Drafter
Clerk 11/25/2014
Title
A MOTION relating to comprehensive planning; requesting the King County executive to complete two area zoning studies for consideration as part of the next update of the King County Comprehensive Plan.
Body
WHEREAS, the King County Comprehensive Plan generally encourages that the county's growing population be served, in part, by the development of additional multifamily housing at appropriate locations in the urban area, and
WHEREAS, land use designations and implementing zoning that is supportive of development of additional not-for-profit continuing care retirement communities, increased density and mixed use development in appropriate locations is consistent with the King County Strategic Plan, the King County Equity and Social Justice Initiative and the King County Comprehensive Plan, specifically by furthering the county's goals for: creating thriving and equitable communities; access to health and human services; supporting vibrant, diverse neighborhoods; access to affordable, safe, quality housing; promoting urban infill; and providing fair and just services, and
WHEREAS, the Fairwood neighborhood is a community in urban unincorporated King County adjacent to the cities of Renton and Kent, and
WHEREAS, the cities of Renton and Kent have a combined population of twenty-five thousand six hundred people over the age of sixty, and
WHEREAS, with improved longevity and health in recent decades, our population is living longer and retirement communities provide long-term housing and services options for older adults, and
WHEREAS, there are limited senior housing options in the Renton and Kent area, and
WHEREAS, not-for-profit retirement communities often provide innovative approaches to facilities and services with consideration of the fixed incomes of the people they serve, such as through continuing care retirement communities, and
WHEREAS, Continuing care retirement communities offer a comprehensive on-si...

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