City of Edmonds Development Service Department 121 – 5th Ave. N
IMPLEMENTATION ACTION &
PERFORMANCE MEASURE
MONITORING REPORT
2017
INTRODUCTION ... 4 COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ... 5 Implementation Action: By 2017, update the City’s Hazard Mitigation Plan to reference emerging risks and hazards related to climate change, such as rising sea levels and ocean acidification. ... 5 Performance Measure: Annually report on energy usage within the City, both by City government and by the larger Edmonds community. ... 6 HOUSING ...7
Implementation Action: Develop a strategy by 2019 for increasing the supply of affordable housing and meeting diverse housing needs. ... 8 Performance Measure: Report the
number of residential units permitted each year with a goal of reaching 21,168 units by 2035, or approximately 112 additional
dwelling units annually from 2011 to 2035. .. 8 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ...10
Performance Measure: Report the
number of jobs within the City each year with a goal of reaching 13,948 jobs, excluding jobs within the resource and construction sectors, by 2035. This would require adding
approximately 95 jobs annually from 2011 to 2035. ...10 COMMUNITY CULTURE & URBAN DESIGN 11
Implementation Action 1: Develop an update to the Street Tree Plan by the end of 2016. ... 11 Implementation Action 2: Develop an Urban Forest Management Plan by the end of 2017. ... 11
water, sewer, and stormwater mains replaced or rehabilitated. ... 12 CAPITAL FACILITIES ... 13 Implementation Action: Develop level of service standards for key public facilities by the end of 2017 and consider including the standards in the Comprehensive Plan. ... 13 Performance Measure: Project delivery results - based on comparing projects in the Capital Facilities Plan to what is actually done on the projects. ... 13 TRANSPORTATION ... 14 Performance Measure: Number of linear feet of sidewalk renovated or added to the City’s sidewalk network. ... 14 CONCLUSION ... 16
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INTRODUCTION
A set of implementation actions and performance measures were adopted with the 2015 Comprehensive Plan update. The City’s progress on these items is now reported annually to the City Council and Planning Board. This is the first annual report and covers 2016.
Implementation actions are steps that are intended to be taken within a specified timeframe to address high priority goals that relate to sustainability and a Comprehensive Plan element.
Performance measures are intended to provide targeted information about the implementation and effectiveness of the Comprehensive Plan. These measures were selected to be specific, meaningful, and easily obtainable items that relate to sustainability and can be reported on an annual basis. They are intended to help assess progress toward achieving the goals and policy direction of each major Comprehensive Plan element.
“You measure what you care
about”
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COMMUNITY
SUSTAINABILITY
Implementation Action: By 2017, update the City’s Hazard Mitigation Plan to reference emerging risks and hazards related to climate change, such as rising sea levels and ocean acidification.
A Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) is a preparedness document that describes the potential hazards that could impact the City, details the relative likelihood that those risks might impact people, property, and the economy, and lists mitigation action items being planned or undertaken to minimize or eliminate risk from those hazards. A FEMA- approved hazard mitigation plan is required for the City to receive federal funding to cover disaster related costs.
The City’s most recent Hazard Mitigation Plan, developed in 2009 with ESCA and South Snohomish and North King County municipalities/special purpose districts, expired in September 2014. With assistance from Snohomish County, City staff completed the 2016 City of Edmonds Annex to the Snohomish County HMP in early June 2016, and conducted an Open House on June 21, 2016 to gather public input. The document was revised and forwarded to the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) for review. FEMA approved the City of Edmonds’
Annex to the Snohomish County HMP (pending local adoption) on December 8, 2016.
City Council adopted the document on January 10th, 2017. FEMA officially approved it on
February 24, 2017, making the City eligible to receive federal funding for disaster preparedness and recovery.
With the combination of more stringent development-related codes, particularly for development in hazard prone areas, and plans to study and plan for potential impacts of climate change, vulnerability to risk has remained the same or decreased slightly compared to development during the previous hazard mitigation plan. Changes to the City’s critical areas code include a requirement for a geotechnical report for development projects within 50-feet of a geologically hazardous area;
a requirement for the use of a geotechnical report to establish setbacks and buffers in geologically hazardous areas rather than the use of standardized setbacks and buffers; and the retention of at least 30% of native vegetation in development projects within landslide hazard areas. With regard to frequently flooded areas, the City’s building code has been updated to require that buildings within Coastal High Hazard Areas and Coastal ‘A’ Flood Zones have the lowest floor elevation be at least two feet above base flood elevation.
