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Council adopts Imagine VB 2040 comprehensive plan after debate over "green line" language
Summary
After hours of public comment and a failed motion to defer, council voted 8'to'3 to adopt the Imagine VB 2040 comprehensive plan; opponents urged stronger protections for the transition/green'line area and clearer maps and nomenclature.
The City Council voted 8'to'3 to adopt the Imagine VB 2040 comprehensive plan after extensive public comment and internal debate over terminology and protections for the city's transition area. Members of the transition area advisory committee (TAITA) and neighborhood groups urged postponing adoption so staff could restore or clarify "green line" protections and remove language that might allow industrial or high'density uses south of the green line.
TAITA and other speakers said maps and place'type graphics in the draft can be confusing and that renaming the…
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