Committee members propose expanding natural rural area on county map, plan follow-up mapping exercise

May 21, 2025

Committee members urged mapping changes to expand areas designated 'natural rural' on the county growth framework, and agreed to prepare road-based boundary proposals for staff review before presenting recommendations to the full council.

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A significant portion of the May 15 meeting focused on the master plan’s growth-framework maps and whether areas currently shown as "suburban growth" should instead be designated "natural rural." Committee members brought a large printed map and sketched suggested changes, and several members said the current map boundaries do not follow clear road or physical boundaries.

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