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Council sets annual comp‑plan docketing; schedules public conversations after 1,009 signatures and 309 amendment requests on DEI
Summary
The City Council agreed July 21 to docket its 2025 annual Comprehensive Plan amendments and to move forward with public engagement after receiving 309 submittals asking that Chapter 9 (DEI) and related policies be removed from the plan.
The Ellensburg City Council voted on July 21 to docket its regular annual amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, including the required six‑year Capital Improvement Program update, and to accept for review a set of community submissions opposing the city’s Chapter 9 (diversity, equity and inclusion) and related policies.
Stacy Henderson, the city’s planning manager, summarized the annual process required by the state Growth Management Act and city code and said staff received 309 related amendment forms before the submission deadline. Those forms largely requested removal of language in Chapter 9 and other DEI policies; staff’s preliminary review categorized the submissions and recommended council docket the items so staff could perform…
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