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Building
Continued from page A-1
until Oct. 31, 2012.
This March the PUD moved into its
new operations center on Johns Prairie,
leaving its downtown buildings vacant.
In June. the MCSAA learned that it
had not been awarded the CDBG grant.
Shaw said she thought the center
had a better chance of getting such a
grant if the MCSAA was already leas-
ing the building.
"Allowing us to do this will achieve
several benefits for the community,"
she said. "It also will be an important
economic catalyst to downtown Shel-
ton."
The MCSAA hopes to leave its cur-
rent location because demand for ser-
vices at the center is fast outpacing the
available space, Shaw said.
"The need is great the population
of seniors in Mason County has grown
by 77 percent in the last 10 years," she
said. "Our center with its 6,000 square
feet, saw 20.463 visits last year during
our regular hours."
The center's current location has 20
parking spots. The vacant PUD 3 build-
ings have a parking lot with more than
100 spaces.
Kathy Haigh, 35th Legislative Dis-
trict representative, also gave comment
at the hearing about the importance of
the senior center to the community.
"When my mother in law moved here
many, many years ago now, if it hadn't
been for the senior center I don't know
Fairgrounds
Continued from page A-1
becomes imperative."
Should aviation develop-
ment on the property be-
come inevitable the plan
states that the port will re-
quire any entity that takes
over the land to pay for
the relocation of the fair-
grounds.
The Fairground Future
Use Plan is available at the
Port of Shelton's website
and the port is accepting
public comment on it until
July 31.
The FAA does not want
the fairgrounds in its cur-
rent location for several
reasons, including its prox-
imity to an active runway
and the land's designation
as aviation reserve in the
1997 Airport Master Plan.
Hupp contends that the
proximity of the fairgrounds
to the runway should not be
an issue.
"There is no safety is-
sue," he said. "There can't
be buildings that exceed
certain heights. There are
no fairgrounds buildings
that exceed those FAA safe-
ty restrictions."
While Hupp drafted the
future use plan, port Ex-
ecutive Director John Dob-
son was working on another
way to satisfy the FAA and
continue the fair -- move
the fairgrounds to another
location.
Dobson and port staff
have proposed moving the
airport to two possible loca-
tions -- one near the port's
disused north/south run-
way, and another at the in-
tersection of U.S. Highway
101 and Dayton Airport
Road.
The first location port
staff suggested has an ac-
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B...EST D.SCOWTS
TerriShaw, executive director of the Mason CounOtUyal~ne~C~o~;he ]oh ..... ~ OF THE YEAK!
Activities Association (MCSAA), addressed the Mason County
PUD 3 Commission Tuesday and asked it to consider a lease of '
the downtown PUD buildings to the MCSAA rather than sell it.
how she would have survived, mental- show their support for the senior cen- i
ly, emotionally," she said. "Terri (Shaw) ter. ,
has a vision.., to have that space down- PUD 3 commissioner Bruce Jorgen-
town become a vital center downtown son voiced his support for the MCSAA, ~ ~
is a vision. I really do believe we can however the commission did not voice
make it a great place." an opinion or take any action on the
Members of the senior center, as future of the buildings, or Shaw's re-
well as representatives of agencies that quest. ~
partner with the center, such as the "My heart's with you.~ I support you
Lewis Mason Thurston Agency on Ag- so much," Jorgenson said. "We want to
ing, the AARP Safe Driving Program, find a way to make something work." L
and local officials such as Shelton PUD 3 Commission Chair Linda D!
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Mayor Gary Cronce and Mason County Gott said the commission would discuss
Commissioners Steve Bloomfield and that matter further and a future meet-
Lynda Ring Erickson commented to lag. ~
MULTI-FAMILY garageand
tive taxiway leading into it. support itself," she said. "If
plant sale. Friday, Saturday,
"That area in my mind ...
should remain as long-time
aviation reserve," Hupp
said.
The current fairgrounds
land is adjacent to the ac-
tive runway, but is not con-
nected to it by an existing
taxi, he said.
Dobson suggested the
port could acquire the sec-
ond suggested piece of land
at Dayton Airport Road
through a land swap with
Mason County.
To keep the fairgrounds
where it is, he said it would
cost the port $1.8 million to
bring the existing buildings
up to code and would cost
$700,000 to fix problems
with utilities at the prop-
erty.
Hbwever, Dobson said
that to construct new infra-
structure for utilities at a
different location, the cost
might only be $146,000.
If the port chose to re-
locate the fairgrounds, he
suggested that many of the
buildings could be saved.
"We could move, with our
own force labor, the arena,"
he said. "We can move some
of the barns."
Dobson said a large expo
building would be the only
large investment by the
community.
"The real issue starts to
become, does this communi-
ty have the heart to put up
a nice expo hall?" he asked.
Whatever the solution,
Dobson said port staff is
"100 percent" behind the
success of the fairgrounds.
Rachel Hansen, of North-
west Event Organizers,
which has a lease for the
fairgrounds until 2013, said
she is skeptical about a plan
to move the fairgrounds.
"The fairgrounds we have
can prove itself ... it can
we build a new fairgrounds
we would price people out
of it."
Dobson and Hupp dis-
agree on the issue partly
because of a disagreement
about the amount of au-
thority the FAA has over
the airport.
"It is so locked in stone.
(It is) concrete, solid," Dob-
son said.
Hupp feels differently on
the matter.
"I have not seen justifi-
cation from the FAA that
would warrant the impact
on the community that
would result (from losing
the fairgrounds)," he said.
"What we're faced with at
this point is a verbal in-
sistence on the part of the
FAA that t~e fairgrounds
need to be rfibved."
IfHupp is wrong, Dobson
said there could be serious
consequences for the port.
"To suggest somehow
that they don't have that
authority ... we don't want
to go down that road," Dob-
son said. "They could bank-
rupt this port."
There is an opportunity
for compromise between
the two plans. According
to Dobson, if the port has
a concrete plan in place for
the future of the fairground,
it might persuade the FAA
to extend the 2013 dead-
line, but not indefinitely.
"The federal government
has been very kind to us
and understanding -- they
don't want to be the ogre
who comes and shuts down
the fairgrounds," he said.
"We could probably do up to
three years."
Members of port staff
and the port commission
hope to meet with FAA rep-
resentatives later this sum-
mer.
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N. 12th Street. D7/12
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From Hwy 101 follow red s gns/
green arrows. Canoe, 42" plas-
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dining tables, sofa-recliner, hot
tub, old electronics test instru-
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rototiller, Stihl 031 chain saw,
books and CDs, misc. $7/12
423 E. G STREET Friday, Sat-
urday, 8am-5pm. Something for
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YARD SALE, 8666 W. Shelton-
Matlock Road. Saturday, Sun-
day 8am-6pm. Furniture, ap-
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toys, sporting..Miscellaneous
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build any size waterwheel to fit
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MOVING SALE - Saturday,
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Professional auto repair
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terms and it is that experience that I have to offer.
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have access to safe drinking water and reliable
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