Planning Department to refine permit tracking and qualitative outcome measures

The Planning Department told supervisors it is in a rebuilding phase and is rethinking how to measure performance for planning processes. Director Mr. Macris said roughly 30% of planning staff are new and the department has completed redesigns of fee schedules and financial procedures; he described efforts to integrate permit tracking with the Department of Building Inspections and to reduce delays by logging time attributable to project sponsors rather than the department.