Update from the Jefferson County Commissioners' meeting
During this morning's Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) meeting, we learned that the Washington Environmental Council has responded to Jefferson County's request for an additional 90 days to work on the critical areas ordinance update by offering the county six months instead.
This would provide a new "due date" of January 18, 2007 for the ordinance update to be adopted. While removing the urgency for getting our ducks in a row, we should not sit back and let things happen. We need a well-paced process that allows for full citizen participation in working toward a much-improved outcome, beneficial to all.
During the public comment portion of the BoCC meeting, one of the things brought forward is the need for the agricultural exemption to be broadened to include new farm operations. If that doesn't happen, our young sustainable agriculture movement will not be able to mature into a robust community providing locally grown produce for our community and region.
Articles are forthcoming from both of our local newspapers. Keep an eye out for them!
If you haven't already done so, please download the settlement agreement and the proposed critical areas ordinance update and go over them carefully. If you have questions, please send them to the Jefferson County Department of Community Development. (You should note that you wish to have a reply to your questions.) The more each of us knows about these documents, the better prepared we will be to work in the process of making the ordinance become what it needs to be to protect our families and the landscapes we are so much a part of and take pride in.
It's time for all of us to move into the work of developing critical areas protections that will support our ecosystems, while also providing opportunities for our children, grandchildren and beyond. Let's build our local solutions locally!
This would provide a new "due date" of January 18, 2007 for the ordinance update to be adopted. While removing the urgency for getting our ducks in a row, we should not sit back and let things happen. We need a well-paced process that allows for full citizen participation in working toward a much-improved outcome, beneficial to all.
During the public comment portion of the BoCC meeting, one of the things brought forward is the need for the agricultural exemption to be broadened to include new farm operations. If that doesn't happen, our young sustainable agriculture movement will not be able to mature into a robust community providing locally grown produce for our community and region.
Articles are forthcoming from both of our local newspapers. Keep an eye out for them!
If you haven't already done so, please download the settlement agreement and the proposed critical areas ordinance update and go over them carefully. If you have questions, please send them to the Jefferson County Department of Community Development. (You should note that you wish to have a reply to your questions.) The more each of us knows about these documents, the better prepared we will be to work in the process of making the ordinance become what it needs to be to protect our families and the landscapes we are so much a part of and take pride in.
It's time for all of us to move into the work of developing critical areas protections that will support our ecosystems, while also providing opportunities for our children, grandchildren and beyond. Let's build our local solutions locally!
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