heep70 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 This is a cut and paste from another site. Please Read! Thanks, Greg As many of you are aware the Snohomish County ORV Committee, > Stumpjumpers and others have been working for several years to get > Reiter Trails designated as an official ORV area. In the past the > major stumbling block was that Reiter was not zoned for ORV use by > Snohomish County. With your help the County passed an ORV ordinance > into law last year. The next obstacle is the Department of Natural > Resources saying that it does not have the funding to conduct an > assessment of the area to determine suitability for ORV use. We all > know Reiter is suitable but these are the hoops that have to be jumped > through. > > In the Governors proposed budget to the legislature this year, among > other things, Reiter is specifically named as a funded project. We > want to ensure that Reiter is on the budget as a line item while the > House and Senate committees rework the budget. This is the first of > several emails regarding Reiter that will be sent during this > legislative session. I know there are a lot of people to contact but > it is very important that each of you contact your legislators and the > legislators in charge of producing the budget. We must show them > through a deluge of email, letters, phone calls and attendance to the > ORV Rally on March 9th, that the ORV community is firmly behind Reiter > as an official ORV area. . > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - > ------------ --------- --------- - > > SAMPLE LETTER (Note: a personal letter is better than a form letter) > > Dear <Representative, Senator, Committee Members> > > Motorized recreation is very important to my family and I. Currently > there are no legal ORV areas in King or Snohomish Counties. Reiter > Trails, near Gold Bar, WA in Snohomish County has been a de facto ORV > area for over 30 years. I would like to see it preserved for years to > come as an official ORV area. The Department of Natural Resources is > requesting funding in this years budget to conduct an assessment and > inventory of the Reiter area. Reiter is mentioned in the Governors > proposed budget but it is lumped under Sustainable Public Access. > Please ensure that the Reiter assessment and inventory is a specific > line item (not lumped under sustainable public access) in the State > budget for the DNR. Also note that Snohomish County Executive Aaron > Reardon and the Snohomish County Council would like to see an ORV area > developed in the County. County officials have had discussions with > the DNR about a possible partnership in the development and operation > of an ORV area at Reiter. The County budgeted $350,000 for a trailhead > at Reiter but cannot move forward without the assessment the DNR > requires. > > Sincerely, > > <your name and address> > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - > ------ > ------------ --------- --------- - > > Step 1: Contact your legislators (Senate and House) > > Don't know who your legislators are? Click the link below to find out. > Once the page opens select the "Find Your District" tab. > http://www.leg. wa.gov/legislatu re/ > > Step 2: Contact the House Appropriations committee members. > > (Copy and paste all of these email addresses in the “TO” > box in your email editor) > sommers.helen@ leg.wa.gov,dunshee.hans@ leg.wa.gov,alexander.gary@ leg.wa.gov,bailey.barbara@ leg.wa.gov,haler.larry@ leg.wa.gov,anderson.glenn@ leg.wa.gov,buri.david@ leg.wa.gov,chandler.bruce@ leg.wa.gov,cody.eileen@ leg.wa.gov,conway.steve@ leg.wa.gov,darneille.j@ leg.wa.gov,dunn.jim@ leg. wa.gov,ericks.mark@ leg.wa.gov,fromhold.bill@ leg.wa.gov,grant.william@ leg.wa.gov,haigh.kathy@ leg.wa.gov,hinkle.bill@ leg.wa.gov,hunt.sam@ leg. wa.gov,hunter.ross@ leg.wa.gov,kagi.ruth@ leg.wa.gov,kenney.phyllis@ leg.wa.gov,kessler.lynn@ leg.wa.gov,kretz.joel@ leg.wa.gov,linville.kelli@ leg.wa.gov,mcdermott.joe@ leg.wa.gov,mcdonald.joyce@ leg.wa.gov,mcintire.jim@ leg.wa.gov,morrell.dawn@ leg.wa.gov,pettigrew.eric@ leg.wa.gov,priest.skip@ leg.wa.gov,seaquist.larry@ leg.wa.gov,sullivan.pat@ leg.wa.gov,walsh.maureen@ leg.wa.gov,schual-berke.shay@ leg. wa.gov > > http://www1. leg.wa.gov/ House/Committees /APP/members. htm > > Step 3: Contact the Senate Ways and Means committee members. > > (Copy and paste all of these email addresses in the “TO” > box in your email editor) > prentice.margarita@ leg.wa.gov,fraser.karen@ leg.wa.gov,pridemore.craig@ leg.wa.gov,zarelli.joseph@ leg.wa.gov,brandland.dale@ leg.wa.gov,carrell.michael@ leg.wa.gov,fairley.darlene@ leg.wa.gov,hatfield.brian@ leg.wa.gov,hewitt.mike@ leg.wa.gov,hobbs.steve@ leg.wa.gov,honeyford.jim@ leg.wa.gov,keiser.karen@ leg.wa.gov,oemig.eric@ leg.wa.gov,parlette.linda@ leg.wa.gov,rasmussen.marilyn@ leg.wa.gov,regala.debbie@ leg.wa.gov,roach.pam@ leg.wa.gov,rockefeller.phil@ leg. wa.gov,schoesler.mark@ leg.wa.gov,tom.rodney@ leg.wa.gov,kohl-welles.jeanne@ leg.wa.gov > > http://www1. leg.wa.gov/ Senate/Committee s/WM/members. htm > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ > ^^^^^ > > House and Senate Email addresses > http://apps. leg.wa.gov/ memberemail/ Default.aspx? Chamber=H > > For more info on the work of the Snohomish County ORV committee and > Stumpjumpers on Reiter Trails ORV Area please visit > > http://www.stumpjum pers.org/ reiter/ReiterTra ilsUpdate10- 06.htm > > Thanks for your support!!! > > Rick Rice > Stumpjumpers Motorcycle Club > legislative@ stumpjumpers. org <mailto:legislative@ stumpjumpers. org> > > > > -- > If you like our listserver forward this email to your riding buddies > and ask them to subscribe http://stumpjumpers .org/phlist/ ?p=subscribe > > If you do not want to receive any more newsletters from Stumpjumpers > Motorcycle Club, > http://stumpjumpers .org/phlist/ ?p=unsubscribe& uid=cdedefac379c 40098be7 > 29513d > ad825e > > To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit > http://stumpjumpers .org/phlist/ ?p=preferences& uid=cdedefac379c 40098be7 > 29513d > ad825e > > > -- > Powered by PHPlist, www.phplist. com -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qman Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 As a resident and ORV owner this is very important. I hope all take the chance to act on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaruguru Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 so hey wheres the rally at on the nineth of march Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heep70 Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 http://www.pnw4wda.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3166 I will get ya some more info in a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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