Water, sewer, stormwater rates set to increase in Lacey July 1
The Olympian 2 hrs ago Rolf Boone, The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)
May 31 Lacey City Council is leaning toward a mid-year adjustment to water, sewer and stormwater rates after delaying that action a year ago to provide area relief to those whose employment may have been affected by COVID-19.
The council revisited the topic at a recent work session and appears ready to vote on an ordinance that would increase the rates on July 1.
Under consideration is a 3 percent increase to water and sewer rates, and a 4.5 percent increase to stormwater rates, which would be on top of a 3 percent hike after the LOTT Clean Water Alliance the agency that manages wastewater in the area took a similar action in January, Lacey Finance Director Troy Woo told the council.
Timberland set to open library branch at Capital Mall, seeks same in Hawks Prairie
The Olympian 1/28/2021 Rolf Boone, The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)
Jan. 27 Timberland Regional Library is set to open a new branch at Capital Mall on April 1, the executive director told a Lacey City Council committee on Tuesday.
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And the library district wants to do the same in Hawks Prairie, executive director Cheryl Heywood said.
Neither branch will be full-service lending libraries, but will focus on best-sellers for all ages and in all formats, she said. They also are considered demonstration libraries, meaning they will operate for a trial period of a year or longer to gauge whether they are successful.
Lacey weighs larger warehouses on last 40-plus acre parcel with this type of zoning
The Olympian 12/14/2020 Rolf Boone, The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)
Dec. 14 Northeast Lacey is no stranger to large warehouses, and now the City Council is considering whether to allow them on a particular parcel that is zoned for light industrial commercial uses.
Doesn t the city already allow this? No, the large, even giant warehouses that dot Hawks Prairie, occupy land that is zoned light industrial, not the more specific light industrial commercial.
And the light industrial commercial zoning has capped warehouse sizes at 200,000 square feet since 2006, city planning commission manager Ryan Andrews said.