A Sequim city proposal to extend sewer lines west and east of its limits has won Clallam County commissioners’ approval — with some strings.
Commissioners had postponed approving the request for $20 million in federal funds for three weeks while they stipulated conditions on the project, largely that it recharge ground water in the Dungeness and Jimmycomelately Creek watersheds.
Another major condition is that Sequim not annex the Carlsborg urban growth area even though it provides sewer service to the region. That would make the Dungeness River the city’s westernmost possible boundary.
And commissioners bled some of the ebullience from a resolution — apparently drafted by Sequim — that said the county would support the project “with great pride and unwavering commitment.”
In addition to Carlsborg, the extended system would serve the Jamestown S’Klallam reservation and the tribe’s holdings in Blyn, Sequim Bay State Park and the Port of Port Angeles’ John Wayne Marina.
Dicks’ support
When Sequim sought approval from the Port, City Manager Bill Elliott told port commissioners: “Norm Dicks said that if we brought a big project back to him, he’d make it happen.”