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Supporting regional approaches to infrastructure
WHEREAS, Mason County is committed to bringing jobs, housing and opportunity to our community and
region through local and regional efforts, including through the newly formed Gorst Coalition, and
WHEREAS, planning for, designing and constructing critical infrastructure benefits the public in many
ways, including stabilizing utility rates and the local tax base,and
WHEREAS, Mason County has invested in a Planned-Action Environmental Impact Study to better plan
for pending and anticipated growth in the Belfair Urban Growth Area, and
WHEREAS, Mason County has benefitted from partnerships to secure funding for local projects thanks to
support from the 35th Legislative District delegation, and
WHEREAS, Mason County has worked in partnership with Mason Transit Authority to increase services
in Belfair to support its growth and the many workers who rely on transit including improvements to
State Route 3 and a Park and Ride facility, and
WHEREAS, Mason County is working with the Washington State Department of Transportation to ensure
timely completion of the State Route 3 Freight Corridor,formerly called the Belfair Bypass, and
WHEREAS, Mason County is actively planning and designing connector roads for the Freight Corridor at
Romance Hill and Log Yard roads as well as planning an intermodal freight corridor at Log Yard Road to
allow for further mobility and congestion relief, and
WHEREAS, Mason County is working in partnership with the City of Bremerton,who has pledged
$1million,to support and help plan expanding sewer service to the Puget Sound Industrial Center,which
is only one of eight Manufacturing Industrial Centers designated by the Puget Sound Regional Council,
and
WHEREAS,the Mason County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on March 24, 2020 to accept
a low-interest loan from the Washington State Department of Commerce and Public Works Board as
well as$2.5million in grant funding through the state's Capital Budget, secured by local legislators, and
WHEREAS,the Mason County Board of Commissioners annually adopts the Mason County
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy list, developed and approved by the staff and board of
the Mason County Economic Development Council and includes the projects listed above, and
WHEREAS,The Mason County Board of Commissioners adopts a one-year and six-year Transportation
Improvement Plan,which includes the road projects above, and is developed by staff and the Mason
County Transportation Improvement Project Citizen Advisory Panel, and
WHEREAS, Mason County recognizes the important role of regional partnerships to expand opportunity
and plan effectively for our future and in the spirit of partnership is willing to work with all who share
our commitment to sustainable, sensible growth through targeted investments,
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,The Board of Mason County Commissioners, having committed to
financially support the Gorst Coalition, hereby agrees to sign the proposed Gorst Coalition
Memorandum of Understanding to continue our involvement in regional infrastructure planning.
Dated this 16th day of March, 2020
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Resolution No.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MASON COUNTY,WASHINGTON
Rand Neatherlin, air
Sharon Trask,Commissioner
ATTEST:
McKenzie Smit Jerk he Board Kevin Shutty,C mmissioner
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Tim Whitehead
Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
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