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Commission hears general plan update timeline; staff says DNR grant will fund water work
Summary
Staff said Garfield County received a DNR grant of about $14,000 for the water portion of a general plan update and outlined a public open house (water‑provider meeting at 11 a.m., public session at 1 p.m., with Zoom) to gather input on maps and draft proposals.
Planning staff briefed the commission on an ongoing general plan update and encouraged commissioners and the public to attend an upcoming open house and meetings with water providers.
Staff identified the consultant (named in the record as Kirby Sniben of 'East or Avenue Consultants') and said maps and charts will be available at the open house to show current zoning and potential future land‑use options. "Theyre gonna have a bunch of maps and charts, data and everything," staff said, describing the open house format.
On funding, staff said the county secured a DNR grant "for, like, $14,000 to do the water side of it from DNR." Staff said the remaining $36,000 for the plan would come from rural county grant funds and that the consultant quoted a figure recorded in the meeting as "50" for the total plan price; staff called that amount unusually low compared with other local plans.
Staff said the county has one of the oldest general plans in the state and hoped to have the update finished by year‑end; a draft will be published for public review at a later open‑house and comment period. The meeting record shows the planning staff scheduled an 11 a.m. session with water providers and a 1 p.m. public open house with a Zoom option on the coming Friday.
