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Planning staff present technical edits to Comprehensive Plan through EAR policy updates
Summary
Planning staff described Evaluation and Assessment Report (EAR) policy edits that are primarily technical, incorporate community feedback, and will move to later phases for implementation and a possible August 2026 adoption; commissioners asked how changes interact with the new land development code.
Planning staff presented proposed policy edits to the Comprehensive Plan's Evaluation and Assessment Report (EAR), explaining the two'phase process that separates policy edits from implementation analysis. Peyton Burgess said the EAR is "the evaluation and assessment report," required by the UDO every two years and intended to monitor progress on comprehensive plan goals and objectives.
Staff emphasized the changes are largely technical edits and clarifications to commentary, sometimes removing a "D" designation that ties a policy to development case review while leaving the policy itself in place. Burgess and Aaron Cain noted extensive community engagement across 2025'2026 and described how input led staff to scale back some recommended edits (policy 79 was cited as an example). Commissioners asked how the EAR edits relate to the forthcoming land development code; staff said they attempted to keep the EAR independent but will reassess alignment when the LDO/UDO is available for adoption.
Commissioners asked for follow'up on when staff will present draft ordinance language and requested more examples of how the changes affect site review and required commitments from applicants. Staff said an update would be provided to the joint city'county planning committee in the fall and that draft ordinance language would follow later in the year.
