Revised Goals and Policies Released for 45 Day Public Comment Period From the county’s email release today: In 2024 and 2025, planning department staff engaged the public in reviewing the existing 2016 Comprehensive Plan goals and policies. Input was collected … Continue reading Island County Comp Plan Goals Released
County Hydrogeologist Chris Kelley gave an update of the ongoing review of the Coordinated Water System Plan (CWSP) to the county Board of Health on May 20th. In a roughly 30 minute presentation Dr. Kelley reviewed the the work to … Continue reading Coordinated Water System Plan Update
Climate Resiliency Sub Element – call for comments Over the last two weeks, Island County Planning Department held a series on three Stakeholder Workshops to discuss the Climate Resiliency Sub Element for the Comprehensive Plan. Stakeholders from a variety of … Continue reading Island County Comprehensive Plan
This month, I found myself on a stakeholder panel for a series of three workshops on the Climate Resiliency Sub Element of the Comprehensive Plan, required by the State Department of Commerce as part of the county’s comprehensive plan update. The first workshop was on sea level rise. For a primer on the sea level rise issues our island is facing, you can read An Imperfect Storm. Continue reading A Gray Tsunami
The county issued a request to all water systems to check the Island County Hydrogeology Dashboard for your water system’s seawater intrusion risk. When a water system is connected to more than 2 homes and the well is in an … Continue reading Drinking Water: Seawater Intrusion Monitoring
At the June 12th BOICC Work Session, Public Health & Planning reviewed a proposed Water Study centered on an update to the Coordinated Water System Plan (CWSP). This is an effort that could address many areas of concern surrounding future … Continue reading Island County’s Proposed Water Study
The last of the four open houses on the update to the Island County Comprehensive Plan will be held next week in Oak Harbor. The open house is on Tuesday February 13, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm at the … Continue reading Island County Comp Plan Open House on Feb 13
A reminder that the county will be holding Open Houses in February at various locations on Whidbey and Camano Islands on the Comprehensive Plan. This is early in the planning process and a perfect opportunity to learn more about how … Continue reading Island County to hold Open House Events
Chris Kelley, the Island County Hydrogeologist, spoke at the 2023 Annual Meeting in December. He presented a timeline of the county’s hydrogeological database, concluding with a demonstration of the latest toolset. The county’s effort to capture relevant data on each … Continue reading Island County Hydrogeology Data
Presentation from the March 2023 Quarterly Member Meeting. Downloadable PDF files with links. Continue reading March 2023 Member Meeting Presentations
On MONDAY, November 23, 2020 at 2:00 P.M., the Island County PLANNINGCOMMISSION will hold an ONLINE MEETING.The agenda will include: A PUBLIC HEARING to consider a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners regarding amendments to Chapters 17.03, 17.04A, and 17.06 of Island County Code addressing standards for Accessory Dwelling Units. A PUBLIC HEARING to consider a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners on the 2021 Island County Comprehensive Plan Docket. Documents will be posted at:https://www.islandcountywa.gov/Planning/Pages/planningcomm.aspxAddress comments to: Planning Commission at PO Box 5000, Coupeville, WA98239 or PlanningCommission@islandcountywa.gov The list of proposed changes can be found here and the … Continue reading Island County Planning Commission Meeting Notice – Accessory Dwelling Units
PRESS RELEASE – WRAC.docx Continue reading Three openings on the Island County Water Resources Advisory Committee