Time Concerns and Edits to Land Use Element

SWAN VALLEY - Members of the Swan Valley Regional Planning Committee (SVRPC) discussed at length the community’s concern that the regional draft plan editing was taking too much time at their meeting March 23. They also addressed and voted on edits to the Land Use Element of the draft plan referring to community comments and edits by attorney Colleen Dowdall and journalist Suzanne Vernon.

Community member Dan Maloughney said community members he talks to are wondering if this is becoming a “committee plan and not a community plan” because it is taking so long and the community comments were no...