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West Richland planning staff outline heavy 2025 workload, state-mandated periodic update and Lewis & Clark master plan
Summary
Community Development presented a prioritized 'parking lot' list and described state deadlines, grant funding and limited staff capacity. Council was told many nonfunded items will remain on hold while mandatory updates proceed.
At the Jan. 28 special workshop, Eric of West Richland’s Community Development department presented the department’s 2025 work plan and a status update of “parking lot” items, telling the City Council that state-mandated updates and a large master plan will drive staff priorities and that limited personnel will constrain other projects.
Eric said Washington’s periodic update process requires jurisdictions to revise their comprehensive plans roughly every eight years and to incorporate recent state legislation. “This year includes adding a climate element to the comprehensive plan,” Eric told the council, and West Richland has partnered with Pasco, Kennewick, Richland and Benton County for a regional approach.
Key mandatory changes Eric listed include a climate element, significant housing-element updates to address affordability and…
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