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City planner presents draft comprehensive plan update; council questions water supply and implementation timeline

Tenino City Council · August 13, 2025
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Contract planner Melissa Paulson presented a draft Tenino comprehensive plan update that adds climate and economic development elements, updates housing data and maps, and begins a Department of Commerce 60‑day review; councilors raised questions about water supply, utility capacity and implementation sequencing.

Melissa Paulson, the contracted city planner, presented a draft update to Tenino’s comprehensive plan at the Aug. 12 meeting and outlined next steps.

Paulson said the draft is based on the 2016 plan and adds two new elements: a climate element and an economic development element that includes contact lists and grant resources for local businesses. She said maps and the housing element were updated using the city’s housing needs…

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