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Pasco staff outlines annexation into Franklin County Conservation District and $4,000/acre shrub-step mitigation proposal
Summary
Deputy city manager presented a proposal to annex the city into the Franklin County Conservation District and adopt an interlocal agreement to streamline shrub-step mitigation; staff said annexation would cost roughly $5 per parcel annually and mitigation would be about $4,000 per acre charged to developers, and the conservation district argued the funds leverage greater grant dollars.
Deputy City Manager Sigdell presented a proposal for the City of Pasco to annex into the Franklin County Conservation District and adopt an interlocal agreement (ILA) intended to streamline shrub-step habitat mitigation for development.
Sigdell said the conservation district has been delivering services that benefit city residents, including technical assistance on water-right transfers, education programs and shrub-step mitigation work. She told the council that annexation would add an estimated $5 per parcel per year for city households and that the district proposed a mitigation payment of about $4,000…
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