Klickitat County Commissioners and the Columbia River Gorge Commission have signed off on a deal that will see a member of the County planning staff work in the Gorge Commission office in White Salmon once a week to assist County residents with their permit requests.  It’s all part of an effort to reduce a backlog of land use applications by Klickitat County property owners in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.  The County has never passed a Scenic Area ordinance, and has no plans to, but Commissioner David Sauter says they needed to find some way to help their constituents get their applications processed.  The agreement does not have an end date, with either party able to terminate it with 30 days notice.  Sauter hopes to see significant progress on the permit backlog within a year.