Changes to Membership Renewal

Important notice

Important information regarding renewal notice for current members and discount for new members

To all our current dues paid members:

Please consider this email as your membership renewal letter for 2012. If you cannot pay right now, save this letter and mail in your renewal when it is convenient for you.

We will mail one renewal notice at the beginning of each calendar year. This is change from the way we have done renewals in the past, based on the date when the renewal was sent in.

We are switching our databases and need to mail all letters at the same time.

I realize this might cause a problem from some people who renewed later in 2011, and apologize for any confusion and inconvenience.

Please be patient while we get everyone on the same schedule. It will only happen once!

To anyone who is receiving this letter with our newsletter and is not a current member, you can join now for $20 (that is almost half price - $15 off the normal membership price of $35 a year. Note: This offer applies to anyone who has not paid dues yet.

Please contact me should you have any questions. Thank you all for your support and have a very happy new year!

Upcoming Meetings

Friends of Pierce County General Membership Meeting

January 26 at 7:30 p. m.

Gig Harbor Library

4424 Point Fosdick Drive Northwest Gig Harbor

Agenda

Guest speaker from American Farmland Trust will talk about the status of farmland in Pierce County

An update on Sumner UGA appeal

Budget discussion

2012 plan

Elect officers

ACTION ALERT

County Code Consolidation - Phase 3 of County code consolidation makes it way to the County Community Development Committee on Jan 23 at 1:30 p.m. for a public hearing in the County Council chambers.

This process to streamline and simplify regulations,  has been a daunting task for staff to say the least due to the many different codes. The attempt to   standardize regulations has come under fire because of the specific visions for  community plans. How can there be one standard laid out in all the different community plans - one size does not fit all.  Another area of concern for FPC is section 18A.33.290 that will allow Rural Separator or Rural 10 areas next to state highways to be     developed to existing use and higher intensity standards.

For example, if there is a car lot next to farmland,  a developer can in effect change zoning to match what is already there.

The CDC will hold a second hearing on Feb 6 at 1:30 p.m. in Council Chambers.

Please attend or contact committee members and ask them not to support any changes in code consolidation which would allow for developers to continue the pattern of sprawl so rampant in this county.

You can contact committee members through Jenifer Schultz at JSCHULT@co.pierce.wa.us.