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Planning Commission reviews draft climate element goals, asks staff to narrow priorities and clarify implementation
Summary
OTEC planner Christina Haworth presented draft resilience and greenhouse gas goals for Snoqualmie’s climate element. Commissioners provided detailed feedback—requesting clearer hazard descriptions, prioritized actions, and attention to tribal/cultural resources and economic resilience—but took no formal action.
Planning commission members discussed a draft climate element for Snoqualmie during the May 19 meeting, receiving a presentation from Christina Haworth of OTEC and offering detailed feedback on resilience and greenhouse‑gas reduction goals. The commission did not vote; staff sought input to shape a later draft.
“...our element needs to accomplish these three major things,” Christina Haworth said in her presentation, summarizing the resilience subelement’s intended focus on natural hazards (wildfire, flooding, extreme heat and drought), protection of natural areas that foster climate resilience, and enhancement of community resilience with a specific focus on…
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