Wiltsie Public Records Request
City of Yelm
Community Development Department
105 Yelm Avenue West
P.O. Box 479
Yelm, WA 98597
August 21, 2006
Edward A. Wiltsie
P.O. Box 7102
Olympia, WA 98507
Dear Mr. Wiltsie:
The City of Yelm has received two public disclosure requests from you relating to ‘permits granted’ for Tahoma Terra and Thurston Highlands.
The first request is for ‘copies of all permits granted for the Tahoma Terra Subdivision Phases I, II, and III’ and the second request is for ‘copies of all permits granted for the Thurston
Highlands Development Project area’. Because neither request identifies a specific record for disclosure, I am forced to make the following assumptions when searching for records that
satisfy your criteria:
‘Permits’ are project permits as defined by Section 15.49.050 YMC and includes any land use or environmental permit or license including binding site plans, building permits, critical
area approvals, subdivisions, master plans, planned unit developments, shoreline substantial development permits, site plan review, and special uses.
‘Tahoma Terra subdivision phases I, II, and III’ means all records relating to the property encompassed by the Tahoma Terra Master Planned Community, which includes preliminary and conceptual
master plan approval and the subsequent subdivision of land and issuance of building permits.
‘Granted’ means project permits that have been issued or approved pursuant to the appropriate provisions of the Yelm Municipal Code.
The request is for a copy of the entire project file of each record that satisfy’s your criteria.
Tahoma Terra – There are several land use permits and approximately 40 building permits that satisfy your criteria, as clarified above. I anticipate that it will require 14 days to
copy each project file and that copy charges may be between $100.00 and $200.00. There are many oversized documents within the land use files that are responsive to your records request.
Thurston Highlands – There are no records that are responsive to your request.
I will request my staff to begin gathering records responsive to your request, but we will hold making copies of any documents until August 25, 2006, in order to allow you an opportunity
to make any clarifications to your request. If we do begin to make copies of documents after the 25th based on the clarifications in this letter, you will be responsible for all copy
charges. As always, you are welcome to view the project files and identify any specific records of which you wish to receive a copy. You should coordinate any clarification of your
request or a time to review project files with Roberta Allen of the Community Development Department
If you have any questions regarding the materials, please contact the City at 458-3835 during normal business hours.
Sincerely,
Grant Beck, Director
Department of Community Development
c. Shelly Badger, City Administrator
Robert Allen, Administrative Assistant