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DRAFT RETREAT AGENDA
JEFFERSON COUNTY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
PROVISIONAL DATE: January 10, 2026
9:00 AM Welcome Chair and Overview Presentation
1. Call to Order/Roll Call
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Keynote: [County Commissioner of meeting location] Welcomes Planning Commission
9:30
4. Purpose of Retreat
Presenters: DCD
5. Retreat Topic One: Year 2025 in Review
10:00
6. Community Comments
7. Short Break
10:30
8. Retreat Topic Two: Best practices, training, topical presentation, etc.
9. Break
11:30
10. Workshop, breakout groups, or presentation: Discuss the following topics with your breakout
group (examples):
a. Best Practices for Sub-Committees
b. Procedures
c. Attendance issues and incentives
d. In your interactions with fellow Commissioners and staff, what is working well? What
would you like to change?
12:00—1:00 Lunch
11. Retreat Topic Three: 2026 Projects and Work Planning
a. 2026 Work Plan: Overview of projects moving forward in 2026
2:30
12. Presentation, Topic Four
3:30
13. Workshop Conclusions
4:00
14. Chair adjourns Retreat
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Draft Work Product—subject to frequent changes
Retreat Ideas from October 1, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting
Retreat Purpose
Provide a time for organizational review
Celebrate our Planning Commissioners
Review last year and plan next year
Work on operational items
Review Processes and Procedures
Agenda
• Summary of 2025 Planning Commission Work
• Discuss Work Plan for 2026
• Coordination between BoCC and Planning Commission for public participation in community
planning
• Discussion and Next Steps
Coordination between BoCC and Planning Commission for public participation in community planning
• Comprehensive Plan Public Outreach
• Messaging
• Strategies
Topics and ideas from PC Meeting October 1, 2025:
Interactive format
Possibly breakout group sessions to workshop improvement ideas.
Current Working List of Retreat format & topics:
Hold on a Saturday, 9am to 4pm
Ensure there is programmed time for PC/staff; PC/BoCC interaction
Land division code fixes (Greg)
Stormwater thresholds (Greg)
Short-term Rental Program Annual Report-out (refers to annual review in code. Successes
and failures)
Economic Development Council (EDC)—new executive director
Land Trust
Forest management/fire protection; wildland-Urban interface (WUI); 18.20.160
Conversion Option Harvest Plan (COHP) (Greg)
“Code Scrub”, SDR & Legal lot of record (Greg)
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Draft Work Product—subject to frequent changes
Workshop on Affordable Housing solutions (maybe have an outside speaker/subject
matter expert?)
Workshop on modern Alternative Septic Solutions focused on Rural communities (again
have an outside speaker/subject matter expert?)
Training:
https://mrsc.org/explore-topics/planning/proceedings/planning-commissions