Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Ordinance 24-031, relating to Mandatory Updates of the Snohomish County Growth Management Act Comprehensive Plan, pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130; adopting Future Land Use Map Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan
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DEPARTMENT: Planning and Development Services
ORIGINATOR: Frank Slusser
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved by Ken Klein 3/27/24
PURPOSE: To adopt amendments to the Future Land Use (FLU) Map of the Growth Management Act (GMA) Comprehensive Plan within the UGA necessary to accommodate the projected population, employment, and housing growth over the next twenty years to 2044, adopt a technical correction of the northern boundary of the Arlington UGA, and to remove FLU designations for parcels no longer under County jurisdiction.
BACKGROUND: The County is required to conduct a periodic review of its GMA Comprehensive Plan pursuant to Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 36.70A.130(3) which directs counties planning under the GMA to take legislative action to review and, if needed, revise their comprehensive plans and development regulations to ensure population, employment, and housing growth for the succeeding 20-year period can be accommodated. An interdepartmental team reviewed the existing Comprehensive Plan that last went through a periodic review in 2015, and engaged the public to revise the maps of the Comprehensive Plan to plan for the forecasted growth. The Planning Commission was briefed on the proposed FLU Map amendments on September 12, 2023. The Planning Commission held a hearing on October 24, 2023, and then deliberated on November 14 and 15, 2023. The Planning Commission made recommendations as detailed in their recommendation letter dated January 16, 2024, and the County Executive made additional recommendations as outlined in the March 26, 2024, memorandum that are reflected in the FLU Map amendments.
This ECAF is expedited. Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130(5), adoption of the Snohom...
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