Temporary housing topic at Jefferson joint meeting

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

The boards of local government agencies will meet next week on the North Olympic Peninsula. Jefferson County commissioners do not meet this week, the fifth week of the month.

Joint meeting

The Jefferson County Planning Commission and the Port Townsend Planning Commission will discuss temporary housing of the unhoused during a joint meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The meeting is in the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, Chimacum.

The discussion will be preceded by staff presentations recapping the work already done and defining terms.

Clallam County

The three Clallam County commissioners will conduct a public hearing regarding several debatable budget emergencies during their weekly business meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

The commissioners’ work session, at 9 a.m. Monday, will preview items set for action at their Tuesday formal meeting.

The hybrid meetings are in the county commissioners meeting room in the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

The meetings can be viewed online at https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/ 669/Live-Archived-Meetings -Online.

To participate via Zoom video, visit https://zoom.us/j/875561784.

To listen only, call 253-2125-8782, then enter meeting ID 875 561 7844 and passcode 12345.

Agenda items include:

• An agreement with Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers for $45,000 to provide a facilitator for family court.

• An agreement the Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic for $460,180 in American Rescue Plan Act funding for the two-year Clallam Respite Care pilot project.

• Continuing discussion on space issues at the county jail.

• An update on the Carlsborg water rights project from Steve Gray and Carol Creasey.

• A presentation on the draft sign ordinance from the Planning Commission.

• A letter of support to the state Legislature regarding several pieces of proposed legislation regarding manufactured/mobile home parks.

• An agreement with the Clallam Conservation District for $125,000 for renewable resource conservation planning and implementation.

• An agreement with Port Angeles Baseball for $60,000 for the volunteer field turf project.

• A review of the county’s stewardship of $15,020,640 of American Rescue Plan Act funding.

• An update to the Roads Department’s right-of-way procedures.

• Certification of the 2023 Road Levy and Estimated Revenue Produced.

The meeting agendas are posted at https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/AgendaCenter.

Public comment may be sent to agores@co.clallam.wa.us.

Other Clallam County meetings:

• The Trails Advisory Committee will meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

• The Housing Solutions Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Friday.

To join the online meeting, visit https://zoom.us/j/8755617844.

To listen only, call 253-215-8782, then enter meeting ID 875 5617844 and passcode 12345.

Clallam planning

The Clallam County Planning Commission will present the draft sign ordinance when they meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The hybrid meeting is in the county commissioners meeting room in the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

To join the meeting online visit www.zoom.us/join or call 1-253-215-8782, then enter meeting ID 857 7304 5582 and passcode 12345.

The full agenda is posted at http://www.clallam.net/features/meetings.html.

Olympic Medical

Olympic Medical Center commissioners are scheduled to meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.

To join the online meeting visit https://www.olympicmedical.org/virtual-board-meeting.

The meeting agenda is expected to be posted at https://www.olympic medical.org/about-us/board-information.

Jefferson Conservation

The Jefferson County Conservation District supervisors will consider letters of support regarding the Jefferson Land Trust Lower Chimacum Creek grant applications when they meet 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The hybrid meeting is in the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock.

To join the meeting online, visit https://meet.goto.com/737869021.

To listen only, call 866-899-4679 and enter access code 737-869-021.

The meeting agenda is posted at https://www.jeffersoncd.org/welcome/monthly-board-meeting-minutes.

PT schools

The Port Townsend School Board will meet in a work/study session at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

The hybrid meeting is in the board room at district headquarters, 1610 Blaine St., Port Townsend.

To attend the meeting online, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85243494888.

To listen only, call 1-253-215-8782 and enter meeting ID 852 4349 4888.

The agenda is expected to be posted at https://go.boarddocs.com/wa/ptsd/Board.nsf/Public.

Quilcene schools

The Quilcene School Board will discuss the 2023-2024 budget when it meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

The board will meet in Room 9 at 294715 U.S. Highway 101, Quilcene.

The meeting will also stream live; email jsukert@qsd48.org for the meeting link.

The agenda is expected to be posted at www.qsd48.org/district/1216-Board-Agenda.html 24 hours prior to the meeting.

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