Planning Work Program

Planning Work Program 2023-25

The Planning Work Program 2023-25(Link downloads document) was approved by the Washington County Board of Commissioners on July 18, 2022. A Status Report on the Planning Work Program is now available for review. The status report also includes a preview of the topics for the 2025-27 Work Program.

The two-year Planning Work Program allows us to efficiently assign our staff and budget as most of our work takes longer than one year. Planning Work Program 2023-25(Link downloads document) also includes the work of Development Review/Current Planning, in order to recognize the tasks of all planners in the department. Read the Staff Report Planning Work Program 2023-25(Link downloads document).

Themes in the Planning Work Program 2023-25:

1. Housing tasks
   • Housing production and affordability
   • Community Development Code (CDC) Assessment
   • Issue Paper on Rural Housing Options
2. Natural Resources and Climate Change
   • Significant Natural Resources (SNR) – Limited Goal 5 program update
   • Climate-Friendly and Equitable Communities (CFEC) implementation
3. Multimodal Transportation Planning
   • Transportation System Plan (TSP) major update scoping
   • Complete Streets design update
   • Develop transportation element of County Capital Improvement Plan
   • Farmington Road Concept Plan
   • Transportation Safety Action Plan (TSAP)
   • Countywide transit planning and implementation
   • Trails planning and coordination
4. Plan and Development Code Updates
   • Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) expansion and Urban Planning Area Agreement updates
   • Minor Comprehensive Plan amendments
   • Issue papers for Board direction

Our Planning Work Program helps our community, transportation and development review planners know which projects to work on by prioritizing needs with the guidance and support of the Washington County Board of Commissioners. The work program balances:

• Staff and budget resources
• Regulatory requirements (federal, state, regional mandates)
• Community input and requests

Most of our planning work is required by state or local policies. These include:

• Development review
• Comprehensive Plan amendments, transportation modeling, mapping, Transportation, Transportation Development Tax administration, Statewide Transit Improvement Fund management
• Planning efforts at the local, regional and state level, such as city planning for new urban areas and the Metro Regional Transportation Plan
• Implementation of local, regional, state and federal policies
• Planning for major regional transportation projects like TV Highway Transit, SW Corridor, Tolling and the Westside Multimodal Study

Prior Planning Work Programs

• 2021-23 Work Program(Link downloads document)
• 2021-22 Work Program(Link downloads document)
• 2020-21 Work Program(Link is external)
• 2019-20 Work Program(Link is external)
• 2018-19 Work Program(Link is external)
• 2017-18 Work Program(Link is external)
• 2016-17 Work Program(Link is external)
• 2015-16 Work Program(Link is external)
• 2014-15 Work Program(Link is external)
• 2013-14 Work Program(Link is external)