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Planning Department unveils permit-tracking portal and asks commission to approve budget additions for project review staffing
Summary
Staff previewed a new joint Planning/DBI project-permit tracking system (Accela citizen portal, sofpermit.org) to make case records and workflow visible; the department also presented a two-year budget that funds additional positions to reduce review backlogs and adds monitoring/reporting capacity.
Planning Department staff on Thursday showed commissioners an in-progress project-permit tracking system intended to merge multiple Planning and DBI databases, provide a public portal (sofpermit.org) and enable select online filings and scheduling.
Senior planner Kelly Amder said the system, built on Accela automation with a public "citizen access" page, will provide a single searchable project database, export GIS layers, attach formal correspondence and notices to records, and…
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