Public Comment Submission

Community Forest Lands (ACFL)

Subject: Internal Combustion Engine Motorcycles in the ACFL -Council 03/16/26 Public Hearing on the ACFL Forest Plan From: Mark B. Nihart Internal Combustion Engine Motorcycles (Motorcycles) should be banned from the ACFL. The Forest Advisory Board (FAB) and Parks eliminated the summer Hydroplane Races on Heart Lake. Later they eliminated use of internal combustion engines…

Public Comment Submission

Community Forest Lands (ACFL)

Subject: 2026 FP Security Comment – Council 03/16/26 Public Hearing on the ACFL 2026 Forest Plan. From: Mark B. Nihart The ACFL Forest Plan (FP) presented at the Council Meeting Monday Feb 23 is a good improvement over the 2021 plan, mostly in format and edits for readability. The FP, however, should have a cost…

Public Comment Submission

Community Forest Lands (ACFL)

Subject: 2026 ACFL Wildland Fire Management Strategy and Prevention – Council 03/16/26 Public Hearing on the ACFL 2026 Forest Plan. Subject: ACFL Wildland Fire Management Strategy and Prevention From: Mark B. Nihart The Forest Plan (FP) section on Wildland Fire Management is good.  However, it should just be a short paragraph then link to Anacortes…

Public Comment Submission

Public Participation & Transparency

Date:  July 13th, 2026 Subject: Nihart comment on AMC Title 19, Unified Development Code Hello Planning Commission: I have some concerns regarding the AMC Title 19, Unified Development Code proposal. I am hoping the Planning Commission members can help me understand better. How does doing a substantial process change at the same time as a huge…

Is Growth Necessary?

Housing

Have you ever wondered why people often say growth is inevitable? One of our council members mentioned we’ve been growing at a slow 1% annually and that if a town stops growing, it dies. Perhaps this core belief needs to be challenged?  What do you think? Since I don’t know much about the economic realities…