EYE ON JEFFERSON: County commissioners to consider Undie Road pact, easement

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider approval of a contract and a $210,000 easement across state land for relocation of a portion of Undie Road in West Jefferson County when they meet Monday.

The meeting will be at 9 a.m. in commissioners’ chambers at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.

The 0.8-mile stretch of Undie Road on the north bank of the Bogachiel River south of Forks was severely damaged during fall and winter storms and is now reduced to one barely navigable lane.

The current project is intended to create an alternate route that entails using 1.3 miles of existing state Department of Natural Resources road and another 0.9 miles of steep terrain construction.

The $905,310 contract with InterWest Construction Inc. of Burlington would be administered by the Jefferson County Public Works Department.

Construction is expected to begin Aug. 1.

It would be funded through a combination of county road fund, federal payments in lieu of taxes and internal borrowing , according to a staff memo.

The re-route will use an existing timber harvest spur road and also extend across a small parcel of state Department of Natural Resources land.

The county will pay the $210,000 easement to the DNR out of county road funds.

During the 1:30 p.m. briefing, commissioners will discuss a development proposed by the Delaware North Corp. on the West End.

The Kalaloch Cabins Project would see construction of 21 one-bedroom cabins for short-term rental use.

Fawn Sharp, president of the Quinault Indian Nation has requested a government-to government consultation on the proposal.

Commissioners also will consider a resolution setting objectives for the 2017 budget.

Port Townsend city

The Port Townsend City Council Finance and Budget Committee will review mid-year financial results when it meets Tuesday.

The committee will meet from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the third-floor conference room at City Hall, 250 Madison St.

The panel also will consider a proposed 2016 mid-year supplemental budget and review the 2017 budget calendar.

The Port Townsend City Council will not meet this week.

Council members will visit the site of a city water treatment plant from 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday. A quorum may attend. No city business will be conducted.

Also this week, the Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Board will meet from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the first-floor conference room of City Hall at 250 Madison St.

Council office hours, during which members of the public can discuss any topic with a member of the City Council, take place from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the mayor’s office at historic City Hall, 540 Water St.

Port of Port Townsend

Port of Port Townsend commissioners will consider a new capital reserve fund for use throughout the port facilities when they meet Wednesday.

Commissioners will conduct a public workshop at 3 p.m. and a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the port commission building at 333 Benedict St.

Money now transferred monthly into the Port Townsend Boat Haven renovation capital reserve fund would instead go into a capital reserve fund for projects throughout the port, according to the proposal that commissioners will consider on a first reading.

The Boat Haven fund, which has a balance of $777,850 now, would receive no additional funding and would be maintained specially for capital projects at the Boat haven.

Commissioners also will consider a new lease with Johnson Fabrication, LCC in the Boat Haven, a 2017 budget development schedule and conducting their Aug. 24 meeting in Quilcene.

Chimacum schools

The Chimacum School Board will consider approving the 2016-17 budget when it meets Wednesday.

The board will meet at 6 p.m. in the library at the high school at 91 West Valley Road.

The general fund in the proposed budget is $14,163,395.

A budget hearing will precede consideration of passage.

The board also will consider a policy on evaluating staff and discuss a farm to school lunch program.

Public Development Authority

The Fort Worden Lifelong Learning Center Public Development Authority board will consider allowing the executive director to enter into a lease for Building 305 when it meets Wednesday.

The board will meet at 9 a.m. in Commons A at Fort Worden.

The 15-year lease would be with the Fort Worden Foundation.

The board also will discuss an operational agreement for Building 202.

The board plans an executive session to review lease terms of Building 202.

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