FREE TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
The GMA Update Process:
Building Federal and Tribal Agency
Partnerships with Local Governments
Share lessons-learned and new ideas to help update
Growth Management Act comprehensive plans throughout the region.
September 18, 2015 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
NOAA-Seattle, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 9, Seattle, WA
***To register and gain access to the Sand Point Campus: please send your name,
title, agency and email address to Michael.Grady@noaa.gov
A Short Course on Local Planning: Training citizen planners since 1977
www.commerce.wa.gov/growth
360.725.3064
Building Partnerships with Federal, Tribal and Local Governments
AGENDA: September 18, 2015
9:00 – 10:30 GMA IMPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
 William Stelle Jr., West Coast Regional Administrator, NOAA Fisheries
 Councilmember Larry Phillips, Chair, King County Council and WRIA 8
 Sheida Sahandy, Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership
 Dennis McClerran , Region 10 Administrator, EPA
 Richard Krochalis, Region 10 Administrator, FTA and Dan Mathis, Div. Administrator, FHWA
 Ken Murphy, Region 10 Administrator FEMA
 Colonel Buck, District Commander, US Army Corps of Engineers
 Dr. Chris Sabine, Director, NOAA PMEL
 Tribal leaders-(invited)
Speakers will share their interest in working local governments on planning, and the interaction
between federal programs, state laws, and local land use decisions.-with Q/A.
10:30 – 11:15 THE LEGAL BASIS OF PLANNING IN WASHINGTON STATE
Molly Lawrence, Attorney at Law, Van Ness Feldman, LLC
The legal basis of land use planning, origin of zoning, Planning Enabling Act in Washington,
takings law, and local project permitting processes.
11:15 – 12:15 PLANNING UNDER WASHINGTON’S GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT
Doug Peters, Growth Management Services, WA Department of Commerce
An overview of the Growth Management Act requirements for local planning focusing on
critical areas, development regulations, capital facility planning, and other tools for
implementing the comprehensive plan. Required updates to plans and regulations.
12:15-1:00
BREAK: Get lunch at the cafeteria and meet people working in your region.
1:00 – 1:45
PLANNING UNDER WASHINGTON’S SHORELINE MANAGEMENT ACT
Tim Gates, Shorelands & Environmental Assistance Program, WA Department of Ecology
An overview of the Shoreline Management Act, a unique land use law requiring a balance of use
and protection of designated shorelines of the state, and a balance of state and local authority.
1:45 – 2:30
BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS: EFFECTIVE ENGAGEMENT PANEL
Doug Peter, Tim Gates, and Will Hall, Shoreline City Council Member
Roles and responsibilities in the planning process. State principles for communicating with
local government. Opportunities to be a resource for local governments in decisions that
impact our environment. Local government perspectives.
2:30 – 3:00
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS/ WHAT WE LEARNED / NEXT STEPS
Training Objectives:
 To provide a basic overview of land use planning processes in Washington State, and how federal interests and
laws interact with these processes, especially in critical areas.
 To understand how federal agencies can be a resource to local governments as they adopt plans and
regulations that touch federal interests including surface water, floodplains, wetlands, fisheries, affordable
housing, and regional transportation.
LOCAL HOST:
PRESENTERS:
Michael Grady, Senior Natural resource Manager
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)
West Coast Region, US Department of Commerce
michael.grady@noaa.gov 206.930.5762
Tim Gates, AICP, Environmental Planner
Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program
Washington State Department of Ecology
tgat461@ecy.wa.gov 360.407.6522
Doug Peters, Senior Planner
Growth Management Services,
Washington State Department of Commerce
Doug.Peters@commerce.wa.gov 360.725.3046
Molly A. Lawrence, Attorney at Law
Partner, Van Ness Feldman LLP
www.vnf.com mol@vnf.com 206.623.9372
Blog: www.northwestlandmatters.com
Will Hall, City Council Member
Shoreline City Council 425.388.3209
whall@shorelinewa.gov
RELATED MATERIALS FROM WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Land Use Planning for Salmon, Steelhead and trout: A Land Use Planner’s Guide to Salmonid Habitat
Protection and Recovery http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00033/

Process and Persuasion: Commenting on GMA Plans and Regulations: GMA Training for Agency Personnel, Fifth
Edition, October 2006

Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington at www.mrsc.org
SHORT COURSE PARTNERS
Department of Commerce, Growth Management Services www.commerce.wa.gov/growth. See the short Course
Manual and Videos under the “Short Course on Local Planning” tab. http://bit.ly/SCLocalPlanning
Planning Association of Washington (PAW) www.planningpaw.org
Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association www.washington-apa.org/
Washington Cities Insurance Authority www.wciapool.org
Association of Washington Cities GMA Comp Plan Conversation Starter videos.
http://www.awcnet.org/ResourcesResearch/GMACompPlanConversationStarters.aspx