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Shelton mayor John Tarrant listens to comments from the public during a meeting earlier this week-
City moving forward on K Street repaving project
By NATALIE JOHNSON eral highway administra-from Jefferson St. to Kati for some time, abut until just
tion's radar for projects to Court on K St., city staff the last few months the city
The city is going through do this summer," Michaellengthened the project to wasn't sure funding could be
the motions of beginningsaid. "We're really just get- include the entire road from found. City Manager Dave
a K Street rehabilitation ting the project on the ta- Olympic Highway North toO'Leary said Monday that
project, although the proj- ble so if we decide to move Northeast 13th St. one time money, or money
ect's future is still uncer- forward with bids later "Why are we shaving off coming from one time reve-
tain. on towards the end of this an inch and a half or so of nue, could be used to pay for
During the budget pro- month, we have the oppor- pavement at the two ends of this and three other projects,
cess last year the project tunity to do it." that project?" Mayor John including radio replacement,
was planned 20tt but The documents included arrant asked Michael.dvi t els h s
listed as unfunded because a Local Agency Federal Aid Michael said that repav- a new financial system.
city staff wasn't sure if Project Prospectus and a ing the entire road would The projects proposed
match funding for federal Local Agency Agreement. add longevity to the project, for one time funding equal
street grants could be se- The city also had to amend "The originai scope was expenditures of $293,204,
cured, its street plan to show that from Jefferson street to while the city currently only
Now the city plans to use the project is funded. Kati Court... and that's the has $218,000 in available
one-time revenue to fund Federal grants for roads visually the worst segment one time money. O'Leary
the project, along with fed- generally only fund high- out there," he said. "Those said that he was confident
erai funds, ways, but also cover arte- two end sections that look the city could come up with
"Now that we've deemed rials and "feeder" streets reallygood are actually 10 or the other $75,00O and still
that the match monies are like K St., Michael said. If more years old ... the wear- fund the first three projects
available through various the project goes forward, ing surface of the pavement after the addition of the K
sources, brings this up to a the city plans on receiving is getting near the end of it's Street rehabilitation.
secured project," city engi- about $940,000 in grant useful life and it makes a "I really hope we don't
neer Mike Michael said. money, and would pay a lot of sense for the of the have any surprises," Tarrant
Last Monday, the corn- 13.5 percent or $147,000 whole project to mill back said.
mission voted to approve match, an inch and a half on those The commission voted to
documents vital in the pro- According to the docu- to ends and put down a new approve the documents, but
cess of securing grant fund- ments reviewed by the corn- wearing surface." the project is still not set in
ing for the project, mission Monday night, K The project will mill an stone, Michael said.
"Basically what we have St. was last improved in inch and a half to 3 inches off "These documents don't
before us this evening is 1964. the entire street, then build lock us into spending mon-
three documents we need to While the project wasup 3 inches of new asphalt, ey, they just allow us to
get this project on the fed- initially only supposed to go K St. has needed repaying move forward," he said.
Shelton pre
for disaster
pares
By NATALIE JOHNSON
In light of recent devastating tornadoes in the Mid-
west, massive flooding in the South and earthquakes
everywhere, cities throughout the country are taking
another look at disaster preparedness.
The City of Shelton is no exception, and is discussing
parmering with Mason County to update its Compre-
hensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP).
"Disasters really don't stop at city boundaries," said
Marty Best, Mason County emergency manager.
The city's CEMP was last amended in 2004 and is.
now out of date, said City Administrator Dave Off~eary.
"The area that [Best] offered to help with is planning,"
he said.
Among other problems, the city's current emergency
plan includes instructions for the city Fire Department,
which is now run by Mason County Fire District 5, not
the city.
The current plan, O2~eary said, also limits the city's
ability to coordinate during an emergency and do follow-
up work afterwards.
"We need some help doing these things," he said.
"Marty can help us."
The city commission reviewed the draft contract with
the county during their regular meeting on Monday.
O~eary told the commission that the benefit in working
with Best is that he has expertise in emergency plans
and the ability to secure grant funding that may help the
county update it's plan.
"Our plan was updated and has been was well re-
ceived by the state," Best said. "It's a good benefit I think
for the whole community."
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is stated as providing "an economical mechanism to
provide for the common defense and protect the public
peace, health and safety."
The contract will be economical, O~eary said, because
it will not cost the city anything and in fact may allow
the city to be reimbursed for past work. For example,
the city already p~ractices some disaster preparedness,
which grants secured by Best could reimburse them for.
"A huge example is stormwater management," he
said. "A huge part of that is preparing for floods."
The city is expected to approve the project next week.
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