current conditions and plan for future use of motorized
and non-motorized transportation in coordination with partners.
What’s New?
▪Updates conditions and trends, including the transportation
plan, roadway LOS, and non-motorized trails and standards.
▪Incorporates current TIP.
▪Multimodal LOS: Added LOS for active transportation (e.g.,
walking and bicycling) and transit.
▪Removes policies that are duplicative of other elements to
streamline the element.
▪New Policy TR-P-1.9: “Provide Active Transportation facilities
along designated routes that rate “acceptable” or “good”
according to the active transportation level of service
definitions set out in the transportation element.”
▪New Policy TR-P-1.10: “Provide a level of access to JTA transit
stop locations that rates “acceptable” or “good” according to
the transit level of service definitions set out in the
transportation element.”
▪New Policy TR-P-3.9: “Provide adequate and appropriate
signage to promote safe and effective multimodal
transportation on local and state bicycle routes.”
▪New Policy TR-P-6.4: “Prepare an ADA Transition Plan in
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.”
▪New Policy TR-P-7.3: “Racial and social equity, as well as
environmental justice, will be included as key criteria in
planning, funding and construction transportation system
improvements, programs and services.”
▪Updated Policy TR-P-9.8: Encourage use of electric bicycles
to reduce fossil fuels and improve public health.
▪Updated Policy TR-P-10.1: Prioritize maintenance and
expansion of roadways within UGA, then corridors that
connect the UGAs to regional centers.
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7 Economic Development Element
▪Updates conditions and trends:
▪Impacts from COVID
▪Major employers and shifts in employment share by sector over time
▪Labor force, wages, and retail sales
▪Details on the core sectors of the economy (industrial, agricultural,
service, and tourism)
▪Revises challenges and opportunities based on community
profile and the 2021 Economic Existing Conditions Report.
▪Adds info on Emerald Coast Opportunity Zone.
▪Updates employment growth estimates by planning area.
▪Updates discussion of infrastructure that supports economic
development, including the wastewater treatment plant.
▪New Policies ED-P-2.2 – 2.4: Focus on partnerships to improve
job creation and business growth, coordinate strategies to
minimize business displacement, and coordinate with
culturally diverse businesses experiencing challenges.
▪New Policy ED-P-3.4: “Provide funding mechanisms to
support the purchase of local, healthy food for lower income
households.”
▪New Policy ED-P-3.7: “Encourage expansion of existing
employers and attraction of new employers that pay wages
that can support households of all sizes.”
▪New Policies ED-P-4.6 & 4.7: Develop programs and
coordinate with agencies to support minority-owned
businesses, worker cooperatives, and alternative business
ownership models.
▪New Policies ED-P-6.4 – 6.7: Expand local food economy and
increase access to climate-friendly foods; promote green jobs;
develop innovative sustainable employment opportunities;
and promote connections between recreational and cultural
activities and businesses.
Purpose
Establish goals, policies, objectives, and provisions for economic growth,
vitality, and a high quality of life.
What’s New?
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8 Capital Facilities & Utilities Element
Purpose
Provides information (e.g., location, capacity, and proposals) for capital facilities,
essential public facilities, and utilities to help ensure services are infrastructure are
available to advance the quality of life of residents.
What’s New?
▪Updates inventory and recent changes (e.g., JPUD’s broadband expansion)
▪Updated Policy CF-P-1.1: Minor LOS revisions to ensure adequate service through 2045.
▪Removed recycling LOS (transition to private sector in 2026).
▪New active transportation LOS and revised transit LOS per Transportation Element.
▪New Policies CF-P-1.4 & 1.5: Align with department functional plans to guide capital
projects and clarify actions if projected funding falls short of capital facility needs.
▪Expanded Policies under Goal CF-G-4:
▪Consider impacts of capital facility decisions/investment on vulnerable populations and communities
and integrate analysis of how decisions impact geographic areas and racial and socioeconomic groups.
▪Recognize impact of capital facilities on the environment and promote resilient design.
▪Consider impact fee exemptions in special cases.
▪Incorporate considerations of public health and well-being.
Continued on the next slide…
Category 2018 LOS Proposed LOS
Community
Centers
1,005 ft2 per
1,000 pop.
975 ft2 per
1,000 pop.
Parks &
Recreation
Revise to match 2022 PROS
Plan
Example – Minor LOS Revisions
LOS = level of service
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8 Capital Facilities & Utilities Element
What’s New (continued)?
▪Updated Goal CF-G-7 & policies on solid waste: Maintain the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund,
streamline policies, highlight recommendations from the SWMP, incorporate consideration
for health and environmental impacts in facility design and location.
▪New Policy CF-P-7.10: “Promote conservation education, recycling, and composting to reduce
the need for additional facilities in the future, reduce emissions, and prevent pollution while
maintaining a cost-effective, responsive, and environmentally sensitive collection system.”
