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Resident urges Sawyer County to revisit solar ordinance, review draft hazard mitigation plan
Summary
Linda Zilmer, an Edgewater property owner, urged zoning committee members to compare Sawyer County's solar ordinance to model ordinances and asked the committee to add August agenda items to review the draft hazard mitigation plan and an update on the 2025 land and water resource management plan.
During the public comment period, Linda Zilmer identified herself as an Edgewater property owner and urged committee members, particularly those on the zoning committee, to review the county's solar ordinance against model ordinances and training available through UW Extension and the Center for Land Use Education. She noted webinars on solar ordinances and developer agreements scheduled for noon on the day of the meeting and the following Friday and encouraged officials to use those resources when comparing local rules to model language.
Zilmer also pointed to a draft Sawyer County hazard mitigation plan that she said was posted on Monday and encouraged the committee to compare it with the county's adopted 2014 plan available on the Northwest Regional Planning Commission website. She asked the committee to add an August agenda item to review elements of the draft that fall under this committee's jurisdiction, citing dams as 1 example, and requested an August update on the county's progress implementing the 2025 land and water resource management plan.
The committee did not take immediate action during the meeting on Zilmer's requests; committee staff and members were asked to note her suggestions for future agendas.
