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Coconino County Board reviews draft comprehensive plan update, highlights housing, water and wildfire priorities
Summary
County planners presented a public‑hearing draft of the comprehensive plan, emphasizing rural character, natural‑resource protection, transportation safety and an implementation list of 50 actions. Supervisors pressed for clearer population breakdowns, tribal inclusion, stronger wildfire and broadband priorities and direction on next steps ahead of
Coconino County planners presented the public‑hearing draft of the county’s comprehensive plan and walked the Board of Supervisors through the plan’s shared values, chapter goals and an 50‑item implementation list.
Melissa Shaw, long‑range planner in the Community Development Department, said the draft is organized around three shared values — maintaining a rural lifestyle, stewarding the natural environment, and providing responsive services — and noted the planning commission recommended the draft after a September public hearing. Shaw said required chapters (including water resources and natural environment) were updated to reflect recent events such as the Navajo Generating Station shutdown, drought and major wildfires, and…
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