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and re: private/public distinctions for parks and recreational facilities within the proposed Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community.
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basketball league use of Yelm Community Schools facilities.
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and trails: existing facilities, maintenance, and maintenance costs.
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of wildlife and wetlands on the Thurston Highlands property.
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viewpoints on the Thurston Highlands site.
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Historic and Cultural Resources
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Cushman, Joe; Planning Director; and Clark Halverson, Water Resources; Nisqually Indian Tribe. May 18, 2006. Personal communication with Tami Merriman, Associate Planner, City of Yelm,
re: historical use of the Thurston Highlands site vicinity by Native American people, and re: opportunities to train contractors to recognize cultural and historical resources during
earthwork activities.
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vicinity by Native American people, and re: opportunities to train contractors to recognize cultural and historical resources during earthwork activities.
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Registers and Surveys.
KPFF Consulting Engineers. 2008. Thurston Highlands Grading, Drainage, and Utilities Technical Engineering Report. Prepared for Thurston Highlands, L.L.C., Lacey, WA.
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Transportation
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Public Services: Fire Protection, Emergency Medical Aid, and Police Protection
Hutcheson, Chief Rita, and Chief Mark King. SE Thurston Fire/EMS. April 14, 2008. Personal communication with Vicki Morris, Vicki Morris Consulting Services (EIS Author), and with Tami
Merriman, City of Yelm Associate Planner, re: fire protection and emergency medical aid requirements to serve Thurston Highlands.
Southeast Thurston Fire/EMS. May 18, 2006. Letter of comment submitted to the City of Yelm during the Thurston Highlands EIS Scoping period describing demand and capacity issues, recommendations
and requirements.
Southeast Thurston Fire/EMS. March 2007. Impact Fee Rate Study for Fire Protection Facilities, City of Yelm: second 2007 update to the Fire District’s Capital Facilities Plan.
Stancil, Chief Todd. City of Yelm Police Department. May 20, 2008. Personal communication with Grant Beck, City of Yelm Community Development Director, re: the potential impacts of and
mitigation measures for the Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community.
Public Services: Schools
Birkland, Erling; Facilities Director, Yelm Community Schools. January 24, 2008. Personal communication by e-mail with Vicki Morris, Vicki Morris Consulting Services (EIS Author), re:
middle school enrollment projection and capacity in the 2012-2013 school year.
Birkland, Erling; Facilities Director. Yelm Community Schools. April 22, 2008. Personal communication by e-mail with Vicki Morris, Vicki Morris Consulting Services (EIS Author), re:
actual student enrollment in the 2007-2008 school year: second largest increase since 1976.
Burke, Dr. Alan; Superintendent, Yelm Community Schools; and Earling Birkland, Facilities Director. May 24, 2007 Personal communication with Greg Easton, Property Counselors, during
a meeting to discuss potential fiscal impacts of Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community.
Friedrich, Dr. Dennis; Superintendent, Rainier School District. May 24, 2007. Personal communication with Greg Easton, Property Counselors, during a meeting to discuss potential fiscal
impacts of Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community.
Friedrich, Dr. Dennis; Superintendent, Rainier School District. November 13, 2006. Personal communication with Vicki Morris, Vicki Morris Consulting Services (EIS Author), re: existing
schools, enrollment, and capital improvements planned with a 2007 bond measure.
Friedrich, Dennis; Superintendent, Rainier School District. January 24 and 29, 2008. Personal communication with Vicki Morris, Vicki Morris Consulting Services (EIS Author), to update
student enrollment information, and to discuss school bus transportation services.
McCormick, Michael J., FAICP. March 27, 2006. 2006 Student Generation Rates (SGR) for the Yelm School District.
Morton, Rhonda; Co-Director of Transportation, Yelm Community Schools. January 28, 2008. Personal communication with Vicki Morris, Vicki Morris Consulting Services (EIS Author), re:
existing school bus transportation services, and potential requirements to serve Thurston Highlands students.
Revised Code of Washington (RCW). Operation of Student Transportation Program (28A.160.010), and Student Transportation Allocation (28A.160.160).
Stack, Greg; Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. August 31, 2006. Schools Losing Out as Construction Costs Soar.
Yelm Community Schools (YCS). May 2007. Capital Facilities Plan, Yelm Community Schools District No. 2. Yelm, WA.
