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After public comments, commissioners ask staff for work session to reconcile solar siting and agricultural preservation
Summary
During open administrative session commissioners raised conflicts between agricultural preservation policies and recent solar siting outcomes. They asked staff to research other counties' approaches and schedule a work session to develop policy and legal strategies to better protect farmland and strengthen the county's legal position.
Commissioners said public comments and recent legal challenges leave the county vulnerable on solar siting over agricultural lands and asked staff to present options and examples from other jurisdictions.
One commissioner said, "One thing I've been trying to do some homework on is the solar issue and what we…
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