TO: Committee of the Whole - Planning and Public Works
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Planning and Community Development
Carol Helland
425-556-2107
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Planning and Community Development
Seraphie Allen
Deputy Director
Planning and Community Development
Jeff Churchill
Long Range Planning Manager
TITLE:
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2025 Amendments to the King County Countywide Planning Policies
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
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This read-only item updates the Planning and Public Works Committee of the Whole on the 2025 amendments to the King County Countywide Planning Policies (CPPs) at the Committee's September 2, 2025, meeting. Staff recommends allowing the amendments to be ratified by taking no action.
The CPP's were comprehensively updated in 2021 and ratified by King County and cities within King County in 2022. In 2024, the cities of Carnation and Snoqualmie requested that their housing growth targets and housing need allocations be reduced due to circumstances that were not understood when growth targets were adopted in 2021. Following input from the Puget Sound Regional Council and recommendation from the Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC), the King County Council adopted Ordinance 19946 to reduce the growth targets and housing need allocation for those two cities. The result is a reduction in the countywide growth target of 1,230 dwelling units (0.4%), to 307,447 dwelling units. The countywide housing need allocation is reduced by a similar amount.
Detailed analysis by King County staff is attached.
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REQUESTED ACTION:
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REQUEST RATIONALE:
* Relevant Plans/Policies:
Redmond Comprehensive Plan Policy A-1 directs the City to work cooperatively with, among others, King County, to address planning issues at a countywide scale.
* Required:
RCW 36.70A.210 governs countywide planning policie...
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