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Planning staff warns annexation and staff leave will stretch capacity as hundreds of development applications arrive
Summary
Planning staff told the commission that an annexation set to take effect at month’s end and a planner’s three-month paternity leave will leave two staffers handling active county permit applications and a surge of new development filings, including some that must be processed under county code.
A planning staff member told the Yelm Planning Commission on March 17 that an annexation due to take effect at the end of the month and a key planner’s imminent paternity leave will strain the department’s ability to process incoming development applications.
“We're going to be getting quite a few development applications,” the planning staff member said, and added that planner Clayton “is gonna be gone for 3 months, so he'll be down to Drew and myself.” The staff member said the city is required by a local agreement with the county to take over any active…
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