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College Place council ratifies Walla Walla Countywide planning policy updates
Summary
The College Place City Council voted to ratify updates to Walla Walla County'wide planning policies tied to the Growth Management Act, endorsing a regional framework for housing, transportation, capital facilities and land-capacity methodology ahead of local comprehensive-plan updates.
The College Place City Council on Jan. 28 ratified updates to the Walla Walla Countywide Planning Policies, a document the city says is required under the state Growth Management Act and intended to coordinate county and city planning work.
City planner John Rickard, who represented College Place on the project management team, told the council the update modernizes a document that dates to 1993 and had only been revised once in 2005. Rickard said the revisions focus on shared principles for urban growth areas, consistent land-capacity analysis and new state-driven housing requirements that require planning for multiple income bands, including extremely low-…
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