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07.08.2024 Mon AM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
Isabelle Spohn comments on misinformation given to members of the Planning Commission by Pete Palmer, Planning Director. She told the PC that the Methow Review District extends all the way down to the Columbia River, but it does not. Spohn also said that seven residents of the lower valley applied for positions on the Methow Advisory District’s Sub-Unit C Advisory Committee, but no one has heard if they’d been appointed or not.
Laurie Morgan comments on shortcomings of the WSU Extension Office which is not returning her phone calls. She needs to find a crop for dryland farming that can pull nitrogen out of the soil. The commissioners will try to find a WSU faculty member who can help her.
Pete Palmer and the commissioners go through the recommended changes to the District Use Chart (DUC) in the county’s zone code. They discuss changes to R1s and R5s in permitted and conditional uses in approximately 10 types of activities.
Recess for lunch at 12:46.