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Public works and building staff outline permit backlog, Accela workflow and plans to speed development review
Summary
Public works and building and planning staff reviewed a current list of development review projects in the Accela portal, explained causes of incomplete applications, discussed staffing shortages and training plans, and signaled possible transfer of private-road reviews back to building and planning subject to ordinance changes.
Cowlitz County public works and building and planning staff presented commissioners with an update on active development review cases, explained how Accela tracks incomplete applications, and described steps to reduce processing time for permits and private-road reviews.
Public works engineer Susan (surname not specified) told the Board that as of noon the office had 15 projects on its active list, 13 after removing short plats, with a mix of residential, private-road and planning projects. She said darker-colored entries in the report indicate permits that are incomplete because building and planning is awaiting additional documents; those short plats are still processed on paper and require multiple signatures, a quirk…
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