MBA’s Legislative Strategy Committee (LSC) is an at-large membership committee that reviews and develops positions on legislative, regulatory, and policy issues affecting residential construction in Pierce County and its cities. The LSC meets at 4:00 pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month on the mezzanine of the MBA office, and all MBA members are welcome to attend.
Government Affairs Program Contacts:
Sean Comfort, AHBL, currently serves as the LSC Chair.
Tiffany Speir is the Asst. EO, Government Affairs Director and Tacoma-Pierce County Built Green® Program Administrator for the MBA of Pierce County.
MBA also holds four Forum Meetings a year with city and county staff representatives to discuss issues affecting residential construction. All MBA members are encouraged to attend. The next Forum meeting will be October 1, 2010.
2010 MBA Government Affairs Issues - Here are a just a few of the issues MBA members and staff have been and are tracking and influencing in 2010 on behalf of the homebuilding industry in Pierce County:
· Residential Fire Sprinklers
· State and Local Building Code and Energy Code Updates
· Pierce County Code Consolidation Phases I & II
· Pierce County Road Design Manual Update
· Impact Fee / Utility Connection Charge Reductions and Deferrals
· Joint Base Lewis McChord Land Use and Growth Plans
· City and County Shoreline Master Program Updates
· City and County Flood Control Regulations
· Tacoma Permitting Process Improvements
· Pierce County PALS & Public Works Comprehensive Strategic Review
· City and County Affordable Housing Policies and Regulatory Incentives
· City and County Building and Land Use Permit Fees
· Open Space Acquisition Policies and Regulations
· Urban Forestry Policies
· Performance and Maintenance Bond Releases
· Cottage Housing Regulations
· City and County Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulation Amendments
· Extension of “Life” for Preliminary and Final Plats (as well as associated subsidiary applications and reports)
· Much more!
MBA’s LSC could ALWAYS use your input! For more information about these or any other government affairs issues, as well as to find out how you can get involved, please contact Tiffany Speir (253) 272-2112 ext. 105.
