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Planning director seeks permission to apply for $75,000 grant for critical areas work as comp plan continues
Summary
The county’s planning staff asked the board for authority to apply for a $75,000 state grant to pay a consultant for the critical areas ordinance portion of the comprehensive plan update, and gave a permit and outreach update including a public planning commission meeting on Aug. 20.
Cowlitz County planning staff told commissioners they are progressing on the county comprehensive plan update and requested permission to apply for a $75,000 state grant to contract a consultant for the county’s critical areas ordinance. "We have to have our comp plan done by June 2026," Planning Manager Tracy (last name not stated) told the board, and she said the county is completing the comprehensive plan work in-house but lacks the specialized scientific expertise to craft the critical areas ordinance.
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