Council continues comp plan update hearing, hears questioning on renewable energy EPF and Roche Harbor map request
Planning staff presented changes to the county comprehensive plan — including merged utilities goals, tribal-consultation language and responses to Department of Commerce comments — and reviewed a map amendment request from Roche Harbor Resort; several residents urged caution about labeling large-scale renewable projects as essential public facilities.
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San Juan County planning staff reopened a continuation of the comprehensive plan public hearing, outlining edits that merge utilities goals, clarify tribal consultation expectations and expand the county's response to Department of Commerce comments on the housing element. Sofia Kassem, a long-range planner with the Department of Community Development, told the council the draft combines goals on siting utility infrastructure and protecting rural character and natural habitats while leaving a separate energy-production goal intact.
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