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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />CDS STUDY SESSION MINUTES <br />BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM, WEBEX <br />Regular Meeting <br />MONDAY 1:30 PM October 10, 2022 <br />Board members present: Chair Laura Osiadacz and Vice -Chairman <br />Cory Wright and Commissioner Brett Wachsmith. <br />Others: Dan Carlson, Jeremy Larson, Jeremiah Cromie, and Jessica <br />Miller Community Development Services; Mark Cook, Arden Thomas, <br />and Rebecca Cruse, Public Works; Neil Caulkins, Deputy <br />Prosecutor and zero (0) members of the public. <br />At 1:35 pm Chair Osiadacz opened the Community Development <br />Services Study Session. <br />CITIZEN COMMENTS (1 MIN. TIME LIMIT) <br />There were no citizen comments. <br />PLANNING STAFFING UPDATE AND DISCUSSION <br />CDS DIRECTOR DAN CARLSON provided an update on the current <br />Planning staff and recent changes that have led to the current <br />staffing shortage, in particular with regards to Long Range <br />Planning. Currently we are working on the Docket Hearing and <br />next will be the Critical Areas Ordinance. The BoCC was <br />presented with a couple of solutions which included contracting <br />out to do the long range planning portion and possibly advertise <br />the Planner position as a Planner 1 to include public outreach <br />as we have a great need to address the growth of the county and <br />challenge with the lack of personnel currently. The BoCC <br />direction is to get a contract going for what is statutorily <br />required and start talking with other planners in surrounding <br />cities/counties regarding long range planning. <br />PREDICTIVE MAPPING UPDATE AND DISCUSSION <br />CDS DIRECTOR CARLSON stated that both of the employees who were <br />working on this project are no longer working for the county. <br />The previous Planning Official had finished his part of the <br />work. CDS DIRECTOR CARLSON and Jesse Potts from IT will be <br />2022-10-10 MINUTES 1 <br />