Due to the limited supply of vacant land in Edmonds, most recent development has taken place through redevelopment of built parcels.
Because only a small portion of that development has occurred within hazard prone areas, and the development in these areas would have been done under more stringent requirements, vulnerability to risk would be decreased compared to similar development occurring during the previous hazard mitigation plan.
Finally, climate change was added to the current HMP, and an initiative was proposed for reducing the vulnerability to risk. The project is a partnership between Edmonds and Western Washington University, with the task of assessing the risks of climate change and a
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related sea level rise and developing strategies to mitigate those risks. Implementation of these strategies would likely lower the City’s vulnerability to risk to this hazard. The planning initiatives related to climate change are underway and will continue over the coming years.
This implementation step has been met.
Performance Measure: Annually report on energy usage within the City, both by City government and by the larger Edmonds community.
For the purposes of this report, annual energy use data was requested from Snohomish PUD and Puget Sound Energy for both city-owned property and city-wide for the years 2011-2016.
Snohomish PUD was able to provide annual data for all years requested. Puget Sound Energy was able to provide data for years 2014- 2016.
The data shows that electricity usage on City- owned property has generally been decreasing.
For residential properties city-wide, electricity use has been decreasing even though the number of units has increased. For city-wide commercial properties, electricity usage has remained stable.
Due to limited data on natural gas usage, it is difficult to identify trends.
This report results in the energy use performance measure being met.
Source: Snohomish PUD
1.60 1.75 1.61 1.50 1.72 1.48
7.81 7.55 6.93 6.74 6.42 6.56
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
kWh (in millions)
Aggregate Electricity Consumption City-owned Property
Street Lighting Electric Utility
103.59 102.76 102.47 99.89 99.43 100.61
203.89 199.93 198.45 191.88 188.35 180.25
- 50 100 150 200 250
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
kWh (in millions)
Aggregate Electricity Consumption City-wide
Commercial Residential
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Source: Puget Sound Energy
13,102.33 12,301.32 12,952.65
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000
2014 2015 2016
Therms (in thousands)
Aggregate Natural Gas Consupmtion
City-wide
72.70 67.61 71.40
- 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
2014 2015 2016
Therms (in thousands)
Aggregate Natural Gas Consumption City-owned Property
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HOUSING
Implementation Action: Develop a strategy by 2019 for increasing the supply of affordable housing and meeting diverse housing needs.
With housing costs rising through-out the region, many are finding housing in Edmonds to be unaffordable.
The City recognizes this is a growing issue.
Together with the Housing Authority of Snohomish County (HASCO), the City’s Development Service’s Department is in the beginning stages of developing a housing strategy with a goal to increasing the housing supply.
Meanwhile, in October 2016, the City designated Westgate Mixed-Use zone as a residentially targeted area, allowing future projects to qualify for a multi-family tax exemption.
This implementation step is not yet due but may end up being completed early.
Performance Measure: Report the number of residential units permitted each year with a goal of reaching 21,168 units by 2035, or approximately 112 additional dwelling units annually from 2011 to 2035.
Year Housing Type SF MF Duplex ADU Demo Net
2016 41 97 - 4 16 126
2015 53 4 - 5 11 51
2014 46 43 14 6 19 90
2013 36 - - 5 19 22
2012 27 - - - 8 19
2011 15 89 - 5 6 103
total 218 233 14 25 79 411
The table above shows that the target of having approximately 112 units added to the housing supply was met in 2016.
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ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
Performance Measure: Report the number of jobs within the City each year with a goal of reaching 13,948 jobs, excluding jobs within the resource and construction sectors, by 2035. This would require adding approximately 95 jobs annually from 2011 to 2035.
Average
Employment1 Total
Wages Average Wage 2011 10,002 $412,064,166 $41,199 2012 11,597 $519,350,513 $44,782 2013 11,816 $534,766,515 $45,259 2014 12,102 $554,804,528 $45,843 2015 12,628 $598,321,081 $47,380
Thus, the number of jobs between 2011 and 2015 increased by about 2,626, which on average is 657 additional jobs per year.
This performance measure, so far, is more than met.
1 Average employment summary derives from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). The unit of measurement is jobs, temporary or part-time positions are included. The summary excludes employment within the construction or resources sectors as jobs within these sectors tend to not be tied to a particular location; therefore, they are not included in local targets.
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COMMUNITY
CULTURE & URBAN DESIGN
Implementation Action 1: Develop an update to the Street Tree Plan by the end of 2016.
A draft update to the Street Tree Plan was developed in 2016.
