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Home My WebLink AboutResolution 2025-27, ratifying the third amendment to the Douglas County Regional Policy PlanCity of East Wenatchee Resolution No. 2025-27 with Exhibit A Retain Resolution until no longer needed for City-business, then transfer to Washington State Archives (GS50-05A- 16 Rev. 1). Page 1 of 2 City of East Wenatchee, Washington Resolution No. 2025-27 A Resolution of the City of East Wenatchee, Washington, ratifying the third amendment to the Douglas County Regional Policy Plan and establishing an effective date. 1.Alternate format. 1.1. Para leer este documento en otro formato (español, Braille, leer en voz alta,etc.), póngase en contacto con el vendedor de la ciudad al alternateformat@eastwenatcheewa.gov, al (509) 884-9515 o al 711 (TTY). 1.2. To read this document in an alternate format (Spanish, Braille, read aloud, etc.), please contact the City Clerk at alternateformat@eastwenatcheewa.gov, at (509) 884-9515, or at 711 (TTY). 2.Authority. 2.1. The City of East Wenatchee is a non-charter code City duly incorporated andoperating under the laws of the State of Washington. 2.2. RCW 35.11.020 and RCW 35A.12.190 authorize the City of East Wenatchee(“City Council”) to organize and regulate its internal affairs. 3.Recitals. 3.1. The Washington State Growth Management Act, in RCW 36.70A.210,requires that each county planning under the Act develop and adopt countywide planning policies in cooperation with the cities and towns in the county. 3.2. The Douglas County Regional Council cooperatively prepared the Douglas County Regional Policy Plan in 1992. 3.3. The Douglas County Regional Policy Plan, as the countywide planning policy for the Douglas County Region, serves as the framework for comprehensive plan development. 3.4. Revisions to the Douglas County Regional Policy Plan are necessary to assure its timely applicability. 3.5. By Resolution 02-02, the East Wenatchee City Council ratified the first amendment to the Douglas County Regional Policy Plan on January 22, 2002. 3.6. By Resolution 2009-13, the East Wenatchee City Council ratified the second amendment to the Douglas County Regional Policy Plan on August 25, 2009. 3.7. The Douglas County Regional Council has, on April 14, 2025, accepted revisions to the Affordable Housing section of the policy plan and the policy plan has been submitted to the cities and towns for review and ratification prior to adoption by the Board of Douglas County Commissioners. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The amendments to the Douglas County Regional Policy Plan attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A are hereby approved by the City Council of East Wenatchee. Section 2: The City Clerk is directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to the Board of Douglas County Commissioners. Section 3: This Resolution is effective immediately upon passage by the City Council. Section 4: If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision in this resolution to be contrary to law, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this Resolution. Passed by the City Council of East Wenatchee, at a regular meeting thereof on this 6th day of May 2025. CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON By _________________________________ Jerrilea Crawford, Mayor ATTEST: ___________________________ Anna Laura Leon, City Clerk Approved as to form only: ___________________________ Robert R. Siderius, City Attorney FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 04-30-2025PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 05-06-2025EFFECTIVE DATE: 05-06-2025 City of East Wenatchee Resolution No. 2025-27 with Exhibit A Retain Resolution until no longer needed for City-business, then transfer to Washington State Archives (GS50-05A- 16 Rev. 1). Page 2 of 2 Jerrilea Crawford (May 12, 2025 14:45 PDT) Jerrilea Crawford DOUGLAS COUNTY REGIONAL POLICY PLAN Section F. Policies on Affordable Housing Adequate housing, for all economic segments of the population, is a basic need of Douglas County’s residents and an issue of countywide concern. Local governments working in cooperation with the private sector and nonprofit housing agencies must address housing needs. The Growth Management Act requires countywide planning policies to address the distribution of affordable housing, including housing for all income groups. Providing sufficient land for a variety of housing types and densities is an essential step in promoting affordable housing. Affordable housing can be encouraged by zoning additional land for higher residential densities, which helps provide needed capacity for growth, reduces land development cost per unit, and allows for lower cost construction types such as attached dwellings. Higher density housing