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Council discusses countywide planning policies under GMA and advances resolutions and ordinance readings
Summary
Council members debated adopting countywide planning policies—described as a Growth Management Act requirement—asked staff for clarification, and recorded adoption of multiple resolutions and movement of ordinance 10-79 and resolution 2025-66 for emergency second reading.
At its Nov. 18 meeting, the Benton City Council discussed countywide planning policies and several agenda items related to resolutions and ordinances, and the council recorded adoption of multiple resolutions.
Council members questioned why the city needed to re-adopt planning policies that are already referenced in the city’s comprehensive plan. A staff member (S6) explained that countywide planning policies are a written framework required under the Growth Management Act (GMA) to ensure county and city comprehensive plans are consistent with statewide planning policies and that…
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