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Pasco planning director outlines broad work plan to modernize permits, update codes
Summary
Community and Economic Development Director Haley Matson presented a multi-year work plan that lists dozens of state-mandated land-use changes, process improvements (online permits, TrackIt), a developer forum in October and targets such as a 20% cut in permit processing times by 2026.
Haley Matson, director of Pasco’s Community and Economic Development Department, presented a department work plan Sept. 8 that lays out state-mandated code updates, local policy changes and a series of customer-service and permit-system improvements. Matson said the plan compiles input from council, the city manager’s office, staff and applicants. She described two buckets of work: policy and legislative code changes (including state-driven items from 2023–2025) and internal process improvements such as online payments, a public development map and standardized permit process sheets. Matson told the…
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