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City Of Yelm Threatens To Evoke Eminent Domain To Seize Water Rights
Posted Under: Thuston County, Yelm Activities, Yelm Government, Yelm Growth, Yelm Issues
On October 26, 2009, Mayor Ron Harding signed a a letter stating the City Of Yelms intent to evoke Eminent Domain to seize the McMonigle water rights that were key to the Washington State Dept. of Ecology’s June 20th decision to reverse the the Thurston County Conservancy Board Draft Water System Plan approval of Yelm’s much criticize Mitigated Determination of Non-significance (MDNS).
Eminent domain is the inherent power of the state and local municipalities to seize a citizen’s private property, expropriate property, or seize a citizen’s rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner’s consent. The property is taken either for government use or by delegation to third parties who will devote it to public or civic use or, in some cases, economic development. (from Wikipedia).
Steve Klein broke this story and gives an excellent time line of the City’s struggles with its Water Plan on Yelm.com is a post titled CITY OF YELM SEEKS TO CONDEMN CITIZEN’S WATER RIGHTS.
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I have a few questions regarding the recent actions of Ron Hardings TO CONDEM MCMONICLES WATER RIGHTS. MCMONIGLE’S farm is in the Thurston County, not in the City of Yelm. On what bases is this condemnation, made? Does this meam that they can no longer work farm? Will other farms in that area be volnuble to the same actions? I ask again , why is they’re water rights be taken? And who’s next?