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Page A—1 Shelton-Mason County — Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021
Housing: Terms would follow a
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to improve the community’s economic
vitality, increase the tax base, augment
employment opportunities, and create
affordable housing with nearby recre-
ational amenities.”
The city has not identified a use for
the 90 acres and will vote on declaring
the property surplus. '
Under the proposal, the terms of the
purchase and sale would follow a pro-
fessional appraisal. The city would be
required to complete an environmen-
tal review of the project under city code ’
and the State Environmental Policy Act
(SEPA).
The city council was scheduled to
vote on the agreement Jan. 19. But in a
news release on Monday, the city stated
that “upon receiving community feed-
back, the city has decided to extend the
timeline to consider the development
agreement.”
Under the new timeline, Equity Plus
staff will talk about their proposal at
the council’s regular meeting at 6 p.m.
Feb. The city will also conduct a sur-
vey on Open Town Hall, its new “civic.
engagement tool.”
According to the company’s proposal,
residents must earn below 80% of the
local median income to be eligible to
rent one of the houses.
The proposal includesa public moun-
tain bike facility with a skills course
and pump track, walking paths that
connect to the Huff ‘n’ Puff Trail, and
a connected trailhead area of at least
30,000 square feet with parking, cov-
ered picnic facilities and a natural play
structure.
Under the proposed agreement, the
city would prioritize construction of a
roundabout at the intersection of Wal-
lace Kneeland Boulevard and Brock-
dale Road.
The proposal also requires the devel--
oper to improve the existing multi-mod-
a] path on the west side of Brockdale
Road from the property line to Island
Lake Drive.
Under the proposal, the city coun-
cil must approveany major modifica-
tions; the city manager, or designee,
will decide any requests for minor
modifications.
According to Monday’s news release
from the city, the council will consider
whether or not to declare the site as
surplus property. The council will also
consider a purchase/sale agreement for
the site. The council will then consider
‘2' ’
public will have the opportunity to com-
ment on all these considerations, the
city states.
If the council votes to adopt the de-
velopment agreement, the developer
will then discuss potential impacts and
impact mitigation with service provid—
ers, including the city and Mason PUD
3. Once those discussions are complet-
ed, Equity Plus will submit a plan for
the city to review by staff. Over the next
60 to 90 days, city staff will review the
plan and determine if it complies with
all local, state and federal regulations.
After the city’s review is completed,
a hearing will be scheduled with a hear-
ings examiner, where comments from
the public will be taken. The hearings
examiner usually releases a decision
within two to three weeks. If the hear-
ings examiner approves the project, that
approval will also include conditions Eq-
uity Plus must agree to for the develop-
ment to proceed.
The developer then will be required to
submit and pay for permits from the city ,
to clear and excavate, construct public
infrastructure, construct public ameni—
ties and create individual building lots.
Once the permits have been issued, Eq-
uity Plus can begin construction.
The timeline and other project up-
dates are available on the city’s website.
Anyone can access the meetings
on a Zoom link on the city’s website.
adoption of the development deal. The
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Top: The second phase of a proposed housing development calls for 107
lots on 20.6 acres bordering the northwest border of the city’s Huff
‘n’Puff
Trail. The Shelton City Council will talk about the proposal at its regular
meeting at 6 pm. Tuesday, conducted via Zoom and available on Mason-
WebTV. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks Above: Phase 1 proposes the de-
velopment of 320 lots on 65 acres of city land bordered by East Brockdale
and East Island Lake roads. Phase 2 calls for 107 lots on 20.6- acres bor-
dering the northwest border of the city’s Huff ‘n’Puff Trail. Map
courtesy of
City of She/ton
Comments can be made during the meet-
ings by sending an email to jeff.niten@
sheltonwagov; calling 360-432-5105; or
by using the “Raise Hand” Zoom feature
during the meeting. The" meetings are
also livestreamed by MasonWebTV, and ,
recordings of each meeting are available
on the city’s YouTube channel.
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“(This was) unacceptable
state House Rep. Dan Griffey,
R—Allyn, said in a phone inter-
view. “W e don’t riot, we peace-
fully protest rioting and
burning down buildings and
breaking into things is unac—
ceptable and needs to be con-
Sen. Tim She/don
35th Legislative District
demned at the highest levels.
Both parties have to do it.”
Five people died as a result
of the violence at the Capitol.
During the attack, a wom-
an was shot and killed by US.
Capitol Police and three’other
insurrectionists died after ex-
periencing “medical emergen-
cies” related to the breach of
the Capitol, The Associated
Press reported.
Two police officers that
were attempting to secure the
Capitol during the insurrec-
tion have died.
US. Capitol Police Officer
Brian Sicknick was beaten
with a fire extinguisher and
later died of his injuries. Of-
ficer Howard Liebengood died
by suicide three days later.
“I was extremely surprised
and appalled,” Washington
State Senator Tim Sheldon, D-
Potlatch, said in a phone inter-
view. “And I think as it starts
' to sink in, and other videos
come out and reports, I just
feel more outraged and well,
just worried for our country.”
Sheldon said that the chal-
lenges to the integrity of mail-
in voting were baseless.
“The elections officials do
a wonderful job. When I Was
a county commissioner we
didn’t have mail-in voting but
when it became available we
had a referendum and 81% of
the votes were in favor of going
to mail-in elections,” Sheldon
said. “It was widely accepted
by the public and worked very
well and was very accurate.
When you do the hand recount
it might change by a tiny per-
centage... 3-4 votes maximum,
that’s the most I’ve ever seen
' it change.”
In Olympia on Jan. 6, a
group of more than protes—
_tors shook the exterior fence
until some pushed through
the gate in front of the Gover-
nor’s Mansion.
“All those individuals
ultimately were trespassing,
and that is that is not accept—
able either,” MacEwen said.
“I’m glad that ended peaceful-
ly and there wasn’t any harm
done, but again, they violated
the law.” '
In aim to prevent a breach
as the Washington State Legis-
lature reconvened on Monday,
Jan. 11, the Washington State
National Guard and Washing-
ton State Patrol troopers were
deployed around the campus.
“This was my 3lst open—
ing day and it was unprec~
edented to see so much secu-
rity,” Sheldon said, “I think
the (Washington) State Patrol
does a wonderful job there,
but they’re usually not so vis-
ible, certainly. To have the
National Huard there as well
is something I’ve never expe-
rienced, but I think it went
smoothly.”
Sheldon said he thinks poli-
ticians will need to get better
at telling the truth to prevent
political violence in the future.
“I think everyone has to
start telling the truth,” Shel-
don said. “I’m speaking about
politicians -— not just speak--
ing to their base —-let’s speak
. to everyone, all of our con-
stituents, all Americans, all
Washingtonians.”
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