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Commissioners: use Eastern‑specific demographic data, show ranked community priorities
Summary
Commissioners urged staff to replace countywide demographic tables with ESRI or Eastern Summit County‑focused data and suggested a side‑by‑side ranked table showing county vs. East‑side priorities (open space, development controls, drinking water).
A group of commissioners asked staff to localize demographic and engagement data to Eastern Summit County, arguing countywide aggregates obscure meaningful local differences. One commissioner suggested using ESRI data to capture Eastern‑specific figures; another asked for a simple, ranked table so readers can see how priorities differ between the county and the East Side.
Commissioner (S3) summarized community engagement results, saying roughly two‑thirds of respondents named preservation of open space among their top priorities and that concerns about development control and drinking water also ranked highly. Staff agreed to prepare Eastern‑focused demographic tables and to clarify time units for population change metrics before the next work session.
