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Support and install more EV charging stations in Lacey. Lack of charging stations is one reason people chose not to buy an EV.
Jessie Simmons Jul 8 2025 at 1:08PM on page 6
Support
General Comment from Olympia Master Builders:
As members of the homebuilding industry, We support Lacey’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a balanced, equitable, and practical way. We encourage the City to:
Prioritize incentives over mandates for lower-carbon materials and energy retrofits.
Ensure tree canopy and critical area regulations remain compatible with infill housing needs.
Clarify parking reductions to apply where robust transit exists.
Expand support for middle housing with pre-approved plans and permit streamlining.
These adjustments will help Lacey meet its climate goals without compromising housing affordability or supply.
Jessie Simmons Jul 8 2025 at 1:05PM on page 5
Support
From Olympia master Builders:
Policy G-6A–D – Infill and parking flexibility
Support: Recommend stronger language encouraging streamlined permit review and pre-approved plans for middle housing to reduce costs and delays.
Jessie Simmons Jul 8 2025 at 1:04PM on page 4
Concern
From Olympia master Builders:
Policy G-5F – VMT studies with reduction goals
Recommendation: Add language to ensure goals are not translated into de facto growth limits, especially in areas planned for new housing.
Jessie Simmons Jul 8 2025 at 1:03PM on page 4
Suggestion
From Olympia Master Builders:
Policy G-5B – Reduce parking near multimodal options
Recommendation: Support reductions but ask for clear thresholds, such as within ¼ or ½ mile of high-frequency transit. Avoid blanket reductions that affect areas with no transit access.
Jessie Simmons Jul 8 2025 at 1:00PM on page 3
Support
From Olympia Master Builders;
Policy G-4C – Solar panel incentives
Support: Strongly support, especially if paired with streamlined approvals.
Jessie Simmons Jul 8 2025 at 12:59PM on page 3
Concern
From Olympia Master Builders:
Policy G-4A & G-4B – Tree management and critical area regs
Recommendation: Ensure flexibility for infill builders; avoid rigid canopy mandates that conflict with housing goals. Use performance-based standards (e.g., pervious area % or trees per unit).
Jessie Simmons Jul 8 2025 at 12:58PM on page 2
Suggestion
From Olympia Master Builders;
Policy G-3A – Support for weatherization/resilience in existing buildings
Recommendation: Encourage permitting streamlining or tax incentives for these upgrades. Include zoning flexibility for adaptive reuse (e.g., minimum unit size exceptions or mixed-use allowances).
Jessie Simmons Jul 8 2025 at 12:57PM on page 2
Support
From Olympia Master Builders:
Policy G-2B & G-2C – Subsidies and preservation/weatherization for overburdened communities
Support: These are positive and help equity without penalizing new construction. Consider broadening to include preservation of unsubsidized affordable housing.
Jessie Simmons Jul 8 2025 at 12:55PM on page 2
Suggestion
From Olympia Master Builders:
Policy G-2A – “Consider prioritizing the use of lower-carbon building materials…”
Recommendation: Clarify that material prioritization is incentive-based and does not override State building code. Suggest pilot programs or recognition for builders using such materials voluntarily.
Robert Jul 5 2025 at 3:08PM on page 3
Suggestion
Encourage residents to stop mowing the grassy road margins with grassy swales for stormwater treatment. This will sequester a lot of carbon, and provide habitat, and reduce emmisions from mowing. Stop scalping the earth!
Robert Jul 5 2025 at 3:04PM on page 5
Support
Essential; may require zoning changes; support ADUs.
Robert Jul 5 2025 at 3:02PM on page 4
Suggestion
adding bike racks around will encourgae the use of electric and regular bikes.
Robert Jul 5 2025 at 3:01PM on page 4
Support
Biking and walking also offer substantial health benefits, which will also reduce the burden on health infrastructure.
Anonymous Jul 3 2025 at 12:05PM on page 4
This seems as though it may conflict with the new state law eliminating many parking minimums across the state
Anonymous Jul 2 2025 at 3:55PM on page 6
Delete Goal G-8. It's based on biased. junk science.
Anonymous Jul 2 2025 at 3:52PM on page 4
Concern
Do not support subsidizing transportation systems. They should be paid for by those who use them: streets = cars, bike & walking paths = pedestrians and bicyclists; bus by bus ridership. Stop income re-distribution. Socialism is a failed system.
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