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Draft Comprehensive Plan

Commenting period open Monday, December 2nd, 2024 - Friday, January 17th, 2025
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Welcome to the Draft Comprehensive Plan

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Chapter I

The Cohesive Ketchum Comprehensive Plan: Provides background information related to the Cohesive Ketchum process, key issues that arose during the process, and how the Plan fits into the City’s existing operations.

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Chapter II

Community Vision and Core Values: Reflects what is important to the community now and for the future.

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Chapter III

Goals and Policies: Establishes overarching policy guidance on a range of topics, organized by core value. The goals and policies highlighted in this chapter will be used to guide day-to-day decision-making.

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Chapter IV

Growth Framework: Includes information about factors influencing Ketchum’s growth and the Future Land Use Plan (which is made up of the Future Land Use Map and associated Land Use Category descriptions).

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Chapter V

Implementation: Identifies priority actions for the next two- to four-years and serves as the City’s Playbook—bridging the gap between the Comp Plan and the more detailed annual work plan.

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Chapter VI

Appendices: Contains a summary of major trends and existing conditions, a land demand and capacity analysis, and information related to Idaho property rights.

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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:08PM on page 5

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This is the guy bringing mall chain stores to Ketchum
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:07PM on page 5

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Huge conflict of interest in that they are also the staff of BCHA, which seeks to siphon Ketchum taxpayer money out of Ketchum without full transparency or accountability.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:06PM on page 5

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Stands to make money from some of the provisions of this Plan.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:05PM on page 5

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While I like Bob, he is a professional lobbyist for the real estate industry. Where is the lobbyist for the residents of Ketchum on this list?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:04PM on page 5

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While I appreciate their service, they met in secret. Violation of open government rules?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:04PM on page 5

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These are all controlled by Mayoral appointments
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:03PM on page 5

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Includes non-residents
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:03PM on page 5

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Includes non-residents.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:03PM on page 5

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Why do the Mayors of Sun Valley and Hailey get input into Ketchum's strategic plan?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:02PM on page 5

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Stands to personally benefit from some of the policies in the Plan
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:02PM on page 5

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Husband to a Council member. Is that good process?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 4:01PM on page 5

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While I respect him, he is father to a Council member. Is that good process?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:54PM on page 151

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What about something in the plan that calls for the City to maximize the value of the land that it controls? If the City is going to zone for private citizens to achieve public goals, surely it should do the same for itself.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:52PM on page 151

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and without a legally permitted purpose
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:52PM on page 151

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" and comply with all state and Federal laws."
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:51PM on page 151

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The mandate goes beyond that. The City must "enhance property values." What is the mechanism that ensures that?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:50PM on page 151

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There is nothing in the Plan that links any of the policies to this mandate. Shouldn't there be? Has the Planning department examined each policy for compliance iwth this mandate?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:46PM on page 144

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This would be even more useful it it identified every parcel in the CIty according to its maximum permitted use versus its current use. Then we would know what the development potential for Ketchum is and could manage growth better. For example, if there is a single family home on a lot in the core of Ketchum, yet that lot could be built out to 20 units of housing, we should know that.

This is why a 3D model of Ketchum fully built to its maximum potential is something we should get,.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:43PM on page 144

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This is confusing. If land is coded both low-density residential and "mountain overlay (undevelopable)," what does that mean? Is the acreage included in the developable number from the consultant?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:39PM on page 138

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These links don't work
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:36PM on page 136

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I bet it is at least 50% more than that. But even if we built another 160 units of Bluebirds to replace the lost units, we would not have solved any of the challenges that come from our essential worker crisis. And this Plan's focus on using public resources to grow tourism will make everything in Ketchum worse for its residents. We need a new HAP and we need a Economic Development Plan that accomplishes diversification.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:33PM on page 136

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This data demonstrates that the City cannot build enough units to change the underlying situation. We have scarce resources. We should stop wasting them on corporate welfare and focus them on essential workers.

BCHA list of employers for Bluebird is damning and shows that the HAP is not solving our challenges.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:31PM on page 130

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Existing conditions would be much more accurate if we did a semiannual survey of residents, employers and employees about things like housing, parking, priorities, etc. It would not be hard to do in a statistically legitimate way, it would increase participation in government, it would improve quality of decision making and it would help us better allocate scarce resources. It seems like. a no-brainer.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:29PM on page 135

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I hear that 30% number a lot, but is that pre-tax or after-tax and government transfers? It should be the latter, correct?

And does this reflect people who choose not to work full-time? What is the "burdened" number for people who work full-time?

Correcting this is only partly a responsibility of local government. Given scarce resources, we should prioritize closing this gap for our essential workers. For-profit entities will have this situation taken care of by the market. To do it for them is corporate welfare.

The City is part of the problem. It does not pay a living wage to many of its own employees. The Streets department is particularly underpaid.

