AUDIO: Ramirez Twin Rivers Estates Feb. 8, 2007
Council "Appeal Meeting & Closed Record Hearing"

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Meeting, Hearing (or whatever it was) Opens - Audio File A, 12:33 min., 2.2 mb

• Mayor Tolson opens Meeting/Hearing, reads procedure guidelines; queries officials re Appearance of Fairness issues (none, except Heydricks' email to Council)
• City Planner Cisar "summarizes" background (reads excerpts from Agenda cover sheet and alternative resolutions)

APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION:

• Applicant's attorney, Chris Knapp (Audio File B, 11:21 min., 2.0 mb)
• Applicant's Developer Gipson (Audio C, 8:17 min., 1.5 mb)
• Applicant Dan Ramirez speaks (states he's long-time resident/homeowner and has attended many council meetings) (Audio File D, 1:04 min., 191 kb)

PUBLIC TESTIMONY:

• Andy Coe, proponent of project (Audio File E, 1:36 min., 283 kb)
• Ron Kraut, former Sultan Plng. Commissioner (Audio Fie F, 3:50 min., 676 kb)
• Kerry Ourada, Dyer Road resident (recently filed an appeal with the PSGMHB* re the City's Critical Areas Ordinance) (Audio File G, 3:12 min., 565 kb)
  *Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board
• Josie Fallgatter, former Sultan Plng. Commissioner; has filed several successful appeals before the PSGMHB, trying to gain legal and fiscal accountability for the citizens of Sultan. (Audio File H, 7:34 min., 1.3 mb)
• Gerry Gibson, Dyer Road resident who has filed a petition with the City to remove the future sewer line and cut-through roadway [from Dyer to Skywall Drive] from the City's Comprehensive Plan. (Audio File I, 7:42 min., 1.4 mb)
• Loretta Storm, G.R.I.T. co-founder and ittakesgrit.org's webmaster (Audio File J, 3:19 min, 584 kb.)
• Wayne Still (spelling of last name uncertain); wanted to make a comment re U. S. 2 but mistakenly thought it was a public council comment period. (Audio File K, 0:31 min., 94 kb)
• Ron Gibson, Dyer Road resident (Audio File L, 2:14 min., 396 kb)

APPLICANT REBUTTAL:

Attorney Chris Knapp (Audio File M, 2:33 min., 425 kb)

COUNCILMEMBER QUESTIONS & COMMENTS - Audio File N, 13:00 min., 2.3 mb - Comments/questions by/from Derek Boyd, Steve Slawson, Kristina Blair, Ron Wiediger and Ben Tolson.

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