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Commission creates advisory council and sets process for notifying commission of concept-plan filings
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Summary
The commission voted to form a volunteer advisory council to provide technical review and to require the director of development to email concept plans to commission members and precinct commissioners with a specified tenth-business-day date for deficiency notices.
The Hood County Development Commission voted to create an advisory council of local experts and citizens to provide technical input and produce reference reports for the commission and the commissioner's court.
Supporters said the council should be voluntary, small and topic-driven so experts can be invited for specific agenda items. A commission member suggested the group could produce reports the court could reference during court deliberations.
Separately, the commission adopted a procedural direction: when the director of development receives a concept plan application, the director will immediately email the plan to development commission members and the precinct commissioner for the district where the project is proposed and will state the tenth business day by which the office must identify required missing documents (per the county's regulatory timeline). Members said the change is intended to ensure the commission and staff can identify incomplete submissions quickly and to give applicants a clear 45-day window to provide required materials so filings do not inadvertently vest.
The motions carried by voice vote.
