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JEFFERSON COUNTY
JEFFERSON COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
621 Sheridan Street | Port Townsend, WA 98368 | Web: www.co.jefferson.wa.us/communitydevelopment
Tel: 360.379.4450 | Fax: 360.379.4451 | Email: dcd@co.jefferson.wa.us
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Building Permits & Inspections | Development Consistency Review | Long Range Planning | Watershed Stewardship Resource Center
TO: Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Carl Smith, Director
Stacie Hoskins, Planning Manager
Zoe Ann Lamp, Associate Planner, DRD Lead
DATE: February 11, 2013
Limited DCD Staff and Resources to Support the Climate Action Committee
SUBJECT:
DCD has supported the Climate Action Committee by staff work on a variety of tasks, over a number of
years. Zoe Ann Lamp has been a primary staff contact. Zoe has put in nearly 100 hours during 2012
and over 140 hours in 2011. Last year, most of Zoe’s time was spent on tasks of an administrative
nature (minutes, website updating, agenda prep, etc.). For the same reasons DCD has curtailed its
involvement with the Housing Action Plan Network (limited staff resources and workload), DCD wants
to reduce staff time on the CAC.
With John Austin, Pinky Feria-Mingo (Environmental health specialist – Green business, EnviroStars &
other programs) and Brian Goldstein (Public Works – Resource Conservation manager) as members, the
CAC has significant County representation on the CAC. DCD would still be available from time to time
for consultation or other limited support, particularly if the CAC suggested changes to the county’s
development regulations or Comprehensive Plan.
When we recently announced our new policy of reduced involvement to the HAPN, other volunteers
stepped up to take over tasks formerly done by DCD. This could also happen at the CAC and allow
other community members to get more involved. The next CAC meeting is February 27. Zoe will
inform the CAC of this new reduced involvement by DCD, as follows:
DCD (Zoe) is available to help with the following:
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Upload final pdfs of agendas, draft minutes and approved minutes to the webpage.
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Format and copy Agenda Requests to the BoCC. Content would come from another source.
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Monitor CAC activities by reading minutes and agendas and provide guidance on suggested
changes to county development regulations or the county Comprehensive Plan.
Responsibilities for which DCD (Zoe) will no longer be available:
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Attending meetings
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Taking or preparing minutes
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Developing content for Agenda Requests to the Board of County Commissioners or joint
sessions with City Council
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Developing content for webpage
Advising County Administrator’s staff of special meetings and topics
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