A. For those proposals for which the city is a lead agency, the responsible official shall be the planning and community development director or such other person as the director may designate in writing.

B. For all proposals for which the city is a lead agency, the responsible official shall make the threshold determination, supervise scoping and preparation of any required EIS and perform any other functions assigned to the lead agency or responsible official by those sections of the SEPA Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) that have been adopted by reference.

C. The responsible official shall be responsible for preparation of written comments for the city in response to a consultation request prior to a threshold determination, participation in scoping, and reviewing a DEIS.

D. The responsible official shall be responsible for the city’s compliance with WAC 197-11-550 whenever the city is a consulted agency and is authorized to develop operating procedures that will ensure that responses to consultation request are prepared in a timely fashion and include data from all appropriate departments of the city.

E. The responsible official shall retain all documents required by the SEPA Rules and make them available in accordance with Chapter 42.17 RCW. [Ord. 2004-09-064].