Drafter
Clerk 10/01/2025
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A MOTION approving the King County Comprehensive Plan Performance Measures Program Framework.
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WHEREAS, the King County Comprehensive Plan Performance Measures Program Framework ("the framework") was approved in 2017 via Motion 15014, and
WHEREAS, the first Comprehensive Plan Performance Measures Report under the framework was filed in 2022 via 2022-RPT0045 to inform the scope of work of the 2024 King County Comprehensive Plan that was approved via Motion 16142, and
WHEREAS, during development of the 2022 Comprehensive Plan Performance Measures Report, executive staff identified potential refinements to specific performance measures and reporting geographies, and
WHEREAS, since approval of the framework, the Legislature lengthened the frequency of periodic comprehensive plan updates to once every ten years, and the King County council correspondingly scheduled potential midpoint updates to occur five years after the adoption of a periodic update, and
WHEREAS, also since approval of the framework, the Legislature initiated new requirements under the Washington state Growth Management Act for jurisdictions to plan for housing need and produce a Comprehensive Plan implementation report in 2029 that overlaps with some performance measures within the framework, and
WHEREAS, the 2024 Comprehensive Plan was adopted via Ordinance 19881, and included work plan action 1 to update the framework to address the abovementioned topics, and
WHEREAS, the framework in Attachment A to this motion responds to Comprehensive Plan work plan action 1, and proposes revisions to the performance measures program and reporting schedule designed to support the Comprehensive Plan update process, and
WHEREAS, reporting on the Comprehensive Plan performance measures is next planned in 2026 to inform the 2027 scope of work for the 2029 midpoint Comprehensive Plan update, and
WHEREAS, the framework may be further reviewed for potential refinements be...

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