Thoughts on the Proposed Plan
The surveys seemed extremely biased toward renewable energy and data centers, and yet residents were aware enough to indicate agriculture was one of the top priorities that should be addressed, as indicated in the Executive Summary #3 on page 6.
Renewable energy was more a concern than a consideration, and yet it gets it its own whole chapter, chapter 5 in the plan.
In the Community Profile on page 15, chapter 2 says the county faces increasing pressures related to (besides housing, infrastructure, etc.) saturation and continuation of large scale renewable energy projects. Saturation? Continuation? What a scary thought.
Then in chapter 2.2 it says renewable energy projects have become increasingly influential in land use discussions. By whom? Would that be the energy companies trying to persuade the farmers to lease their land?
Then in chapter 2.4 it says emerging large scale renewable energy proposals are influencing, influencing, (the word…