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Snohomish County Tomorrow

 Agenda Bill 

 

Steering Committee

 

 Action Item 4.a.

 

Date:

December 1, 2021

 

Subject:

2044 Initial Growth Targets

 Exhibits:

1. SCT Planning Advisory Committee Recommendation  2. VISION 2050 Regional Growth Strategy and Buildable Lands Capacity by Regional Geography: Population and Employment 3. 2044 Growth by Jurisdiction: Population and Employment line graphs 4. Jobs to Population Ratios by Jurisdiction 5. 2044 Initial Population and Employment Targets (CPP Appendix B format) 6. SCT Community Advisory Board Recommendation on Growth Targets  7. PowerPoint presentation to SCT Steering Committee on Oct 27/2021 

Summary Statement:

 

The Planning Advisory Committee on October 14, 2021, recommended initial population and employment targets for the year 2044 to the Steering Committee for approval and transmittal to the Snohomish County Council for adoption into Appendix B of the Countywide Planning Policies.

Background:

City and county comprehensive plan updates in 2024 are required under GMA to be based on the most recent Office of Financial Management (OFM) population projections for Snohomish County. The distribution of projected growth to county subareas, including cities and unincorporated urban and rural/resource areas, according to Countywide Planning Policy GF-5, is to be accomplished through the cooperative planning process of SCT. GF-5 also requires that the subcounty growth allocations address the requirements of the Puget

Sound Regional Council’s Vision 20

50 Regional Growth Strategy (RGS). The RGS outlines a strategic framework for accommodating future population and employment growth in the region which builds upon the urban growth area (UGA) emphasis provided in the GMA. In addition, the RGS contains specific numeric guidance for the distribution of future growth in the region. This is accomplished by assigning population and employment growth for the period 2017-2050 to

different “regional geograp

hie

s” within counties of the central Puget Sound region.

 The six regional geographies, and the Snohomish County jurisdictions to which they apply, are: 1) Metropolitan City: Everett 2) Core Cities: Bothell, Lynnwood 3) High Capacity Transit (HCT) Communities:

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 Arlington, Edmonds, Marysville, Mill Creek, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo (cities)

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 Bothell MUGA, Edmonds MUGA, Everett MUGA, Larch Way Overlap, Lynnwood MUGA, Mill Creek MUGA, Mukilteo MUGA (unincorporated portions of SWUGA) 4) Cities & Towns: Brier, Darrington, Gold Bar, Granite Falls, Index, Lake Stevens, Monroe, Snohomish, Stanwood, Sultan, Woodway