Urban Growth Area (UGA) Expansions, Reductions, and Swaps Webinar
Cost: Webinars $40, $30 members, students free
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About the Webinar:
Evaluating and processing Urban Growth Area (UGA) expansions, reductions, and swaps is complicated. From varying GMA requirements to timing and costs to evaluate proposals, and the complexity of information needed to properly review requests. This webinar will focus on Commerce’s soon to be released UGA Guidebook guidance and best practices for evaluating and processing UGA modifications.
About the Speakers:
Clay White, Practice Builder, Kimley-Horn
Clay White has over 25 years’ experience serving private sector clients and cities and counties throughout Washington State as a land use planner. This includes nearly 18 years working as a planner and planning director for cities and counties in Eastern, Central, and Western Washington. Throughout his career, Clay has focused his work on assisting local government to develop and implement sound policies that help further the goals of the jurisdiction. Clay’s work includes significant experience working on statewide legislation and guidance, housing plans and policy, providing on-call planning assistance, and leading comprehensive plans and code updates to implement the Growth Management Act (GMA).
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elissa Alofaituli, Senior Planner, Department of Commerce – Growth Management Services
Melissa Alofaituli (she/her) is a senior planner in our eastern region providing technical assistance to three counties (Spokane, Adams and Whitman) and serves as the unit’s technical expert on Urban Growth Areas.
Born and raised in Spokane, Melissa has a master’s degree in planning from the University of Southern California. She brings over fifteen years of professional planning experience to the role, including serving as the Director of Planning Policy and Development for the Mayor of Los Angeles, and working in long range policy, current planning, and historic preservation in the Los Angeles Department of City Planning.
Melissa also served in the Peace Corps as an economic development specialist in the Dominican Republic, where she worked with women’s groups and an organic coffee co-op. Melissa lives in Spokane with her family.