EYE ON JEFFERSON: Port Townsend panel mulls trail projects

The Port Townsend Non-Motorized Transportation Advisory Board will discuss trail projects and Spruce Street-Chestnut Street right-of-way acquisition when it meets Thursday.

The board will meet from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the first-floor conference room of City Hall, 250 Madison St.

The Port Townsend City Council does not meet this week.

The Arts Commission will meet from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the third-floor conference room 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 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday in the mayor’s office at historic City Hall, 540 Water St.

Jefferson Healthcare

Jefferson Healthcare commissioners will hear a progress report about the hospital’s emergency services building when they meet Wednesday.

The meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the hospital auditorium, 834 Sheridan St., Port Townsend.

Conservation District

The Jefferson County Conservation District board will meet Wednesday.

The board will meet at 3:30 p.m. in the Jakeway/Boulton Conference Room at 205 W. Patison St., Port Hadlock.

No agenda was available by Saturday.

Jefferson County

The Jefferson County commissioners do not meet this week.

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