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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:24PM on page 135

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This is not accurate. I think you mean a high bar for people who work in Ketchum in the tourism industry or essential and non-profit jobs. We have MORE full-time residents who could afford to buy here, so they must do something other than those low-wage jobs to be here. Either they have high-paying remote jobs or they earned enough money to retire here.

Let's be honest about the data.

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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:21PM on page 135

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This is oddly worded, given the fact that there are MORE full-time residents living in Ketchum than ever before. They just happen to be retired. I think what you mean is that there are fewer opportunities for people who work in Ketchum to live in Ketchum.

Oddly, we are not prioritizing that with our HAP. The results of our HAP are to increase housing for lower-income retirees and low-paid tourism industry workers who don't work in Ketchum. Meanwhile, essential workers like teachers, first responders and healthcare workers get squeezed out. That is bad public policy and is inconsistent with the desires of the community.

We need a new HAP. One that prioritizes essential workers, preferably with families. As our Mayor has said, they are the "lifeblood" of our community.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:16PM on page 134

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A 50% decline in this area is depressing. Could this be a result of families abandoning Ketchum?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:10PM on page 134

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According to SVED this isn't true. They report that the average commute to Ketchum is under 30 minutes. Maybe their data is wrong, but you don't provide data to contradict it. This is one of those areas where having the data on who is commuting from where/when would help us to optimize our transportation plan. Why don't we buy that data?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:09PM on page 134

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Economic diversification was a goal of the last plan. The Council not only failed to achieve that, but the situation has gotten worse due to their actions. How do we create a mechanism to report to the community on how the Council's actions are achieving (or failing to achieve) the residents' goals as laid out in the Plan?

Does our Council see this as an issue? If so, can they share with us how they will revise the Plan to live up to the values they claim to espouse?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:06PM on page 134

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What is the source of that data? It seems to ignore work-from-home/remote jobs. If true, why is that a bad thing? What RESIDENTS are complaining about this?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 2:03PM on page 132

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To where? My bet is Hailey. They have been replaced by rich retirees, tourists and low-paid tourism industry workers subsidized by the rich retirees. This seems like a flawed economic development model. The old Plan had many policies to prevent this, yet the Council not only didn't accomplish the goals of that Plan, the actively worked to thwart it.

How do we avoid repeating the mistake of a Council that is unaccountable to the Plan? We need a management information system that ties to the plan and is transparent to the public. The Plan does not address that governance shortcoming. Let's fix this.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:58PM on page 132

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We've basically lost all our families and replaced them with retirees and low-paid tourism industry workers. Nice job!

The Plan does not address this. There is nothing in here to make Ketchum competitive with Hailey for families. If we don't have children in Ketchum, then it's just another form of God's waiting room with a lot of tourists thrown in.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:54PM on page 131

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data in graphic is mislabeled.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:54PM on page 131

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This is old data. Can't we estimate current population from change in voter registration and car registrations in the past two years?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:53PM on page 131

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This is very old data and not particularly helpful.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:52PM on page 131

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The chart only goes to 2020, so this is confusing. Don't we know what our current population is?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:51PM on page 130

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The lack of quality data is one of the key problems with Ketchum's decision making processes. We should be buying cellphone traffic data. With that we would know who is where/when and could answer questions like how do we optimize bus routes, what is locals usage versus tourist usage of various assets, what are commuting patterns, what is the turnover of our population, etc. etc. Better data will lead to better allocation of our scarce resources.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:48PM on page 130

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Why not SVED?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:06PM on page 112

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What are the definitions and time frames for S and M. How will they be incorporated into the City Council calendar and agendas? Without that level of specificity, these will just keep slipping.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:03PM on page 110

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What about SVED? It meets the definition.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:02PM on page 110

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Add KCDC given that one of its ex-officio board members is a Council member so meets the definition,
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:02PM on page 110

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Add FSVA given that a Council member is one of its board members.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:01PM on page 110

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Hopefully KBAC meets the definition of a partner that the City works with.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 1:00PM on page 110

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Insert Blaine County Housing Authority?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 12:59PM on page 110

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SVASB is listed as a Board on the City Website
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 12:57PM on page 110

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While it sure acts like one, KURA is not a City Department. It is statutorily and independent Agency and should be listed as a Partner.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 12:56PM on page 110

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Include Traffic Authority
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 12:56PM on page 110

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This is no longer a City department--move to Partner organization?
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 12:53PM on page 105

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Multiple units in the LI zone serve solely residential purposes. And you forgot private pickleball courts as a primary use.
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Perry Boyle Dec 26 2024 at 12:52PM on page 104

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These buildings come with large employee loads. We should require tourist enterprises that pay less than what is required for rent in Ketchum to provide full housing for their staffs rather than throwing them onto the public purse.
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