Executive Director Proposes Revising Regional Plan Housing Mitigation Policy
Staff told the board the existing regional-plan policy that suggests large employers demonstrate housing availability or contribute to a mitigation fund is 'squishy' and likely unenforceable; staff plan to revise it into a clearer, non-binding threshold to request housing planning information from employers.
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Chris, the commission's executive director, reported that Land Use Review Board comments on the draft regional plan were largely technical but flagged a prescriptive 16-year-old policy that asks employers creating 50 or more jobs to demonstrate housing availability or contribute to a housing mitigation fund. He said the District Environmental Commission has historically said the commission lacks authority to require payments and described the policy language as "squishy."
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