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Quality of Life Committee Initiated Programs, Projects and Outreach 

• Courthouse Visits: Members meet one-on-one with each County
  Commissioner, City Commissioner and Directors of Community Development to present our local legislative agenda; establish working relationship with officials; introduce Key Contacts; ask how we can help with their policy agenda.

WHEN: 

 

• Housing Issues Briefing:  Report to elected officials, government staff, key community leaders and press on state of housing and housing markets in area.  Re-iterate housing policy agenda.

WHEN:  July 19, 2007, 12:00-1:30pm, location TBD.

Sub-Committee Members:  Alisha Harrison, Kristy Buck, Nancy Moran, Terri Jeffreys   

• Impact Fee Presentation to Membership:  Educate membership on pros and cons of impact fees, including specific proposals currently under consideration.

WHEN:  February 1, 4:00pm – location to be annonced.   

• Government 101/Land Use Law For REALTORS:  Clock hour course combined with GAD presentation outlining Washington land use regulatory environment, how government works, and how REALTORS can be affected or make an impact.

WHEN:  Spring, 2007 

• Housing Market/Policies Sub-Committee

A subcommittee will convene to study the

Sub-Committee Members:  Kristy Buck, Chair; Rob Drexler, Richard Beckman, Maria Sheetz, Margie Heath, Terri Jeffreys

• NASCAR

MCAR has committed support to efforts to build a motorsports and multi-use facility to

 Political Affairs 

• Candidate Interviews:  Offices up for Election
  • City of Shelton: Mayor, City Commissioner for Budget and Finance (open seat)
  • Port of
    Shelton Commissioner, Dist. 3
  • Port of
    Allyn Commissioner, Dist. 2
• Ballot Initiatives:
  • Pioneer
    School District Capital Construction Bond – March 13
  • Shelton Property Tax Levy Lid Lift – Date TBD
  • Shelton Transportation Benefit District levy – Date TBD

Government Affairs - Legislative Proposals 

• Planned Unit Development Regulation for Allyn, Belfair, Shelton UGA

A Planned Unit Development (PUD) would allow for a wider variety of housing choices by allowing developers variances in standard development regulations multi-unit projects on small parcels of land.   

• Critical Area Regulations for urban areas

Amend County critical area regulations to provide customized standards for critical areas in our urban areas. In urban settings, habitat and critical area functions are frequently already impacted causing larger buffers to provide little value.  High value critical areas in urban areas should be identified and receive more protection offsetting any loss of function and value realized by existing developments. 

• Amend definition of short subdivision from 4 lots to 9 lots

RCW 58.17.020 authorizes local governments to define short subdivisions as any division of property that creates 9 or less new lots.  Currently,

 

• Explore Opportunity to Establish a Metropolitan Parks District for Park funding

Currently, park construction projects are funded by REET 2 revenues.  A Park District would be a ballot approved special taxing district authorized to collect levies on property taxes to fund parks.Sub-Committee:  Alisha Harrison, Dinah Griffey, Rob Drexler, Richard Beckman   Comp Plan Amendments:

• County
  Wide Planning Policy ensuring “No Net Loss” of Buildable Lands

Policy would require a review of how new land use regulations (ie: no touch buffers, setbacks, etc) would affect the amount of buildable land available.  If the regulation takes land out of development, it must be replace elsewhere in the County.              City of

City of

• Create Transportation Benefit District
• Manage Levy Lid Lift Ballot Initiative
• Propose resolution dedicating new funds solely to infrastructure
• Update subdivision code
• Zoning code revisions
• Parks and Recreation Comp Plan
• Complete Unincorporated UGA Plan and Development Regulations
• Develop Transportation Impact Fees and sidewalk development program.
• Revise Development Standards

State Legislature Key Contact Assignments

Tim Sheldon    -                       Rob Drexler

Kathy Haigh   -                       Jerry Obendorf

Bill Eickmeyer –                     Herb Baze

Local Key Contact Assignments

Tim Sheldon                -           Rob Drexler

Lynda Ring-Erickson  -           Richard Beckman

Ross Gallagher            -           Herb Baze

Dawn Pannell              -           Kristy Buck

Dick Taylor                 -           Nancy Moran

John Tarrant                -           Roxanne White (?)

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