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Commissioners set June 3 hearing on Channel Migration Zone technical report amid public complaints about landowner engagement and hazard‑mitigation process
Summary
Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday approved a call for a hearing June 3 to consider a resolution approving the Channel Migration Zone (CMZ) technical report, prompting public comments that the hearing was being scheduled before landowner outreach concluded.
Clallam County commissioners on Tuesday approved a call for a hearing June 3 to consider a resolution approving the Channel Migration Zone (CMZ) technical report, prompting public comments that the hearing was being scheduled before landowner outreach concluded.
Why it matters: The hearing advances a formal adoption process for a technical report that affects how riparian and channel migration areas are regulated. Residents who addressed the board said they fear the public and landowners have not been adequately engaged and that hazard‑mitigation planning has been handled behind closed doors.
During public comment, Ed Bowen, who gave his address as PO Box 1 on Column Bay, said the CMZ hearing was “calling for a hearing before the landowner public engagement process is even…
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