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(c) Up to $500,000 per biennium may be allocated toward growth 1 management policy research and development or to assess the ongoing 2 effectiveness of existing growth management policy. 3 (d) The department must develop a process for consulting with 4 local governments, affected stakeholders, and the appropriate 5 committees of the legislature to establish emphasis areas for 6 competitive grant distribution and for research priorities. 7 (10) $1,100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 8 fiscal year 2024 and $1,100,000 of the general fund—state 9 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the 10 department to contract with the municipal research and services 11 center, in coordination with the Washington procurement technical 12 assistance center, to provide training and technical assistance to 13 local governments and contractors on public works contracting. 14 Training topics may include utilization of supplemental bidding 15 criteria, utilization of alternate public works, contracting, cost 16 estimating, obtaining performance and payment bonds, and increasing 17 participation of women-owned and minority-owned businesses. 18 (11) $3,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 19 fiscal year 2024 and $3,000,000 of the general fund—state 20 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the 21 department to administer grants and provide technical assistance to 22 cities or counties for actions relating to adopting ordinances that 23 plan for and accommodate housing. Of this amount: 24 (a) $2,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 25 year 2024 and $2,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 26 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for grants to cities and 27 counties. Grants may be used for the following activities: 28 (i) Analyzing comprehensive plan policies and development 29 regulations to determine the extent of amendments required to meet 30 the goal of authorizing middle housing types on at least 30 percent 31 of lots currently zoned as single family residential within the city, 32 or for counties inside the unincorporated urban growth area. For the 33 purposes of this subsection, "middle housing types" means buildings 34 that are compatible in scale, form, and character with single family 35 houses, and contain two or more attached, stacked, or clustered 36 homes. This includes duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, fiveplexes, 37 sixplexes, townhouses, courtyard apartments, and cottage housing; 38 p. 81 ESSB 5187.SL