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Zillah Council to serve as planning agency; two councilmembers named to planning subcommittee
Summary
After discovering the city had been following the wrong statute, Council decided the City Council will serve as the planning agency under RCW 35A.63.020 and approved a subcommittee with Councilmembers Doug Stewart and Brian Williams (appointment recorded with an inconsistent abstention notation in the minutes).
Council reviewed a February 21, 2024 memo and determined Zillah had been operating under an incorrect statute for the Planning Commission; staff advised the city should follow the Code City statute, RCW 35A.63.020. To ensure compliance with the Growth Management Act and related state laws, the Council concluded it is prudent for the City Council to serve as the planning agency and discussed forming a subcommittee to handle zoning, comprehensive-plan and development-regulation recommendations.
Councilmember Janice Gonzales nominated Doug Stewart and Brian Williams to the new planning subcommittee and Councilmember Beth Husted seconded. The minutes record the motion as passing; the same line also states Stewart and Williams abstained, an internal inconsistency in the minutes that the city said would be corrected. The council instructed staff to proceed under RCW 35A.63.020 and Zillah Municipal Code 2.04.140 to formalize the subcommittee’s scope.
