Land planning board says growth policy nearly ready; commissioners reminded growth policy required before certain zoning

Members of the Prairie County Land Planning Board reported they are close to finishing the growth policy but still need to fix formatting and map quality issues before final adoption. Tracy and Lonnie described small copy edits and map-resolution problems and asked the commission for a short window to finalize the document.

The board reiterated statutory sequencing: the growth policy must be adopted prior to some types of zoning (type 2), though the two efforts can be worked on in parallel. Lonnie said the planning board does not want to be the reason that zoning moves forward before the growth policy is complete, and asked the commissioners to coordinate timing and to allow the land planning board to finish outstanding corrections.

Commissioners and planning-board members discussed retaining Great West (or the existing consultant contact) to produce higher-quality maps and to incorporate edits professionally.