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Yelm commissioners review draft housing element; staff cite state allocation and upcoming annexation
Summary
The Yelm Planning Commission discussed the draft housing element of the comprehensive plan, clarifying where population projections appear, recent state-driven housing allocation work, potential annexation acreage and zoning implications, and protections or strategies for manufactured-home communities.
Yelm — The Yelm Planning Commission reviewed a draft housing element on June 17 and discussed population projections, state allocation requirements, strategies to encourage affordable housing types and how an expected annexation could change land capacity figures.
Gary Cooper, planning and building manager, reminded commissioners that population and housing projections are located in the draft land-use chapter and said, “The population is projected to be 25,000 and something.” He said housing allocations and projections come from the Thurston Regional Planning Council using a Department of Commerce model required by recent state law.
Commissioners questioned timeline…
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