Housing Action Plan update was scheduled for Jan. 15 study session

What the records say

The Jan. 15, 2025, Planning Commission agenda packet listed a Housing Action Plan update as study-session item 4B. ¹ The attached staff memo says the update is a short-term deliverable of the 2024 Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan and an update to the 2018 Housing Strategy Plan. ¹ Staff sought initial input and feedback on project phases, project schedule, and community engagement approach; no action was required. ¹ The memo divides the plan into four phases: scoping, preliminary community engagement, first working draft, and finalization of the draft for adoption. ¹ It says community engagement was to begin in mid-winter 2025 and continue through the other phases up to adoption. ¹ The supplied record is the agenda packet and does not include the meeting outcome. ¹

• The agenda listed the Housing Action Plan update as study-session item 4B. ¹
• The staff memo says the plan is an update to the 2018 Housing Strategy Plan and a short-term deliverable of the 2024 Comprehensive Plan update. ¹
• Staff sought initial input on project phases, schedule, and community engagement approach; no action was required. ¹
• The memo outlines four phases: scoping, preliminary community engagement, first working draft, and finalization for adoption. ¹
• Draft objectives include creating more housing types, supporting transit-oriented development, fostering affordable housing development, affordable housing for all, community voice in housing, and tracking housing impacts. ¹

Why it matters

The memo says the Housing Action Plan will examine existing housing policy and design new strategies and improvements to address the housing crisis citywide. ¹ Its draft objectives include creating more housing types, supporting transit-oriented development, fostering affordable housing development, supporting affordable housing for all, community voice in housing, and tracking housing impacts. ¹ Analysis: Because the supplied record is the agenda packet, residents can see the proposed scope and schedule but not the commission's response or any final decisions.

What changed / what's next

• The Jan. 15, 2025, Planning Commission agenda listed a Housing Action Plan update as study-session item 4B. ¹
• Staff said next steps after feedback would be final edits to the scoping stage and continued preliminary community engagement, including outreach to community organizations, stakeholders, and residents for steering committees and surveys. ¹
• The supplied record does not establish the meeting's outcome. ¹
• The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.