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POLICY CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS <br /> Countywide Plannin4 Policies <br /> The Growth Management Act fundamentally changed the way that comprehensive <br /> planning was done and land use decisions were made in Washington State. The <br /> challenge of the Growth Management Act was to establish a Countywide vision and <br /> devise a strategy to achieve it. This included balancing growth, economics, land use, <br /> infrastructure, and finance. <br /> The Growth Management Act gave local officials new tools for planning and, for the first <br /> time, mandated that the County and cities work together to establish an overall vision. <br /> Through a collaborative process, the local jurisdictions of King County prepared the <br /> Countywide Planning Policies. The Policies serve as the framework for each <br /> jurisdiction's own comprehensive plan, which must be consistent with Countywide <br /> Planning Policies. These individual comprehensive plans throughout the County, <br /> then, will be consistent with the overall vision for the future of King County. <br /> When a Countywide Policy states that a jurisdiction "shall" or "will" do something, such <br /> a policy requires the jurisdiction's Comprehensive Plan to contain a policy that is <br /> written to accomplish the purpose of the Countywide Policy. When a Countywide Policy <br /> states that a jurisdiction "should" do something, such a policy requires the <br /> jurisdiction's Comprehensive Plan to contain a policy that is written to accomplish the <br /> purpose of the Countywide Policy unless the jurisdiction identifies reasons why it has <br /> not done so. When a Countywide Policy states that a jurisdiction "may" do something, <br /> such a policy suggests the jurisdiction's Comprehensive Plan contain a policy written to <br /> accomplish the purpose of the Countywide Policy if it is in their interest. <br /> Framework policies establish the overall direction for the policies while land use <br /> policies provide more detail. Following is a review of Countywide Planning Policies, <br /> both framework and land use, relevant to Tukwila's MIC. Each policy is followed by a <br /> staff evaluation <br /> FW -12(a) All jurisdictions within King County share the responsibility to accommodate <br /> the 20 -year population projection and employment forecast. Anticipated growth shall <br /> be allocated pursuant to the following objectives: <br /> a. To plan for a pattern of growth that is guided by the Regional Growth Strategy <br /> contained in Vision 2040, the growth management, transportation, and economic <br /> development plan for the 4- county central Puget Sound region; <br /> b. To ensure efficient use of land within the UGA by directing growth to Urban <br /> Centers and Activity Centers; <br /> c. To limit development in the Rural Areas; <br /> d. To protect designated resource lands; <br /> e. To ensure efficient use of infrastructure; <br /> f. To improve the jobs /housing balance within the county; <br /> g. To promote a land use pattern that can be served by public transportation and <br /> other alternatives to the single occupancy vehicle; and <br /> W: \Long Range Projects \MIC Study \Issues&Opps \MIC- Logo \Issues &OppsReport.doc Page 7 <br />