Shoreline Planning Phases

In February 2015, Regional Shorelines Planning staff from the Department of Ecology presented the Planning Commission and Advisory Committee with an Overview Presentation on the process to update the City’s existing SMP.  This process includes the six distinct phases and the 29 separate deliverables described in the links below.

General Phase

The activities and deliverables of this phase occur throughout the SMP update process.

Phase 1- Preliminary Shoreline Jurisdiction & Public Participation Plan

The activities and deliverables of this phase occurred between May 2012 and February 2015.

• Preliminary Jurisdiction Map
• Public Participation Plan

Phase 2- Shoreline Inventory, Analysis & Characterization

The activities and deliverables of this phase are underway with initial public review of the main deliverable occurring in July & August, 2015.

• New!Public Release Draft Inventory & Characterization Report (February 2018)

Phase 3- Draft Shoreline Master Program and Cumulative Impacts Analysis

The activities and deliverables of this phase began in June, 2015 and include:

• Community Vision Workshop Summary
• Stakeholder Interview Summary
• Draft Shoreline Environment Designations
• New! Public Release Draft Shoreline Master Program (February 2018)
• New! Public Release Draft Cumulative Impacts Analysis (February 2018)

Phase 4- Restoration Plan & Revisiting Draft Shoreline Master Program

The activities and deliverables of this phase include:

• New! Public Release Draft Shoreline Restoration Plan (February 2018)
• Revised Draft SMP
• Revised Cumulative Impacts Analysis
• Final Shoreline Jurisdiction Map & Boundary Descriptions
• No Net Loss Report

Phase 5- Local Shoreline Master Program Adoption Process

The activities and deliverables of this phase include:

• Locally Adopted SMP

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