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1 of ideas about the thing as hypotheses rather than conclusions. [Emphasis <br /> 2 added.] <br /> 3 Using the current case as an example, the record shows that a county-wide process <br /> 4 was undertaken in December 2016 with the announcement of the 2017 Walla Walla County <br /> 5 Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulation and Amendment Process, which listed <br /> 6 <br /> 7 the criteria for the types of applications that would be accepted,34 as well as the previously <br /> 8 recited record from the Intervenor. <br /> 9 Further, the scope of amendments that were reviewed by the County offer a <br /> 10 distinction between county-wide and area-wide. There was in this case an invitation that <br /> 11 was county-wide, and there were three projects considered regarding agricultural lands <br /> 12 only. After multiple hearings and examination of the record, the commissioners decided to <br /> 13 <br /> docket only the J.R. Simplot Company application, at which point the resulting analysis <br /> 14 <br /> 15 became more focused on the area in question and on the lands subject to the application. <br /> 16 Whether it is a county-wide or area-wide process scope,35 the emphasis is the <br /> 17 application of the criteria to the lands in question, and the result of any designation or de- <br /> 18 designation process must meet the requirements of WAC 365-190-050(5), "an amount of <br /> 19 agricultural resource lands sufficient to maintain and enhance the economic viability of the <br /> 20 agricultural industry in the county over the long term; and to retain supporting agricultural <br /> 21 <br /> businesses ...." <br /> 22 <br /> 23 The Board finds and concludes that the County did comply with the GMA in the <br /> 24 application of criteria for designating and de-designating agricultural lands in passage of <br /> 25 Ordinance No. 468. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 <br /> 30 <br /> 34 Exhibit 3, Attachment 1, Walla Walla Community Development Dept. Press Release. <br /> 31 35 The Legislature intended the land use planning process of GMA to be area-wide in scope when it required <br /> 32 development of specific plans for natural resource lands and, later, comprehensive plans. <br /> City of Redmond v. Cent. Puget Sound Growth Mgmt. Hearings Bd., 136 Wn.2d 38, 52, 959 P.2d 1091, 1097 <br /> (1998). <br /> FINAL DECISION AND ORDER Growth Management Hearings Board <br /> Case No. 18-1-0001 1111 Israel Road SW,Suite 301 <br /> July 2,2018 P.O. Box 40953 <br /> Page 11 of 17 Olympia,WA 98504-0953 <br /> Phone:360-664-9170 <br /> Fax: 360-586-2253 <br />