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County ,00rorking on Belfair,
Allyn plans for stormwater
Efforts arc under way to bring
local stormwater management
into compliance with state stan-
dards. In August of 2006 the West-
ern Washington Growth Manage-
ment Hearings Board issued an
order finding Mason County's cap-
ital facilities element and funding
plan for stormwater management
in the Belfair and Allyn urban
growth areas, or UGAs, to be non-
compliant with the Growth Man-
agement Act.
In part, the order states the el-
ement does not contain a tbrecast
for future facilities needs, proposed
locations and capacities of expand-
ed or new facilities; and a six-year
fnance plan. A subsequent order
further requires revising the capi-
tal facilities element and bringing
the comprehensive plan into com-
pliance by August 6 of this year.
The Mason County Department
of Public Works has contracted
with a private consulting firm to
draft stormwater management
plans for the Allyn and Belfair
UGAs. These plans were drafted
to provide additional information
as to the need, cost, funding, and
schedule for implementation of
stormwater management infra-
structure improvements over the
next six years within the Allyn
and Belfair UGAs.
The commissioners will hold a
briefing to review the stormwater
plans at 10 a.m. on Monday, July
23. This briefing will provide the
commissioners with additional
time to discuss the plans with staff
and consultants prior to the public
hearing. The public is welcome to
attend this meeting, however, no
public comment will be taken.
Public comment will be taken at
the public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, July 24.
The commissioners will meet
again at a special meeting time
at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 31,
to take final action on the storm-
water management plans. Again,
no public comment will be taken
at this meeting, although the
public is welcome to attend. All
of the meetings will take place in
the Mason County Commission
Chambers, 411 North Fifth Street
in Shelton.
Due to this special meeting,
the Mason County Commission-
ers will not be conducting a meet-
ing in Belfair on July 31, the fifth
Tuesday of the month.
More information is available
by contacting the commissioners'
office at 427-9670, Extension 419.
FAA has issues with port
over drag-race operations
(Continued from page 1.)
firmation from Winter that "we
are presently administering use of
the inactive runway in line with
FAA expectations, not modifying
the facility and authorizing its use
on an event basis until it becomes
essential to our aviation develop-
ment needs. Do you support our
current management of the inac-
tive runway and how would you
respond to this ever-increasing
pressure?"
As for any future high-impact
events on the runway, Robinson
told The Journal, "nothing's on
the table whatsoever." The port,
he said, is not entertaining any
requests for using the runway
until its airport planning process
and marketing strategy moves
forward.
NINETY-FIVE percent of the
funding for the airport master
plan revision will come from the
FAA, he said. To date, the port has
not received official notice from
the federal agency that the project
has been funded. The master plan
revision will probably take one
year to complete, Robinson said.
In early June, the Shelton Drag
Strip Association, which has spon-
sored and promoted racing at the
airport this summer and last,
asked for a five-year lease for rac-
ing on the inactive runway. The
port commission has not taken
any action regarding that request
and the FAA would ultimately
have to approve it, Robinson said.
At Tuesday afternoon's Shelton
Port Commission meeting, three
residents complained about the
noise level from the recent drag
racing.
"It's very loud at our house. You
can't even sit outside and have a
conversation," Sharon Kadlub,
a Springwood resident, told the
commissioners.
SHE ASKED if the commis-
sioners were considering requir-
ing a sound barrier for future
races. "I know you can hear it all
the way to Island Lake as well,"
Kadlub added.
Joyce Evans, who lives at Is-
land Lake Manor, said the noise
from the drags was "horrifically
disruptive," labeling it noise pol-
lution.
Evans said ironically that she
enjoyed drag racing as a younger
person, but asked if the racing
could take place elsewhere. She
asked the commissioners if they
would take this concern seriously.
Jeanne Story said she has an
extremely well insulated house
but could hear the public-address
system inside her house, even
though all the windows and doors
were shut. She said that on Mon-
day at the airport she could still
smell what she termed the "dust"
from burning tires on race cars
from the weekend before.
