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City eyes 30 derelict building for possible abatement By GORDON WEEKS I The owners of about 30 derelict structures in Shel- ton may soon get notice that the city is eying their build ....... ings for possible demolition. Last December, the Shelton City Commission adopted an abatement or- dinance that established a streamlined process to deal with unfit dwellings and structures. The city utilized the process for the first time in April. Steve Goins, the city's director of economic development and interim public works direc- tor; deemed a house at 721 Alder St. unfit. The hearing examiner conducted a hear- ing, determined the struc- ture unfit, and issued an order to abate. After giving the prop- erty owner 60 days to re- spond, city crews destroyed the structure. The city also used the abatement process to eliminate the Park View Manor apartment building. At the Shelton City Commission's Oct. 1 meet- ing, commissioners looked at slides of seven derelict structures. The estimated cost for city crews to de- molish each of the five homes range from $4,000 to $12,000, the brick building at 303 Second St, between $15,000 and $20,000. The Journal photo by Gordon Weeks The former bowling alley at 128 N. First St. would cost between $50,000 and $75,000 for a professional crew to demolish as part of the city of Shelton's abatement process. cost for a professional crew to demolish the old bowl- ing alley structure at 128 N. First St. would cost be- tween $50,000 and $75,000. At the commission!s study session on Monday, Goins said the city is eying about 30 derelict structures for possible abatement. He asked the commissioners to prioritize which structures the city staff should focus on first. Mayor Gary Cronce sug- gested the city first focus on structures where people are breaking in, causing safety issues and lJerhaps provid- ing places for teens to take drugs. "I'm greatly concerned with the kicked-in doors and kicked-in windows that citizens can get in" he said. Cronce said the city should make it clear it is not targeting every build- ing that is boarded up, only structures where "it's apparent that people have walked away from it and don't care anymore ... where there's a long history of neglect there." Commissioner Dawn Pannell suggested the city would reap good public re- lations by addressing the former bowling alley. "Peo- ple want to see it gone," she said. Commissioner Mike Olsen suggested the city could get more bang for the buck by removing some of the derelict manufactured homes. The structures at 118 Cascade Court and 611 Fairmount Ave. are estimated to cost between $4,000 and $6,000 to demol- ish. "I'd like to see the cheap- er ones go ... We should pro- ceed with as many of these as we can," Olsen said. Goins stressed that abatement doesn't always mean demolition. The own- ers can choose to clean up their properties or close them up, he said. The commissioners rec- ommended that letters be sent to the 30 property own- ers that their structures are being considered for abate- ment. The letters could per- haps suggest that the prop- erty owners consider donat- ing or selling the property to Habitat for Humanity, Olsen said, The commissioners plan to discuss abatement priori- ties and ways to budget the demolitions at their retreat on Oct. 19. Thank you so much for all you have done to help get a grocery store in Hoodsport. Thank you for all the excellent help you always provide to solve challenges for local citizens, as well as for our Port. Most of all, thank you for working until 10:00 p.m. nearly every night in your home office on behalf of the citizens of Mason County. TIM SHELDON, you do represent all of us, and your efforts are appreciated. Paid for by John O'Laughlin, ~. Commissioner, Port of Hoodsport Looking and feeling Journal photo by Gordon Weeks Griffin Elementary School students, from left, Abigail Ramos, Kody Peters and Nairn Peters explore the touch tank at Kids' Day at OysterFest Friday at the Port of Shelton's Sanderson Field Event Center and Fairgrounds. Comment period extended on Shelton Hills development ci.shelton.wa.us., or deliver from the East Wallace Knee- By GORDON WEEKS in person or send by mail to land Boulevard interchange o gordon(@nasoncount%com Steve Goins, City of Shel- south for about 1.5 miles to --= z = ton director of economic and the C Street overpass. community development, The draft EIS is expected Residents have two more 525 W. Cota St., Shelton, to take four to six months to days to voice any initial WA 98584. 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