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4th Tuesday of each month (dates may be adjusted for holidays and times may vary); Public Meeting Room #2, 1st Floor Robert J. Drewel Administration Building

Sally Evans
425-388-3285
sally.evans@snoco.org

Dave Somers, Chair
Snohomish County Council
3000 Rockefeller Ave
M/S 609
Everett, WA 98201
Phone:  425-388--3494 
Fax:  425-388-3496 

The Planning Commission conducts public hearings concerning land use issues and makes recommendations to the County Council about how these land use issues should be resolved.  Planning Commissioners are not policy legislators and they do not work for the County.  Their role is to represent the perspective of local citizens as a counter-balance to the technical perspective of professional planning and engineering staff in a policy advisory capacity to the County Council.  Commissioners listen to complex testimony and strive to achieve appropriate balance between competing goals and values before submitting their recommendations to the Council.

Planning Commission hearings also give the public and property owners the opportunity to raise isses about proposed land use actions and make their own recommendations for how these issues should be resolved.

All Planning Commissioners must reside in Snohomish County, have a background and experience in planning and/or land use issues, and be able to fulfill the requirements of the position.  Snohomish County Charter Section 2.20 allows the County Council to confirm members of the Commission nominated by the Executive.

NOTE:  Applicants for this particular opening must reside in County District 5, and be represented by Councilmember Dave Somers.

11 members (w from each of the 5 county districts and 1 County Executive appointee)