includes a range of housing types: small-lot single family, attached single family, manufactured home parks, apartments and condominiums. In addition, land use designations and implementation guidelines that permit additional housing in established areas, such as accessory units, and residences built above commercial uses, increase affordable housing opportunities. The county and cities/towns need to provide for housing types that meet the intent of the Growth Management Act and at the same time recognizes the limitations within some cities/towns, communities, and areas in the county to provide the infrastructure necessary to support higher density housing developments. POLICY F-1: Comprehensive plans should provide a range of housing development types and densities in each jurisdiction and should encourage and promote the provision of housing to meet the needs of a diverse population including providing affordable housing choices for all income levels.Comprehensive plans and implementing regulations shall make adequate provisions for emergency shelters and permanent supportive housing taking into account recommendations from the Chelan Douglas Homeless Housing Plan and population allocations adopted by the Douglas County Regional Council. POLICY F-2: In developing comprehensive plan land use designations, the county, cities and towns should provide appropriately designated lands and/or location criteria to provide opportunity for housing that accommodate individuals with special needs (elderly, low-to-moderate income families, etc). POLICY F-3: Comprehensive plans should stress that housing developments that requires urban levels of governmental services should be located within urban growth areas. Exhibit A POLICY F-4: Implementation guidelines in the comprehensive plans should encourage development standards and permitting procedures, as needed, to provide opportunities for a range of housing types including seasonal agricultural and recreational housing of a permanent and/or temporary nature, accessory dwelling units, manufactured homes, apartmentsMulti-family buildings, townhouses, cottages, and attached single family housing. POLICY F-5: To facilitate capital facilities planning and comprehensive plan review, the county and cities/towns will monitor new and existing housing to ensure an equitable and rational distribution of low-income, seasonal, and affordable housing throughout the county in accordance with land use policies, infrastructure planning, transportation systems, and employment locations. The monitoring program should include: •A process to monitor residential development within all jurisdictions and determine annually the total number of new and redeveloped units receiving permits and units constructed, housing types, affordability (identify median rent or housing unit market value) densities and remaining capacity for residential growth. •Evaluate each jurisdiction’s existing resources of subsidized housing and identify housing that may be lost due to redevelopment, deteriorating housing conditions, or public policies or actions. Policy F-6: The county, cities and towns should work cooperatively to draft model development standards that may be used by all jurisdictions for the provision of housing types appropriate for the jurisdiction. Housing types considered may include seasonal housing, accessory housing, cluster developments, attached single-family developments, and a process to provide land use incentives or density bonuses for the development of low to moderate income housing. POLICY F-7: The county, cities and towns: •Recognize the countywide economic importance of providing housing for agricultural workers. •Support a dispersed pattern of owner-provided agricultural housing. •Recognize the limitations in the rural and agricultural areas for the provision of services to support higher density housing and encourage cooperation with the agricultural community, state and local agencies to develop criterial and a process for siting agricultural housing. Exhibit A 8. RRS signed Res 2025-27 Final Audit Report 2025-05-12 Created:2025-05-07 By:City Clerk (cityclerk@eastwenatcheewa.gov) Status:Signed Transaction ID:CBJCHBCAABAAHwLZF6g7p1itFcnAeNQHrK-QBQi-kmwY "8. RRS signed Res 2025-27" History Document created by City Clerk (cityclerk@eastwenatcheewa.gov) 2025-05-07 - 6:58:25 PM GMT Document emailed to jcrawford@eastwenatcheewa.gov for signature 2025-05-07 - 6:58:40 PM GMT Email viewed by jcrawford@eastwenatcheewa.gov 2025-05-12 - 9:45:17 PM GMT Signer jcrawford@eastwenatcheewa.gov entered name at signing as Jerrilea Crawford 2025-05-12 - 9:45:33 PM GMT Document e-signed by Jerrilea Crawford (jcrawford@eastwenatcheewa.gov) Signature Date: 2025-05-12 - 9:45:35 PM GMT - Time Source: server Agreement completed. 2025-05-12 - 9:45:35 PM GMT