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Commissioners' comments hint at contours of comp plan debate

Commissioners Daniel Andreotta, David Hill, Rebecca McCall, Michael Edney and Bill Lapsley agreed that they need at least four workshops to debate the draft 2045 comp plan before adopting it.

By Bill Moss, Published: January 12, 2023

After 16 speakers had used their allotted three minutes apiece to pan the draft 2045 comprehensive land-use plan as weak on preserving open land and preventing sprawl, Henderson County commissioners absorbed the task before them, glanced at the clock and called a timeout on moving ahead last Monday night. They decided later to dissect, discuss, diliberate, debate and act on the plan in eight not so easy pieces.