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Committee revises community facilities wording, asks staff to clarify emergency services, sewer map and parks listings; removes renewable incentive language
Summary
Committee members recommended changing language that implied Jefferson County would directly fund independent fire, ambulance or other district facilities, and asked planning staff to correct a sewer-district map and add county parks to the master-plan map with links in the digital version.
The committee recommended several targeted changes in the community facilities chapter intended to clarify the county’s role in public services and to correct maps and listings.
On law enforcement and emergency services language, committee members recommended changing wording that suggested the county would ‘‘invest in’’ other political subdivisions’ facilities. They asked planners to replace language implying direct county financial investment in independent fire or ambulance districts with phrasing that clarifies Jefferson County will collaborate with those public or private entities and, where appropriate, explore funding tools such as state or federal…
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