Important Task. It is important that the Illahee Community look over the County's Preliminary Draft of the Illahee Community Plan. The County has taken the Community's Plan and is revising it to reflect what they heard from the community, the Citizens Advisory Group (CAG) meeting input, and what they would like to see in the Plan.
Ninety Five Percent Has Not Been Changed. The good news is that most of the document has remained as it was written by the community.
Concerns. There however are grave concerns over other parts as some of the CAG decisions appear to have been left out or dismissed. A major concern that has been expressed is the location of the Green Belt. While most like the Green Belt concept, all thought is was agreed that it would run from the Cheney Estates, then east of Ridgeview to Illahee State Park, and then diagonally from the Park to the Illahee Preserve area. Instead it shows it taking in the Illahee Preserve, Rolling Hills, and the historic section of Illahee, the last two of which are problematic.
Changes Not Noted. Additionally, the review is complicated as many of the changes have not been highlighted or annotated. We have been told that it requires posting both documents and going through them line by line.
Do You Want to See Comments Copied to Us? Some of you have provided us a copy of your comments to Katrina, and we are debating whether to pass them on to the community since they might influence the thinking of others. On the other hand it is nice to know what others are thinking and it might spur those on who might otherwise not commented on the Plan. Let us know your thoughts on this.
Katrina's Email Attached. Attached below is Katrina's email that was sent out late Friday afternoon.
Ninety Five Percent Has Not Been Changed. The good news is that most of the document has remained as it was written by the community.
Concerns. There however are grave concerns over other parts as some of the CAG decisions appear to have been left out or dismissed. A major concern that has been expressed is the location of the Green Belt. While most like the Green Belt concept, all thought is was agreed that it would run from the Cheney Estates, then east of Ridgeview to Illahee State Park, and then diagonally from the Park to the Illahee Preserve area. Instead it shows it taking in the Illahee Preserve, Rolling Hills, and the historic section of Illahee, the last two of which are problematic.
Changes Not Noted. Additionally, the review is complicated as many of the changes have not been highlighted or annotated. We have been told that it requires posting both documents and going through them line by line.
Do You Want to See Comments Copied to Us? Some of you have provided us a copy of your comments to Katrina, and we are debating whether to pass them on to the community since they might influence the thinking of others. On the other hand it is nice to know what others are thinking and it might spur those on who might otherwise not commented on the Plan. Let us know your thoughts on this.
Katrina's Email Attached. Attached below is Katrina's email that was sent out late Friday afternoon.
CAG Meeting Wednesday at Library. The community meeting to go over the changes is Wednesday at the Sylvan Way library for 6-8 pm.
Surveys Need to be Completed. Also, please complete the survey that is online. It is the official record of the community's thoughts on the Plan.
Jim Aho
The preliminary draft Illahee Community Plan has been posted at the following website:
http://www.kitsapgov.com/dcd/community_plan/subareas/Illahee/default.htm
FYI: Final formatting and polishing of the document will be done after community comments are received. GIS staff are working on new maps for the plan and planning staff are working on charts, pictures and graphs for the plan.
You have different options for getting me your feedback on the document: 1) Come to the final CAG meeting on August 20, 2008 at the Sylvan Way Library from 6-8pm, 2) Email you comments to me at kknutson@co.kitsap.wa.us, 3) Send your comments to me at 614 Division Street MS-36 Port Orchard, WA 98366 and/or come to the Planning Commission public hearing on September 9, 2008 at 6:30pm.
Please pass this information to others you know how may be interested.
Also, please visit the above mentioned website and take a survey regarding the Illahee Community Plan if you have not done so already.
As always, thank you for your participation and please contact me if you have any questions.
Best,
Katrina
Katrina N. Knutson, Associate Planner
Kitsap County
Department of Community Development
Policy and Planning Division
614 Division Street MS-36
Port Orchard, WA 98366-4682
(360) 337-7181
KKnutson@co.kitsap.wa.us
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