Committee narrows Environmental Protection district to steep slopes as first step
Summary
Committee members agreed to prioritize a steep‑slopes threshold (15% or higher) as a pragmatic first Environmental Protection (EP) district, asking the consultant for clearer slope‑only maps and noting a grant-driven adoption target by mid‑2027.
A committee member said the maps provided by the consultant were not the aggregated product the group requested and urged a simple, defensible starting point: a steep‑slopes EP district. "I think this could be a steep slopes district," a committee member said during the discussion.
Members argued a slope threshold is objective, linked to water quality, and easier to explain to property owners than a composite heat map. They discussed using 15% (with comparative maps at 20% and 25%) as the standard the committee will ask the consultant to reproduce with clearer shading.
The group emphasized this is a pilot approach: the EP district law allows multiple EP districts, so adopting a slope‑based district first would leave room for additional, more complex protections later. One participant noted the grant timeline: "we have a 2‑year period to finish" the grant deliverables and aim to have the map adopted by mid‑2027.
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