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Fremont City Council members gathered Saturday morning during a special meeting to discuss several long-term plans and updates that will affect Fremont in the coming years. The weekend workshop included an early draft of the city’s five-year Capital Improvement Plan and One And Six Year Street Improvement plan. It also provided an early glimpse into the city’s plans to simultaneously update the Unified Development Code, Comprehensive Plan and Long-Range Transportation Plan. Jody Sande...

Siesta Key residents again argued for hours Monday night over a proposal for a new hotel just south of Siesta Village, which is one of three projects Siesta residents oppose. Developers proposed three hotel projects for Siesta Key, which, if approved, could have long-term implications to Sarasota County’s density and transient accommodation regulations. The projects are: A proposal by attorney Gary Kompothecras to build a seven-story, 120-room hotel and a five-story parking garage along Old S...

The City of Edinburg intends to issue a single contact to a consulting firm to provide professional services to update the Unified Development Code and complete related planning analysis and tasks. The project will include: (1) evaluating the effectiveness of the City’s existing development-related regulations; (2) writing of new and/or rewriting of the regulations and standards; (3) conducting the necessary stakeholder and public involvement as required herein; (4) meeting with the necessary...

County Councilor Robinson Shares Midterm Update After what has felt like an eternity, 2020 has come to an end. As the clock struck midnight, I cheered the end to a challenging year, but also the official halfway point for my term on Council. When I announced my candidacy in 2018, I focused on four areas that I would like to work on as a Councilor to improve Los Alamos County. These four areas are: Tourism and Recreation. With the new year, I would like to provide a brief update on what progres...

Summit County is looking for applicants to fill open seats on its five planning commissions and Board of Adjustment. Applicants have until 5 p.m. on Jan. 29 to apply for the 10 open seats. The only requirements for applicants are to have lived in Summit County for at least one year. People applying for any of the four basin commissions must be residents of that basin to be appointed. According to a news release, the following seats are available: One seat for the Board of Adjustment Two seats ...

SunStar Barugo at 450: Rising above the pandemic LEYTE. Barugo Mayor Ma. Rosario Avestruz (center), together with local officials, leads the town’s 450th founding anniversary on November 3, 2020. (Contributed photo) + December 30, 2020 BARUGO, a quaint town in the province of Leyte, is “adaptive and resilient” amid the challenges brought by the global health crisis. Mayor Ma. Rosario “Macel” Avestruz, the second woman to become the town’s chi...

Cannabis tax income continues to climb in Santa Barbara County, with revenue hitting $4.2 million in the first quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal year, a 50% increase from the $2.8 million reported from the first quarter of 2019-20, according to a report to the Board of Supervisors. The county is reviewing 23 applications for retail storefront licenses from six community plan areas, and nine of the 12 cultivators that were operating in existing developed rural neighborhoods have shut down after supe...

Citywide Zoning Reform Approved in Everett Few cities are accomplishing such a swift and sweeping overhaul of its land use regulations as Everett, Washington, which just wrapped up its second major planning initiative in as many years on its way to launching a third. December 17, 2020, 9am PST | James Brasuell | The city council of Everett, Washington approved the "Rethink Zoning" ordinance in November, ushering in a suit of zoning changes designed to simplify the land use code and encoura...

Credit Ken Lund on Flickr Following nearly a year of controversy, the Coalville City Council has granted an approval for a second version of the Wohali residential/resort development west of Interstate 80. The Council unanimously voted Monday night for a proposed rural golf resort community, with 125 residential lots and 303 nightly rentals. The Council vote gave a Master Plan Development and Phase One Preliminary Subdivision Plat approval to Wohali. The community debate over the property goes ...

Dec 4, 2020 City Council members David McGhee and Eric Presnell listen to a presentation during Monday evenings study session.  Staff photo by Lindsey Hodges The filing period for four seats on North Augusta City Council is approaching. On Monday, City Council passed the first reading of an ordinance outlining the dates for the upcoming municipal election. The ordinance must pass on second reading to be adopted, but if it is, filing for party primaries or conv...