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Regional Growth Strategy Technical Amendment

PSRC. Executive Board. March 26, 2009. Regional Growth Strategy Technical Amendment. Overview. Discussion/Future Action Item: The Executive Board will be asked to take action in May to adopt a Technical Amendment to the VISION 2040 Regional Growth Strategy RGS Technical Amendment

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Regional Growth Strategy Technical Amendment

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  1. PSRC Executive Board March 26, 2009 Regional Growth Strategy Technical Amendment

  2. Overview • Discussion/Future Action Item: • The Executive Board will be asked to take action in May to adopt a Technical Amendment to the VISION 2040 Regional Growth Strategy • RGS Technical Amendment • What is the purpose of the Technical Amendment? • What does the Technical Amendment do? • What is included in the Technical Amendment package? • Next steps

  3. VISION 2040 Regional Growth Strategy

  4. Purpose of Amendment • Executive Board authority: • “The Regional Council recognizes that as cities continue to grow, both through net increase and through annexation of unincorporated areas, their population and employment levels may change significantly. To reflect these changes, it is anticipated that the Regional Council’s Executive Board will make a technical amendment to the Regional Growth Strategy to potentially reclassify cities before the region’s counties undertake the next round of Growth Management Act target-setting work.”(VISION 2040, p.18)

  5. Regional Growth StrategyTechnical Amendment • What is the Technical Amendment? • Updates the numbers in the Regional Growth Strategy to reflect: • Boundary changes due to annexations and UGA adjustments • City reclassifications from Small City to Larger City due to annexations and/or real growth

  6. Regional Growth StrategyTechnical Amendment • Why is a Technical Amendment necessary? • Annexations, UGA adjustments and city reclassifications change the “role” of affected communities in implementing the RGS • Provides counties and cities with numbers that reflect current boundaries to use in updating growth targets

  7. Regional Growth StrategyTechnical Amendment • What does the Technical Amendment do? • It shifts 2000 base year population and employment for annexed areas, UGA adjustment areas and reclassified cities to the appropriate regional geography • It shifts the proportional 2000-2040 RGS growth allocation associated with annexed areas, UGA adjustment areas and reclassified cities to the appropriate regional geographies

  8. Regional Growth StrategyTechnical Amendment • What doesn’t the Technical Amendment do? • It does not change the RGS base year – the base year remains 2000 • It does not involve policy changes to the Regional Growth Strategy that may otherwise trigger a SEPA action

  9. Regional Growth StrategyTechnical Amendment Regional Growth Strategy for Population, 2000-2040 Adopted April 24, 2008 Technical Amendment Draft January 8, 2009 Reflects 2000 political boundaries Reflects 2007 political boundaries

  10. Regional Growth StrategyTechnical Amendment Population Difference: Technical Amendment - Adopted

  11. Regional Growth StrategyTechnical Amendment Regional Growth Strategy for Employment, 2000-2040 Adopted April 24, 2008 Technical Amendment Draft January 8, 2009 Reflects 2000 political boundaries Reflects 2007 political boundaries

  12. Regional Growth StrategyTechnical Amendment Employment Difference: Technical Amendment - Adopted

  13. Regional Growth StrategyTechnical Amendment • What is included in the Technical Amendment package? • Appendix I-A: Revised RGS charts and tables* • Appendix I-B: Supplemental RGS technical tables** • Appendix I-C: Revised table of city classifications by county by regional geography* • Appendix II-A: 2000-2007 population & employment trends and the Regional Growth Strategy** • Appendix II-B: PSRC guidance for aligning local growth targets with the Regional Growth Strategy** *Items to be adopted by Executive Board action to amend VISION 2040 **Supplemental background information

  14. Next Steps • Executive Board • March 26, 2009: Executive Board is briefed on the GMPB recommendation for a technical amendment to the VISION 2040 Regional Growth Strategy • May 28, 2009: Executive Board action to adopt the technical amendment to the VISION 2040 Regional Growth Strategy

  15. Questions? • Contact:Norman Abbott Director of Growth Management Puget Sound Regional Council (206) 464-7134 nabbott@psrc.org Carol Naito Principal Planner-Demographer Puget Sound Regional Council (206) 464-7535 cnaito@psrc.org

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