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Draft Comprehensive Plan

Commenting period open Monday, December 2nd, 2024 - Tuesday, January 21st, 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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Anne Winton Jan 22 2025 at 12:27AM on page 42

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So Ketchum is willing to compromise long-time neighborhoods and turn them into duplexes and town homes? Increasing density will change the integrity of the neighborhood. What people once thought was a "cool" neighborhood will be gone.
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Anne Winton Jan 22 2025 at 12:16AM on page 41

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Then restrict size on newly built homes!!
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Anne Winton Jan 22 2025 at 12:14AM on page 38

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What historic preservation!?!? So many buildings from our past that made our town unique are gone. Our town is slowly disappearing, being replaced with boxes. How much more of our town can be replaced before it isn't our town anymore, before it isn't our home?
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Anne Winton Jan 21 2025 at 11:59PM on page 22

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Agree with William & Annie here... City needs to work with Hailey, Bellevue and the County for solutions to affordable/workforce housing. We do not need to be a town of Bluebirds...Let's see how one Bluebird settles into the fabric of Ketchum before starting another.
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Anne Winton Jan 21 2025 at 11:40PM on page 19

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Definitely need to add another circle "Honoring our historic past"!!
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Anne Winton Jan 21 2025 at 11:33PM on page 9

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Here you state that the last decade has seen substantial increase in population and new development which have escalated issues such as workforce housing, Ketchum's character, vitality & vibrancy.... so WHY is the City encouraging more growth for the future? We should not be increasing land density zoning, but maintaining and making sure that our resources can meet our demands. More people will require more workforce. We need to slow down, take a breath, see how things settle, see how climate change is going to affect us. Our town is slowly disappearing, being replaced. How much more of a neighborhood can be replaced before it isn't our neighborhood anymore, before it isn't our home? These losses are happening so quickly to Ketchum, it feels like all at once, not slowly. Please don't let Ketchum become what has happened to so many towns across the country that have promoted growth over vibrancy.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:34PM on page 129

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Please let's work together to list the buildings identified in the two surveys as historic and that have been destroyed. It's important for us to quantify the work.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:33PM on page 112

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We discussed in the HPC Jan 2025 meeting how to better present this info. Needs a matrix. As is, it's not easy for the reader.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:31PM on page 105

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Please acknowledge the historic structures & uses and not permit development to simply roll over them.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:31PM on page 104

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Please acknowledge the historic structures & uses and not permit development to simply roll over them.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:31PM on page 103

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Please acknowledge the historic structures & uses and not permit development to simply roll over them.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:30PM on page 102

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Please acknowledge the historic structures & uses and not permit development to simply roll over them.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:30PM on page 101

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Please acknowledge the historic structures & uses and not permit development to simply roll over them.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:30PM on page 100

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Please acknowledge the historic structures & uses and not permit development to simply roll over them.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:30PM on page 99

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Please acknowledge the historic structures & uses and not permit development to simply roll over them.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:29PM on page 98

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Please acknowledge the historic structures & uses and not permit development to simply roll over them.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:29PM on page 97

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Please acknowledge the historic structures & uses and not permit development to simply roll over them.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:28PM on page 92

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character stems from history; it doesn't come from anywhere else.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:27PM on page 87

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Among the primary factors influencing growth is the assumption that the only positive economy is one that's growing. Instead, if we re-integrate the customary externalities of healthy natural environment and place economic value on historic preservation, then we stand a chance to sustain a healthy economy at its current size.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:24PM on page 89

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would be good to list these critters consistently in either singular or plural form, rather than switching back & forth.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:23PM on page 89

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Fire should be its own section, not just in the interface. or maybe change the name of the header to include fire.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:23PM on page 88

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where do you discuss fire?
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:22PM on page 88

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suggest re-ordering these in the order of importance: avalanche, landslide, then earthquake.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:20PM on page 86

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without a caption here, you miss the opportunity to discuss philanthropy.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:18PM on page 73

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what is this photo trying to tell us?
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:17PM on page 65

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please name the fire.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:16PM on page 64

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these guys deserve a caption, please.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:16PM on page 61

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would be good to overlay your map of environmentally sensitive areas with the one for increased density.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:14PM on page 55

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Isolated? Do you mean: "distributed"?
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in reply to LEIF's comment

Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:14PM on page 55

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To Leif's point, the Valley is FULL of nationally recognized renewable energy experts. Cost is not the issue. Instead, it's our PUC & IPCO who resist the efforts.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:12PM on page 55

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sorry, folks - renewables have achieved cost parity. your info is out of date. We can't use cost as an excuse for not incorporating renewables.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:10PM on page 55

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this caption should mention WS Preserve.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:10PM on page 54

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please cite the artist in this caption
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:09PM on page 53

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Basque culture would be relevant for a caption.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:09PM on page 52

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sheep stats would be good in a caption.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:08PM on page 51

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please make note in your captions when we're including images of historic buildings. this one is important because it's owned by the city and on the national register. let's not skip an opportunity for education, please.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:07PM on page 50

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Careful please with the newly proposed density for the orange & brown areas immediately north of the Preserve. We went through A LOT of effort to preserve the area. Why would we introduce massive density adjacent?
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:06PM on page 44

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Caption please would describe how toursit (motels have a history) structures combine.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:04PM on page 41

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a caption would be extremely beneficial here.
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in reply to Perry Boyle's comment

Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 10:00PM on page 38

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Thanks for weighing in Perry, but I'm pretty sure that's what the HPC does, with the support of P&Z, ISHS & City staff.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 9:59PM on page 38

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would be good to add a sentence re the interplay of natural features & historic preservation. Ketchum's Chinatown along the bench is a prime example. Another is the site of the smelter at the mouth of WS.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 9:58PM on page 37

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Let's add a section about the intersection of Dark Skies & historic preservation, please. the interplay should be obvious.
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in reply to Jakub Galczynski's comment

Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 9:56PM on page 35

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McAtee house was a victory for historic preservation. A fail would have been its disappearance. In Idaho, we balance preservation with personal property rights.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 9:55PM on page 35

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thank you for noting the Handbook.
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Minette Broschofsky Jan 21 2025 at 9:54PM on page 10

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My final comment at this “10th Hour” is that this needs more time for discussion and community questions and comments to be answered.
So many people were not aware of this project until the presentation at Limelight less than a week ago and there are still many who are not aware of the scope of this - people who live in these neighborhoods where the density impact would be HUGE.
This needs more public presentation where city priorities on the project would be presented & questions could be answered .
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 9:54PM on page 34

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extra space before the comma
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 9:53PM on page 34

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The buildings were destroyed; they weren't lost. Passive voice allows us to fantasize that we have no control over historic preservation when - in fact - we do. The City has a robust budget to support development & a paltry one to support historic preservation. Hiding behind the passive voice only highlights the City's unwillingness to dedicate bold resources for historic preservation.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 9:51PM on page 31

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missed opportunity for a Hemingway quote when we lack a caption here.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 9:50PM on page 27

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As it stands, these tables are not reader-friendly. As we discussed in the HPC meeting Jan 2025, it would be preferable to have a matrix with topics addressed.
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Wendolyn Jan 21 2025 at 9:49PM on page 26

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How great it would be to have a caption that described our skate park donated by the Atkinson family. One of our core values is philanthropy. Are you guys talking to Spur?
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