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SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION Thursday, March 26 2015 7:30 – 9:00 AM City Hall, Room L280 AGENDA

Review, recommendations, and discussion on Seattle’s 2035 Comprehensive Plan focusing on growth strategies, land use categories, urban villages, and housing options. Emphasis on enhancing document readability and additional resource needs.

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SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION Thursday, March 26 2015 7:30 – 9:00 AM City Hall, Room L280 AGENDA

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  1. SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION • Thursday, March 26 2015 • 7:30 – 9:00 AM • City Hall, Room L280 • AGENDA • Chair’s Report 7:30 – 7:40 AM • Discussion: Overarching SPC themes and comments on 2035 Comp Plan 7:40 – 8:10 AM • Briefing: Freight Mobility/Port Access Study8:10 – 8:55 AM • Kevin O’Neill, Gabriela Vega and Tony Mazzella SDOT • Public Comment 8:55 – 9:00 AM • ADJOURN 9:00 AM

  2. Overarching themes and Comments An Aspirational Plan • Innovative and visionary – beyond the bare minimum. Set an aspirational tone for the next 20 years. • What can we learn from other cities – best practices.

  3. Overarching themes and Comments Growth Strategy – aka Urban Village Strategy • Support growth estimates by Urban Center as shown in Phase 1 (being considered in 2014/15 annual amendments) • Support Industrial Lands and recognize the regional role these areas play • Recognize the great work of the Equity Appendix

  4. Overarching themes and Comments Recommendation: Modify Land Use categories Element: Land Use Rename single family land use category to allow for some flexibility in those areas

  5. Overarching themes and Comments Recommendation: Single Family areas need to allow for more flexibility in development. Element: Growing Seattle, Land Use, Transportation, Housing SPC historically supportive of increased development within walking distance of frequent and reliable transit

  6. Overarching themes and Comments Recommendation: Clarify the role of Urban Villages/Urban Centers on the Future Land Use Map Element: Growing Seattle and Land Use City adopted growth strategy states that Urban Villages/Centers are “Areas of Change”.

  7. Overarching themes and Comments Recommendation: Recognize that not all Urban Villages are created equal and mitigate where necessary. Element: Growing Seattle and Land Use

  8. Overarching themes and Comments Recommendation: Revisit and redraw as necessary Urban Center and Village boundaries based on data Element: Growing Seattle and Land Use Boundaries drawn in 1994 - remained largely unchanged with annual amendment cycles changing divided parcels or inconsistencies

  9. Overarching themes and Comments Recommendation: Urban Centers and Urban Villages should not be the singular, overarching priority filter for public investments Element: Growing Seattle, Land Use, Transportation, Housing , Capital Facilities

  10. Overarching themes and Comments Recommendation: Better articulate and facilitate diverse forms of multifamily housing as good options for broader households, including families Element: Growing Seattle, Land Use, Housing

  11. Overarching themes and Comments Recommendation: Develop policies to provide meaningful access to and within corridors and habitability along corridors Element: Growing Seattle, Land Use, Transportation, Housing

  12. Overarching themes and Comments Document Readability • How does each element serve the core values? • Planscape • Limit redundancy and use terms consistently throughout Plan • Incorporate graphics (tables/charts) and call out boxes expectation that these will be included in the public draft. • Make document electronically searchable. • Include links to implementing plans and clear language as to how the Comprehensive Plan helps guide this work.

  13. Overarching themes and Comments Additional Resources and Work Items: • Study of C1 and C2 Zones throughout the city. • Study on flexibility in Single Family. • Study on increasing the amount of Multi-family. • Mitigation described in Equity appendix for growth strategies may require additional resources. • A more interactive/graphic/readable document will require adequate resources to produce.

  14. Freight Mobility/Port Access study

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