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Yelm planners present climate chapter draft under new state mandate; baseline, hazards and measures outlined
Summary
Consultants presented a draft climate element for Yelm’s comprehensive plan required by House Bill 1181 (2023). The draft includes two subelements — greenhouse gas reduction and climate resilience — baseline inventories, hazard mapping and draft goals that would be finalized in the year’s comprehensive-plan process.
Consultants told the Yelm City Council and the planning commission that the city’s comprehensive-plan update must include a new climate element required by the state Growth Management Act change in House Bill 1181, passed in 2023.
"The growth management plan updates requires a a new element, which is a climate element," said Phil Beach, principal ecologist, who presented the draft with project biologist Maggie Wolf. The law requires two subelements: one for greenhouse-gas reduction and one for climate resilience. The city received a Department of Commerce grant to support development of both subelements.
What consultants reported: The project team has completed baseline work — a climate vulnerability analysis and a…
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