MEMO TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
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Setting the 2019-20 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket
1. ORDINANCE NO. 3002: An Ordinance Setting the Framework and Conducting Concurrent Review of the Cumulative Effect of All Proposed Amendments to the Redmond Comprehensive Plan and Related Amendments to the Redmond Zoning Code, for the 2019-20 Comprehensive Plan Docket, Including New and Amended Policies, Concurrent Zoning Amendments, and New and Amended Functional Plans
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Consider approving the Planning Commission's recommendation to establish the 2019-20 Comprehensive Plan Amendment docket as described in the Planning Commission Report provided at the May 12, 2020 Council meeting. Refer to Attachment A: Ordinance; Attachment B: Planning Commission Report; and Attachment C: Summary Descriptions of Recommended Docket Items.
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II. DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
Carol Helland, Director 425-556-2107
Beverly Mesa-Zendt, Interim Deputy Director 425-556-2423
Judy Fani, Principal Planner 425-556-2406
Planning and Community Development
III. DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND
The Growth Management Act, RCW 36.70A, provides that Comprehensive Plan amendments can occur no more than once a year with limited exceptions. The City provides an application process by which applications for Comprehensive Plan amendments may be reviewed and considered for inclusion on the annual docket of proposed amendments. Per RZC 21.76.070, City Council reviews and establishes the docket of amendments to be considered in a given year by means of an adopting ordinance. This procedure accomplishes two principal objectives. First, it enables the City to comply with state requirements for concurrent review of the cumulative effects of all proposed amendments. Second, detailed review of each amendment can occur as each is brought forward separately to the Technical Committee, Planning Commission, and City Counc...
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