The 2007 legislative session started January 8. It is scheduled to last 105 days during which time the biennial budgets must be written – a process that will lead to numerous starts, stops, and challenges, but will hopefully end on time.

The Democrats control the Governor’s mansion and both chambers of the legislature. This party has a 32 to 27 majority in the Senate and a 63 to 35 majority in the House. Much of what the Democrat legislative leadership does this session will involve maintaining those large majorities.

Consequently, in the months prior, the Governor and the legislative leadership have repeatedly stressed that this session is about education and health care access – issues that they believe resonate with the voters. The Governor’s recently released biennial budget proposal highlighted those topics. Commenting on the Governor’s budget, House Speaker Frank Chopp said:

I am pleased with the Governor’s focus on the real needs of the people of Washington, namely education and health care. Investments in all-day kindergarten, children’s health, and opportunity grants that allow all deserving students the chance to go to college will pay big dividends in the future.

While these issues will dominate, other issues are repeatedly mentioned by legislators when asked about the coming months: economic development and housing. Also, the Governor has unveiled her Working Lands Initiative, which involves promoting both small farms and timber lands. Thus, the Washington Chapter of the APA will have much to do in the coming days.

Legislative Landscape

Both the House and Senate have reorganized since the November elections. In part due to their large majorities, the House created additional committees (from 21 to 23), while the Senate created 6 new committees (11 to 17). Those interested in viewing all the committees can click here. However, for purposes of the WA-APA, I have listed only the committees particularly relevant to our issues.

In the Senate

Government Operations & Election Committee: Sen. Fairley (chair); Sen.-elect Oemig (vice chair); Sen. Kline; Sen. Pridemore; Sen. Roach (ranking member); Sen. Swecker; Sen. Benton.

Consumer Protection & Housing Committee: Sen. Weinstein (chair); Sen. Kauffman (vice chair); Sen. Haugen; Sen. Jacobsen; Sen. Kilmer; Sen. Tom; Sen. Delvin (ranking member); Sen. McCaslin; Sen. Honeyford.

In the House

Local Government Committee: Rep. Geoff Simpson (chair); Rep. Eddy (vice-chair); Rep. B. Sullivan; Rep. Takko; Rep Schindler (ranking) Rep. Curtis, Rep. Ross.

Housing Committee: Rep. Miloscia (chair); Rep. Springer; Rep Kelley; Rep. Ormsby; Rep. Dunn; Rep Walsh; Rep Schindler

Community & Economic Development & Trade Committee: Rep. Kennedy (chair); Rep. Pettigrew; Rep Chase; Rep Darneille; Rep. Rolfes; Rep. P. Sullivan; Rep. Bailey; Rep. McDonald; Rep. Haler.

Budget Issues

As mentioned earlier, most of the available budget surplus will be spent on education and health care initiatives. However, the Governor’s initial budget proposal spent funds on other issues of interest to the WA-APA. While not an exhaustive list, below are those proposed appropriations:

• $500,000 per year to Cascade Lands Conservancy for transfer of development rights program.
• $75,000 per year to continue agricultural pilot programs.
• $580,000 per year to WSAC and AWC to fund improving project permitting and mitigation processes.
• $320,000 per year for the state office of regulatory assistance to address state permitting issues.
• $397,000 per year to Dept. of Natural Resources to work with stakeholders to assess how private, tribal & public lands contribute to wildlife habitat.
• $225,000 per year to Department of Agriculture to develop long-term marketing strategy in support of small farms.
• $250,000 per year to create the Office of Working Farms and Forests within the state Conservation Commission.

While the Governor’s budget proposal is just the first salvo in the state budget negotiations, it represents the Governor’s priorities, and it certainly is a good indicator of what will be funded when the budget is eventually adopted.

Substantive Issues

Given I-933, property rights will get plenty of attention this session. The Governor and House Majority leader, Rep. Lynn Kessler, have already announced their intention to require certified notice to property owners whose property is sought for condemnation. Also, the eminent domain issue will be debated again this session.

Affordable housing was the subject of an interim task force and many are waiting for their recommendations to be turned into legislation. WA-APA will be watching this issue carefully throughout the session.

Economic development is the subject of two separate legislative committees and most are expecting some broadening of the sales tax credit currently available to most counties. Tax increment financing will be a priority of many legislators who saw a limited TIF bill pass last session and who want it for their districts this year.

