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Table of Contents <br />Executive Summary 3 <br />Background 6 <br />Audit Results 13 <br />Audited governments met state -mandated permitting deadlines inconsistently in some areas, <br />sometimes by wide margins 13 <br />Although already using many leading practices, audited governments could adopt <br />practices to further improve permit review times _ 27 <br />Only one-third of local governments statewide published required annual performance <br />reports on permit processing times 32 <br />State Auditor's Conclusions 35 <br />' Recommendations 36 <br />Agency Response 38 <br />r, <br />Appendix A: Initiative 900 and Auditing Standards 48 <br />Appendix B• Objectives, Scope and Methodology 50 <br />Appendix C: Upcoming Changes to State Law 58 <br />Appendix D: Local Building Codes and Processing Times 60 <br />State Auditor's Office contacts <br />State Auditor Pat McCarthy <br />564-999-0801, Pat,McCarthy(asao.wa.gov <br />Scott Frank - Director of Performance and IT Audit <br />564-999-0809, Scott. Fran kcasa4,WA aov <br />Justin Stowe - Assistant Director for <br />Performance Audit <br />564-201-2970,Justin. Bowe@sao.wa.gov <br />Melissa Smith - Principal Performance Auditor <br />564-999-0832, Melissa.Smith@sao.wa.gov <br />Carolyn Cato - Senior Performance Auditor <br />564-999-0848, Carolyn.Cato@sao.wa.gov <br />Audit Team <br />Brenton Clark, Robert Evashenk, James Gel uso <br />Kathleen Cooper - Director of Communications <br />564-999-0800, Kathleen.Coopemsao.waxiov <br />To request public records <br />Public Records Officer <br />564-999-0918, Pu�Records@sao.wa.gov <br />Americans with Disabilities <br />In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, <br />this document will be made available in alternative <br />formats. Please email Webmaster@sao.wa.gov <br />for more information. <br />Growth Management Act 1 2 <br />