MEMO TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor John Marchione
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Setting the 2018-19 Comprehensive Plan Docket
a. ORDINANCE NO. 2953: 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 2018-19 Comprehensive Plan Docket, Including New and Amended Narrative, Policies, Tables and Maps
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Adopt the ordinance in Attachment A, establishing the 2018-19 annual docket of Comprehensive Plan amendments and conducting a preliminary assessment of cumulative environmental impacts, thus allowing subsequent individual review and action on each amendment.
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II. DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
Erika Vandenbrande, Director, Planning and Community Development, 425-556-2457
Jae Hill, AICP, CFM, Manager, Long-Range Planning, 425-556-2414
Judy Fani, Senior Planner, 425-556-2406
III. DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND
State law allows one Comprehensive Plan update per year. The City of Redmond's procedure for reviewing and adopting annual updates to the Comprehensive Plan is to adopt a blanket ordinance that establishes the content and framework of the annual amendment package.
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 requested amendments (see Attachment B). Second, a detailed review of each amendment can occur as each is brought forward separately to the Technical Committee, Planning Commission and City Council. Separate public hearings for the various proposals are held, allowing proposals to be considered and acted upon individually, and enabling citizens to focus their review and comment on areas of specific interest, but within the context of the cumulative effects analysis. City Council adoption of the blanket ordinance establishes only tho...
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