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Gig Harbor staff present comprehensive‑plan revisions; council narrows language and schedules public hearing
Summary
Planning staff presented proposed edits to the comprehensive plan, including wording on tribal history, housing policy language choices, transportation and parks policy clarifications, and map/table corrections, and outlined a schedule for a March 24 first reading and public hearing.
Planning staff reviewed proposed revisions to the city comprehensive plan and the associated technical appendices, explained where staff supports planning commission recommendations and where council direction differs, and described next steps toward public hearing and adoption.
Staff said the revisions include additions on local history (references to Croatian and Scandinavian communities while retaining Puyallup Tribe language provided in consultation), clarifications on affordable housing preferences for residents displaced locally, creation of a policy to identify funding opportunities for income‑restricted housing, and several editorial and policy‑wording changes suggested by council (for example, replacing or removing words such as "must," "preferentially," and "ensure" in some policy…
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