Noble, Cassandra From: Cassandra Noble [noblemusic1@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:32 AM
To: Karen Bennett
Subject: Re: Thurston Highlands Draft EIS
Please send me a copy of the Thurston Highlands Draft EIS CD. Thank you. Cassandra Noble 15043 105th Ave. SE Yelm WA 98597
----- Original Message ----- From: Karen Bennett Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:07 AM Subject: Thurston Highlands Draft EIS
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Interested Parties:
The City of Yelm Community Development Department has issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community, and is in the process
of distributing it to agencies and interested parties. Your name is on our email list of persons interested in receiving information regarding the Thurston Highlands Project.
The Draft EIS contains a description of the project and how it may impact all elements of the environment, from air quality, groundwater quality and quantity, water quality
and flooding along Thompson Creek, traffic, and even public services provided by the City. An EIS is meant to ensure that the decision makers, in this case the Hearing Examiner
and City Council, have a full understanding of the choices they make in approving or denying a project and what conditions are appropriate to mitigate potential impacts. The
EIS by itself does not approve or condition a project, it just reports the impacts and potential mitigation measures.
The Draft EIS is subject to a 45 day comment period, which ends on July 28th. During that time period, there will be two open houses at the
Yelm High School commons, both from 5 PM to 8 PM to be held on Wednesday June 25th and Wednesday July 16th. The consulting team who drafted the technical reports, the applicants,
and Community Development staff will be at these open houses to answer questions and accept comments on the Draft EIS.
After the close of the comment period, CDD will respond to each comment received. Depending on the comments, this may even entail additional technical studies. The response
to comments becomes the Final Environmental Impact Statement and after that point the actual Master Planned Community application will be modified based on the Final EIS, and
heard by the Hearing Examiner and City Council.
The Draft EIS is being distributed electronically via CD, although hard copies are available to be viewed at City Hall in Community Development or at the Yelm Timberland
Library. If you are interested in receiving a CD by mail, please reply to this email with your full name and mailing address, and a cd will be mailed to you. If you would
like a paper copy, please contact ABC printing in Lacey. Dale Richart is the point of contact and he may be reached at 360.456.4545. There will be a cost for production.
Comments on the Draft EIS should be sent to:
Grant Beck
, Community Development Director
City of
Yelm
P.O. Box
479
Yelm
, WA 98597
or emailed to highlands@ci.yelm.wa.us
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