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Commission reviews cumulative-effects analysis and preview of 2026 code amendments; concerns raised about business-park conversions
Summary
Planning staff presented a cumulative-effects matrix required under the Growth Management Act and briefed commissioners on a 2026 code-amendment series; commenters urged scrutiny of a proposed map amendment that would convert business-park land and asked for fiscal analyses of job and tax impacts.
Redmond planning staff on Dec. 3 walked commissioners through a cumulative-effects analysis the city prepared to comply with the Growth Management Act (GMA) and briefed the commission on a slate of targeted 2026 code amendments.
Senior planner Jeff Churchill told the commission the GMA requires review of cumulative effects when the governing body considers plan amendments and presented a matrix that summarizes likely impacts across economic vitality, housing, utilities, land use and the environment. "The growth management act requires ... that they be looking at the cumulative effects of the various proposals," Churchill said while showing how…
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