Meanwhile, a finalized version will be completed after more information becomes available from the Urban Forest Management Plan that is underway. (See below.)
This implementation action has been met.
Implementation Action 2: Develop an Urban Forest Management Plan by the end of 2017.
The City has just under 200 acres of publicly owned open space and park land. Some sites include clusters of trees and some are heavily treed. In addition, trees exist along many streets within the public right-of-way.
As in many cities, local citizens value trees but also have concerns about having the right trees in the right place. This sometimes leads to conflicts, including tree preservation vs. public views. In addition, the City wants to maintain and/or plant trees effectively and sustainably on its property.
Two years ago, the City’s Tree Board developed a draft code for tree preservation that included private property. While the draft code contained some good ideas, its requirements for trees on private property were broadly seen as over-reaching. The draft was not adopted but it helped spark discussion about the need for an urban forest management plan to guide policy decisions about the urban forest. In particular, the City’s management of trees on public lands was considered a priority. During the subsequent discussion of updating the critical area regulations, concerns were also raised about the relationship of trees on public and private lands to priority habitat corridors and how these should be managed.
The City is also working on a major code update, addressing most chapters of the development code. Some issues that arise from an urban forest management plan could be addressed as part of the code update. Other issues would be addressed through other means, such as public outreach and best management practices by city departments.
On January 24, 2017, City Council approved authorization to execute a professional services agreement with Davey Resource Group for an Urban Forest Management Plan and facilitation of a public process.
PROJECT BUDGET
The total project budget is $130,000.
TIME FRAME
The project begins in early 2017 and is scheduled to be completed by end of year.
This implementation action is in progress.
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UTILITIES
Performance Measure: Lineal feet of old water, sewer, and stormwater mains replaced or rehabilitated.
The replacements of the water pipes are based on various factors:
• Improving overall flow and pressure in the system
• Pipe that has reached it maximum lifespan thereby increasing the chance of breaks
• Replacing material types, like steel pipe, that historically have had more
maintenance/breakage issues
• Recent main breaks and leaks
The replacement and rehab of sewer or storm mains are based on:
• Replacing pipes that are damaged or failing
• Increasing pipe size to address increased demands on the system
• Replacing pipes that have sagged thereby decreasing the overall capacity of that system
• Root and/or groundwater intrusion
The table below shows the lineal feet of water, sewer, and stormwater mains replaced or rehabilitated over a two-year period.
Percent rehabilitated or replaced of the overall system:
Water 1.8%
Sewer 1.6%
Storm 0%
With this information, the performance measure is met.
Replaced Rehabilitated Total 2015 2016 2015 2016 (Linear
ft.) Water 8,200' 4,850' 0' 0' 13,050' Sewer 2,700' 2,000' 0' 6,400' 11,100'
Storm 0' 0' 0' 0' 0'
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CAPITAL FACILITIES
Implementation Action: Develop level of service standards for key public facilities by the end of 2017 and consider including the standards in the Comprehensive Plan.
Currently, several city departments are coordinating on possible level of service standards. Progress on this will be reported in early 2018.
This implementation action is in progress.
Performance Measure: Project delivery results - based on comparing projects in the Capital Facilities Plan to what is actually done on the projects.
With this information, the performance measure is met.
Project Phase (as of 2015
CFP)
Current Progress Civic Playfield
Acquisition and/or
Development Conceptual Complete Community
Park/Athletic Complex - Old Woodway High School
Conceptual Complete
Main St. & 9th Ave S
(interim solution) Conceptual Conceptual 76th Ave. W & 212th St.
SW intersection
improvements Design/ROW Construction 228th St SW Corridor
Safety Improvements Design/ROW Complete Residential Traffic
Calming Conceptual Complete/On going Trackside Warning
System or Quiet Zone
@Dayton and Main St. Conceptual Design Dayton St. and Hwy 104
Drainage Improvements Design In Progress Edmonds
Marsh/Shellabarger Cr/Willow Cr/Day- lighting /Restoration
Design Conceptual
Perrinville Creek High Flow Reduction/
Management Project Study In Progress
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TRANSPORTATION
Performance Measure: Number of linear feet of sidewalk renovated or added to the City’s sidewalk network.
Since 2015, the City has renovated 150-lineal feet and added 3,250-lineal feet of sidewalk.
With this information, the performance measure is met.
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CONCLUSION
In summary, all 2016 implementation actions were either accomplished or, for those due at a later date, in progress. Additionally, all of the performance measures were met.
Two implementation actions are due by the end of 2017 and a new annual report will be provided in early 2018.
