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Woodland council reviews comp plan, flags sharp differences in county growth targets
Summary
City planning staff presented the draft comprehensive plan and transportation chapter and warned that county-level population and housing allocations from Cowlitz and Clark counties diverge sharply from the city's capacity estimates, prompting council to consider timing and modest code changes to "buy time" before any large annexations.
WOODLAND, Wash. — Planning staff presented an updated comprehensive plan and transportation chapter to the Woodland City Council on May 20, highlighting a mismatch between the city's residential capacity and county-level growth allocations that could force future annexations if higher targets stand.
Planning staff member Travis Goddard told the council that the city must finish and adopt a draft this year to meet Growth Management Act timelines, but cautioned that county allocations complicate the work: "we are on the same timeline as Clark County which is 2025 so the draft will be presented to the planning commission and forwarded to you next month so that you can authorize me to submit it to the Department of Commerce to satisfy our grama," Goddard said.
The city staff and council said the update is mostly analytic and policy refresh rather than a…
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