News and information about the Snohomish County 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update





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*Welcome to the Snohomish County 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update Newsletter!*

In this newsletter you’ll learn more about the Comprehensive Plan and the 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update. View the full newsletter online [ [link removed] ]. Please feel free to forward to anyone who would be interested! Find links to translated versions in Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese, and Russian at the links above. This newsletter can also be found on the 2024 Update Page [ [link removed] ] under the "Newsletters" tab.



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Newsletter Contents

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* *2024 Comprehensive Plan Update County Executive Recommended Ordinances*
* *2024 Update Schedule*
* *Planning Commission Calendar*
* *Everett Link Light Rail Extension*
* *Critical Areas Regulations*
* *Climate Vulnerability Tool*
* *Tree Canopy Monitoring*




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* *Planning Commission Calendar [ [link removed] ] *





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County Executive Recommended Ordinances

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Following years of outreach and a year of briefings, public hearings, and deliberations, the Planning Commission made recommendations on the 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update to the County Council in November of 2023. The Planning Commission’s recommendations encompass the adoption of twelve Comprehensive Plan elements, Alternative 2 [ [link removed] ] that was analyzed in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), various docket requests, and several Council-initiated map and policy amendments. Read more... [ [link removed] ]



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2024 Update Schedule

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The Growth Management Act (GMA) requires Snohomish County to pass their Comprehensive Plan Update by December 31, 2024. The County Council will hold briefings to review the ordinances including presentations from staff. During the briefings, staff and the County’s consultant Berk will be hard at work at the creation of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Comprehensive Plan. Read more... [ [link removed] ]



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Planning Commission Calendar

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We welcome anyone to attend and provide public comment at Planning Commission meetings.

*Please note that meeting topics are subject to change. Visit the agenda page here to stay up to date: Planning Commission Calendar and Agenda Center [ [link removed] ]



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Everett Link Light Rail Extension Draft Environmental Impact Statement

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Sound Transit is initiating work on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) as part of the Everett Link [ [link removed] ] Extension for light rail [ [link removed] ]. Sound Transit is the public transit agency operating light rail, commuter train services, and express busses for the central Puget Sound Region. The Everett Link Extension is part of the Sound Transit 3 (ST3) Plan voters approved funding for in 2016. Read more... [ [link removed] ]



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Climate Vulnerability Tool & Story Map

Climate Vulnerability Index Tool

On February 13, 2024, Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers launched a new online hub, Snohomish [ [link removed] ] County Prepares for a Changing Climate [ [link removed] ], to address climate change impacts to Snohomish County communities (view press release [ [link removed] ]). This hub is central to upcoming efforts to expand climate change responses in Snohomish County, including the county’s planned development of a community-wide climate resiliency strategy. The hub contains an interactive Climate Vulnerability Tool (CVT), and resources to help Snohomish County communities with adaptation to and resiliency from the impacts of climate change. Read more... [ [link removed] ]



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2023 Annual Tree Canopy Monitoring Report

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Snohomish County has released the annual tree canopy monitoring report for the year 2023. The annual Tree Canopy Monitoring Report monitors the effectiveness of the county’s tree canopy regulations as required in Snohomish County Code (SCC) 30.25.016. The Report provides a summary of the canopy data collected during the development application process, and an analysis of all urban residential permits approved in the past year. Analysis shows that every landscape plan that was approved in 2023 met or exceeded the minimum 20-year tree canopy requirements. Visit the ‘Tree Canopy in Landscaping [ [link removed] ]’ webpage to learn more about the 2023 Annual report on Tree Canopy, canopy regulations, or review past reports.



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*Title VI / ADA Information*

Interpreter and translation services for people with limited English proficiency, and accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please make arrangements by emailing the project contact at [email protected]. For questions regarding Public Works’ Title VI Program, contact the Title VI Coordinator via e-mail at [email protected], or phone 425-388-6660. If you have a hearing or speech impairment, call 711.

 

Para solicitar esta encuesta en español, envíe un correo electrónico con el siguiente asunto: "2024 Update Newsletter Translation Request" y enviarlo a [email protected] <[email protected]> desde la cuenta de correo electrónico a la que usted desee que respondamos. Asimismo, puede ponerse en contacto con el Coordinador del título VI del Condado de Snohomish al teléfono 425-388-6660.

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