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A Western Clallam County Planning Commission is hereby created to serve as a regional planning commission for the area specified in CCC 26.01.064. The purpose of this regional planning commission is to work jointly and cooperatively with the City of Forks and surrounding area in regional planning and to formulate and recommend to the legislative bodies of the City of Forks and Clallam County the Comprehensive Plan elements required by the Growth Management Act. Pursuant to Chapter 36.70 RCW and Chapter 26.01 CCC, the Commission shall have the jurisdiction, functions, and authority to carry out a complete planning program to formulate and recommend the Growth Management Act Comprehensive Plan elements identified herein and shall have all powers, functions, and authority as would be otherwise imparted and conferred on a planning commission. The Commission shall consist of seven members, three members appointed by the Board of Clallam County Commissioners, three members appointed by the City of Forks, and the seventh member mutually appointed by Clallam County and the City of Forks. The term of office for each Commission member shall be either (1) the time necessary for both the City and County to execute a final adoption of some form of the Comprehensive Plan elements formulated by this Commission; or (2) three years from the effective date of this chapter, whichever is shorter. All members appointed to the Commission shall reside or own property within the planning area specified in CCC 26.01.064. Notwithstanding the creation of the Western Clallam County Planning Commission, the City of Forks Planning Commission and the Clallam County Planning Commission shall still be active and responsible for all Planning Commission functions, authority and jurisdiction not conferred by this chapter.