EYE ON JEFFERSON: Public hearing set today on 2002 parks plan update
Published 12:01 am Monday, May 11, 2015
The three Jefferson County commissioners will conduct a public hearing on the county’s update of its 2002 Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Comprehensive Plan when they meet today.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. in commissioners’ chambers at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.
After the hearing, set to begin at 10 a.m., commissioners will consider adopting the update.
Developed over an 18-month period, it provides a structure for advance planning about recreation needs, eligibility for grants and compliance with the Growth Management Act, staff says.
Items on the consent agenda include:
■ Creation of a $500,000 South Discovery Road Pavement Preservation project for work between Mileposts 3.20 and 4.56, using a Rural Arterial Program grant for 90 percent of the costs and matching that with 10 percent from county funds.
■ A $15,000 professional services agreement with HWA Geosciences Inc. of Bothell and a $7,500 agreement with Materials Testing & Consulting Inc. of Silverdale for consultation on phase two of the Paradise Road project.
■ A $2,499 agreement with 10,000 Years Institute of Port Townsend for noxious weed program activities.
■ Adding $17,975 to consolidated contracts with the state Department of Health for a total of $534,176.
■ A resolution to designate certain personal property as surplus and authorize its disposal.
■ An agreement to allocate $134,615 to the jail fire alarm replacement project.
■ The designation of the Economic Development Council of Jefferson County as the county’s Associated Development Organization.
Port Townsend city
The Port Townsend City Council will hear a presentation from the YMCA about its capital project at a workshop meeting today.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at historic City Hall, 540 Water St.
The YMCA will present the results of a recent poll where the public stated that it favored the construction of a new facility adjacent to the Mountain View complex.
Also discussed will be the upcoming financial feasibility study, which will determine how much money can be raised and the development of the facility within those financial limits.
Council office hours, during which members of the public can discuss any topic with a member of the City Council, take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the mayor’s office at historic City Hall.
Also, the Arts Commission will conduct a special meeting from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the third-floor conference room at City Hall, 250 Madison St.
City Planning Commission
The Port Townsend Planning Commission will discuss amending the Planned Unit Development provisions when it meets Thursday.
The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Port of Port Townsend commission building at 333 Benedict St.
The commission will consider recommending to the City Council that commercial manufacturing planned unit developments be allowed in certain zones.
It also will consider key issues for an upcoming town meeting on the 2016 Comprehensive Plan Update.
Port of Port Townsend
Port of Port Townsend commissioners will discuss the Port Townsend Shipwrights’ lease at a meeting today.
The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in chambers, 333 Benedict St.
Chimacum schools
The Chimacum School Board will discuss if classes will be canceled during the May 15 teacher walkout when it meets Wednesday.
The board will meet at 6 p.m. at the school at 91 West Valley Road.
The district’s teachers’ union voted last week to stop work for one day to protest state Legislative inaction. The issue isn’t on the agenda but Superintendent Rich Stewart said it would be discussed then.
The board also will be told of electrical upgrades and progress on the high school roof project and hear a student director report and results of a consolidated program review.
Peninsula College
Peninsula College trustees will discuss the operating budget for 2015-16 when they meet Tuesday.
The meeting will be at 2 p.m. at the Port Townsend branch of Peninsula College.
They will be in the schoolhouse at Fort Worden at 298 Battery Way.
The full agenda is available at www.pencol.edu/aboutpc/board/agendas.
East Jefferson Fire-Rescue
The Jefferson County Fire Protection District 1 Joint Oversight Board will meet Wednesday.
The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at Station 1-15 at 35 Critter Lane, Port Townsend.
The oversight board is made up of East Jefferson Fire-Rescue commissioners and three Port Townsend City Council members.
No agenda was available as of Saturday.
Ecosystem Recovery Network
The Strait of Juan de Fuca Ecosystem Recovery Network Local Integrating Organization will discuss education, planning and funding for projects from Cape Flattery to Point Wilson when it meets Friday.
The quarterly meeting, which is open to the public, is set from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe’s Red Cedar Hall on Old Blyn Highway in Blyn.
Presentations will include “North Olympic Peninsula Coastal Hazards” and “Effects of Pacific Northwest Windstorms on Nearshore Processes in Puget Sound.”
The Strait ERN is one of the Puget Sound Partnership’s local integrating organizations working to implement the Action Agenda for Puget Sound protection and recovery.
For more about the meeting, contact John Cambalik, Strait ERN coordinator, at StraitSoundEnvironmental@wavecable.com.
For more on the Puget Sound Partnership, see www.psp.wa.gov.