Like past sessions, several issues that no one anticipated will arise - causing us much consternation. Perhaps, the conflict between critical areas and preexisting uses will be solved this session. I’m betting on storm water management to be a hot issue given Puget Sound’s health concerns. Certainly, storm issues will be a relatively fresh concern for many as we start this session. Regardless, I look forward to working with the WA-APA again as we march into another year.

This article highlights one of twenty American Planning Association divisions. You can access a complete list of APA divisions by clicking here. Topic-related divisions allow APA members to join others with similar interests in specific areas of planning. Most divisions seek further development of their topic area and provide information to their members on new findings and significant events.

To compliment the release of the WA-APA’s Legislative Platform, this issue highlights the Planning and Law Division. This article will introduce the activities and goals of the PLD division, while also taking a closer look at Washington State’s membership and briefly discussing some current planning and law issues facing our state.

The goal of the Planning and Law Division is to advance the understanding of the complex and dynamic legal issues that affect the planning profession. Each year the PLD hosts the very popular Bettman Symposium on land use and law during the APA National Planning Conferences and helps keep members informed about important court cases such as the United States Supreme Court’s (2005) case, Kelo v. New London. The division publishes a quarterly newsletter highlighting recent land use cases, innovative legal techniques, and PLD activities. In addition to fostering understanding of legal issues within the planning profession, PLD is committed to increasing interest in planning and law among students. To this end, PLD sponsors the annual Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition for legal writing addressing land use issues, and offers four annual Daniel J. Curtin Jr. Fellowships to students who show potential to be future leaders in the fields of planning and law.

There are 25 members in the APA Planning Law Division from Washington State, which is the ninth largest state membership in the country. The geographic distribution of membership is shown in the table below. Washington’s PLD membership is composed of about three-quarters planners, one-quarter land use attorneys or hearings examiners, and one student member.

The combination of persistent urban growth, vital natural resource lands, irreplaceable wilderness and recreation open space, and a statewide growth management policy create an interesting planning and law milieu in Washington State. The Growth Management Act of 1990 places our state as a national leader in growth management. Though our forward-thinking laws have helped curb sprawl and preserve farmland and open space, land use controls have also brought complaints of property rights violations from rural landowners and developers who claim that GMA policies deprive them of the fair use and enjoyment of their land. Both the 2006 ballot Initiative 933 and the recent Washington Supreme Court case, 1000 Friends of Wash. v. McFarland, address issues of property rights, regulatory controls, and the role of the public in creating land use and planning policy.

In November 2006, I-933 sought to undo growth management and other regulatory controls over land use by establishing a “pay or waive” system in which the government would either pay compensation to land owners when a land use regulation diminished their property value, or wave the regulation. The defeat of this so-called “property rights” initiative by a 59% to 41% margin showed the state’s support for land use controls, but also revealed an enduring conflict between urban and rural land interests. The No on I-933 slogan, “Goes Too Far, Costs Too Much,” rang true with most Washingtonians. Would a scaled-back version of the initiative have been more acceptable to voters? Perhaps it is time to reexamine some of our state requirements and see what, if any, changes are needed to ensure an appropriate balance of interests.

On December 21, 2006, the Washington State Supreme Court upheld the King County Superior Court decision in 1000 Friends of Wash. v. McFarland that a GMA-related local land use ordinance could not be repealed by local referendum. In this case McFarland sought to repeal King County’s Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) through a countywide referendum. However, the court reasoned that because the CAO is part of state-mandated county planning activities required under the GMA, only state legislative action could change the policies. According to the court, “local exercises of power are often subject to rejection by local referenda. But while the GMA places considerable power and responsibility in local hands, it is still a state power that is being exercised to further state mandates.” This case reinforces the importance of the state legislature in considering the concerns of land owners who feel their property rights have been violated through environmental controls.

There are many other ways that planning and law intersect in Washington State. As our urban areas become denser and infill development transforms brownfield properties, planners and lawyers will need to work together to address issues of responsibility, clean-up standards, and permitted land uses. Likewise, as more municipalities adopt design guidelines for future developments, the planning and legal fields must cooperate in order to create enforceable standards that will provide the right balance of guidance and flexibility to designers in order to be fair to developers while achieving desired community design goals.

