HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-023 - Res. Regarding Population and Housing Allocations RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION REGARDING POPULATION AND HOUSING ALLOCATIONS
WHEREAS, the Washington State Growth Management Act (RCW 36.70A.130) requires each
county and the cities, including Mason County, to take legislative action to review and revise
its comprehensive plan and development regulations to ensure that the plan and regulations
continue to comply with the requirements of the Act; and
WHEREAS, the County is in the process of updating the comprehensive plan through the
periodic review process and according to the deadline outlined by RCW 36.70A.130(5)(b)
which currently outlines a due date of December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS,the Growth Management Act requires county and city comprehensive plans to be
coordinated and consistent; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act (GMA) states that urban growth areas (UGAs) must
be revised to accommodate the urban growth projected to occur in the succeeding 20-year
planning period by December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act (GMA), the county-wide planning policies and inter-
local agreement with the city of Shelton indicate that review of UGAs should be coordinated
between the County and the city; and
WHEREAS, population and housing allocations are a critical component in the comprehensive
plan update and UGA review process; and
WHEREAS, while final decisions on population and housing allocations will not be made until
the comprehensive plan is adopted in 2025, it is important for the County and City to agree
upon preliminary allocations in order to coordinate transportation modeling, capital facility
planning, environmental review, and UGA recommendations; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mason County Board of Commissioners hereby
agrees to utilize the population projections,and housing growth allocations shown in Exhibit
A as the preliminary allocations for initial review of urban growth areas by the County and
City. It is acknowledged that a range of population and housing allocations will also be studied
in the environmental impact statement and UGA review process and the final UGA growth
allocations may be different than set forth in this Resolution.
DATED this pNay of OjnAj 2025.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MASON COUNTY,WASHINGTON
ATTEST:
�G1.QXl(Yk�O Sharon Trask, Chair
McKenzie Sm h, Clerk of the Board
APPROVED AS TO FORM: Ran y Neath , Commissioner
Tim White ad, Chief DPA Pat Tarzwell, Commissioner
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Exhibit A
Population and Housing Unit Growth
Population Projections 2020 - 2045
95,000 -----92,187-
90,000 ------------- -------- -- —--- - ------- o —
s -
85,000
s + +
80.000 ---- ------ ---------- - -- ' + --
75,C00 - --- - - - - ----� -- + -- -- ----
70,000 -- ------ -- i .—-- -----68;798-
85,728✓
6s,000 ___.___ _-____60,699_.__-62,545— -- -
60,0D0 -- >7!
-55,000 —_-.-----------__—__ __.__.----------�------—
49,405—
50000 -_�_--- ---- -- ----- - - - - -- - -- -
45,000 - - -
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045
- -Medium Groxfrh Forecast —Low Gro•1.th Forecast—High Growth Forecast
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Mason County Projected Housing Needs by Income, 2020—2045
3,500
Apartments Multi-Plex Single-
3,000 Family
2,500 --- - -- ---------- ---- ----- --- -- - ---- -----
21000 ---------—- —------- - - - ---- ---- --- U
11500 --------1,000310 3500 -- ---._ 724 722 E
523
0
<30%(PSH) <30%(Non- 30-50% 50-80% 80-100% 100-120% >120%
PSH) m Unincorp.County ■City of Shelton
Source:Office of Financial Management
Note: Dept. of Commerce requires projections and allocations shown from 2020-2045. Using the
medium growth forecast Mason County should plan to accommodate 8,181 additional (net new) housing
units including 5,726 in the unincorporated areas and UGAs and 2,455 within the City of Shelton.
Commerce requires the use of their Housing for All Planning Tool to forecast housing need by income
level;the previous figure shows this forecast as well as housing type.The 8,181 housing units includes
1,047 public supportive housing units and 91 emergency housing units/beds in addition to 7,016 private
market rate housing units.