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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg 2022-02-07 Item 6B - Update - 2021 King County Countywide Planning PoliciesCOUNCIL AGENDA SYNOPSIS Initials Meeting Date Prepared by Mayor's review Council review 2/7/22 NG ITEM INFORMATION ITEM No. 6.B. 25 STAFF SPONSOR: NORA GIERLOFF ORIGINAL, AGENDA DATE: 2/7/22 AGENDA ITEM TITLE Updated 2021 King County Countywide Planning Policies CATEGORY 11 Discussion 2/7/22 ❑ Motion Mtg Date ❑ Resolution Mtg Date ❑ Ordinance Mtg Date ❑ Bid Award Mtg Date ❑ Public Hearing Mtg Date ❑ Other Mtg Date Mtg Date SPONSOR ❑ Council ❑ Mayor ❑ Admin ❑ Finance ❑ Fire ❑ P&'R ❑ Police ❑ PIF Svcs DCD SPONSOR'S The King County Council has ratified an updated set of Countywide Planning Policies SUMMARY (CPPs) that create a shared and consistent framework for growth management planning for all jurisdictions in King County. These are being brought forward for discussion in preparation for the upcoming Comprehensive Plan update. REVIEWED BY ❑ Trans&Infrastructure Svcs ❑ Community Svcs/Safety ❑ Finance & Governance ❑ Planning & Community Dev. ❑ LTAC ❑ Arts Comm. ❑ Parks Comm. ❑ Planning Comm. DATE: COMMITTEE CHAIR: RECOMMENDATIONS: SPONSOR/ADMIN. COMMITTEE Department of Community Development Direct to full Council COST IMPACT / FUND SOURCE EXPENDITURE REQUIRED AMOUNT BUDGETED APPROPRIATION REQUIRED $ Fund Source: Comments: MTG. DATE RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION MTG. DATE ATTACHMENTS 2/7/21 Informational Memorandum dated 2/1/22 A. Countywide Planning Policies B. Transmittal Letter 25 26 City of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: Tukwila City Council FROM: Nora Gierloff, DCD Director CC: Mayor Ekberg DATE: February 1, 2022 SUBJECT: Briefing on King County Countywide Planning Policies Update ISSUE The King County Council has ratified an updated set of Countywide Planning Policies (CPPs) recommended by the Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC). The CPPs create a shared and consistent framework for growth management planning for all jurisdictions in King County and were updated to be consistent with the Multicounty Planning Policies (MPPs) and Regional Growth Strategy (RGS) contained in the Puget Sound Regional Council's (PSRC) VISION 2050. BACKGROUND Growth Management Planning Council. The GMPC is a formal body comprised of elected officials from King County, Seattle, Bellevue, other cities and towns in King County, and special purpose districts. The GMPC was created in 1992 by an interlocal agreement in response to a provision in the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA) requiring cities and counties to work together to adopt Countywide Planning Policies (CPPs). The CPPs are a series of policies that address growth management issues in King County. The CPPs present the shared vision of King County and the 39 cities within King County to guide jurisdictions as they develop and amend their comprehensive plans and implementing development regulations. See Attachment A for the text of the CPPs. Additional materials including appendices can be found at https://kingcounty.gov/depts/executive/performance- strategy-budget/regional-planning/GMPC.aspx . Amendments to the CPPs become effective when ratified by at least 30 percent of the city and county governments representing at least 70 percent of the population of King County. A city shall be deemed to have ratified an amendment to the CPPs unless the city disapproves it by legislative action within 90 days of adoption by King County, April 6, 2022. See Attachment B for the transmittal letter from King County. DISCUSSION 2021 Countywide Planning Policy Update. The CPPs were last comprehensively reviewed and updated in 2012. The guiding principles for the 2021 CPP update include centering social equity and health outcomes, integrating regional policy and legislative changes, implementing the Regional Growth Strategy, and providing clear, actionable direction for comprehensive plan updates. The guiding principles were approved by the GMPC in June 2020. Growth Targets. As a part of the CPP Update, new growth targets are recommended for the 2024-2044 planning period. Growth targets are policy statements about the amount of housing and jobs each jurisdiction will plan for in the 2024 comprehensive plan update. 27 28 INFORMATIONAL MEMO Page 2 Countywide growth projections for employment and population are divided into regional geography growth allocations for groups of cities. Regional geographies include Metro Cities, Core Cities, High Capacity Transit Communities, Cities and Towns, Urban Unincorporated, and Rural. Population is converted to housing units using household size assumptions. These regional allocations are translated into a range for cities and Potential Annexation Areas using several data -based factors, including existing capacity from the Urban Growth Capacity Report, number of regional growth centers, number of transit station areas, and recent growth. Staff representing the 39 cities and unincorporated King County convened to negotiate the final set of growth targets. Tukwila is categorized as a Core City with targets of 6,500 new housing units and 15,890 new jobs by 2044, see page 23 of Attachment A. The full Urban Growth Capacity Report (formerly called Buildable Lands) is available at https://kingcounty.gov/depts/executive/performance- strategy-budget/regional-planning/UrbanGrowthCapacityReport.aspx Outreach. King County Executive staff began outreach for the Countywide Planning Policy Update in October 2020 and continued