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White Salmon City Hall
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White Salmon, WA 98672
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NEW White Salmon Housing Action Plan
White Salmon Housing Action Plan
Adopted by City Council on June 21, 2023, by Resolution 2023-06-569
The Housing Action Plan establishes a framework plan for subsequent specific actions (revisions to zoning codes, pre-approval of plans, et al.) to meet the city's housing needs as identified in the Housing Needs Analysis.
The City of White Salmon conducted a Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) and Housing Action Plan (HAP) with the assistance of Structura Naturalis Inc, Michael Mehaffy, Ph.D., and under the funding provided by the Washington State Department of Commerce (an implementation grant of $25,000). This work is a more specific continuation of the housing needs and buildable lands assessment work already begun by the Klickitat County Public Economic Development Authority (KCPEDA), with the assistance of consultants FCS GROUP and WSP USA Inc (WSP) in April 2020. Their work includes White Salmon as well as the larger county and other cities. Structura Naturalis Inc's scope of work examines White Salmon specifically, feeding into the White Salmon Housing Action Plan. As part of their scope of work, KCPEDA and their consultants performed extensive public outreach. The results of that work are appended in the memorandum regarding public outreach attached. In addition, the City performed extensive public outreach in its Vision 2040 process feeding into its Comprehensive Plan update, with 159 respondents. The City has built on those findings, and performed additional public outreach for the Housing Action Plan.
See attached for the NEW Housing Action Plan, with detailed responses included as an appendix.
Submittal of Resolution to Department of Commerce. Pursuant to the terms of the Housing Action Plan Grant received from the Washington State Department of Commerce, the City Clerk-Treasurer will file a signed copy of this Resolution with attached exhibits to the Department of Commerce by June 30, 2023.
June 21, 2023, City Council Meeting Links:
