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A. Responsible official. For public proposals, the head administrative official of the lead City department or division making the proposal shall be the responsible official. Whenever possible, agency people carrying out SEPA procedures should be different from agency people making the proposal.

B. Private proposals. For private proposals, the head administrative official of the department or division with primary responsibility for approving or processing the permits and licenses for the proposal shall be the responsible official. When multiple officials have permitting authority, the assignment of responsibility shall be reached by agreement.

C. When City is lead agency. For all proposals for which the City is the lead agency, the responsible official shall make the threshold determination, supervise scoping and preparation of any required environmental impact statement (EIS), and perform any other functions assigned to the lead agency or responsible official by those sections of the SEPA rules that are adopted by reference in this Chapter, or otherwise assigned by the supplemental provisions of this Chapter.

D. Retention of documents. The City shall retain all documents required by the SEPA rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) and make them available in accordance with Chapter 42.17 RCW. (Ord. M-3643, 2004)