JZ Knight, owning property just over a mile from the location of the new wells outlined in the City of Yelm’s Water Plan, launched an aggressive media campaign to get information out to the residents of Yelm and the surrounding areas concerning the City’s practices regarding the Water Plan.
The post on her website states:
The City of Yelm is trying to substitute a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (MDNS) for an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) regarding their proposed five-fold increase in water withdrawal quantities. By doing this, City officials are sidestepping their obligation to get the opinions of the public and independent professionals about the environmental impacts of such an action.
Your well water level could drop 23 feet and leave you dry
When this happens, when you least expect it, who’s going to pay you the $15,000 it takes to drill you a new well and replace your pumping equipment? Are you going to enjoy the surprise of having no water?
You have until this Friday, May 22nd to send your comments into officials for an appeal.
It also includes a downloadable PDF and contact info for sending in comments.
The PDF is much like the full color print ad in the Olympian today (in the A section).
The deadline for public appeal is Friday May 22nd.
Below is the map from www.jzknight.com, showing the area affected by the proposed drawdown.
The below is from a press release sent today, May 7th, 2009.
As a result of over a thorough 2-month investigation, I have published today
a detailed report outlining what I assert is the negligence of City of Yelm officials
in handling the official business of the city and in keeping this knowledge from public view.
“THURSTON HIGHLANDS IN DEFAULT -
AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMAKE OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR MIDST”
http://yelm.com/2009/05/thurston-highlands-in-default.html
My report includes public documents that support every facet of my investigation
and allows the reader to draw their own conclusions. I will be publishing a follow-up
part of this report with more details in a future entry.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Thank you for your interest.
Most sincerely.
–
Steve Klein
Host, Yelm Community Blog
Welcome To Yelm
Klein provides links to PDFs of public documents supporting his claims and assertions.
He outlines four key questions.
1. Why is the City of Yelm proceeding with the Water System Plan when the whole premise of the Plan is no longer valid, since the city’s water system expansion is based on serving Master Planned Communities (MPC), the largest one being in default?
2. Why did the City of Yelm, who knew this firm was in default, not tell the public?
3. Why did the City of Yelm not tell their constituents the status of this default or the amount the city was owed by Thurston Highlands, LLC?
4. Why has the City of Yelm done little or nothing to get taxpayer dollars reimbursed?
It will be interesting to see if any large media outlets (Olympian? King 5?) pick this up as a story of city officials mishandling taxpayer’s money should be a hot topic in the current economy.
Directly from the City of Yelm Website
Employment Opportunity – Finance Director
$67,800 to $80,976 per year DOQ
Yelm is looking for a Finance Director to plan, organize and coordinate the budgeting and financial planning for the City and day-to-day operations of the Finance Department.
The City is seeking an individual who is approachable with the ability to communicate effectively. The candidate will fit in well with the Administrative Services Department, a team that works closely together, and shares a common vision.
Candidates should have a four year degree from an accredited college or technical school, in accounting, finance, economics, business administration or closely related field and extensive experience in a financial field; five or more years of professional related experience (preferably in the public sector) in areas of accounting, budgeting, tax administration, information systems, cash/financial management; and/or several years experience in the administration of business or government financial systems and significant supervisory responsibility for professional, paraprofessional and support staff. Any combination of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying
For more information, call Janine Schnepf at 360-458-8402 or email janines@ci.yelm.wa.us.
Click here to download the
complete job description and announcement.
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