Rezone Applications - Posted at: 3/17/2010 3:36:50 PM

Now that the WA Growth Management Board has lifted invalidity, Lewis County may begin processing rezone requests that have been tabled since 2000. We have contacted original requestors by sending orange postcards via the US mail, so they know the review process is beginning.  We anticipate the Planning Commission's review to begin mid April. Please check the Planning Commission's web page for current information:

http://lewiscountywa.gov/communitydevelopment/planning-commission

Request for Qualifications: Flood Authority - Posted at: 3/9/2010 6:48:31 AM

request for qualifications: flood district formation

• Request for Qualifications
• Interlocal Agreement
• Jauary Flood District Memo
• Work Session Meeting Notes of November 19, 2009
• Work Session Meeting Notes of December 17, 2009
• Work Session Meeting Notes of January 21, 2010

Chehalis River Basin Comprehensive Flood hazard management plan is being revised and will be distributed in March 2010. For a draft copy please contact Spencer Easton at ESA Adolfson at seaston@esassoc.com.

Request for Proposals: Flood Storage Facility Design and economic feasibility analysis

• Request for Proposals: Coordinated Study
• LiDAR Extent Map
• Hydraulic Model Extent Map
• General Reevaluation Report
• Upstream Storage Phase I Report
• Geotechnical Report NOTE: This is a large file: 4MB
• Geologic Reconnaissance Study NOTE: This is a large file: 8MB
• Phase 2B Scope

Industrial Park at TransAlta (IPAT) - Posted at: 2/5/2010 10:19:29 AM

Industrial Park at TransAlta (IPAT)

Application for Comprehensive Plan and County Code Amendments

• Cover Letter
• RCW 36.70A.368
• Comprehensive Plan Amendment Application Form
• CARL
• Proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendments
• Proposed Code Amendments
• SEPA Checklist
• Industrial Park Legal Description
• Letter of Authorization
• Land Use Application Map A, B, E (NOTE:  Very Large File: 12MB)
• Land Use Application Map C, D, F, G (NOTE: Very Large File: 12MB)
• Land Use Application Map H (NOTE: Very Large File: 12MB)
• Land Use Application Map Phasing Plan (NOTE: Very Large File: 12MB)
• Feasibility Analysis with Exhibits (NOTE: Very Large File: 12MB)

Final Determination of Significance and Scoping Notice

The Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board issued its long-awaited Final Compliance Order and Order Rescinding Invalidity regarding agricultural resource land designations in Lewis County. - Posted at: 1/5/2010 8:42:30 AM

Media Release: Lewis County Board of Commissioners, December 30th, 2009

The Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board issued its long-awaited Final Compliance Order and Order Rescinding Invalidity regarding agricultural resource land designations in Lewis County. The County had been previously out of compliance with the goals and requirements of the Growth Management Act (GMA) and had placed over 170,000 acres of land under a development moratorium as a result. Earlier this fall, the County adopted changes to the comprehensive plan and development regulations to address the final four issues found to be non-compliant, including the designation of approximately 90,000 total acres within the County as agricultural resource land. This Growth Board Decision finds the County in full compliance with the Growth Management Act which will allow lifting of the development moratorium that had been in place since 2004.

This is the first time since 1999 that the County has been fully compliant with the Growth Management Act. As a result, the County is fully free to develop based on the current comprehensive plan and implementing development regulations.

Now that the Growth Board has found compliance with GMA, the County will schedule a public hearing on January 25, 2010, at or after 10:00 a.m. to hear public testimony prior to taking action to lift the development moratorium. Once the moratorium is lifted, the County will be able to process land use, building and other development permits within the County in areas that had been subject to the development moratorium.

The Board of County Commissioners wishes to thank the Planning Commission, staff, consultants, and the public for their efforts and dedication to address those remaining issues that resulted in this favorable decision. Lewis County can now focus efforts and resources on creating jobs and new economic opportunities for all citizens.

For additional information concerning this decision or the public hearing, please contact our Community Development Department, located at 2025 NE Kresky Avenue, Chehalis, WA; or telephone: (360) 740- 1146.

Coyote Crest Wind Energy Park - Posted at: 12/8/2009 7:15:38 AM

The Coyote Crest Wind Park is a 118 MW Wind Energy Power Generation Facility and 115 kV Transmission Line.  The project involves the installation of 47 individual wind turbines which will vary in tower height from 80 to 100 meters (262 - 328 feet). Electrical power from all wind turbine generators will be collected by a project power cable system that delivers the electrical energy to an on-site substation where the power is transformed to 115 kV for delivery to the regional power grid. The transmission line will follow or be located near existing Weyerhaeuser roads and Grays Harbor PUD utility easements in Lewis County and in Grays Harbor County to the existing 115 kV substation at Cedarville, which is interconnected to the Bonneville Power Administration power line at South Elma, Washington.

• Special Use Permit Application