The three Jefferson County commissioners will hold a public hearing on the six-year transportation improvement plan and consider a letter to the state on the shoreline master plan update when they meet Monday.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in the commissioners’ meeting room in the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson St.
Commissioners plan an executive session from 11 a.m. to noon to discuss potential litigation.
The state requires each county to develop a long-term coordinated transportation program.
The improvements will be implemented on the county’s 399-mile public road system.
Many of the improvements may not occur, but they must be in the plan in order to be eligible for funding, county staff says.
Commissioners will consider sending a letter to the state Department of Ecology in response to the state’s call for final action on the shoreline master plan update before Aug. 15.
Ecology gave conditional approval of the plan in December. Among the state objections was the county’s proposed ban on finfish aquaculture, and local questions have arisen about possible county provisions for that industry.
Sending a response to Ecology before the Aug. 15 deadline “may serve as a placeholder until the board makes a decision on what option will be chosen to finalize” the shoreline master program update, county staff said in the agenda packet.
Commissioners also will consider hiring a consultant, Aaland Planning Services, to recommend changes to the county sign code at a cost not to exceed $10,000.
The work will address a Clallam County Superior Court injunction prohibiting enforcement of a section of the county sign code that limits personal messages such as political signs on private property to eight square feet.
Also on the agenda:
— A professional service contract with Skookum Contract Services to not exceed $126,396 for technical assistance in the developmental disabilities division of the Jefferson County Department of Public Health
— An interlocal agreement with Kitsap County for juvenile detention facility services for 2012-13.
— Adding $12,400 to an agreement with the state Department of Transportation to complete the Upper Hoh Road emergency repair.
The Federal Highway Administration will provide 86.5 percent of funds while 13. 5 percent are from the Rural Arterial Program.
– An agreement between the Jefferson County Public Health and the state Department of Social and Health Services for the developmental disabilities program in the amount of $320,364.
– An agreement with Skookum Contract Services for professional service for individual employment and individual technical assistance in the amount of $126,396.
During the county administrator briefing at 1:30 p.m., commissioners will hear an update on the Washington County Risk Pool and review the draft county parks and recreation plan.
The Port Townsend City Council will discuss the agenda for a September town meeting when they gather on Monday.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall, 540 Water St.
The town meeting, which is scheduled for Sept. 18, will include a State of the City presentation and will solicit input on which services the public considers most important.
Also discussed will be a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats exercise that will solicit public participation.
Special City Council office hours, where anyone can talk with a council member without an appointment, will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday in the mayor’s office on the second floor of Historic City Hall, 540 Water St.
Other city meetings are:
— Council Community Development and Land Use Committee — 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers.
— Housing Action Plan Network — Special meeting from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the first floor conference room in City Hall, 250 Madison St.
The Port Townsend School Board will discuss the environmental science curriculum Monday.
The session will begin at 6 p.m. in the high school library, 1500 Van Ness St.
Though the School Board had intended to name members of a committee to study the school district mascot, the Redskins, at this meeting, that has been postponed until a future date, the district said.
In July, the School Board decided to study whether the district will keep or change the mascot.
Some raised objections to the mascot, while others urged it be kept in place.
The committee will study the issue through the 2012-2013 school year.
Jefferson Healthcare commissioners will hear an update about the transition of hospital funds to First Federal Wednesday.
The meeting begins at 3:30 p.m. in the hospital auditorium, 832 Sheridan St., Port Townsend.