Comprehensive Plan and the Role of the Planning Commission

So we are ALL INVITED to find out what the heck is the use of a Comprehensive Plan for Towns in Wa. State. Maybe we can start thinking about its purpose and how we can use it to benefit ALL of White Salmon residents. Our Comp Plan was last written in 1991! Its probably out of date big time. I've looked at it. Its pretty cool. For example. It calls for *increasing* lot size to 7,500 sq ft (from 3-5,000) to sustain the rural character of the town. Alas, this has not happened and new lots are being annexed in at R2 (allows Townhouses on 3,000 sq ft) and R3 (Apartment buildings). How about affordable housing?

The Planning Commission is getting a presentation on "The Legal Basis of Planning in Washington State: Comprehensive Planning Basics and the Role of the Planning Commission". This Wednesday at 6 pm at the Fire Hall. We all should get trained on this one. Rumor has it that is being presented by Jim Kucena, real estate attorney and former planning commissioner for White Salmon, and original developer of the Salmon Run subdivision on Jewett. Should be interesting...

Affordable housing?? Sale of trailer park??

SqueekyWheel asks: "Does anyone know anything about the plans for the Washington Street Trailer Park? It has a sale pending and I was just wondering if there are plans to move all the mobiles out from there and build condos? What will happen to all those people if they do that? Where is our affordable housing?"

That's an excellent question. Are there any readers who know the story is about this trailer park, (or other trailer parks), and what is happening to the former residents? Are they being forced to emigrate to other communities? What is White Salmon's policy re: affordable housing?