Chris French
8:39 - 9:16
"we do have a chapter on environment in the Comprehensive Plan. So a lot of, Commissioner Delgado, that you are talking about from an environmental standpoint is discussed in that chapter, but also in the arts, culture and history chapter as well. But we are looking at those factors with regards to development because as a Comprehensive Plan, that focus is always on how it relates to development and especially development into the future. If your Comprehensive Plan usually is a horizon of 15 or 20 years, and so we are looking to how development would take place in the future."
“we do have a chapter on environment in the Comprehensive Plan. So a lot of, Commissioner Delgado, that you are talking about from an environmental standpoint is discussed in that chapter, but also in the arts, culture and history chapter as well. But we are looking at those factors with regards to development because as a Comprehensive Plan, that focus is always on how it relates to development and especially development into the future. If your Comprehensive Plan usually is a horizon of 15 or 20 years, and so we are looking to how development would take place in the future.”
- Speaker
- Chris French
- Timestamp
- 8:39 – 9:16
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak Island Borough
- Captured at
- July 8, 2026
From the transcript
And I will point out we do have a chapter on environment in the Comprehensive Plan. So a lot of, Commissioner Delgado, that you are talking about from an environmental standpoint is discussed in that chapter, but also in the arts, culture and history chapter as well. But we are looking at those factors with regards to development because as a Comprehensive Plan, that focus is always on how it relates to development and especially development into the future. If your Comprehensive Plan usually is a horizon of 15 or 20 years, and so we are looking to how development would take place in the future. We look at current issues, but we also try to look at what potential future issues it might be.
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