With a new year, there are new tasks for the Klickitat County Commission.  Commissioner Rex Johnston says one of his goals is to find a way to develop more housing on the west end of the County.  As part of that, he says the Commission wants to make sure public works and building and planning departments are communicating to streamline the permitting process, adding they have a number of people who have property that are looking to subdivide but can find it difficult.  Johnston notes the County’s on-going work to revise its strategic plan will be a part of that streamlining effort.