NOISE IS ONE of the by-prod-
ucts of the races, countered Rahn
Redman, executive director of the
Shelton Drag Strip Association.
So too are money and jobs, he add-
ed. Redman said the association is
looking at trying to find solutions
to the noise.
"We're working on those issues
• and we'll continue working on
those issues," he said.
Marlene Taylor, chairwoman of
the port commission, said the port
received two letters from the FAA
objecting to the drag racing. The
port will talk to FAA officials later
this month, she said.
Commissioner Jack Miles said
the drag strip association is nego-
tiating 12 or 13 drag racing dates
for next year. "It's not a done
deal," he said.
MILES SAID he appreciates
the residents' concerns, but added
he's an advocate for the drag rac-
ing and sees the economic benefit
fom it. "I understand all of your
concerns," he said. "This (racing)
is going to help our economic sta-
bility in this community."
But Commissioner Rick Byrd
said, while he likes drag racing,
it could be harmful to the port.
COMPARE OUR
CD RATES.
'Annual Percentage Yield (APY),
effective 07/17/07. Certificates ot
Deposit (CDs) are federally
insured up to $100,000 (principal
and interest accrued but not yet
paid) per issuing institution. CDs
are also federally insured up to
$250.000 (principal and interest
accrued but not yet paid) in quali-
fied retirement accounts per issu-
ing institution. Subject to avail-
ability and price change. CD val-
ues may decline in a rising inter-
est rate environment, and the
market value may fluctuate if sold
prior to maturity. The amount
received from the sale of a CD at
current market value may be more
than, less than or equal to the
amount initially invested, FDIC
insurance does not cover losses in
market value in these instances.
Early withdrawal may not be per-
mitted. Yields quoted are net of
all commissions, You pay no addi.
tlonal commissions, annual fees
or periodic charges. ]he estate
feature allows heirs to redeem the
CDs upon the death of an owner
at face value plus interest earned,
subject to limitations. CDs require
the distribution of interest and do
not allow interest to compound.
CDs offered through Edward Jones
are issued by banks and thrifts
nationwide. $5,000 minimum
investment per issuing institution.
All CDs sold by Edward Jones are
registered with the Depository
Trust Corp. (DTC).
Call or stop by today.
Armin Baumgartel
Dan Baumgartel
Financial Advisors
821 West Railroad Avenue,
Suite A, Shelton
4z6-o9sz • vsoo.vo9sz
www.edwardjones.com
SUNDAY, JULY 29
Page 2 - Shetton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 19, 2007
He said he won't see the airport
shut down for things that are done
there.
"We do not have any plans for
any races next year," Taylor said.
She said Sanderson Field has been
designated a regional airport and
it isn't the same as a municipal
airport like Forks, which also has
drag racing.
"It's amazing how quickly the
FAA reacts when something bad
happens," Miles said, adding that
otherwise it takes the agency "for-
ever and a day" to react:
"Be careful what you say," Tay-
lor cautioned. "They hold the purse
strings."
City commission roundup:
City to meet
mull street
By JEFF GREEN
Shelton city commissioners are
holding a special meeting at 10
a.m. this morning, Thursday, July
19, at the Shelton Civic Center to
finalize a survey to be sent to city
residents about options for fund-
ing street repairs.
The commissioners are in a
hurry-up mode because they must
approve a resolution no later than
August 13 calling for a street-fund-
ing measure to go on the general
election ballot in November. That
measure must be sent to the Ma-
son County Elections Department
by August 14 to make it onto the
ballot.
During this morning's special
meeting, the commissioners will
take into consideration a propos-
al by a Shelton-area resident, Ed
Santodomingo, to fund street re-
pairs through a bump in the local
sales tax, rather than by lifting the
lid on property taxes for six years.
Santodomingo lives outside the
city but owns property within it.
