6912
MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
Development Impact Mitigation
It shall be the policy of Enumclaw School District that adverse environmental impacts of
residential development within the district be mitigated by recommending that the permitting
authority impose appropriate conditions on approvals or permits for such development.
The adverse impacts that result from residential developments usually include increased numbers
of school students beyond the district's capacity to provide classroom space for those students.
In those cases, the district will:
1.
identify the number of new students expected to result from a residential development;
2.
identify the classroom space available at the time the students are expected to enroll;
3.
identify the cost of providing classroom space for those students;
4.
determine the length of time it will be necessary to provide excess or temporary
classroom space before other space provided by traditional funding sources become
available; and
5.
recommend appropriate mitigation measures to be imposed as conditions on permits or
approvals for the development.
The conditions recommended may include the payment of funds to be expended on the
measures necessary to reduce the adverse impacts or requiring applicants to contribute to an
Environmental Impact Mitigation Fund established to finance the facilities to house students
added to the district by residential development.
The board directs the superintendent, or his or her designee, to adopt and promulgate
regulations and procedures necessary to implement this policy.
Legal References:
HB2929
Ch. 17 Laws of 1990
1st Extraordinary Session, 43-48
Adoption Date:
Updated:
September 17, 1990
June 21, 1999