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Herriman leaders debate rescinding outreach policy after state curbs on required meetings
Summary
City staff told a joint Planning Commission and City Council meeting that state law now limits cities’ ability to require pre-hearing community meetings, prompting debate over whether to rescind, suspend, or revise Herriman’s Community Outreach Program. No policy change was adopted; staff will return with proposals.
Herriman city staff presented options to rescind, suspend or revise the city’s Community Outreach Program policy during a joint Planning Commission and City Council meeting on April 30, noting recent state law changes that limit what cities may require before land-use hearings.
Staff member (Speaker 6) told commissioners and council members that the outreach policy, adopted around 2017, is supported by standard operating procedures and volunteer community facilitators but now conflicts with state code. "Primarily because the state no longer allows cities to require any kind of public meeting, community meeting," Speaker 6 said, describing limits on requiring…
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