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GRANT COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AGENDA MEETING REQUEST FORM
(Must be submitted to the Clerk of the Board by 12:00pm on Thursday)
REQUESTING DEPARTMENT: BOCC
REQUEST SUBMITTED BY:D Stone
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CONTACT PERSON ATTENDING ROUNDTABLE.
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DATE: 1/11/24
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Letter to the Association of Grant County Cities and Towns re: Development Services,
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Letter to the Association of Grant County Cities and Towns re: Development Services,
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January 16, 2024
Honorable Dustin Swartz
Chair, Assoc. of Grant Co. Cities & Towns
GRANT COUNTY
OFFICE OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
P O Box 37
EPHRATA WA 98823
(509) 754-2011
Re: AGCCT Letter Concerning Grant County Development Services, the Planned Growth
Committee (PGC), and the Coordinated Water System Plan (CWSP)
Dear Dustin and the AGCCT,
Thank you, Mr. Swartz, for your letter representing the AGCCT. After reviewing and discussing
this with the Director and Deputy Director of Development Services, the Board of County
Commissioners would like to respond with the following information and recommendations.
1. Both the BOCC and Development Services staff agree that a Planned Growth Committee
should be reestablished as a resource that can be the sounding board between the county and its
UGA cities and towns. Development Services staff have already introduced this idea to the
BOCC a few months ago and a meeting was actually scheduled with Lewis County to discuss
their successful PGC structure. That meeting has been rescheduled until after the holidays and
we would like to invite you to this meeting for a collaborative discussion and direction on how to
reengage the PGC in Grant County.
2. Development Services staff has also identified the need to update its Coordinated Water
System Plan (CWSP) and presented this information during a Development Services update
several months ago. Staff informed the Board that this initiative will be part of its major
comprehensive plan update, which will begin in January 2025. However, this initiative will
actually start in 2024 as part of Development Services' Work Plan to formulate a Water Utility
Coordinating Committee to assist with this heavy lift. The CWSP must contain all UGA cities
and towns water service plans and their retail service areas as part of its amendment and adoption
by the State Health Department. Currently, there are only 3 water service plans on file that
support the current plan, so it is agreed that this initiative is imperative.
3. There is currently no inter -local agreement and/or memorandum of understanding between the
county and any of its UGA cities or towns. Staff has indicated this to the Board on several
occasions and insists that it is absolutely necessary to develop ILAs between the larger
municipalities where growth is expected to occur so that the countywide planning policies and
Danny E. Stone Rob Jones Cindy Carter
District 1 District 2 District 3
"TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS? SERVING TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES? WHILE FOSTERING
A RESPECTFUL AND SUCCESSFUL WORK ENVIRONMENT."
other elements of the comprehensive plan can be applied consistently, and our customers have
predictability on what is expected of them. Unfortunately, such requests to work with UGA
cities to develop these plans have apparently fallen on deaf ears even though this has been a
discussion for approximately 2 years. However, you can rest assured that the current
Development Services staff has not misrepresented the fact that there is no ILA between the
county and its UGA cities and/or used this fact as an advantage to persuade or imply how
development should occur. Rather, staff has always invited its UGA cities to the table for a
collaborative discussion whenever development is proposed within the UGA. Whether the UGA
cities decide to attend and/or comment during these meetings is not a controllable factor born by
the county.
We hope that this clears up any misunderstanding or miscommunication and provides for an
opportunity for a collaborative partnership as we continue towards the initiatives mentioned in
items 1 and 2 above and to also start the discussion on developing much needed ILAs between
the county and its UGA cities and towns.
Very Respectfully,
BOARD OF GRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Cindy Ca r, Chair DannyF. Stone, Vice -Chair Rob es,� ember
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