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Residents urge pause and legal review on solar and wind projects; allege procedural problems in zoning appeals
Summary
Multiple speakers during public comment criticized county handling of solar and wind projects, urged a moratorium on new economic‑development agreements, and requested review of zoning appeals processes and planning department actions. Speakers cited constitutional and case law and asked the commission to investigate.
Several residents used the public‑comment period to press the Board of Commissioners for a halt or closer review of wind and solar project approvals and related county actions.
Speakers raised procedural concerns about a recent zoning hearing and appealed a decision of the planning director. One commenter said the Board promised not to enter economic development agreements (EDAs) or sign documents for wind or solar projects until a new ordinance was completed; that promise, the speaker said, was broken. Another resident asked that Daniel Schrader be recognized as president and representative of the local citizens’ association…
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