Community feedback on the comprehensive plan highlighted a strong desire for more parks, emphasizing that new developments should financially support these green spaces rather than overburdening existing infrastructure. In response, officials updated the plan to better connect parks and open space to community events, address geographic disparities in park access, and ensure the local tree canopy is sufficiently emphasized. Furthermore, the city plans to revisit proportional park impact fees for developers once parallel school impact studies are completed.
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City Council Workshops · Apr 13, 2026 · 1:21:05–1:21:33 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: open space tree canopy parks trails
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1:20:04 earlier in the presentation state law that says align the impact fees to the size of housing so we have schools parks traffic all of those are now aligned no it's a great question mayor so that is the state law it is not required for us to do as part of our periodic review process though and while we have always been intending to do it the schools are taking longer they've hired their own consultant and i get it they need some time it's it's it's more complicated for schools because they're not just looking at you know like in it for traffic right all people generate impact on the traffic system but for schools only certain people generate impact so what we've basically agreed to is we're looking at our traffic impact fee program right now because of that was called out in the transportation
1:20:58 system plan to update that so we'll do transportation impact fee proportionality through that and then we'll come back with parks and schools when the schools are ready all right thank you so very much congratulations on your work here i talked all right thank you that concludes that particular work council we are now going to go into a closed session concerning collective bargaining rcw 42.30.144 from 5 30 to 6 then we'll go into executive session concerning pending or potential litigation according to rcw 42.30.110 i triple i from six to six thirty we'll be back here at 6 30 for a regular council meeting and that takes care of that thank you so very much
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direct keyword 1:21:05–1:21:33 open space, tree canopy, parks, trails
y agreed to is we're looking at our traffic impact fee program right now because of that was called out in the transportation system plan to update that so we'll do transportation impact fee proportionality through that and then we'll come back with parks and schools when the schools are ready all right thank you so very much congratulations on your work here i talked all right thank you that concludes that particular work council we are now going to go into a closed session concerning collectiv