Ordinance 19007 Attachment A

2019- q40
9/2s/19

Sponsored By: Executive Committee

1 GMPC MOTION NO. 19.1

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4 A MOTION to amend to the Urban Growth Boundary map in the
5 20I2King County Countywide Planning Policies to add the
6 Greater Downtown Kirkland Urban Center as an Urban Center.
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9 WHEREAS, accommodating growth in Urban Centers allows King County to meet
10 a range of objectives including providing a land use framework for an efficient and
11 effective regional transportation system ; and
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13 WHEREAS, Countywide Planning Policy DP-31 allows for designation of new
I4 Urban Centers; and
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t6 WHEREAS, the City of Kirkland has demonstrated that the Greater Downtown
t7 Kirkland Urban Center meets the criteria listed in Policy DP-31; and
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t9 WHEREAS, the City of Kirkland briefed the Growth Management Planning
20 Council on the proposal to designate the Greater Downtown Kirkland Urban Center as an
2I Urban Center at its meeting on July 24,2019.
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23 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Growth Management Planning
24 Council of King County hereby recommends that the Urban Growth Boundary map in the
25 2012King County Countywide Planning Policies be amended to add the Greater
26 Downtown Kirkland Urban Center as an Urban Center as shown on attachment A to this
27 motion.
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33 Attachment A: Greater Downtown Kirkland Urban Center map
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