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October 11, 2024
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COUNTY NEWS
Litigation Looms Over Latest Round of Washington State Timber Sales
Conservation advocates are prepared to sue over more than half of the timber sales Washington’s Board of Natural Resources approved on Tuesday, the latest flare-up in the fight over
whether older trees on state-owned forestland should be spared from logging.
The board approved a package of nine sales that would involve cutting roughly 1,200 acres of trees across western Washington, with minimum revenue expected to be around $13.8 million.
Staff at the Department of Natural Resources put together plans for the sales and money generated would go largely to schools, counties, and public universities.
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STATE NEWS
Commerce Awards $3 Million to Boost Housing Production Pipeline
The Department of Commerce announced $3 million for 16 cities and four counties across Washington to streamline local building permit review processes. The funding will help create digital
permitting processes and consolidate permit reviews, reducing the time needed to process and approve residential building permits, moves that strengthens the state’s pipeline of new
housing production.
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STATE NEWS
Climate Commitment Act Funds Reporting: Rule Change
Reporting requirements established by the rule include those related to expenditures that benefit vulnerable populations within the boundaries of overburdened communities, and those
that are formally supported by a resolution of a Tribe. Additionally, the rule includes requirements for recipients to report on whether greenhouse gas emissions reductions are expected
to result from work funded by the CCA.
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STATE NEWS
Grant Writing Assistance Program Participant Survey
In response to the unprecedented federal investment in clean energy funding available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Commerce
is excited to launch a Federal Funds Grant Writing Assistance Program (FFGWAP). You are invited to complete this Participant Survey and share your thoughts on how the FFGWAP would be
most useful to you. Your responses will directly inform all resources made available through this program.
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COUNTY NEWS
Public Records Puzzles: When the Request Is Coming from Inside the House!
Elected officials and staff from local governments need agency records to do their jobs, but sometimes they want them for personal reasons. How can agencies manage both of these types
of requests under the Public Records Act and other state laws?
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COUNTY NEWS
Pierce County Rural Areas to See Improved Internet Through $12M Project
Pierce County has announced a public-private partnership that will use more than $7 million in federal funds to boost internet access in the region’s most rural areas. The public-private
partnership totals $12.1 million, with Pierce County dedicating $7.15 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to the project. Astound Broadband will spend the remaining
$4.95 million as part of the partnership.
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STATE NEWS
Floodplains by Design: Reducing Risk, Restoring Rivers
FLOODPLAINS BY DESIGN is an ambitious public-private partnership working to reduce flood risk, improve working lands, and restore habitat. By transforming how floodplains are managed
on a landscape scale, Floodplains by Design supports thriving communities and a healthy environment. The heart of this approach is the idea that the most complex problems are solved
by helping people work together. Trust is built through structured conversations that give voice to the values of each interest group, and coordinating investments toward local solutions.
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