NEWS BRIEFS: Online survey for housing assessment … and other items

SEQUIM — The city’s Department of Community Development has issued a Housing Needs Assessment survey.

A link to the survey is available on the city’s homepage at www.sequimwa.gov. The assessment will close Aug. 31.

Surveys can also be requested via mail by calling Community Development Manager Barry Berezowsky at 360-681-3435.

Through the survey, the department will aggregate input from city residents to address the requirements and costs for housing throughout the city.

Residents are encouraged to express their opinions about current housing conditions, preferences and priorities.

At the end of the survey, participants can enter a phone number or email to receive updates regarding the study’s progress.

In addition to adding contact information, participants are eligible to be included in a drawing for a $250 gift certificate.

The assessment will help the city develop and adopt policies, programs and codes that will provide affordable housing for all city residents, as well as develop strategies for assisting housing solutions for households that cannot live affordably, according to a news release.

For more information, call Berezowsky.

PASD board eyes school lunch prices

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles School District board of directors will consider approving the 2018-19 school year lunch price when they meet Thursday.

The meeting will be conducted at the district’s Central Services Building, 216 E. Fourth St., at 7 p.m.

Also on the agenda is approval of the William Shore Memorial Pool use agreement and an approval of consortium for detention services for the 2018-19 school year.

For the full agenda, visit wwwportangelesschools.org and select the “Board Docs” icon.

Fire meeting

JOYCE — Clallam County Fire District No. 4 commissioners will

discuss authorizations to fire chief benefits and consideration of administrative assistant hiring Thursday.

They will meet at the Joyce Fire Hall, 51250 state Highway 112, at

6:30 p.m.

Action is anticipated, according to a news release.

Intern celebration

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Marine Resources Committee will celebrate the work of its seven 2018 interns on Aug. 20.

Members of the public are invited to the free celebration at Feiro Marine Life Center, 315 N. Lincoln St., at 5:30 p.m.

The interns are Lael Butler, Kennedy Cameron, Collin Boe, Rylan MacDonald, Cole Svec, Christopher Reis and Griffin Hoins.

During the celebration, the students will present the results of their work during a poster session and will be available to answer general questions.

The students have been active with local tribes and other partners to conduct educational outreach to area crabbers, survey invasive European green crabs, study the increase of use at the mouth of the Elwha River and other environmental-related surveys.

MRC members will also be available to describe their ongoing area and regional work.

For more information, visit www.clallamcountymrc.org.

Brokers’ summit

SEATTLE — JACE Real Estate Company brokers Kimi Robertson and Lisa Divelbiss attended the 2018 Global + Luxury Summit.

While at the summit they attended courses taught by Jack Cotton a real estate broker in the Luxury Market in Cape Cod, Mass.

At the summit they learned methods and techniques in preparing, pricing and marketing luxury real estate, according to a news release.

Robertson and Divelbiss both joined the Residential Real Estate Council to continue their education in the luxury real estate market, according to the release.

For more information, call Robertson at 360-461-9788; or Divelbiss at 360-670-1445.

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