through May 2021. Executive staff state, "early engagement focused on the role and importance of the Countywide Planning Policies (CPPs) while later outreach, especially during the comment period (April 5 — May 5), focused on the Public Review Draft." King County staff attended or hosted a total of 32 events - 19 were meetings with city councils, 11 were with community organizations, and 2 were with planning commissions. Outreach for the Housing Chapter of the CPPs was led by the King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) and the Housing Interjurisdictional Team staff (HIJT). DCHS and HIJT staff support the Affordable Housing Committee (AHC) of the Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC). The AHC led the review of the Housing Chapter of the CPPs. According to Executive staff, DCHS staff and the HIJT held more than 65 meetings with stakeholders, elected officials, and advocates to build awareness and solicit input on the Housing Chapter. The following sections summarize the changes by chapter and identify major changes and key issues. Chapters. The 2021 King County Countywide Planning Policies are divided into the following chapters with an introduction. Overall, the number of policies increased from 172 in 2012 to 222 in the 2021 Update. Chapter ision & Framework 2012 4 2021 8 Change +4 Environment 22 37 +15 Development Patterns 62 64 +2 Housing 18 27 +9 Economy 21 26 +5 Transportation 24 34 +10 Public Facilities 21 26 +5 Total 172 222 +50 Vision and Framework. The Vision and Framework chapter provides general procedural or administrative guidance on how to implement the subject matter policies in the other https://tukwilawa.sharepoint.com/sites/mayorsoffice/cc/Council Agenda Items/DCD/CPP Info Memo 2-7-22.docx INFORMATIONAL MEMO Page 3 chapters. Three new policies are added to the Framework section that relate to equity in planning processes and outcomes. Environment. The Environment chapter guides cities and King County in assessing and updating their comprehensive plans to protect the natural environment and mitigate existing and future climate change and other environmental impacts. The changes in the Environment Chapter relate to climate change, access to parks and open space for urban residents, and environmental justice. Development Patterns. The Development Patterns chapter guides the development of population and job growth in jurisdictions throughout King County by addressing the location, types, design, and intensity of land uses. The chapter includes policies establishing urban growth areas, focusing growth into cities and centers, promoting urban design strategies to create healthy and sustainable communities, and protecting rural and resource lands. The major changes in the Development Patterns chapter include new growth targets with a planning horizon to 2044, creation of a new Centers Designation Framework, updating Four -to -One policies, clarifying processes related to annexation, and further integrating social equity into the policies. Growth Targets. The housing and employment growth targets for the 2019 to 2044 planning period are provided in Table DP -1 of the Countywide Planning Policy document. Centers and Station Areas. Policies DP -31 through DP -38 relate to centers and transit station areas. Consistent with the Regional Growth Strategy, King County uses a centers approach to growth management. The updated Centers Framework expands the types of designated centers in the CPPs from two (Urban Centers & Manufacturing/Industrial) to six (Metro Growth Centers, Urban Growth Centers, Countywide Growth Centers, Industrial Employment Centers, Industrial Growth Centers, Countywide Industrial Centers). The designation of countywide centers is new with the 2021 CPP update and consistent with the updated Regional Centers Framework and VISION 2050. Four to One Program. Changes to Policies DP -17 and DP -18 relate to the County's Four -to -One program. Policy DP -17 is revised to require that a proposed expansion of the Urban Growth Area be contiguous with the original 1994 boundary. The current policy specifies contiguity with the Urban Growth Area. The revisions also require the open space to be onsite and a minimum of four times the acreage of land added to the UGA. Tukwila is located well within the Urban Growth Boundary so these changes are not directly relevant to our city. Buildable Lands. Changes to existing Policies DP -20, DP -21, and DP -22 concern the buildable lands program (i.e. urban growth capacity) and the role of the GMPC in mediating UGA capacity through buildable lands report and local comprehensive plans. Annexation. Eight policies related to Joint Planning and Annexation (DP -23 through DP -30) are proposed to be amended. The policies call for strengthened city -county collaboration around annexation area planning and identify strategies to move PAAs toward annexation. Displacement. New Policy DP -35 calls for evaluating and mitigating the potential physical, economic, and cultural displacement of residents and businesses in regional growth centers and high-capacity transit station areas. Housing. The Housing chapter was updated by the Affordable Housing Committee of the GMPC. The proposed changes to the Housing chapter are intended to align the chapter with existing plans including VISION 2050 and the Regional Affordable Housing Task Force https://tukwilawa.sharepoint.com/sites/mayorsoffice/cc/Council Agenda Items/DCD/CPP Info Memo 2-7-22.docx 29 30 INFORMATIONAL MEMO Page 4 (RAHTF) Final Report, redefine Countywide Need, strengthen methods of local and regional