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By NATALIE JOHNSON
Since last year, Mason County has
made great strides in creating it's own
clean water program, and this week
held it's second set of public meetings
to discuss the program.
While most at the meeting could
agree that having county-wide pro-
grams to address stormwater man-
agement and water quality would be
a benefit, many were concerned by the
$5.3 million price tag, with $4.1 mil-
lion currently unfunded.
"It's more costly to fix things after
the fact," said Loretta Swanson, the
county's stormwater program man-
ager. "The longer we wait the more
expensive this will get."
At some point in the future, Ma-
son County may hit a population that
will require the county to qualify for
the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
Without many of the programs within
the clean water program, the county
will not qualify for that permit.
While the county doesn't need to
get the permit now, it's better to plan
ahead, Swanson said.
"We're not in that pot this time but
we're working towards that," she said.
During the meeting Swanson out-
lined individual components of the
A series of free concerts
benefiting Elizabeth Shoe-
maker as she prepares to at-
tend the Lilienfeld Summer
Academy in Vienna, Austria,
are set to take place.
One of the concerts is here
in Shelton at 3 p.m. on June
12 at St. David's Episcopal
Church in Shelton.
The youngest of seven
children, Elizabeth was given
her first violin at age two.
She began playing violin at
age three in the Olympia Su-
zuki program under the tute-
lage of Katherine Kholakian.
At age six, she went to Helen
DePastel Pagels, following in
her sibling's footsteps who
also studied with Helen.
She has studied violin with
Helen DePastel Pagels for
the last nine years. Elizabeth
also studies piano with Mary
Jane Clarke. For four years
she studied harp with Emily
Hageman.
Elizabeth served as con-
certmistress of the CAYSA
junior symphony from 2009
to 2010. The Shoemaker
family formed a nine-piece
ensemble including piano,
string bass, two cellos, four
Journal pholo by Natalie ]oh, ,~{,1,
Loretta Swanson, Mason
County's stormwater program
manager, led the Clean Wa-
ter Program meeting at the
Mason County Public Works
Building on Tuesday.
current draft of the clean water pro-
gram and how much each would cost
annually.
They include: Public education
and outreach, with a funding gap of
$160,000, development regulations
Elizabeth Shoemaker performs at an event•
with a gap of $310,000, technical as-
sistance with a gap of $400,000, wa-
ter quality monitoring with a gap of
$380,000, on-site septic system opera-
tion and maintenance with a gap of
$200,000, public works operation and
maintenance with a gap of $285,000,
stormwater construction with a gap
of $1,358,000, program manage-
ment and coordination with a gap of
$560,000 and program overhead with
a gap of $500,000.
This program is based off of storm-
water and cleanwater programs in
other jurisdictions, Swanson said.
"Rather than recreate the wheel ...
we used what have we already got on
the books," she said.
Swanson said the county is cur-
.rently evaluating funding options for
these programs. All of the options
they are considering are fees or taxes,
she said.
"We are mindful of the times we're
in - we're not putting this out light-
ly," she said.
The county's Stormwater Task
Force (SWTF) plans to make a recom-
mendation to the county commission
on the clean water program by Janu-
ary 2012.
The third meeting will be today at
5:30 at the Theler Community Center
in Belfair.
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