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Pasco council and planning commission begin 2026–2046 comprehensive plan update amid state mandates
Summary
City planning director Erin Miller and consultants from Framework kicked off Pasco's comprehensive plan update, outlining new state requirements for housing by income bands, climate resilience, five-year progress checks and changes to parking rules; council members pressed staff on state authority, timing and public engagement.
Pasco City officials on June 9 launched a two-year update to the city's comprehensive plan that will guide growth from 2026 through 2046, placing new state mandates and local public-engagement choices at the center of the work.
Director Erin Miller, the city's planning director, told the City Council and the Planning Commission that the update will incorporate recent state laws requiring cities to plan for housing by income bands (down to 0% AMI and up above 120% AMI), a new five-year progress review, and climate-change requirements that require greenhouse-gas tracking and other resilience measures. Miller said Framework, a planning consultant team including Jeff Arango and Hope Frye, is under contract to help complete the work with state grant funding.
The update matters because state law now requires cities to show capacity not just for overall housing totals but for specific income bands and housing types, Miller said. Pasco's new population allocation from…
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