For those interested in learning more about the intersection between planning and law, not only in Washington, but around the country, the APA Planning and Law Division provides a platform for networking and for exploration of new policies, the implications of particular court cases, and regulatory tactics. For more information about the Planning and Law Division click here.

INVITATION TO JOIN

The Senior Action Committee (SAC) of the Washington State Chapter of the American Planning Association is looking for new members. SAC is comprised of senior (55 years of age and older) professional urban and regional planners. Most members of SAC are retired or semi-retired, but continue to be concerned with current planning issues.

It is an opportune time to join as SAC is in a process of transition. Several original members are stepping aside due to age and health. Art Grey and Bob Cornish served as co-chairs of SAC and Bob has continued the chair since 2000, but now wants to reduce his involvement. This is the time to reconstitute SAC with a new cohort of energetic seniors.

The rejuvenated SAC will continue the tradition of providing an experienced perspective to the Chapter by means of publishing papers expressing its point of view. In addition SAC undertakes projects, such as the report on “Planning in Washington State in the 21st Century” prepared for and presented at the 2001 annual Chapter conference in Yakima, and a recently completed analysis of the status of comprehensive planning in Washington State. Currently, SAC is undertaking a history project of planning in Washington State.

If you are 55+ age and/or retired, you are invited to participate in the work of the Senior Action Committee as a means of remaining active in planning.

Some of SAC’s interests focus is on broad planning concerns, as distinguished from day-to-day current planning. We provide analyses and recommendations on long-range planning issues of statewide importance. Our recommendations and public statements reflect conscientious inquiry as we seek to contribute toward increasing public awareness and understanding. We do not, however, publicly enunciate, as SAC or representatives of SAC, positions not consistent with positions taken by the Chapter.

SAC is anxious to expand its membership statewide and we will be pleased to hear that you are interested in joining our group. Please indicate your interest in SAC by contacting Ken Dueker at duekerk@aol.com or (425) 889-4427.

City of Cle Elum

In April 2006, the City of Cle Elum submitted a proposal to the Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association for a Community Planning Assistance Team to assist the town and its citizens in addressing key issues facing the community. The issues ranged from historic preservation and economic development to transportation circulation.

The volunteer team members arrived in Cle Elum on Saturday, September 30, 2006, for a one-day work session. The Cle Elum Planning Assistance Team included: Roger Wagoner, WA-APA Coordination; Paula Reeves, transportation expert; Bob Burke, community planning expert; Michael Kattermann, AHBL Inc. and past Chapter President; Greg Griffith, historic preservation expert; Kristian Kofoed, urban planner, City of Seattle; and Sheri Stuart, downtown and main street redevelopment expert. The one-day work session provided an opportunity for the team members to work with local officials, community leaders, technical experts, and citizens. The result was a common understanding of the key issues and application of the team’s expertise in framing a wide range of recommendations.

Since the work session, the City has already taken key steps to implement the recommendations contained in the Team’s report. City Staff hosted a Technical Team at the 2006 Infrastructure Assistance Coordinating Committee meeting. As a result, the City secured a WSDOT Context Sensitive Design mini-grant to further develop their downtown revitalization and freight mobility project.

The Team’s final report to Cle Elum is available on the WA APA website, http://www.washington-apa.org/events/workshops.shtml.

Community Planning Assistance Program

The goal of the Community Planning Assistance Program is to provide problem-solving expertise to small communities with limited resources. Community Planning Assistance projects are typically short-term, one or two-day events completed by follow up reports. All the planning professionals who participate volunteer their time. Communities receiving assistance are expected to follow through with the Assistance Team’s recommendations as well as organize and conduct community outreach prior to the event.

In 2004, the Board identified community planning assistance and support as a priority for Chapter involvement after a series of conference sessions focused on community design. As the concept for this Program evolved, the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) and the planning schools at the University of Washington and Eastern Washington University became committed partners. A dedicated group of ad hoc committee members met several times in 2004, formulating the business plan, clarifying its goals, and identifying the selection criteria for Community Planning Assistance projects.

In 2005 and 2006, CTED sent out the Request for Proposals to qualified communities. Both years, a list of communities responded with excellent proposals. In 2005 Sultan was chosen and in 2006 Cle Elum was chosen. In both cases, the selection committee felt that these communities presented the most realistic scope of work for launching the program.

