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CDS STUDY SESSION MINUTES
BOCC CONFERENCE ROOM, WEBEX
Regular Meeting
MONDAY 1:30 PM October 10, 2022
Board members present: Chair Laura Osiadacz and Vice -Chairman
Cory Wright and Commissioner Brett Wachsmith.
Others: Dan Carlson, Jeremy Larson, Jeremiah Cromie, and Jessica
Miller Community Development Services; Mark Cook, Arden Thomas,
and Rebecca Cruse, Public Works; Neil Caulkins, Deputy
Prosecutor and zero (0) members of the public.
At 1:35 pm Chair Osiadacz opened the Community Development
Services Study Session.
CITIZEN COMMENTS (1 MIN. TIME LIMIT)
There were no citizen comments.
PLANNING STAFFING UPDATE AND DISCUSSION
CDS DIRECTOR DAN CARLSON provided an update on the current
Planning staff and recent changes that have led to the current
staffing shortage, in particular with regards to Long Range
Planning. Currently we are working on the Docket Hearing and
next will be the Critical Areas Ordinance. The BoCC was
presented with a couple of solutions which included contracting
out to do the long range planning portion and possibly advertise
the Planner position as a Planner 1 to include public outreach
as we have a great need to address the growth of the county and
challenge with the lack of personnel currently. The BoCC
direction is to get a contract going for what is statutorily
required and start talking with other planners in surrounding
cities/counties regarding long range planning.
PREDICTIVE MAPPING UPDATE AND DISCUSSION
CDS DIRECTOR CARLSON stated that both of the employees who were
working on this project are no longer working for the county.
The previous Planning Official had finished his part of the
work. CDS DIRECTOR CARLSON and Jesse Potts from IT will be
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setting up a meeting with them and the previous Planning
Official to get an update of what needs to occur next. CDS will
provide an update after this occurs. Our next periodic update is
due June 30, 2023. CHAIR OSIADACZ recommended that CDS present a
plan of the financial impact to complete an updated land
capacity analysis, a timeline and what is needed for completing
some of the items on today's agenda.
SHORT TERM RENTALS UPDATE AND DISCUSSION
CDS DIRECTOR CARLSON provided a recommendation that a well -
represented committee be formed at the first of the year to work
through the issues with short term rentals. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT
suggested hiring a consultant who is skilled in obtaining the
amount of short term rentals currently in use and they could
also enforce any county ordinances on those rentals, like they
did in Skamania County. CDS received direction from the BoCC to
return at an upcoming meeting with the number of short term
rentals currently in use for the county.
COUNTY -SPONSORED MASTER PLANS UPDATE AND DISCUSSION
CDS DIRECTOR CARLSON shared that we started this discussion in
the winter of 2020 with a designer who offered to volunteer some
plans that the county would review, approve, and have available
as low cost county -sponsored plans. A customer could then come
into the office and purchase the plans for use. CDS has recently
reached out to the designer, and he is still willing to
volunteer those plans. CDS will work through a couple of issues,
including snow load and Preliminary Site Analysis requirements.
BUILDER OUTREACH REVISED SCHEDULE AND UPDATE
CDS DIRECTOR CARLSON stated CDS is preparing to provide outreach
to builders in the county to present and educate them on recent
changes including draft WUI map, foundation only permits and
digital submittals. This outreach is anticipated to occur the
week of 12/12/22-12/16/22.
OTHER BUSINESS
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT requested more frequent written overview
documentation be provided prior to study session if applicable.
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Meeting concluded at 2:19 p.m.
ssica Miller
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KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Laura Osiadacz, Chairman