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Consultant outlines 18–24 month comprehensive-plan update; board debates steering committee
Summary
EPR consultants presented an 18–24 month comprehensive-plan update process emphasizing broad public engagement, plain-language materials, mapping, and implementation steps. Supervisors debated whether to appoint a steering committee or rely on the Planning Commission.
Consultants from EPR told the King George County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 3 that the county's comprehensive-plan update will be an 18–24 month process that emphasizes data updates, public engagement and clear implementation steps.
Todd Gordon, principal planner at EPR, summarized the work plan and said the firm will run assessments, prepare maps and draft goals and actions for the county to vet. "This plan, like any comprehensive plan, is also very much a plan for and by the citizens of the county," Gordon said, noting the need for public meetings, surveys and accessible, plain-language materials.
Tyler Hinkle, senior planner at EPR, described planned engagement: four large community meetings spread across phases, stakeholder interviews, pop-up events at festivals and farmers markets, and a project website with draft materials and maps. He said the firm intends to collect public input in stages—early visioning, mid-process map-based input, and final vetting of a draft.
Board members pressed EPR on the value and structure of a steering committee versus using the Planning Commission. Gordon said a steering committee "steers the process, not the conclusions," and that either approach can work; the main trade-offs are staff time and depth of community recruiting. Several board members asked staff to assemble potential ordinance fixes and a timeline for appointing any steering body so the board could decide whether to create a separate advisory group or rely on the Planning Commission during the update.
EPR and staff said they would return with specific recommendations on steering-committee composition and a schedule that aligns with the 18-month plan.
