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Debate arises during discussion
on comprehensive plan changes
By GORDON WEEKS
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The Shelton City Com-
mission on Monday amend-
ed its comprehensive plan
and future land use map,
and rezoned 4 acres from
neighborhood residential to
medical educational to al-
low for expansion at Mason
General Hospital.
But much of the discus-
sion at the commission's
meetings Dec. 3 and Mon-
day focused on one word in
velopment proposals. Dis-
agreements are a normal
part of political discourse
in our culture. However, at
times this has been taken
beyond the point "of civility.
The unfortunate result is it
creates perceptions in the
world outside Shelton that
this is not a good place to do
business."
Shelton resident Patricia
Vandehey asked the com-
mission to remove the term
"incivility." She called the
phrase "insulting, incorrect,
libelous and inappropriate."
ask questions. They are not
rude, impolite, disrespect-
ful, discourteous, nor incon-
siderate, and most are old
enough to be grandparents."
Thompson said she also
is concerned by language
and he favored keeping it.
"You're not going to stop
anything by it being in
there," he said.
Other business
At the Dec. 3 meeting,
in the comprehensive plan Tahuya
that states "The city should
establish policies affecting
industrial park develop-
ments that allow for expe-
dited permitting and/or en-
vironmental reviews for pri-
mary business activities,"
and "The city shall identify
lands for a new industrial
park (100 acres or larger)."
"I am concerned that
this language continues to
be written into plans, like
the comprehensive plan, so
that later we are told that
the city's comprehensive "Specifically, how do corn- it is 'already in the plan,' "
plan: "incivility." That's ments become a barrier to she said. "Plans need to be
the word the city uses to economic development?" re-evaluated for health and
describe opposition to local she asked the commission, safety factors of the commu-
development proposals as a "Who is responsible for this nity when new information
barrier to economic growth, irresponsible statement? emerges."
The rezoning of 4 acres It is the citizen's right, At Monday'smeeting, the
south of Mason General given by the Bill of Rights, commission decided not to
Hospital was requested by to speak against proposals change the wording regard-
Public Hospital District 1. that are egregious, in their ing "incivility" in public dis-
Residents who live within conception and execution, course.
300 feet of the property were If it can harm, in any way, City Administrator Dave
notified of the application the health and welfare of O'Leary said he considers
in May. The city reports it the citizens, any inhabitant cursing, interrupting and
received one telephone com- of this area has the right to spreading misinformation
ment on the rezoning, and object. We are not a totali- as being uncivil.
no written comments on the tartan country." "There's a difference be-
tween honest disagreement
and incivility," he said.
Commissioner Mike O1-
sen said the city is fortunate
to have residents who ques-
tion issues and proposals.
"I think we need to have
these people to keep our feet
to the fires," he said.
Commissioner Dawn
Pannell said she has expe-
rienced residents swearing
and interrupting the pro-
ceedings at meetings, but
added, "I hope we would
never discourage healthy
debate."
Mayor Cronce said the
phrase on incivility is true,
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proposal.
But at the commission's
Dec. 3 meeting, two resi-
dents told commissioners
they were bothered by the
word "incivility" in the city's
comprehensive plan regard-
ing opposition to some busi-
ness proposals.
Under the heading "Bar-
riers to Economic Develop-
ment," the city's compre-
hensive plan states, "Un-
fortunately, a habitual part
of the local political culture
is incivility. For example,
some stakeholders can be
excessively aggressive in
their opposition to local de-
Union resident Terry
Thompson asked the com-
mission whether "incivility"
was added by city employ-
ees feeling "frustrated" by
the comments of one or two
residents.
"One or two people is
not worthy of mentioning
in a comprehensive plan,
since every community has
that," she said. "The people
I know in this community,
that take part in respond-
ing to local government
proposals, do so in an or-
derly, respectful manner,
going through proper chan-
nels to share cQncerns, or to
resident Denny
Hamilton suggested that
the city conduct a compre-
hensive testing of the water
that drains into the city's
water supply. Hamilton
said he'd like to tell busi-
ness owners considering
establishing businesses in
Mason County• that they'll
have good water, but he
can't assure them.
Shelton Mayor Gary
Cronce agreed that the city
needs to ensure that the wa-
ter quality is good. He said
he needed another week
to think about the com-
ments, and the commission
postponed the vote on the
amendments to the Dec. 10
meeting.
"The hospital property is
not an issue to me," he said.
At Monday's meeting,
Shelton City Planner Jason
Dose said the public com-
ments suggesting that the
city does not conduct ad-
equate environmental im-
pact studies on proposed
business development is
"certainly not the case."
The language in the
policies is "not intended to
suggest that any and all
environmental impacts of
a proposal would not be re-
viewed and considered in a
manner consistent with 10-
cal, state and federal law,"
he wrote.
But Dose recommended
changing the wording in
the comprehensive plan to
make it "more concise." The
revision, passed by the com-
mission, adds that the city
will use a planned action
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Act review to facilitate busi-
ness activities.
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