Summary of Meeting*

March 18, 1997
Department of Ecology
Lacey, Washington

I. Meeting convened at 3:00 p.m.

A. Members Present in Lacey:
Ryan Durkan, Chair; Commissioner Phil Best, Skip Burch, Keith Dearborn, and Terry Husseman.
Members participating via telephone conference call:
Sheila Collins, Kathy Dietrich, Loren Dunn, Mayor Ed Hansen, David Moseley, Kimberly Ordon, and Dave Roseberry.

B. Staff Present: Harry Reinert and Julie Knackstedt.

II. The Chair asked Mr. Husseman to report on the status of the Buildable Land Subcommittee. Mr. Husseman said after the Commission's March 11 meeting, a revised draft of the proposal was sent to both members of the subcommittee and to members of the advisory committee. That draft had removed provisions requiring monitoring of critical areas and had also removed provisions directing local governments to take certain actions based on the evaluation required in the proposal. Based on the comments received on that draft, a revised proposal was sent to members of the Subcommittee and they discussed that draft on Monday. At the Monday meeting, the members of the Subcommittee came to consensus on a proposal.

This consensus proposal was faxed to Commission members on Monday afternoon and is labeled as Draft 14.

The significant changes in the proposal from the version considered by the Commission at its March 11 meeting included the deletion of the two elements mentioned above and the inclusion of a provision allowing counties and cities to charge a fee for the costs of providing certain types of electronic data.

Mr. Dearborn asked that the latter provision be modified to not allow the fee to be collected for costs that had been paid for by the state. He also noted that the Seattle City Attorney's office had suggested that the fee and waiver requirements should be adopted by ordinance or resolution. Commission members agreed to changes to incorporate these provisions.

Mr. Moseley expressed concern that the proposal did not include a specific appropriation. He said he understood that the Governor's budget had approximately one-half of the amount identified in some of the Commission's previous briefings and expressed concern that this would be another unfunded mandate on local governments. The Commission agreed to revisions in the "null and void" provision to emphasize that it was the intent of the Commission not to allow an unfunded mandate.

The Chair asked if any member had objections to the proposal put forward by the Subcommittee as modified. There were no objections. The Chair announced that the Commission had come to consensus on the proposal and that it would be transmitted to the Governor and the Legislature for their consideration.

VII. Adjournment — The meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.