Clallam: County considers reviving boundary review board to focus on proposed annexation

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners may revive a boundary review board to prevent cities, especially Port Angeles, from seeking annexations that could harm the county.

“This would be a shot across the city’s bow that the county won’t just sit back and let the city proceed with its annexation,” said County Commissioner Mike Chapman.

“The county commissioners have been criticized for that and we have citizens to represent,” said Chapman, R-Port Angeles.

The county’s legal staff will research whether a boundary board could review a pending annexation if the board was formed — but no one appointed — before an annexation was started.

The review ordered by county commissioners Monday by a 3-0 vote is in response to a Port Angeles proposal to annex unincorporated lands in the city’s Urban Growth Area, extending from the eastern city limit near DelGuzzi Drive to Morse Creek.

Included would be commercial properties along U.S. Highway 101, including tax-lucrative car dealerships, Wal-Mart department store, Les Schwab tires and a new Safeway shopping center.

Look for this full report in today’s Peninsula Daily News. Get the PDN delivered to your home or office by clicking on “Subscribe.”

More in News

Port Angeles teachers’ union votes to honor paraeducators’ picket line on April 8

Members of the Port Angeles Education Association voted overwhelmingly… Continue reading

Funding needed for Port Townsend homeless shelter

Operation at Legion Hall to close April 30

Port of Port Angeles renews lease for Composite Recycling Technology Center

Agreement covers 26,000 square feet at airport business park

Fire district volunteers lauded

Clallam County Fire District No. 3 recently recognized seven members… Continue reading

Clallam to continue providing deputy to Forks

Contract includes wages, mileage and maintenance reimbursement

Maintenance closes section of Olympic Discovery Trail

A portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail is closed… Continue reading

Hanna Paoluccu of Alexander, N.Y., and Rosie Berg of Nevada City, Calif., members of the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group and working with the Jefferson County Noxious Weed Board, remove poisonous hemlock weed from along the Larry Scott Trail in Port Townsend on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Poison hemlock removal in Port Townsend

Hanna Paoluccu of Alexander, N.Y., and Rosie Berg of Nevada City, Calif.,… Continue reading

YMCA to build childcare facility

$1-2M still needed for $6.7M project

Port Townsend Police Department recognizes award recipients

The Port Townsend Police Department recognized officers, employees, volunteers… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School evacuated due to bomb threat

Nothing suspicious found, principal says

A tree that has grown out of its tree box and shattered a nearby curb and sidewalk in the 100 block of North Oak Street is among those targeted for removal and replacement in downtown Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles tree and sidewalk replacement to begin Monday

The Port Angeles downtown tree and sidewalk replacement project… Continue reading

Grant for Forks treatment plant to be discussed

The Clallam County Opportunity Fund Advisory Board will discuss… Continue reading