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Public commenter urges fuller environmental review for UGA expansions; cites Grand Mound example
Summary
A resident urged Thurston County to use more thorough environmental review, including EIS-level analysis, when considering Urban Growth Area (UGA) expansions or swaps, pointing to last year's Grand Mound expansion and concerns about aquifer recharge and stormwater impacts.
Gordon White, a Thurston County resident, used public comment time on Feb. 18 to press county commissioners to require deeper environmental review for any Urban Growth Area (UGA) expansion or boundary swap, arguing that broader environmental consequences were not fully addressed in the Grand Mound expansion completed last year.
White said the Grand Mound UGA expansion used a mitigated…
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