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Planners present housing 'toolbox' to respond to Growth Management Hearings Board rulings
Summary
City planners showed a spreadsheet toolkit modeling zoning, incentives and funding options to help Sedro‑Woolley meet state housing‑capacity requirements after recent Growth Management Hearings Board decisions (Mercer Island, Kitsap County) raised new expectations about documenting incentives for lower‑income housing.
City planning staff presented a “toolbox” spreadsheet to the Sedro‑Woolley City Council and Planning Commission that models how zoning changes, density and height incentives, cottage‑housing and financial tools might change the city’s capacity to accommodate housing across income bands.
Donna and Matt, two planning staff members, said the presentation responds to recent Growth Management Hearings Board rulings — notably Mercer Island and Kitsap County decisions — that, according to staff, require cities not only to identify land but also to document “specific subsidies and incentives” that make development affordable to extremely low, very low and…
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