Algona, Auburn, Beaux Arts, Bellevue, Black Diamond,
Bothell, Burien, Carnation, Covington, Clyde Hill, Des Moines, Duvall, Enumclaw,
Federal Way, Hunts Point, Issaquah, Kenmore, Kent, Kirkland, Lake Forest Park,
Maple Valley, Medina, Mercer Island, Milton, Newcastle, Normandy Park, North Bend,
Pacific, Redmond, Renton, Sammamish, SeaTac, Seattle, Shoreline, Skykomish,
Snoqualmie, Tukwila, Unincorporated King County, Woodinville, Yarrow PointThis document has been edited to improve readability and allow availability on King County's web site. Note: The 2002 Benchmark Report is available for viewing in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. You will need to have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader v. 4.0 or 4.05 installed on your computer to view the Plan files. You can download a free copy of the Acrobat Reader here or visit Adobe's site to get more information. Printed copies of the Benchmark are available for $40 ($45 w/ shipping and handling): King County Office of Regional Policy and Planning Room 402 of the King County Courthouse 516 3rd Avenue Seattle, Washington 98104 (206) 205-0700 or (206) 205-0708 Make checks payable to: King County Office of Finance.
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Mission The Growth Management Planning Council or its successor shall recommend to the Metropolitan King County Council a monitoring and benchmarks program to assess progress in meeting Countywide Planning Policies.
The Benchmark System for the Countywide Planning PoliciesBackgroundIn 1990 the Washington State Legislature passed the Growth Management Act (GMA). For the first time in the State's history, all urban counties and their cities were required to develop and adopt comprehensive plans and regulations to implement the plans. To achieve an interjurisdictional coordinated countywide plan, GMA further required that King County and its 35 cities first develop framework policies, the King County Countywide Planning Policies, to guide the development of the jurisdictions' plans. The Countywide Planning Policies (CPPs) define the countywide vision for the county and cities' plans. The policies were developed by the Growth Management Planning Council, a group of 15 elected officials, representing all King County citizens, adopted by the Metropolitan King County Council and ratified by the cities in 1994. Purpose The Countywide Planning Policies are primarily goals that, if properly implemented, should improve the quality of life in King County during the next twenty years. When the members of the Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC) approved the policies, they expressed an interest in creating a system that would tell future decision makers whether or not the policies are achieving their intended outcomes. The 2002 Benchmark Report is the seventh annual document to monitor the CPPs. The purpose of creating a benchmark system is to provide the GMPC, other policy makers and the public with a method for evaluating jurisdictions' progress in implementing the Countywide Planning Policies. The system for the Benchmark Report was established by stating the desired outcomes of the CPPs; selecting relevant Indicators for each outcome, and then identifying quantifiable levels of achievement, or targets, for some of the Indicators. Why a Benchmark Report for the Countywide Planning Policies? Generally, the Indicators that the Benchmark Committee has produced should be used as the GMPC originally intended: to enable future decision makers to determine whether or not the Countywide Planning Policies are being implemented in a way which achieves their intended outcomes. The Benchmark System, which includes these Indicators, should also provide early warning if the policies are not having their desired effects. In that case, the system should provide sufficient information to enable policy-makers to determine whether different actions to implement the policies are needed, or whether minor or major revisions to the policies are required. More specifically, the Benchmark System should be used to help the jurisdictions of King County establish priorities, take joint actions, and direct resources to solve problems identified in the Countywide Planning Policies. In this year's publication, some of the Indicators have been omitted. In several cases, there is not yet any reliable trend data available for that Indicator. Sometimes this reflects a lack of funding to collect the necessary information; in other cases, current data is being developed, but there is no data for comparison to the past. There are several other indicators which have been left out this year because there is no significant change in the data from one year to the next (e.g. indicators which depend solely on decennial census information). These omissions do not necessarily mean that the Indicator is less important or meaningful. However, in one or two cases, the Indicators themselves may need to be reevaluated.
Note: The 2002 Benchmark Report is presented in Adobe Acrobat Format. The Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or greater is required to read this document. For more information, look here.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2002
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