Measuring by the number of requests for planning assistance, the program has been a success, suggesting that the scope of the program can be expected to grow, with a concomitant dedication of resources.

In 2007, Community Planning Assistance program hopes to begin expanding to provide a wider range of services to interested cities and towns like research, coordination with UW or EWU student studios, and small group or on-line consultations. Recently, the Task Force identified several next steps, including:

• Requesting community references and volunteers from the chapter board and chapter members for 2007;
• Conducting outreach and forming partnerships with other related professional organizations so that we can offer a full range of expertise, tailored in part to the common themes that have emerged in the requests for assistance; and
• Supporting CTED’s Planning Short Course.

What can you do? Think about towns or neighborhoods that could use some help. They should be places with very limited or no staff that are facing community issues or problems that can be effectively addressed by a one-day event or a few hours of consultation. Let them know about the program by contacting CTED, the Chapter office, or the web site. Although team events may be limited to two or three a year, there may be other opportunities for providing help through online questions and answers, phone calls, etc. And think about your own interest in participating. What are your skills? How much time are you willing to give? What contexts (downtowns, parks, economic development, transportation, conflict resolution, rural communities) are you most comfortable with? Check the chapter website, www.washington-apa.org, frequently and look out for the details for participation, whether as a recipient community or a volunteer.

SNIPPETS

Long-time Member Passes Away

Ronald Clarke, age 75, died at his home in Kirkland on December 25, 2006 after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Carol Osborne, his children Andy Clarke and Tory Henderson, stepchildren Kendra Bridges, Eric and Timothy Osborne, brother Tom Clarke, sister Nancy Laubenheimer, his granddaughter, four stepgrandchildren, and many family and friends.

Ron graduated from Tenafly High School in New Jersey and with a degree in Urban Planning from Michigan State University. He worked for many years at the Washington State Department of Community Development and later for the Washington Manufactured Housing Association. During his years of traveling around the state, he made many friends and was well known in small and large towns. He loved his work and was an articulate, ardent spokesman for land use planning and affordable housing, his legacies to the citizens of Washington State. A favorite master of ceremonies during his career, he was known for his vast collection of jokes and stories. No matter the occasion, he would make people laugh and taught many, including state legislators and public officials, not to take themselves too seriously.

About three years ago in response to concerns expressed by developers over slow review times during an extremely active real estate market; Kirkland began offering a “3rd Party” program to expedite new single family building permit review. Under this program, applicants have the option of entering into a contract and paying an additional 50% of the plan review fee at the outset for expedited review. By sending the plans to planning and building consultants for review, participants in the program are guaranteed first review comments for the building permit within 15 business days (about a five week savings on average). The alternative is to pay the normal fees and the new single family permit will be routed to each reviewing department concurrently.

The program has been very popular; about 70% of all new single family homes go through the expedited process. However, while appreciative of the time savings 3rd Party review has offered, developers have commented they would prefer to drop into City Hall and meet their reviewers across the counter. With five different firms doing the reviews, consistency of plan review comments is another issue bothering the developers.

In response to these two issues, Development Services staff decided to try another approach. A budget proposal is under review to fund three new employees – one new planner and two new building plan reviewers – with the additional fees collected for expedited review instead of using the money to pay consultants. The goal is to create an interdepartmental “Single Family Team” where the staff sits in close proximity to one another and can share case notes and contacts. Further, the developers will be able to find the staff reviewing their plans in City Hall.

A few hurdles are left, such as budget approval, finding the physical space to set up the team, hiring and training. If all of the pieces come together, then Kirkland will be on track to refine the improvements already made in the single family review process.

1. Where are you originally from and how long have you been in Washington State?

   I am a member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe, the Quinault Indian Nation, which is located on the Olympic Peninsula. I was born in a Public Health Hospital in Tacoma, so I have been here all my life and most of my planning career. I have lived and worked in Eastern and Western Washington and currently reside in Southern Puget Sound.
   

