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Pocatello and Bannock County debate wording, process for area-of-impact agreement
Summary
City of Pocatello officials presented amendments to an area-of-impact agreement with Bannock County, prompting commissioners to seek clearer language, an MOU or county standard to avoid shifting decision authority and to limit urban-sprawl risks.
Pocatello city officials and Bannock County commissioners discussed proposed amendments to an area-of-impact agreement on Sept. 23, with the city asking for language to reduce future development conflicts and the county stressing its jurisdiction and need to set county standards.
Brent, a City of Pocatello representative, told the commissioners the city had reviewed the county's draft and added proposed changes intended “to help mitigate some of those conflicts between these properties that might get developed in the county, to different standards than what they would have gotten developed to in this in the city.” Brent said the city’s intent was to “work together” because areas inside the city’s area of impact are likely to be annexed within roughly a five-year timeframe.
Why it matters: development built to county standards can later create costly upgrades for a city after annexation — items such as water mains, sewer connections, road geometry and fire access. Commissioners repeatedly voiced…
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