At Monday evening's city com-
mission meeting, Santodomingo
said the sales tax method is sim-
ple and fair, while the property
tax method is complicated and
unfair. He advocated hiking the
sales tax by one cent for every $2
in local purchases. By his calcula-
tions, that would raise $6.1 million
over a six-year period. Raising the
sales tax by one cent for every dol-
lar spent would raise $12.3 million
over the same period.
"THE BLATANT unfairness of
the property tax method lies in its
violation of a basic rule, namely:
Users of the streets should pay
for their repair," he said. "When
homeowners, renters, visitors
and tourists walk, bike or
stores for goods or
use streets."
Until Santodomingo's
ments Monday, the city
paring a survey listing
three options for the levy
proposal. Those include:
the maximum, which
$4,015,184; ramping up, d
would raise $2,572,321; an
erated ramping up, which
raise $3,307,184.
• All options would be
the six-year period from
2013, and each would have
ferent impact on property
City Administrator
O'Leary said the city's
ture Task Force,
up of local residents, looked
street issue in depth,
mended using property
than sales taxes to fund
The surve)
include the sales tax o
adding that option
printing by a week and
already has accrued an
$1,500 in printing costs,
pointed out. He also
verify the amount of
could be raised by a sales
crease.
AT THEIR meeting July!
commissioners authorized
get amendment. The 2007
included funds to hire a
officer, replacing a
sition. The new officer's time'
be divided between court
and traffic enforcement.
the plan was not enacted
shortages in qualified
for police work, and the
period necessary to train
cruits," according to the
sion briefing request.
CHRISTMAS IN JULY
EVERYTHING STOREWIDE
7841DY
7433DW
5007D
• AlIMajor
Credit Cards
• Free Gift Wrapping
• One year
Interest FgE
With Required
Minimum
Purchase O.C.
Monday-Friday 10:00-5:30
Saturday I 0:00-2:00
1 st & Railroad, Suite 108
426-5811
County ,00rorking on Belfair,
Allyn plans for stormwater
Efforts arc under way to bring
local stormwater management
into compliance with state stan-
dards. In August of 2006 the West-
ern Washington Growth Manage-
ment Hearings Board issued an
order finding Mason County's cap-
ital facilities element and funding
plan for stormwater management
in the Belfair and Allyn urban
growth areas, or UGAs, to be non-
compliant with the Growth Man-
agement Act.
In part, the order states the el-
ement does not contain a tbrecast
for future facilities needs, proposed
locations and capacities of expand-
ed or new facilities; and a six-year
fnance plan. A subsequent order
further requires revising the capi-
tal facilities element and bringing
the comprehensive plan into com-
pliance by August 6 of this year.
The Mason County Department
of Public Works has contracted
with a private consulting firm to
draft stormwater management
plans for the Allyn and Belfair
UGAs. These plans were drafted
to provide additional information
as to the need, cost, funding, and
schedule for implementation of
stormwater management infra-
structure improvements over the
next six years within the Allyn
and Belfair UGAs.
The commissioners will hold a
briefing to review the stormwater
plans at 10 a.m. on Monday, July
23. This briefing will provide the
commissioners with additional
time to discuss the plans with staff
and consultants prior to the public
hearing. The public is welcome to
attend this meeting, however, no
public comment will be taken.
Public comment will be taken at
the public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, July 24.
The commissioners will meet
again at a special meeting time
at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 31,
to take final action on the storm-
water management plans. Again,
no public comment will be taken
at this meeting, although the
public is welcome to attend. All
of the meetings will take place in
the Mason County Commission
Chambers, 411 North Fifth Street
in Shelton.
Due to this special meeting,
the Mason County Commission-
ers will not be conducting a meet-
ing in Belfair on July 31, the fifth
Tuesday of the month.
More information is available
by contacting the commissioners'
office at 427-9670, Extension 419.