Utilities
Baine, Rich; Centralia City Light. November 19, 2007. Personal communication with Mark Steepy, KPFF Consulting Engineers, re: Centralia Utilities electrical power transmission line that
crosses the Thurston Highlands site.
City of Yelm. April 2007. City of Yelm Development Guidelines. Prepared as a supplement to the WSDOT/APWA Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construction, plus appropriate
City Policies, Codes, and Ordinances.
City of Yelm. September 2006. Principles for Sustainable Development within the Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community.
City of Yelm. May 23, 2006. Thurston Highlands EIS scoping meeting notes: electrical, natural gas and communications. Personal communications with representatives of Puget Sound Energy
(Amy Tousley); HBH Systems (Steve Ball); Ferrellgas, L.P.; (Joe Westby and Stacy Hogan); Centralia Utilities (Roy Zimmerman); Ycom/Fairpoint Communications (Tim Hite, John Anderson,
Jon Clayton); Comcast (Scott Morrison); and Digiteria (Shannon Vanderfor).
Foster, Bill; Senior Engineer, Total Energy System Planning (TESP). Puget Sound Energy. April 18, 2008. Personal communication in meeting with Vicki Morris, Vicki Morris Consulting Services
(EIS Author), and Dan Chan, Natural Gas TESP, re: the electrical and natural gas demands of the proposed Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community in the context of PSE services in
the Thurston County area.
Foster, Bill; Senior Engineer, Total Energy System Planning (TESP). Puget Sound Energy. April 25, 2008. Tables projecting the electrical load demands of the Thurston Highlands conceptual
land use alternatives, with and without natural gas for space heating and hot water. Provided to Vicki Morrid, Vicki Morris Consulting Services (EIS Author).
Hite, Tim; Senior Engineer. Fairpoint Communications. June 4, 2007. Personal communication with Mark Steepy, KPFF Consulting Engineers, regarding interest to provide telecommunication
services within the Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community.
Holcomb, Mike; Operations Manager. Pacific Disposal/LeMay Enterprises. April 28, 2008. Personal communication by telephone conversation with Vicki Morris, Vicki Morris Consulting Services
(EIS Author), re: the provision of solid waste and recyclables collection service to the proposed Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community, in the context of the company’s existing
service system in the area.
Holcomb, Mike; Operations Manager. Pacific Disposal/LeMay Enterprises. April 30, 2008. Personal communication by e-mail with Vicki Morris, Vicki Morris Consulting Services (EIS Author),
to convey estimates of the average monthly volume of solid waste that would be generated by each of the conceptual land use alternatives.
Gibson, Jim; Development Engineer. City of Yelm. December 2006. Personal communication with Mark Steepy, KPFF Consulting Engineers, regarding the condition of the City of Yelm existing
water system, and regarding an appropriate factor to use for water use per capita in planning for utilities to serve the Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community.
King, Mark; Fire Chief 2. Thurston County Fire Protection District #2. November 4, 2007. Personal communication with Mark Steepy, KPFF Consulting Engineers, regarding fire flow calculation
requirements for the Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community.
KPFF Consulting Engineers. April 14, 2008. Personal communication with Vicki Morris, Vicki Morris Consulting Services (EIS Author), re: Thurston Highlands Phase 1 conceptual development
area impervious cover.
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services with the Thurston Highlands Master Planned Community.
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Fiscal Impact Analysis
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Burke, Dr. Alan and Earling Birkland. May 24, 2007 Personal communication with Greg Easton, Property Counselors, during a meeting to discuss potential fiscal impacts of Thurston Highlands
Master Planned Community.
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Community.
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Parametrix. March 2007. Yelm Wastewater Technical Report.
Stack, Greg, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. August 31, 2006. Schools Losing Out as Construction Costs Soar.
Southeast Thurston Fire/EMS. January 2007. Impact Fee Rate Study for Fire Protection Facilities.
Thurston Regional Planning Council. The Profile 2006. Estimates of local employment.
Tischler and Associates. July 2002. Fiscal Impact Analysis of Residential and Nonresidential Land Use Prototypes, Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts.
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Washington State Auditors Office, Local Government Financial Reporting System. November 2006. Financial data base for all Washington cities and counties by year.