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City outlines plan to modernize development review: Acela upgrades, PermitPal, and a book‑of‑fees update

5425951 · July 18, 2025
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Summary

Community Development Director Andrea Auss presented the council with a multi‑year plan to modernize permitting and development review, including expanded use of Acela, integration with PermitPal, an organizational review, and a comprehensive update to development fees and the Transportation Impact Fee program.

At a July 16 workshop the Community Development Department presented a strategic plan to modernize permitting and development review intended to make development more predictable and efficient.

Andrea Auss, the director of Community Development, told the council that the program of work includes several concurrent initiatives: a phased upgrade and fuller deployment of the city’s Acela permitting system (including a late‑summer user interface update), deeper integration with PermitPal (PermitPal has been…

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