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By Kirk Boxleitner
kbox/eitner@mason.countycom
The Port of Allyn continues to work on the con-
struction of a well for the port’s water system,
which port commissioners deemed their highest
priority in the 2022 update to the port’s harbor
updates. ’
Commissioners approved the update April 4.
That same meeting saw port Executive Direc-
tor Lary Coppola report that the port received
$400,000 in the state’s capital budget, which Gov.
Jay Inslee signed March 31. "
“I sent a letter to the Mason County commis-
sioners reducing our CEDS (Comprehensive Eco-
nomic Development Strategy) request for this proj—
ect from $500,000 to $100,000,” Coppola said.
Coppola said federal money is available from
bailout money the state is to receive, which will be
disbursed by the county through the CEDS process.
“That should make up the difference between
what we got from the state, and being able to com-
plete this project,” Coppola said. “We also have ap-
proval from the state for the booster pump.”
Coppola encouraged port customers to check
their vouchers for some invoices for that system
design, which he explained is why the water fund
vouchers are higher than normal.
“We thought we had «another Waterline break
here at the park, but that turned out not to be the
case,” Coppola said. “A troubleshooter from Ever-
green Rural Water came out here twice with a leak
detector, and he and (port staffer Don O’Keefe)
went all over the park, but couldn’t find a leak
anywhere.” '
According to Coppola, the determination was
that it’s excessive groundwater “with all the rain
we’ve had.” Coppola said O’Keefe had planned to
install a drain behind the" building where the wa-
ter comes to -the surface, then tie it to the main
drainage.
“But:now that the-groundwater has receded, he
wants/to monitor it going forward for a while, rath-
er than do that,” CoppOla said.
Other projects due for consideration during the
2022-26 period, ranked in order:
I Complete the Sargent Oyster House restora-
ti‘ohproje’ct. ' ‘ “ '
Thursday, April 14, 2022 i Shelton-Mason County Journal Page A-39
Port of Allyn makes new wellNo. 1
priority in 2022 \
The Oyster House in February. Herald file photo by Gordon Weeks
I Develop a commercial and/or light industrial
park. ‘ ,
I Develop a commercial indoor shooting range.
I Install electric vehicle charging stations at
the Allyn Waterfront Park.
I Build a competitive-level skateboard park in
Belfair.
I Develop Sweetwater Park invconjunction with
the Salmon Center.
I Develop a destination soccer and baseball
combination sports complex.
I Construct a restaurant/lounge building at the
North Shore Marina to be leased.
. I Repaint the murals on the state Route 3 over-
pass on the north side of Belfair.
I Create a veterans and/or first responders me-
morial at Kayak Park.
I Establish a co-working facility.
I Possible repair and update to the Lynch Cove
swimming pool.
Except for the Oyster House, the port has re-
ported that several of its 2018-21 plans are com-
plete, notably the transient moorage facility, which
brought power and water to the dock at the end of
the Allyn pier, anddncluded a complete rebuilding
of the floating dock.
Port oflicials have described the facility as “an
unqualified success,” and the definition of econom-
ic development, given how many visiting boaters
the port now hosts. '
The staging area for the Allyn boat launch,
which included the acquisition and clearing of
property adjoining the Allyn Waterfront Park, has
also been completed.
Sewer: Commissioners vote 2-1 to put project to bid
continued from page A-38
come to the board and talk about rates
and how they’re structured so I do be-
lieve, and I’m going to be working with
staff, to present that information to the
board in the future.”
Public comments swayed more
against the project. Kim Savage, who
said she works for a civil engineering
firm working for both public and pri-
vate entities, said Mason County is not
the only jurisdiction within the area
that does capital improvement proj:
ects from a design and construction
standpoint.
“This is not an unusual process. It’s
a very standard, normal process for a
county or jurisdiction to go through to
install, design, plan for infrastructure
that they see as being able to serve the
betterment of their community, par-
ticularly within a UGA,” Savage said.
“By building those trunk lines and
main lines for future development to
be able to tie into is common practice.
The future developers then go through
and design and build the laterals that
tie into those and side sewer connec—
tions. That is all common practice and
I support the county in this effort and
I think it’s a good step in the right
direction.”
Jeff Carey said he’s OK with Bel-
fair developing the sewer and extend-
ing it, but he’s concerned with how it’s
financed. He said in his research, he
didn‘t find any entity that approached
financing the sewer as Mason County
is doing.
“The financing has been done differ-
ently throughout the years in Mason
County and other sewer entities so I’d
like to see the county go back to that
approach, because otherwise, it gives
the appearance that there’s something
not on the up and up,” Carey said,..“If
all the other counties and agencies
I Editors note." Mary’s Memoirs will return next week.
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a plan. We still don’t have a plan.”
The commissioners deliberated for
20 minutes before voting to approve
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