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Staff outlines six‑month schedule for comprehensive plan, seeks joint meetings with planning commission
Summary
Staff member Chad Bala presented a tentative six‑month schedule for the county’s comprehensive plan review, saying staff will pursue joint meetings with the planning commission in February and again in April and that the schedule will be presented to the planning commission the following night.
Staff member Chad Bala updated the Kittitas County board on a tentative six‑month schedule to advance the county’s comprehensive plan and related development regulation updates, saying staff plans joint meetings with the planning commission to streamline review and approvals.
Bala told the board the first item was “the updated projected schedule for the next 6 months,” and that staff had broken the plan into smaller review elements with multiple review periods through September, October and November and 30‑day public comment periods for elements published in the paper. He said the county is on a tight timeline but is “actually, we’re ahead of schedule compared to other jurisdictions.”
Why it matters: the schedule sets the sequence of public notices, appeals and joint hearings that will determine when the county can adopt changes to its comprehensive plan and development regulations. Bala said a first joint meeting with the planning commission is planned for February and a tentative joint meeting in April would address critical areas and development regulation updates.
Bala described practical next steps staff will take before public hearings: consolidate several processes, finalize calendars, arrange an appropriate facility for joint meetings (he suggested reserving the armory if needed), and present the tentative schedule to the planning commission at its next meeting. He also said the tentative schedule accounts for required notices, including a 60‑day notice to the state commerce agency and other statutory checklists tied to appeals periods.
A board member present said they had no questions and supported holding a joint meeting with the planning commission. Bala and the member agreed no board action was required at the meeting; Bala said staff will take the tentative schedule to the planning commission the following night for further steps and recommended scheduling follow‑up public hearings as that process advances.
The board received the update and took no formal action.
