Periodic Update Status

The Department of Commerce is tracking progress toward update completion based on the draft and adopted comprehensive plans and development regulations that it receives. 

Local governments must complete the required update by the due dates specified under RCW 36.70A.130 in order to be eligible to apply for grants and loans from the Public Works Board (RCW 43.155.070), the Centennial Clean Water Fund (RCW 70.146.070), the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCW 43.17.250), and the state administered FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.  Because these agencies rely on Department of Commerce to track Growth Management Act compliance for eligibility purposes, it is critical that those local governments contemplating applications complete the Growth Management Act update and notify Department of Commerce in writing that the update has been completed.

As counties and cities plan the schedule for completing the update, local government planners should check with their parks department, public works department, and related officials to verify if these local departments are planning to apply for funds from these state programs.  If so, local planners should advise both their elected officials and the respective departments that the update must be completed before they can participate in these state grant and loan programs.

The Department of Commerce does not make an independent determination whether a jurisdiction has completed the Growth Management Act periodic update. A local county or city is considered to have completed the process when they have taken legislative action, by adopting an ordinance or resolution, and declaring the update process to be complete.

Periodic Update Statistics

To date, the number of jurisdictions that have notified Commerce that they have completed, or partially completed, the initial the Growth Management Act periodic review and update (RCW 36.70A.130(4)) are as follows:

Percentage of all jurisdictions with a December 1, 2004 due date:

Percentage of all jurisdictions with a December 1, 2005 due date:   

Percentage of all jurisdictions with a December 1, 2006 due date:    

Percentage of all jurisdictions with a December 1, 2007 due date: 

*This percentage excludes partially planning jurisdictions.

If you are interested in niformation on the status of a specific county of city, please contact that local jurisdictions directly.

Updated January 2012