Planning 2023-02-23 Item 4 - Adoption of 1/26/23 Minutes

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PC Meeting 1/26/23 Page 3 wanted government to do more — work together to address the need for housing and support opportunities to provide housing not currently being delivered on the market. Mr. Tovar described some of the technical assistance the Commerce has provided to the City of Tukwila, e.g., grants to support the Housing Action Plan (HAP), the HAP Implementation, and the Middle Housing study. The City must complete the work for the Middle Housing grant by June 30, 2023 deliverables. He noted that the area communities working on middle housing grant projects meet regularly for coordination and education. The Department of Commerce has developed the following assistance for planners and the community: a main Housing webpage; information on Growth Management; and HB 1220 guidance. Other resources include the Middle Housing Technical Team; Growth Management Periodic updates; and the Short Course on Local Planning (PC staff expressed interest in this free training) Mr. Tovar addressed several questions from the PC. There was discussion concerning how to get more data to help make decisions. Staff shared some data with the PC and more information will be forthcoming. Director' s Report Nancy Eklund provided some updates. She noted that part of middle housing grant funding allows for outreach to community-based organizations to facilitate obtaining their input. A draft schedule was shown and discussion ensued of the 2023 PC Work Program. One of the main focuses will be on the mandatory housing element and other elements of the periodic update. Nancy suggested the PC could host a public meeting/open house on the Comp Plan update and issues to be considered. The PC had questions regarding the purpose and want to make sure the open house is focused and targeted to ensure they are prepared. The draft schedule indicted that, at this point, there may be two PC meetings in May and June in order to complete the middle housing work to be developed by the June 15th deliverable deadline. Staff anticipates having a full staff -recommended review draft by the beginning of 2024. The Comp Plan will be subject to an environmental review, after which it will be forwarded to City Council (CC) for their review. Ideally, the Plan will be completed by September 2024 (since 2024 is a CC budget year and that will consume the latter half of the year). Director Gierloff said that agenda items will take a lot to get through and each of them will only be touched once except for housing, so that's a lot to get through in a night. She said with the PC Chair's help running efficient meetings, and making sure PC have all the information they need at the meeting, they can focus on a certain item and review it in limited time. She requested that the PC reach out to staff in advance to request anything they need. Then staff can address any questions or help the PC with any clarity needed. Staff can also include information in their presentation, which will be really helpful. She suggested doing a time check in a few months. If it seems like these are really unreasonable expectations to get through the material they will need to talk about additional meetings. There is a firm deadline and PC review time cannot stretch out too far because time needs to be reserved for CC review. She said staff is really looking for the PC to be partners with them on how they can best present this material to them so it is easy to understand and they will have the information they need to conduct efficient review. She said a lot of feedback from the PC would be great. Commissioner Sidhu echoed what Director Gierloff said and suggested setting a deadline of 12:00 pm the Tuesday prior to the meeting for PC to reach out to staff with any requests or questions. Phone: 206-433-1800 • Email: MayorTukwilaWA.gov • Website: TukwilaWA.gov