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Thurston County commissioners separate tribal-coordination updates from contested urban growth-area swap rules
Summary
After a Jan. 21 public hearing, county planners told commissioners a SEPA determination for the UGA-related updates is under appeal; commissioners agreed to advance tribal coordination updates promptly and to delay substantive UGA-swap decisions until state rulemaking and additional interjurisdictional review are complete.
Thurston County commissioners on Wednesday heard a follow-up briefing from county planning staff on proposed updates to the countywide planning policies and agreed to separate tribal coordination updates from a more contested set of provisions addressing urban growth area (UGA) swaps.
CPED staff told the board the briefing had two parts: coordination-policy updates responsive to tribal participation requirements, and a separate package responding to recent state laws on UGA swaps. Ashley Bridal, CPED, said the county issued a “determination of non‑significance” — DNS — for the coordination policies and that the DNS has since been appealed. Bridal warned the board to avoid discussing the merits of that SEPA determination because the appeal could eventually come before the commission. "A DNS is a determination…
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