FAA has issues with port
over drag-race operations
(Continued from page 1.)
firmation from Winter that "we
are presently administering use of
the inactive runway in line with
FAA expectations, not modifying
the facility and authorizing its use
on an event basis until it becomes
essential to our aviation develop-
ment needs. Do you support our
current management of the inac-
tive runway and how would you
respond to this ever-increasing
pressure?"
As for any future high-impact
events on the runway, Robinson
told The Journal, "nothing's on
the table whatsoever." The port,
he said, is not entertaining any
requests for using the runway
until its airport planning process
and marketing strategy moves
forward.
NINETY-FIVE percent of the
funding for the airport master
plan revision will come from the
FAA, he said. To date, the port has
not received official notice from
the federal agency that the project
has been funded. The master plan
revision will probably take one
year to complete, Robinson said.
In early June, the Shelton Drag
Strip Association, which has spon-
sored and promoted racing at the
airport this summer and last,
asked for a five-year lease for rac-
ing on the inactive runway. The
port commission has not taken
any action regarding that request
and the FAA would ultimately
have to approve it, Robinson said.
At Tuesday afternoon's Shelton
Port Commission meeting, three
residents complained about the
noise level from the recent drag
racing.
"It's very loud at our house. You
can't even sit outside and have a
conversation," Sharon Kadlub,
a Springwood resident, told the
commissioners.
SHE ASKED if the commis-
sioners were considering requir-
ing a sound barrier for future
races. "I know you can hear it all
the way to Island Lake as well,"
Kadlub added.
Joyce Evans, who lives at Is-
land Lake Manor, said the noise
from the drags was "horrifically
disruptive," labeling it noise pol-
lution.
Evans said ironically that she
enjoyed drag racing as a younger
person, but asked if the racing
could take place elsewhere. She
asked the commissioners if they
would take this concern seriously.
Jeanne Story said she has an
extremely well insulated house
but could hear the public-address
system inside her house, even
though all the windows and doors
were shut. She said that on Mon-
day at the airport she could still
smell what she termed the "dust"
from burning tires on race cars
from the weekend before.
NOISE IS ONE of the by-prod-
ucts of the races, countered Rahn
Redman, executive director of the
Shelton Drag Strip Association.
So too are money and jobs, he add-
ed. Redman said the association is
looking at trying to find solutions
to the noise.
"We're working on those issues
• and we'll continue working on
those issues," he said.
Marlene Taylor, chairwoman of
the port commission, said the port
received two letters from the FAA
objecting to the drag racing. The
port will talk to FAA officials later
this month, she said.
Commissioner Jack Miles said
the drag strip association is nego-
tiating 12 or 13 drag racing dates
for next year. "It's not a done
deal," he said.
MILES SAID he appreciates
the residents' concerns, but added
he's an advocate for the drag rac-
ing and sees the economic benefit
fom it. "I understand all of your
concerns," he said. "This (racing)
is going to help our economic sta-
bility in this community."
But Commissioner Rick Byrd
said, while he likes drag racing,
it could be harmful to the port.
COMPARE OUR
CD RATES.
'Annual Percentage Yield (APY),
effective 07/17/07. Certificates ot
Deposit (CDs) are federally
insured up to $100,000 (principal
and interest accrued but not yet
paid) per issuing institution. CDs
are also federally insured up to
$250.000 (principal and interest
accrued but not yet paid) in quali-
fied retirement accounts per issu-
ing institution. Subject to avail-
ability and price change. CD val-
ues may decline in a rising inter-
est rate environment, and the
market value may fluctuate if sold
prior to maturity. The amount
received from the sale of a CD at
current market value may be more
than, less than or equal to the
amount initially invested, FDIC
insurance does not cover losses in
market value in these instances.
Early withdrawal may not be per-
mitted. Yields quoted are net of
all commissions, You pay no addi.
tlonal commissions, annual fees
or periodic charges. ]he estate
feature allows heirs to redeem the
CDs upon the death of an owner
at face value plus interest earned,
subject to limitations. CDs require
the distribution of interest and do
not allow interest to compound.