accountability, and achieve health and equity outcomes. Countywide Need. Policy H-1 is revised to redefine "countywide need" as the number of homes needed today and, in the future, to ensure that no low-income household is cost -burdened. This revision is based on a RAHTF approach to defining countywide need. Housing Inventory and Analysis. Revised Policy H-4 requires each jurisdiction to conduct an inventory and analysis of housing needs to be included in the housing element of the jurisdiction's comprehensive plan. The revisions provide more detailed guidance about the needs analysis. For example, including a calculation of a jurisdiction's affordability gap, i.e., how a jurisdiction's housing supply compares to the countywide need percentages in Policy H-1. Equity. Several new policies and text updates are included relating to achieving health and equity outcomes. There are policies related to: • Equitable processes and outcomes (New Policy H-9, New Policy H-10, H-14); • Increased housing supply, particularly for households with the greatest needs (H-11, H-19, New Policy H-20); • Expanded housing options and increased affordability in areas accessible to jobs and transit (New Policy H-15, H-16, H-17); and, • Expanded housing and neighborhood choice for all residents (H-16, H-18, H-19). Monitoring and Accountability. New Policies H-25 and H-26 establish regular monitoring of regional and jurisdictional progress through the Affordable Housing Dashboard and leverage new centralized data infrastructure created by King County staff in the Department of Community and Human Services. New Policy H-27 provides guidance for reviewing and amending countywide and local housing strategies when monitoring from Policies H-25 and H- 26 indicate that adopted strategies are not meeting countywide need. Economy. The Economy chapter policies support and implement the Regional Economic Strategy - Amazing Place. Policies in this chapter address local government's roles and responsibilities supporting business formation, retention, and expansion. The Economy CPPs also encourage actions to reduce and mitigate economic inequities and ensure that the economy provides fair opportunities for all. Changes to the Economy chapter address updates to regional policy, state law, and equity in the countywide economy. Amendments to policies support middle -wage job creation/retention (Policy EC -2, Policy EC -3, Policy EC -4), and preventing and mitigating against economic displacement, especially in Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color (Policy EC -7, Policy EC -11, & Policy EC -13). Two new policies are added that call for the protection of culturally significant economic assets in public investment decision-making processes (New Policy EC -25) and stabilization of culturally relevant businesses and business clusters during periods of economic change (New Policy EC -26). Transportation. The Transportation chapter policies focus on supporting growth, mobility, and system operations. Five new policies are added that focus on creating an equitable transportation system (New Policies T-4, T-5, T-8, T-9, T-15). Several existing policies are also updated including T-1, T-11, T-13, T-19, T-20, T-30, and T-31. Policy T-6 is revised, and New Policy T-9 is added to acknowledge displacement related to transportation investments. Policies are also updated related to transit use, active transportation, alternative fuels, and alternatives to single -occupancy vehicle travel. New Policy T-17 is added to promote coordinated planning and effective management of the region's aviation system. https://tukwilawa.sharepoint.com/sites/mayorsoffice/cc/Council Agenda Items/DCD/CPP Info Memo 2-7-22.docx INFORMATIONAL MEMO Page 5 Public Facilities and Services. The Public Facilities and Services chapter includes policies that relate to public services such as water, sewer, telecommunications, and schools. Changes to the Public Facilities and Services chapter are focused on responding to changes in regional policy and state law, and centering equity in public service provision across King County (New Policy PF -2, Policy PF -23, New Policy PF -24) including the provision of telecommunication infrastructure (broadband) in Policy PF -17. Sewer Service. Policy PF -12 is an existing policy that requires all development in the UGA to be served by a public sewer system, with some exceptions for alternative technologies and provision for interim septic. There are some areas in urban unincorporated King County that have topography issues or historic inequities in service provision that continue to be impacted by this requirement. Energy. Two existing policies are updated to reflect a continued emphasis on climate change and investing in renewable and alternative energy resources (PF -15, PF -16). A new policy is proposed that calls for considering climate change, economic, and health impacts when siting and building essential public facilities (New Policy PF -24). School Siting. New Policy PF -22 encourages coordination between jurisdictions and school districts to site schools within the UGA. This policy is based on GMPC Motion 18- 15 that outlines best practices jurisdictions can take to facilitate the development and renovation of public schools within the Urban Growth Area. Appendices and Glossary. There are seven appendices to the CPPs. They include a Generalized Land Use Categories Map, Potential Annexation Areas Map, Urban Separators Map, Housing Technical Appendix, King County School Siting Task Force Report, King County Centers Designation Framework, and CPP Historical