It doesn’t make sense to me that multiple departments would do their own permitting. Or, it would be better if there was a central org that reviewed permits as long as each bureau could perform the permitting. There needs to be permit checks for at least a couple of reasons, but the permitting process also needs to be streamlined.

I look at it from a for profit corporation sense: does it make sense to have multiple groups performing the same duties or does it make sense to consolidate that into a single group whose sole function is that duty? As an employee, and as a citizen, I always prefer one point of contact, and timely feedback. I don’t want to have to escalate for every action that involves different bureaus.