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^ EXPEDITE
®^ Hearing is set
Date: March 10 2006
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Judge/Calendar: Paula Casey
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON
FOR THURSTON COUNTY
YELM COMMERCE GROUP,
Plaintiff,
vs.
~ NO. 06-2-00103-3
DECLARATION OF GRANT BECK
CITY OF YELM; PACLAND, INC.; and WAL-
MART STORES, INC.
Defendants. ~
1. My name is Grant Beck. I am over 18 years of age and competent to testify as to
all matters set forth herein.
2. I am the Community Development Director for the City of Yelm.
3. In my capacity as Community Development Director, I have been closely involved
in the City's review ofYelm's proposed Wal-Mart Superstore. I am the "responsible official" who
made the initial threshold determination under the State Enviromnental Policy Act. I also prepared
a report that was submitted on behalf of the City to the Hearing Examiner.
4. I am familiar with the record that the City of YeIm will be required to produce to
permit the Court to judicially review this matter. I estimate that the record will consist of
approximately 2,400 pages.
DECLARATION OF GRANT BECK - 1
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OWENS DAMES, P.S.
926 - 24Eh Way S W • P. d. Box E 87
Olympia, Washington 98507
Phone: (360} 943-8320
Facsimile: (3S0) 943-6150
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5. In order to prepare this matter for judicial review, the City has made a single copy
of the entire record, will bate stamp that copy, and will then make three or four duplicate copies
of the bate stamped copy to provide to each counsel in this xnatter.
6. The City requests that it be reimbursed far the costs it incurs in preparing the record
at the rate of $0.15 per page. Assuzxzing a 2,400 page record, the City therefore estimates that it
will incur, and requests that it be reimbursed a total of $1,440.00 for the casts it incurs in preparing
II the record.
7. In addition to the written record, the petitioners have the statutory obligation to
I prepare transcripts of the proceedings before the Hearing Examiner, and the proceedings before
the City Council.
S. The Hearing Examiner conducted a hearing at which live testimony was taken.
Each of the individuals identif ed on the list attached as Exhibit A offered testimony at the hearing
before the Hearing Examiner.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the Iaws of the State of Washington that the
foregoing is true and correct.
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DATED this 2~/ day of ch, 2006,
DECLARATION OF GRANT BBCK - 2
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OWENS 17AVIES, P.S.
926 - 24th Way S W • P. O. Box 187
Olympia, Washington 98507
Phone: (360) 943-8320
Facsimile: (360) 943-6150
Yelm Hearing Examiner
Wal-Mart Public Hearing
Oral Public Testimony
Chris Nubbe Bettye Johnson
Carolyn GiaMarco Torn Foley
Richard Banach Louise OIiverio
Eleanor Blackwell William E1ledge
Christine Hartman Gregory May
Bill Nicholls Whitewind Weaver
Heidi Smith Sharon Olson
Karen Dougherty Randi Surerus
Alison Barker Connie Hald
James Zukowski Marita Bott
Don McCulloch Mary Kidd
Eugene Ballard Stephan Elie
Jean Handley Cozette Fyrst
Myrtle Kinney Adam Moore
James Brigham Venitia Yost
Valentin Fyrst Shirley Gennai
Marjorie Leggett Larry Pesacreta
Keilie Petersen Victoria Pesacreta
William Hashim Jannette Ritchie
Lisa Beverly Mike McGraw
Debra Mauck Robin Lee
EXHIBIT A
Mia Glassy
Lynn Brewer
Urbano Eihan
Gwen Staples
Linda Upham
Gary Vallaningham
Kathy Gudgel
Wally Brown
Anita Marriott
Francesca White
Lauren Martines
Yelm Hearing Examiner
Wal-Mart Public Hearing
Expert Testimony
Dr. Marlon Bournet
William Reid
Heidi Haslinger
William Shiels
Rob Bernstein
Erich Armbruster
Ed Wiltsie, P.E.
Charles Ellingson
William Dunning, P.E.
Kathryn 7erkovich
Grant Beck
Perry Shea, P.E.