CDs offered through Edward Jones
are issued by banks and thrifts
nationwide. $5,000 minimum
investment per issuing institution.
All CDs sold by Edward Jones are
registered with the Depository
Trust Corp. (DTC).
Call or stop by today.
Armin Baumgartel
Dan Baumgartel
Financial Advisors
821 West Railroad Avenue,
Suite A, Shelton
4z6-o9sz • vsoo.vo9sz
www.edwardjones.com
SUNDAY, JULY 29
Page 2 - Shetton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 19, 2007
He said he won't see the airport
shut down for things that are done
there.
"We do not have any plans for
any races next year," Taylor said.
She said Sanderson Field has been
designated a regional airport and
it isn't the same as a municipal
airport like Forks, which also has
drag racing.
"It's amazing how quickly the
FAA reacts when something bad
happens," Miles said, adding that
otherwise it takes the agency "for-
ever and a day" to react:
"Be careful what you say," Tay-
lor cautioned. "They hold the purse
strings."
City commission roundup:
City to meet
mull street
By JEFF GREEN
Shelton city commissioners are
holding a special meeting at 10
a.m. this morning, Thursday, July
19, at the Shelton Civic Center to
finalize a survey to be sent to city
residents about options for fund-
ing street repairs.
The commissioners are in a
hurry-up mode because they must
approve a resolution no later than
August 13 calling for a street-fund-
ing measure to go on the general
election ballot in November. That
measure must be sent to the Ma-
son County Elections Department
by August 14 to make it onto the
ballot.
During this morning's special
meeting, the commissioners will
take into consideration a propos-
al by a Shelton-area resident, Ed
Santodomingo, to fund street re-
pairs through a bump in the local
sales tax, rather than by lifting the
lid on property taxes for six years.
Santodomingo lives outside the
city but owns property within it.
At Monday evening's city com-
mission meeting, Santodomingo
said the sales tax method is sim-
ple and fair, while the property
tax method is complicated and
unfair. He advocated hiking the
sales tax by one cent for every $2
in local purchases. By his calcula-
tions, that would raise $6.1 million
over a six-year period. Raising the
sales tax by one cent for every dol-
lar spent would raise $12.3 million
over the same period.
"THE BLATANT unfairness of
the property tax method lies in its
violation of a basic rule, namely:
Users of the streets should pay
for their repair," he said. "When
homeowners, renters, visitors
and tourists walk, bike or
stores for goods or
use streets."
Until Santodomingo's
ments Monday, the city
paring a survey listing
three options for the levy
proposal. Those include:
the maximum, which
$4,015,184; ramping up, d
would raise $2,572,321; an
erated ramping up, which
raise $3,307,184.
• All options would be
the six-year period from
2013, and each would have
ferent impact on property
City Administrator
O'Leary said the city's
ture Task Force,
up of local residents, looked
street issue in depth,
mended using property
than sales taxes to fund
The surve)
include the sales tax o
adding that option
printing by a week and
already has accrued an
$1,500 in printing costs,
pointed out. He also
verify the amount of
could be raised by a sales
crease.
AT THEIR meeting July!
commissioners authorized
get amendment. The 2007
included funds to hire a
officer, replacing a
sition. The new officer's time'
be divided between court
and traffic enforcement.
the plan was not enacted
shortages in qualified
for police work, and the
period necessary to train
cruits," according to the
sion briefing request.
CHRISTMAS IN JULY
EVERYTHING STOREWIDE
7841DY
7433DW
5007D
• AlIMajor
Credit Cards
• Free Gift Wrapping
• One year
Interest FgE
With Required
Minimum
Purchase O.C.
Monday-Friday 10:00-5:30
Saturday I 0:00-2:00
1 st & Railroad, Suite 108
426-5811