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DPZ trims FY26 operating request, advances Route 1 and APFO work amid staff constraints
Summary
The Department of Planning & Zoning presented a modestly smaller FY26 operating budget driven by chargeback updates and three frozen positions; staff highlighted HOKO by Design implementation, an upcoming APFO public hearing May 20 and plans to update Route 1/Route 40 design manuals and the landscape manual.
Department of Planning & Zoning Director Eisenberg told the County Council that the department’s FY26 general operating budget is roughly $287,000 less than the prior year, mostly because of an updated DTCS chargeback inventory and the temporary freezing of three vacant positions in engineering, land development and resource conservation.
Eisenberg said the department continues to implement HOKO by Design — a major county planning initiative — and praised the county’s recent award from the National Association of Counties for related work. DPZ said it has completed outreach and technical work on multiple…
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