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County staff outline Gorgas open-space tax application; board to place item on next agenda
Summary
CPED and the assessor’s office briefed the board on a 77-acre Bald Hills application proposing 15 acres retained for agriculture and roughly 62 acres as wildlife habitat; staff explained tax code area impacts and recommended placing the application on the board’s next meeting agenda for final action.
County planning staff and the assessor’s office briefed the Thurston County Board on Jan. 21 about a follow‑up to a Dec. 16 public hearing on an open‑space tax program application for a parcel in the Bald Hills area. Ashley Ride, identified in the staff presentation as a planning and economic director, described how the county’s open‑space tax program and the board’s public benefit rating system operate under the state Open Space Taxation Act and RCWs and may be used to preserve natural resources and farm land.
Staff said the parcel…
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