Framework. The changes to the three maps are technical and incorporate the most recent data. The Housing Technical Appendix is new with the 2021 CPP Update and is intended to provide additional guidance to local jurisdictions on the subjects to be addressed in their housing analysis. The School Siting Task Force Report remained unchanged. The King County Centers Designation Framework is also new with the 2021 CPP Update. The GMPC approved the Framework in 2020. The updated Centers Framework expands the types of designated centers from two to six and establishes criteria for designation. The CPP Historical Framework Appendix is new with this update and includes information that was removed from the Introduction. Affordable Housing Committee Workplan. Several housing -related amendments were proposed and considered by the GMPC in June 2021. Amendments passed relating to increasing growth closer to areas of high employment, understanding housing need, including updating housing need data based on forthcoming data from the state Department of Commerce, and clarifying displacement analysis requirements. Due to complexity, overlapping nature, and GMPC members' desire for further discussion, several amendments regarding understanding and accommodating housing need, holding jurisdictions accountable, and prioritizing where and how resources should be allocated were not presented for a vote. GMPC members would benefit from further refinement and development by the AHC and regional stakeholders and should be informed by forthcoming housing needs data from Commerce. The GMPC amended Motion 21-1 to include a new workplan item for the AHC. Under this directive, the Affordable Housing Committee will: • Monitor and report jurisdictional housing supply, housing affordability, housing needs, and income -restricted housing levels, including disparities between subregions and comparisons to established housing goals and targets, through the Regional Affordable Housing Dashboard and reporting; https://tukwilawa.sharepoint.com/sites/mayorsoffice/cc/Council Agenda Items/DCD/CPP Info Memo 2-7-22.docx 31 32 INFORMATIONAL MEMO Page 6 • Establish subregional or jurisdictional affordable housing needs, informed by local data and the data and methodology provided by the Department of Commerce; • Recommend to the GMPC an accountability and implementation framework for equitably meeting affordable housing needs across the region. The AHC will consider, at a minimum, the range of Development Patterns and Housing Chapter amendments proposed by GMPC members in June 2021 regarding understanding and accommodating housing need, holding jurisdictions accountable, and allocating resources; and • Recommend to the GMPC any CPP amendments necessary to implement their recommendations. The Affordable Housing Committee is required to complete this work by the end of 2022 and report to the GMPC quarterly on progress. FINANCIAL IMPACT The ratification of the updated CPPs would not have a direct financial effect on Tukwila. The process of reviewing, analyzing, and updating our Comprehensive Plan in order to align with the new policy direction and other state and regional mandates will require significant staff time and possible consultant assistance. RECOMMENDATION Information Only. ATTACHMENTS A. Countywide Planning Policies B. Transmittal Letter https://tukwilawa.sharepoint.com/sites/mayorsoffice/cc/Council Agenda Items/DCD/CPP Info Memo 2-7-22.docx Ul King County January 6, 2022 The Honorable Allan Ekberg City of Tukwila 6200 Southcenter Blvd. Tukwila, WA 98188 Dear Mayor Ekberg: We are pleased to forward for your consideration and ratification the 2021 King County Countywide Planning Policies (CPP) and the 2021 Urban Growth Capacity Report. On December 14, 2021, the Metropolitan King County Council approved and ratified the amendment on behalf of unincorporated King County. The ordinances will become effective Thursday, January 6, 2022. Copies of the transmittal letters, Metropolitan King County Council revised staff reports, ordinances 19384 and 19369 and Growth Management Planning Council motion will be available at link to assist you in your review. In accordance with the CPP, FW -1, amendments become effective when ratified by ordinance or resolution by at least 30 percent of the city and county governments representing 70 percent of the population of King County according to the interlocal agreement. A city will be deemed to have ratified the CPP and amendments unless, within 90 days of adoption by King County, the city takes legislative action to disapprove the amendments. Please note that the 90 -day deadline for these amendments is Wednesday, April 6, 2022. If you adopt any legislation concerning this action, and since we are working remotely, please email a copy of the legislation by the close of business, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, to Council.clerk@kingcounty.gov. If you have any questions about the amendments or ratification process, please contact Andy Micklow, Metropolitan King County Council Staff, at 206 263-3226 33 or Ivan Miller, Countywide Planning Manager, King County Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget, at 206 263-8297. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Sincerely, s-70uJ 64•vt4•4.4,L, Claudia Balducci, Chair Dow Constantine Metropolitan King County Council King County Executive Enclosures cc: King County City Planning Directors Sound Cities Association Lauren Smith, Director, Regional Planning Ivan Miller, Countywide Planning Manager Andy Micklow, Council Staff, Mobility and Environment Committee 34