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Gilroy council debates permit overhaul: in‑house reviewers, navigator role and transparent dashboards on the table
Summary
Council and staff discussed measures to speed permitting — an in‑house plan‑review model, a permit navigator, developer roundtables and a public dashboard — and heard public complaints about consultant fees for habitat-permit processing.
Gilroy city leaders used a May 5 strategic-planning session to press for faster, clearer permitting and to weigh whether to move some outsourced plan-review work in-house.
Community Development Director Sharon (first name used in the meeting) told council staff has modeled a hybrid approach — a core in-house plan-review team supplemented by consultants for peak workloads — and said the city would likely need an initial investment. “Starting the third year, I would envision the in-house team to be able to retain more plan reviews,” Sharon said. She added that her modeling showed net revenue becoming “pretty similar between fourth and fifth year and beyond”…
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