REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL rd Avenue NE, Woodinville, WA

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1 To: From: By: Subject: CITY OF WOODINVILLE, WA REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL rd Avenue NE, Woodinville, WA Honorable City Council Richard A. Leahy, City Manager 6 David Kuhl, Development Services Director Acceptance of Comprehensive Plan Update Process Date: 05/21/13 ISSUE: Shall the City Council review, and accept the proposed approach for the upcoming Comprehensive Plan and Development Code Update Process? RECOMMENDATION: To review and approve the approach. POLICY DECISION: Prior to starting the Comprehensive Plan and Development Code update process, the City Council's review and acceptance is requested. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION: State Law requires Woodinville to update its Comprehensive Plan no later than June 30, The Development Services Department has contracted with Berk Consulting to develop the new Comprehensive Plan and amend the Development Code. The update process will allow Woodinville to meet Growth Management Requirements by the deadline. The process will focus public outreach efforts and work with legislative bodies to develop the Comprehensive Plan through a lens of fiscal commitments. The process will analyze existing City boundaries and impacts/benefits of surrounding unincorporated areas to help determine whether these areas should be considered for potential annexation or special treatment. The process is proposed to kick-off in July with a joint City Council-Planning Commission workshop as well as a public meeting to clarify objectives and develop the foundation for the update. ALTERNATIVES: 1. Review and accept the update approach as presented. 2. Review and accept the update approach as amended by Council. RECOMMENDED MOTION: I MOVE THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE APPROACH AS PRESENTED. Attachment A: Proposed Update Process 1

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3 Attachment A /, 1 1 City of Woodinviiie CUMPRHENSNE PLAN UP6AIL The City of Woodinville is required to update its Comprehensive Plan and development regulations according to the Growth Management Act (GMA) by June 30, The update is an opportunity not only to meet GMA requirements, but also to solve public service and fiscal challenges in the short term, while at the same time laying the groundwork for economic opportunities, adequate services, and environmental sustainability over the long term. The City and selected consultant team have designed a robust process that audits current plans and regulations, identifies the new baseline conditions, tests possible futures, creates a reader-friendly format and updated policies, and prepares new implementing tools (e.g. code update and SEPA facilitation) to make Woodinville's Comprehensive Plan more usable and to fulfil its community vision. Joint City Council/Planning Commission Workshop Public Meeting KE -ON GS Step in Process Key Products Task 1. Foundation: Kick Off, Study Area, and Baseline Conditions Update objectives Map of Study Area boundaries Draft of existing conditions report or Un'iq Create update foundation with objectives & information Task 2. Comprehensive Plan Consistency Review Consistency review & priorities Comprehensive Plan template Develop a custom reader friendly and streamlined format Task 3. Fiscal Situation Assessment Task 4. Economic Position Assessment, Economic Capacity Task 5. Affirm Vision and Develop Future Land Use Scenario(s) Task 6. Comprehensive Plan Element Amendments Fiscal situation assessment by land use type Preliminary annexation analysis Economic market position summary (rely on recent studies) Commercial land capacity Stakeholders' interviews Vision workshop Preliminary alternatives Fiscal sustainability review Focus on required elements Updated & streamlined policies Graphics & maps Framework to understand the relationship between the Comprehensive Plan and longterm fiscal sustainability Assess the City's economic position to help understand land use trends. employment supply, and demand Affirm or update vision Develop land use alternatives for environmental & fiscal sustainability Collaborative effort to create readable and effective plan Task 7. Development Regulations Consistency Code audit & reorganization Amendments List of high priority code updates Alternative regulatory concepts Draft & revised code Simplified, streamlined code with new tools to implement plan, conducted concurrent with plan Task 8. Best Available Science and Critical Areas Ordinance Review Draft and Final BAS & Gap Analysis Reports Critical Areas Ordinance Recommendations Key elements: code organization, geologic hazards & grading, stream typing, and others Task 9. SEPA Environmental Impact Statement Establish permit streamlining Analyze Update and lay a foundation for streamlined review e.g. mixed use/ infill exemption in the CBD Task 10. Team Coordination, Public Outreach and Legislative Review Public involvement Ian Draft Plan/Code & EIS Workshop PC hearing & deliberations CC hearing & deliberations Effort is fairly continuous throughout process 111 BERK, 01.4 AUNI,,1045

4 Comprehensive Plan Update City Council May 21,

5 Process Outline Growth Management Act (GMA) RCW 36.70A Cities must update Comp Plans by June 30, 2015 Required elements include: Land Use, Housing, Capital Facilities, Utilities, Transportation, Economic Development, Parks and Recreation. 2

6 Process Outline Our current plan includes the following additional elements: Human Services, Community Design and Environmental To ensure consistency and create a framework between cities and counties, the Countywide Planning Policies (CPP s) are established In addition, Vision 2040 creates an integrated regional vision for transportation (Puget Sound Regional Council) To determine land supply and density the Buildable Lands Report will be updated by King County 3

7 Consultant Review The City contracted with Berk Consulting to prepare our Comp Plan and perform a Code Update Sub-consultants include: Makers (urban design and code writing), The Watershed Company (critical areas and SEPA), Transportation Engineering Northwest (transportation and SEPA) and ARCH (housing characteristics and needs analysis) 4

8 Strategies Include: Overview Assess fiscal and economic situation to determine if policies create structural public service and fiscal issues Establish core values with measurable objectives such as benchmarks and targets Evaluate alternatives both fiscally and environmentally 5

9 Overview Define key concepts by organizing concepts to achieve core values, i.e. complete neighborhoods or city centers Integrate regional transportation with local transportation and land use patterns Establish an urban design element with maps and graphics Establish a plan structure that organizes the policies and identifies how to prioritize when two policies conflict 6

10 Goals Focus outreach efforts through City Council and Planning Commission Revisit vision that presently goes through 2015 Streamline the Comprehensive Plan like a Strategic Plan 7

11 Goals Evaluate land use options such as the north- industrial area to allow office and retail uses Consider ways to simplify the Municipal Code, i.e. refine design review process, address grading standards, simplify permitted uses, update critical area ordinance. Consider areas outside our current City and UGA areas 8

12 Next Steps City Council Policy Discussion Summer 2013 Joint City Council Planning Commission meeting Summer 2013 Discuss objectives Confirm the study area Review the project schedule 9

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14 City Council Questions 11