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Committee flags annexation and data gaps as central issues for industrial growth and possible airport site
Summary
Members identified annexation risks for industrial areas and asked staff to preserve and provide underlying analysis that supported references in the draft plan to potential airport siting in central and eastern parts of the county; some members said the county should consider reserving land or preparing an appendix of candidate areas.
Jefferson County committee members raised concern that large swaths of land the draft master plan identifies as "emerging industrial" could be annexed by neighboring cities, shifting tax and job benefits away from the county.
During the industrial framework discussion, the draft plan text included a passage noting "areas within the central and eastern portions of the county present opportunities for the siting and development of an…
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