Staff outlines comprehensive‑plan housing update and state 'step' requirements

Community Development Director Ajax presented the scope of the 2026 comprehensive‑plan update, including identification of four subarea planning efforts and changes required by the state's ESHB 2266 step‑housing rules. Ajax said the update will require rewriting chapter 17.13 of the municipal code and that the city must plan for housing across the full income spectrum from permanent supportive housing to units at 120% area median income.