February 17, 200719 yr 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 --
February 17, 200719 yr As a resident and ORV owner this is very important. I hope all take the chance to act on this.
February 19, 200719 yr Author http://www.pnw4wda.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3166 I will get ya some more info in a bit.
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