2. What is your educational background?

   My education comes from many segments of society, but my formal education includes University of Washington, Eastern Washington State College (how long ago was that?), Spokane Community College, Spokane Falls Community College, Eastern Washington University and many continuing education units from other fine institutes of higher learning. This has gotten me an AA, BA (in government), Masters of Public Administration and a Masters in Urban & Regional Planning. I am a member of AICP. Oddly enough, some of the mascots of the schools that I have gone to have been: Chiefs, Papooses, Indians and Savages. These were primarily in the Spokane region (which is an Indian name as well).

3. How did you decide to get into planning?

   When I earned my undergraduate degree, one of the only graduate school options available to me was Public Administration. EWU had a dual MPA/MURP degree program, which I enrolled in and became the first Native American to graduate from. So planning sort of chose me. It has allowed me to become something besides a godless bureaucrat! It was a way to put my education to use for the community, which is one of the things I have said over and over again was one of my career goals.

4. Where do you now live and work?

   I live in the fishing village of Taholah on the Quinault Indian Reservation, in a home that was financed with a HUD 184 loan. This 4 bedroom home overlooks the Pacific Ocean and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. My current job is with the Nisqually Indian Tribe as their Master Planner. The project employment task is to create their initial comprehensive land use plan for their reservation and ceded natural resource areas.

5. Describe the planning work you do and your agency/firm?

   My work is not only with my current employer, but ranges from charity work with multiple organizations, to inter-jurisdictional planning at the national level (primarily transportation). I serve as Chair of the Tribal Transportation Planning Organization which may become a new Tribal/State transportation consortium (as allowed under SAFETEA-LU). I feel that I am blessed and can afford to give back to the communities which have nurtured me. This includes serving on the Host Committee to the national APA conference in Seattle in 1999 (and volunteering for the state APA conference in Tacoma in 2007).

6. What are your primary planning interests? What types of projects or challenges really captivate you?

   Empowerment and inclusion are my key career words. Having gone through a Nation Building period with the Quinault’s, I see challenges and opportunities within every segment of society. My area of expertise is inter-jurisdictional planning and you would be surprised as how poorly governmental agencies have dealt with Native Americans. My personal goal is to improve working relationships between our respective communities.

7. Of which planning projects or achievements are you most proud?

   They are really simple things: (from early in my career) a traffic sign that recognizes the reality of the situation; raising scholarship funds for student planners; having input on the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC; working to make the HUD 184 federally guaranteed loan program for Native Americans on trust property work; naming the Quinault Beach Resort & Casino; and serving as co-host to the State/Tribal Transportation Conference.

   The traffic sign is in Plummer Idaho. The Idaho State highway maintenance workers finally recognized that the Coeur d’Alene Tribe had a through street off of US 95. So I got the Tribe, BIA and the local road maintenance crew together to improve the safety of an intersection on the reservation. This never occurred before.

   Did somebody say auction at the annual APA state conference? I contributed art and seafood for years. It was my way of giving back having gotten a national APA fellowship in 1989. I provided art work for the national APA conference in Seattle as well. I was surprised to see one of the t-shirts at the recent APA conference in Yakima!

   My friend and mentor Johnpaul Jones (of Jones & Jones) shared with me his work in progress for the Smithsonian. They proudly serve Quinault Pride seafood products there. I have contributed financially for this facility and hope to visit it sometime.

   Once upon a time, President Clinton signed into legislation the HUD 184 loan program. It was to have the HUD, BIA and a Tribal Housing Authority work together in a timely manner to assure mortgage lenders that housing in Indian Country is a good thing. Needless to say, these agencies don’t really care for each other and almost did not put together a working model at Quinault. But because of me, they did and now that model is being used to build Indian houses everywhere. The American Dream begins with your own home.

   Economic empowerment begins at home as well. QBR is the fruition of hard work by many people – including myself – and serves as an economic beacon in Indian Country. It has hosted many planning functions and will continue to serve our citizens well. Two TTPO meetings have been held there, as well as a Tribal Solid Waste Advisory Network and an Alaska Native & American Indian Tourism Association conference. www.quinaultbeachresort.com

   The State/Tribal Transportation Conference occurred October 25-27, 2006, in conjunction with the 17th National Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation Conference at the Skamania Lodge. The TTPO held a raffle and raised $1000 for the Joseph DeLaCruz College Scholarship Fund.

8. How would your city’s citizens describe you?

   I do not live in a city. My fellow tribal citizens say many things about me, but what is printable is: astute, dedicated, and professional. This is not the forum to lecture you about petty tribal politics. I tend to shake up the status quo, which isn’t always welcomed.

