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Franklin County postpones decision on Underwood PUD after dispute over archaeological survey
Summary
A closed-record appeal of the Underwood planned unit development (PUD) was continued to the board's May 21 evening meeting after disagreement over whether the project must undergo a limited archaeological survey or can rely on an inadvertent discovery protocol.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners continued a closed-record appeal of the Underwood planned unit development (PUD) on May 14 after county staff, the applicant and a tribal representative disagreed about whether the project requires a limited archaeological survey prior to construction.
The hearing resumed as a closed‑record appeal and consolidated review of the PUD and related SEPA determination. Mark Fickas, the applicant’s land use attorney, asked the commissioners to adopt the planning commission’s unanimous recommendation for approval but to replace a staff- and SEPA‑imposed condition requiring a professional archaeological survey with an inadvertent discovery protocol (IDP). “An archeological survey … takes about 3 to 4 months and 15…
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