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Planning Commission reviews capital facilities concurrency, police and fire staffing references
Summary
The Anacortes Planning Commission continued review of proposed amendments to the Capital Facilities and Utilities elements, including how concurrency is defined for utilities versus other services and additional background on police and fire level-of-service references from local chiefs.
The Anacortes Planning Commission on Feb. 12 continued discussion of proposed amendments to the Capital Facilities and Utilities elements of the 2025 Comprehensive Plan, focusing on the city’s concurrency policy and level-of-service language for police, fire and emergency medical services.
Staff planning manager Libby Grama told the commission that chiefs had provided supplemental information about response-time and staffing references included in the draft but were not able to attend the meeting. Grama said she would pass commissioner questions to the chiefs and follow up with written responses or a future appearance.
The commission questioned how the draft language treats nationally published guidelines. Commissioners noted the police-staffing references in the packet that cite a 2.3–2.4 officers-per-1,000-residents standard, while Anacortes’s current ratio in the draft remains at 1.83 officers per 1,000. Commissioners asked whether the city’s…
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