   My wife thinks I am funny. My alumni association thinks of me as a meal ticket, as I have donated salmon filets for various events. My son thinks I am an ATM.

9. If you had the chance to do your whole career over, would you do anything different?

   I would do everything different, are you kidding me? Having gained knowledge and experience through the travails of employment, I would not only do things differently, I would do them better! I have learned life’s hard lessons and I hope to cut down on the trial and errors (especially the errors) in the future. Learn and adjust are the watchwords for me. The road here was tricky and had a lot of sadness along the way (although the sadness was more of a personal rather than a professional nature). But the road here also has given me the greatest joy in my life (a wife and son) and has provided me with resolve to make things better.

10. Are you a member of any specialized divisions of the American Planning Association?

    No, but previously I was. I may give a presentation at the national APA conference in Philadelphia on behalf of the Indigenous Planners. I may explore the themes of empowerment, inclusion and opportunities within current federal legislation to bring folks to the table. Honoring Native Treaties may be the title. But the source material may be drawn from long range transportation plans, inter-local agreements and native tourism. My goal is to be informative and funny.

11. Do you have any words of wisdom to younger professional planners who may be interested in following your career path?

    Don’t! You cannot provide for your families with the job satisfaction that I have gotten over the years. But get a good education. Heed the words of a qualified mentor. Do the best work you can do and always strive to do better. Always peek outside the box. Lead, don’t follow.

    The cycle of life has three phases: Youth – whose mission is to learn; Adults – whose mission is to do; and Elders – whose mission is to teach. I have been an Elder-in-training for some time now. Once all the casinos start giving me Elder coupons, I will know that I have arrived. I hope I have taught my son well. It all starts with the love I have for his mother. And should include the education he is getting at the University of Washington – studying International Business! I am so proud!

12. Do you have a burning passion, educational focus, or family and community interest that you pursue off-the-clock?

    Baseball! Santa brings me a weekend season pass to the Mariners (as I have been a very good boy). I have done too many themed Christmases for my family’s liking, but I won my wife back over with a Pendleton themed Christmas last year. If you are lucky enough to be on my Christmas card list you will see that in the yearly photos of family activities that being at Safeco Field tends to dominate. There isn’t much that can top being on a major league field. In uniform. With a dopey smile.

    I suggest that you go to Fan Fest and run the bases or throw off the mound. Your perspective of the game will change. Make sure you get an autograph too. You will cherish it later. It is something to give the kids. Take their photo and you can bore your friends as well!

13. After a tough week on the job, what’s a special way to relax?

    My wife’s cat never allows me to just relax. I always must be attentive, as with my wife. But every now and then we get out to a Native owned gaming facility for fabulous food with an opportunity to win the price of dinner all back. Remember: every dollar you spend in a Native owned facility, helps pay for America! There are items that you cannot find anywhere else but in a Casino gift shop, such as the Pendleton items mentioned previously.

    I suggest that you visit the buffets and determine which one is best, best value for the money, on which night and see if you can eat your weight in chocolate within a year’s time. Could be your New Year’s resolution!

    Our family has reservations at the Quinault Beach Resort & Casino for Thanksgiving. Why cook? I can think of no better place to give thanks for Indians than there.

14. So what one thing would you like to tell our readers?

    Casino gambling has changed the rules of engagement and has empowered Native Nations to take control of their own destiny. They need your help! They have been in a vacuum for too long and need assistance with planning with others. The business of Washington State should be showcasing Native Properties for tourism, as well as job creation. Tribal roads, housing developments and economic development properties connect our state and nations together. It is time to do away with the parallel universe/other dimension ignorance of Native Citizens & Nations and fully embrace them into our planning fabric.

CHAPTER-ONLY MEMBERSHIP

REMINDER

Last year the board approved a new chapter-only group membership opportunity.

This membership is available to planning commissions, city councils and commissions, tribal councils, and board members of non-profit organizations and other professional associations.

Up to 10 members may be included in a group membership. The group rate is $150 and is administered by the chapter office.

To obtain a group membership form or learn more about the benefits of this membership, contact Anna Nelson, AICP, Membership Committee chair, at (206) 382-9540 or anelson@buckgordon.com.

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