Land Capacity Analysis Supplement and Racially Disparate Impacts Evaluation

In July 2023, the City Council approved a supplemental scope of work for the 2024 Comprehensive Plan periodic update. This supplemental scope is responsive to House Bill 1220, enacted in 2021 and the subsequent implementation guidance provided by the Washington State Department of Commerce in 2023. Following the Commerce Guidance, City staff have prepared:

(1) a Supplemental Land Capacity Analysis (LCA) to determine additional capacity needed accommodate the City’s allocation of affordable housing need; and

(2) a Racially Disparate Impacts (RDI) Evaluation, including an analysis of demographic data and a review of all current (2016) Comprehensive Plan goals and policies related to housing.

These two reports will be presented to the City Council as AB 6385 at the January 2, 2024 meeting. Similar to the Economic Development Report and Housing Needs Assessment presented to City Council in September 2022, formal action is not required on the reports themselves. However, staff is planning to return to City Council at the January 16, 2024 meeting to request direction on how to resolve the 143 residential unit capacity gap identified in the LCA to meet the City’s affordable housing need allocations. Once direction is received from City Council, the Housing Work Group will be reconvened in late January to begin work on the new Housing Element.

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