▪New Policy CF-P-8.4: “Encourage collecting rainwater for onsite, non-potable uses at County
properties.”
▪New Policy CF-P-12.6: “Encourage equitable provision of utility infrastructure. Prioritize
underserved areas and historically marginalized populations to avoid amassing insufficient
infrastructure in vulnerable communities.”
▪New Policy CF-P-13.8: “Coordinate with utility provider(s) on the location of major new
facilities at the earliest possible stage in planning to reduce impacts to vulnerable
communities, surrounding uses, and the natural environment.”
▪New Policies CF-P-15.3 & 15.4: Incorporate new energy technological changes when cost
effective and promote energy conservation methods.
▪New Policy CF-P-16.3: “Support telecommunication improvements for economic
development purposes.”
▪New Policies CF-P-17.4 & 17.5: Increase resiliency of energy utilities and add EV charging
network and grid capacity.
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9 Climate Element *NEW*
Purpose
Enhance the County’s resilience to climate change and climate impacts.
What’s Included?
▪Discussion of climate impacts in Jefferson County and climate
vulnerability as it relates to public health, economy and resource lands,
built infrastructure, water systems, agriculture and food systems, and
the natural environment and ecosystems.
▪Goals and policies organized around key sectors:
▪Zoning & Development
▪Water Resources
▪Ecosystems
▪Cultural Resources & Practices
▪Agriculture & Food Systems
▪Building & Energy
▪Emergency Management
▪Transportation
▪Communication & Collaborations
▪Element developed in coordination with the Climate Action Committee.
▪Required by HB 1181.
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9 Climate Element *NEW*
Sample Goals (All New)
▪Goal CE-G-2: “Establish land use patterns and development practices that
increase the resilience of the built environment, ecosystems and natural
ecosystem processes, and communities to climate change.”
▪Goal CE-G-3: “Manage water resources and systems that seek to protect and
preserve water quality and quantity from drought, extreme heat, and other
hazards exacerbated by climate change.”
▪Goal CE-G-8: “Encourage forest canopy cover in urban and rural areas with
native tree species to reduce wildfire risk, sequester carbon, improve air quality,
and reduce surface temperatures for humans and wildlife.”
▪Goal CE-G-10: “Support sustainable local and regional food system practices,
infrastructure, and policy that improve Jefferson County’s resilience to climate
change impacts.”
▪Goal CE-G-12: “Promote equitable, affordable, and sustainable housing options
that enhance community resilience to climate change.”
▪Goal CE-G-16: “Ensure that the local transportation system—including
infrastructure, evacuation routes, and travel modes—can withstand and recover
quickly from the impacts or hazards exacerbated by climate change, with
special attention to the needs of overburdened and vulnerable populations,
including isolated communities.”
▪Goal CE-G-18: “Expand county and community partnerships to integrate equity
and vulnerability to frontline communities in prioritizing resilience strategies.”
Element incorporates numerous
references to related policies in
other elements.
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Other Changes
▪New Land Capacity & Housing Technical Appendix:
▪Current community profile (demographics, housing, workforce) and production trends and affordability.
▪Displacement risk and racially disparate impacts analysis consistent with requirement of HB 1220 and
Commerce guidance.
▪Reviews current and future housing and employment needs, compares adopted targets with capacity under
current zoning.
▪Reviews existing barriers to housing at the affordability levels based on prior housing development trends
and the Commerce barrier checklist.
▪Identifies recommendations the County can take to remove barriers to both affordable and market rate
housing production, with a focus on increased opportunities for density and housing variety in the UGA to
encourage available and affordable housing at all income levels.
▪Updated Transportation Technical Appendix
▪Updated Capital Facilities Technical Appendix
▪Proposed code revisions consistent with updated Comprehensive Plan (e.g., revised density
standards in the UGA, ADUs, middle housing)
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Next Steps
Spring 2025
Public Review Draft
▪April 30th—published first full
public draft.
▪May 7th Planning Commission—
overview of proposed
changes.
▪May 21st Planning Commission—
gather comments and answer
questions from Planning
Commission, County Staff will
walk through each element.
▪First set of comments from
Planning Commission and the
public due end of May.
Summer 2025
Public Hearing Draft
▪Staff & consultant team will
incorporate comments &
revisions.
▪June 25th (tentative)—publish
revised Public Hearing Draft
Plan + SEPA (initiate formal
SEPA comment period).
▪July 16th (tentative)—hold
formal Planning Commission
Public Hearing (during SEPA
comment period).
Summer/Fall 2025
Adoption Process
▪Staff & consultant team will
incorporate comments &
revisions.
▪BOCC review.
▪Adopt by year end (aiming for
late summer or early fall).
Thank you