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Kendall County votes to form 391 Subregional Planning Commission with Kerr County, 3-2
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Kendall County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 Tuesday to enter an interlocal agreement with Kerr County to form a Subregional Planning Commission under Texas Local Government Code chapter 391.
Kendall County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 Tuesday to enter an interlocal agreement with Kerr County to form a Subregional Planning Commission under Texas Local Government Code chapter 391.
Supporters of the SRPC said it would create a formal coordination process that requires state and federal agencies to notify and meet with local governments when projects affecting public health, safety or welfare are proposed. "This subregional planning commission forces this coordination," Commissioner Andrew Wiesen said, adding the body would not itself confer new regulatory authority but would “give us a little bit more standing when it comes to us standing together.”
The vote followed more than an hour of public comment from residents of Comfort and other parts of Kendall County who urged the court to adopt the SRPC to address proposed battery energy storage systems (BESS), wastewater projects and other developments they…
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