I distributed an administrative (staff) draft of a program that Planning Services and Economic Development have been working on to address the need to streamline the process for Affordable Housing and Employment Generating projects requiring Discretionary Review by the County. This does not address Ministerial projects at this time. I am asking for you individual thoughts and comments on the draft. This has also be distributed to the Building Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) and will be going to the Economic Development Advisory Commission (EDAC) this Friday.

As mentioned it is only a staff draft at this time. I still need to flush out some thoughts/points and definitions and this is why I am so interested in you thoughts and comments. Once we have received comments from those wishing to contribute we will final a draft and send it back out for more formal comments from each of the committees. 

The attached draft outlines a 2-part process. The first step identifies what staff can do immediately (i.e. not requiring amendments to policy, ordinances or the General Plan) that can help reduce the processing time. The second step is recommending an ad hoc Process Improvement Team that would look at the County’s policies, and procedures that need to be modified, amended and/or completely revamped to address current barriers. The items out of this group would require approval of decision makers and therefore will take more time to complete. At this time we are recommending the Process Improvement Team to be made up of members from the BIAC, EDAC and the Housing Taskforce, three County advisory bodies, currently addressing these issues on an separate basis. 

Please let me know if you have any questions. I would appreciate it if you could send me back you comments by Tuesday, August 28th. 

Thanks in advance for your review and thoughts on this matter.

Shawna Purvines

Shawna L. Purvines
Sr. Planner
Development Services
EDC
Phone:(530) 621-5362
www.co.el-dorado.ca.us