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Dewatto: Safety concerns
continued from page 38
Commissioner David Haugen
raised the matter of inclement
weather. He’s made trips to the port
this winter to shovel snow, open
driveways, clean in front of the
mailbox and work on the generator.
Haugen said he met one of the
port’s neighbors at that time .who
offered to plow the port’s driveway
and disabled parking.
“It took over an hour, and he will
send us an invoice,” Haugen said.
Mow pointed out the port has
emergency statutory clauses to be
able to ,make such decisions with-
out a vote, but Crosby noted Han—p
gen had called her to get approval.
Crosby said because the Port of
Dewatto is also an emergency shel—
ter, it needs to be available and ac—
cessible in case its shelter function
is needed.
Commissioners reviewed several
maintenance matters, with Haugen
mentioning the need to repair or
replace the existing gutters, which
are beginning to tear, before a dis-
cussion ensued regarding the need
to obtain snow guards.
The matter is considered a safe—
ty problem due to the risk of snow
coming down “from the roof and
causing injuries.
Commissioner Ted Edwards
suggested building a deck to help
Manrmlsou
County signs memo
.with Olympicflidge
Mason County commissioners
approved a memorandum of under—
standing regarding two fire code
conditions and a finding of fact for
final approval for the plat of Olympic
Ridge in Belfair.
According to the information pack—
et, preliminary plat approval for the
Olympic Ridge housing development
in Belfair was granted following a
public hearing by the Mason COunty
hearing examiner on Dec. 1, 2020.
The required infrastructure and im-
provements that were conditions of
preliminary approval are built. Final
plat approval does not require a pub-
lic hearing but the legislative body
does need to sign a finding of fact.
According to a staff report, the
plat converts a 50-acre undeveloped
mitigate snow and rain problems by
providing more usable space, which
,Mow expressed an interest in dis—
cussing at a later date.
Mow questioned why the port’s
front door has no “exit” sign, giv-
en that it’s the building’s primary
door, and an overhang was sug-
gested for the facility’s side door,
since it is labeled as an “exit” door.
It was agreed the matter would be
discussed at a later date. ‘
Crosby said she would work re—
motely if there is a lot of snow or
ice.
Commissioners agreed to this
out of safety concerns, and Haugen
promised to contact Crosby of in-
clement road conditions.
All of this followed Edwards call—
ing for the port building to be--made
more usable during winter, after
commissioners’ reviews determined
there were no building rentals in
November 2022, and only a birth-
d’ay party rental of the facility Dec.
19.
The port commissioners agreed
to keep one port-a—potty available
through winter, then add more fol-
lowing the regular spring opening
of the campground.
Haugen said the septic person-
nel have been forced to go as long
as two weeks between emptying the
port-a—potty due to snow, but the
unit also hasn’t been used much.
site into a 144-lot single-family resi-
dential development. All property is
located in the Belfair urban growth
area and is 'z‘oned medium density
residential. When finished, it will
add an estimated 360 residents to
the Belfair.
Belfair resident Ken Vanbuskirk
asked the commissioners to delay
the decision on the final plat ap-
proval due to a lack of improvement
at the state Route 3 and Northeast
Ridgepoint Boulevard intersection,
which is the only entrance to Olym-
pic Ridge.
Commissioner Randy Neatherlin
said the commission requested to
work with the state to establish in—
tersection improvement as a require-
ment for access to Olympic Ridge,
“Hopefully we overcome that be-
cause I definitely,think it needs to be
fixed without a doubt,” Neatherlin
said.
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Commissioners .
SUPPOTtPWP9§9d
name changes '
Mason County commissioners
approved a letter of support for the
Washington State Committee on
geographic name proposals for Na—
thaniel Sargent Lake and Rodney
White Slough. ‘
According to the information
packet, the Committee on Geo-
graphic Names was created by the
Legislature to review proposals
submitted by the public to name
geographical features and to make
recommendations to the board on
geographic names for proposals ap-
proved by the committee. Nathaniel
Sargent Lake and Rodney White
Slough were accepted for final con-
sideration and the committee is
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“Both made lasting contribu-
tions to our community,” the letter
of support states. “Mr. Sargent Was
elected as Justice of the Peace while
Mr. White contributed to the devel-
opment of roadways still used today.
In the case of Mr. White, renaming
the slough in'his honor would recog4
nize a form of institutional racism
by removing the racist name for the
slough that was in use for decades,
including on official mappings of the
area. The name change along can-
not undo the damage caused by rac-
ism, but it would be a small step, for-
ward in our shared responsibility to
provide healing and reconciliation.”
The committee meets Thursday,
and final consideration for the name
changes for the two geographic fea-
tures is on the agenda. ‘
I Compiled by‘reporter Mutt Baide
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