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Planning director reports state pause on channel-mapping work, $150,000 Commerce offer and LCB license fees
Summary
Planning Director Pete Palmer told commissioners the state paused a Department of Ecology mapping project, the Department of Commerce offered up to $150,000 to support a periodic plan update, and staff outlined the Liquor and Cannabis Board license renewal costs and fee models used by nearby counties.
Pete Palmer, the county planning director, told the Okanogan County Board of Commissioners that a joint mapping project with the Department of Ecology has been “paused” because of uncertainty tied to recent legislation and federal funding, and that the county should expect notice when the work resumes.
Palmer said the Department of Commerce separately offered a funding package of about $150,000 to support the county’s periodic planning update required under Washington’s Growth Management Act. "They reached back to me because their practice is to work with the counties or the commissioners directly for things like this," Palmer…
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