2003 SULTAN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

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TRANSCRIPTIONS: Several transcriptions have been done on the PC comp plan process. Check out our Transcriptions page

MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS? As we've been taught, some folks in Sultan are more equal than others. but THIS example takes the prize: Commissioner Dalmasso's explanation of how the comp plan growth scenario should be selected (Word, Acrobat). Here's Dalmasso's matrix to help explain the justification for his "reasoning." if you aren't outraged about his discriminatory position, then YOU may be part of the problem.

PLANNING COMMISSIONERS' CONTACT INFO:

You can mail or drop off letters to commissioners at city hall. Their names are shown below, along with their emails:

Chairman John Seehuus
Janie Botting
Bart Dalmasso
Josie Fallgatter
Tom Green
Jeff Kirkman
Ron Kraut

SUMMARY SECTION:

• Comprehensive Plan Survey (in Acrobat) (in Word) - Distributed summer, 2002
• Comprehensive Plan Survey Results (Matrix of responses to questions;(part 1,; Part 2)gs 9 through 14
• Notice of Comp Plan Issuance (post-marked 2/20/03)
• Brief Summary of plan - PART 1 (pages. 1 thru 4), PART 2 (pages. 5 thru 8)
• Comparison of Alternative Plans - matrix

  MAPS (Historical)

  • 1981 Sultan Planning Area
  • 1994 City-approved UGA area (Current 1994 comp plan reflects land use analysis matching this map's area
  • 1995 County-approved UGA area (Land analysis not performed for this land area)
  • Sultan's Watershed Area (City requested to annex into Sultan's UGA)

   

  MAPS (as included in 2003's draft EIS comp plan):

  • Low-growth UGA Scenario Map
  • Medium-growth UGA Scenario Map
  • High-growth UGA Scenario Map
  • Parks and Open Space Map
  • Critical Areas Map
  • Transportation Grid Map
  • Trails and Non-motorized Transportation Grid Map
  • Housing Densities Map
  • Employment Map

2003 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DRAFT EIS (Environmental Impact Statement)

COMPLETE 9.3 MB FILE OF THIS 291-PAGE DOCUMENT (click mouse's right button to activate download and save menu)

DOCUMENT BROKEN UP INTO SEVERAL SMALLER FILES (each approx. 300-350 kb). We can provide a copy if you contact us (we're listed in the phone directory).- We will provide a CD of this Comprehensive Plan if you contact us. ho spent several hours scanning in this 291-page document.

• Index of chapters and list of tables and graphics (36 kb)
  Print this out to use as a guide to which file you wish to open
• Document split into 29 separate 10-page files
  (Our apologies to Sultan residents for the large files. But you can blame the city; they would have been substantially smaller had the city agreed to provide the information in its native electronic format. A 30-page Word document converted into an Adobe Acrobat file results in a 100 kb (or smaller) file. That same document manually scanned into Adobe results in a file 1 mb or larger.

COMMENTS RECEIVED ON THE DRAFT EIS:

Here are the comments that were received on the DEIS (all in Acrobat):

• (a) Al Robinson, Sultan School District Superintendant
• (b) Eric Irelan, County Transportation Planner
• (c) Jeffrey Raker, Puget Sound Regional Council
• (d) Joe Downs, citizen
• (e) Un-attributed map of Sultan Watershed (We discovered later that Rick Cisar had sumitted this)
• (f) Kelly Korn, citizen
• (g) Un-attributed map of zoning [includes an unkown designation of "NR" for "Neighborhood Retail" at the southeast corner of 132nd and Sultan Basin Road; we learned later that Rick Cisar had submitted this item.]
• (h) Planning Commissioner J. Kirkman
• (i) Planning Commissioner R. Kraut
• (j) L. Storm, citizen
• (k) Unattributed information on proposed Sultan UGA expansion of 23 acres south of Hwy 2 - we learned later that Rick Cisar had submitted this information
• an unidentified old zoning map (This was not identified as an attachment; it was a "loose" piece of paper - we discovered later that Rick Cisar had submitted it.)

TRANSCRIPTIONS OF HEARINGS AND MEETINGS:

• July 15, 2003 Planning Commissioner discussion on Comp Plan Alternative preferences: A transcription of the initial discussion (Word, Acrobat) during which Commissioners offered their initial input on their growth scenario preferences and why they felt that way.
• 2003 Comp Plan Hearing Testimony:
  • 6-17-03 Hearing at Middle School (Word, Acrobat)
  • 7-1-03 Hearing Continuation (Word, Acrobat)