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TRPC Historical Highlights.......
Since 1967, TRPC has served local governments and the community, performing a variety of planning functions. As the community has evolved, so have the projects and planning activities of TRPC. The following are some historical highlights by decade.
Late 1960s
- Regional urban planning and rural water and sewer studies
- Regional comprehensive planning
- Joint school/park site acquisition program
1970s
- First regional transportation plans
- Law and justice planning
- Regional shoreline master program
- Over-all economic development plan
- Coordination of stormwater planning
1980s
- Urban growth management
- First Edition of The Profile (1982)
- Energy conservation planning
- Coordination of shoreline planning
1990s
- Coordination of jurisdictional Growth Management Act implementation
- Industrial lands inventory
- Compilation of school district data
- Benchmarks and indicators to track growth management
- Report on financing region-wide transportation infrastructure
- Wetlands mapping
2000s
- Report on Buildable Lands with analysis of development densities and land supply
- Evaluation of developments on streams and wetlands
- Study on rate of urbanization and forest harvest
- Participation in regional efforts to complete the Chehalis Western Trail
- Study of the relationships between the visions established in jurisdictional comprehensive plans and how the region is growing and developing
- Rural and tribal transportation program with fixed and variable bus route service
- Update of the Regional Trails Plan
- Update of Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
- Update of the Shoreline Master Program for Lacey, Tumwater and Olympia
Historically, TRPC has also provided contractual planning services to its members. Early records reveal the Council founders envisioned a cooperative effort that would provide members access to a staff with broad, regional expertise. They understood such expertise would be a valuable asset and the means to deliver a variety of planning services to their jurisdictions and organizations. This concerted effort resulted in a staff who has provided a range of both current and advance planning services to member jurisdictions for more than 40 years.
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