Klickitat County Commissioners approved renewing a funding assistance agreement for the next six months to reimburse the Columbia River Gorge Commission for providing a dedicated land-use planner to process County development permit applications within the National Scenic Area.  Commissioner David Sauter says the agreement is intended to provide a bridge to the position receiving renewed state funding during the upcoming session of the Washington Legislature.  The funding total is $40,000, and if the Legislature approves 18 months of funding, the County will be reimbursed.  The position has been in place for about four years under an agreement between the County and the Gorge Commission to reduce a backlog of permit applications in Klickitat County, and Sauter says there has been progress on that even though there is more work to be done on getting applications done in a timely manner.