EYE ON CLALLAM: Port to consider public outreach for John Wayne Marina question

Port of Port Angeles commissioners will consider a public outreach process concerning a potential offer for the sale of John Wayne Marina at a meeting that will begin at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The special meeting will be at the Port of Port Angeles building, 338 W. First St.

The marina outreach discussion will be at 10 a.m. It will be followed by a public comment session on the marina that will last up to 30 minutes.

Developer Ron Cole — owner of Buffalo River Holdings Inc., of Bend, Ore. — has asked if the port, a countywide taxing district, was interested in selling the marina but has not made an offer and will not develop a proposal until he knows that the port wants to sell the publicly owned, 300-slip facility, according to Port Executive Director Karen Goschen.

At 9 a.m., commissioners will hear a legislative debriefing.

Clallam County

Clallam County commissioners will discuss the Sequim-Dungeness Way/Woodcock Road intersection and other road-related items in a continued work session Monday.

The continued work session will begin at 1 p.m. in the commissioners’ board room (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

The regular work session will begin at 9 a.m.

Discussion items include:

• A request to hire a 32-hour-per-week Prevention Coordinator to support a youth suicide prevention program.

• A contract amendment with the state Department of Health to add statements of work and increase funding for the BEACH Program, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program and NEP Beach Program.

• An agreement with Morningside for classes focused on teaching “soft” or workforce readiness skills to youth and other job seekers with developmental disabilities.

• An agreement with Concerned Citizens for teaching workforce readiness skills to youth and other job seekers with developmental disabilities.

• An agreement with Concerned Citizens for teaching individuals with developmental disabilities and their families how to set goals.

• An amended agreement with Anchor QEA for engineering and design to improve fish passage at the McDonald Creek outtake of the Agnew irrigation ditch.

• A discussion on proposed changes to the section of the Clallam County Charter for exemptions.

• An agreement with Peninsula Daily News for printing legal publications from July 2018 through June 2019.

• A discussion on Open Public Meetings Act training.

Commissioners will hold their weekly business meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Action items include:

• A proclamation recognizing March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.

• An agreement with Jefferson and Kitsap counties to form a Washington State Homeland Security Region 2 Coordinating Council.

• A modified agreement with the U.S. Forest Service to increase funding and extend an expiration date.

• A resolution appointing Michael Merideth to the Solid Waste Advisory Committee.

• A resolution adopting supplemental appropriations.

• A public hearing for the consideration of debatable budget emergencies.

• A public hearing on proposed amendments to planning division, building division and building division valuation fee schedules.

Port Angeles city

The Port Angeles City Council will hear a presentation on the city’s financial transparency software, Open Data, at a 5 p.m. work session on Tuesday.

The special meeting will be in City Council chambers at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth.

Sequim city

The Sequim City Council will consider placing a proposition on the Nov. 6 ballot to renew and continue to impose a sales and use tax for the Transportation Benefit District when it meets at 6 p.m. Monday.

The council will meet at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St.

The tax for the benefit district would be two-tenths of 1 percent.

The council also will conduct a public hearing on making an emergency ordinance that amended the subdivision access code permanent.

It will consider authorizing an application to the Public Works Board of the state Department of Commerce for a $1 million pre-construction loan for the Prairie Street extension and rehabilitation.

It will consider a measure to authorize Waste Management to terminate service for non-payment.,and approving a license agreement for 2018-2023 with the Sequim Farmers Market.

Forks city

The Forks City Council will discuss speed limit signage and enforcement when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

The council will meet at City Hall, 500 E. Division St. It also will discuss turn lanes, according to the agenda.

Public Utility District

Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners will hear a staff report on 2017 completed projects and 2018 projected projects at 1:30 p.m. Monday.

The meeting will be in the Lake Crescent Boardroom at the Carlsborg main office at 104 Hooker Road.

Other agenda items include an invitation to bid on the Scrivner Road AC pipe replacement project and a closed executive session to consider matters related to the district’s internal cybersecurity program.

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