Forests_green_space

16:11 SINCE THEN, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS USING THE FRAMEWORK PLAN TO DEVELOP THE 20-YEAR GROWTH PLAN CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION. I OFTEN JOKE THAT THE NEXT PLAN UPDATE WILL REQUIRE REVISITING THE COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK PLAN TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE 50-YEAR VISION, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED ALMOST 33 YEARS AGO, IS STILL VALID AS A CHECK IN, AND TWO, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, EVEN THOUGH IT'S VERY SCHEMATIC, THE RED AREA IS WHERE BOTH HIGH-DENSITY AND MEDIUM-DENSITY AREAS WOULD DEVELOP FOLLOWED BY LOW-DENSITY AREAS,

17:10 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT BLUE RURAL LANDSCAPE FOLLOWED BY FORESTED AREA, AND THEN OUR AGG AREAS AND OPEN SPACE IN BETWEEN. I CAN SAY THAT PRETTY MUCH ON THE RESOURCE SIDE, WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS VISION, AND IT IS OFTEN READOPTED EVERY TIME WE GO THROUGH THE PERIODIC UPDATE. SO THE COUNCIL WILL BE READOPTING THIS UNTIL THE NEXT PLAN UPDATE WHERE I'M SUGGESTING THAT THE COMMUNITY REVISIT THAT VISION BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS PREPARED IN 1993, THE COUNTY POPULATION WAS LESS THAN 300. I WOULD SAY ABOUT 250. NOW WE HAVE EXCEEDED ALMOST 500 AND DOUBLED THAT POPULATION IF I MAY. SO IT'S TIME TO CHECK IN TO SEE WHETHER THAT VISION IS STILL

18:08 VALID TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND USING IT TO DEVELOP A 20-YEAR GROWTH PLAN. LET ME GO TO THE NEXT, AND YOU CAN STOP ME AT ANY TIME AND ASK ME QUESTIONS AS I GO THROUGH THIS. AS I SAID, THIS WILL BE A JOINT PRESENTATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND JOSE. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS WHAT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS COUNTYWIDE PLANNING POLICIES. THE COUNTYWIDE PLANNING POLICIES IS REQUIRED WHEN THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT WAS PASSED IN 1990 AND CODIFIED IN THE REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON AS 36.78. THE SECTION 210 OF THAT LAW REQUIRES THAT COUNTIES