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Community and Economic Development fills staff vacancies, updates council on major projects
Summary
Community and Economic Development staff reported full staffing, new and ongoing contracts, and active projects including White Community Park phase 2, an Island Crossing subarea plan, an aquatic-organism passage grant for Escombe/Ishcon Creek, and multiple residential and commercial proposals.
Mark Hayes, Community and Economic Development staff, briefed the council on quarterly CED activity, staffing and development projects.
Hayes said the department has filled all vacant positions and named recently hired managers: a development-services engineering manager and a planning manager. He summarized several active contracts and grant awards, including a $325,000 contract with the Department of Commerce for a paper-to-digital records grant and ongoing contracts for park and subarea planning work.
Project highlights Hayes raised include: - White Community Park phase 2 (construction contract with Capture Energy under Rock Project…
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