EYE ON CLALLAM: Commissioners to hear update on Shoreline Master Program

The three Clallam County commissioners will hear an update on the county’s Shoreline Master Program at 9 a.m. Monday. The work session will be in the commissioners’ boardroom (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

The Shoreline Master Program is a state-required long-range plan that guides shoreline development to achieve no net loss of ecological functions. A revised cumulative impacts analysis and no-net-loss report was posted last week on the county website, www. clallam.net.

Other discussion items for the work session include:

• A Quillayute Valley Park and Recreation District infrastructure grant request of $50,000 from the Opportunity Fund.

• A monthly financial review comparing actual performance to the 2017 budget.

• The state Department of Natural Resources 10-year harvest plan.

• A presentation and training on OpenGov software, a platform that will allow county officials and the public to track financial transactions and budget trends.

• An amended extension agreement with Patterson, Buchanan, Fobes & Leitch Inc. P.S.

• An agreement with the Quillayute Valley School District to provide individual education programs and transition services.

• A contract amendment with Concerned Citizens to add county millage for the Quillayute Valley School District.

• Notice of bids for courthouse boiler replacement.

• An agreement with Green Alliance for Veteran’s Education to use a portion of Robin Hill Farm for agriculture.

• Agreement with GreenWorks P.C. to update the existing Dungeness Recreation Area Master Plan.

• A supplemental agreement with Berger ABAM Inc. to provide engineering services for the replacement of the McDonald Creek bridge.

Commissioners will hold their weekly business meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

They will recognize retiring Superior Court Administrator Lindy Clevenger for more than 42 years of service to the county.

Other agenda items include:

• A proclamation recognizing the week of June 19 as Korean War remembrance week.

• An agreement with Bode Cellmark Forensics Inc. for a pending criminal case.

• Notice of a July 18 hearing for a midyear review of the 2017 budget.

Port Angeles City Council

The Port Angeles City Council will consider designating a portion of First Street as a redevelopment area for business facade improvements when it meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The meeting will be in council chambers at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St.

The program would focus on First Street from Laurel Street to Race Street for 2017-18 facade improvements. It has $79,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds and is expected to be allocated $120,000 in 2018.

The council also will consider final approval of a pared-down ethics ordinance and will conduct two public hearings and consider final approval of a wetlands protection ordinance and a 2017 comprehensive land use plan amendment.

City Manager Dan McKeen will report to the council on upcoming council appointment of committees to draft statements for and against ballot propositions on changing to a second-class-city designation and an advisory ballot on fluoridating city water. The statements written by the four committees will be included in a voter guide for the Nov. 7 general election.

The measures will be on the Nov. 7 general election ballot.

The council will approve the committee members July 18.

Applications for participation in formulating the statements will be processed by the city manager’s office and are due for submission to the county auditor’s office by Aug. 15.

Council members also are expected change the regular council meeting date of July 4 to July 5.

Port of Port Angeles

Port of Port Angeles commissioners will consider bid awards when they meet Tuesday.

Commissioners will meet in a business session at 1 p.m. and in a work session at 9 a.m. at port headquarters, 338 W. First St.

At the afternoon meeting, commissioners will consider awarding contracts for Terminal 7 site redevelopment and stormwater conveyance improvements as well as for a sprinkler replacement for Terminal 1, Zone 6.

Work session topics at the morning meeting include the Fourth of July celebration and use of airport property.

Clallam Transit

The Clallam Transit board will consider a public transit service agreement with the Jamestown S’Kallam Tribe at 1 p.m. Monday.

The meeting will be at the Clallam Transit System administration building at 830 W. Lauridsen Blvd.

Other items include an agreement with Jefferson Transit Authority for a west Jefferson County Olympic Loop connection and authorization of an updated 2017 non-represented personnel salary and wages schedule.

Clallam PUD

Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners will hear a staff recommendation on bids for a new single-story vehicle storage building in Forks at 1:30 p.m. Monday.

The meeting will be in the Lake Crescent boardroom at the Carlsborg main office at 104 Hooker Road.

Board of Health

The Clallam County Board of Health will discuss the relocation of the Peninsula Behavioral Health Horizon Center at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The meeting will be in Room 160 at the Clallam County Courthouse.

Other agenda items include policy options to recover costs for Secure Medicine Return, a health officer’s report on legislative issues and a community health assessment and community health improvement plan.

Olympic Medical ­Center

Olympic Medical Center commissioners will hear an update on Medicaid when they meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Commissioners will meet in Linkletter Hall in the basement of the hospital at 939 E. Caroline St., Port Angeles.

They also will hear of an agreement with Honoring Choices Pacific Northwest about end-of-life choices.

Planning commission

The Clallam County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on current use applications from the second half of 2016 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The meeting will be in Room 160 at the Clallam County Courthouse.

The planning commission also will discuss the shoreline master program update in a work session.

Marine Resources Committee

The Clallam County Marine Resources Committee will hear updates from representatives of the Northwest Straits Foundation and Northwest Straits Commission at 5:30 p.m. Monday.

The meeting will be in Room 160 at the Clallam County Courthouse.

Other agenda items include a summary of site visits at Dawley Road and Dungeness Farms, the 2017 summer internship program and project updates on an ocean science program, kelp survey, pigeon guillemot, forage fish and shellfish biotoxin.

Port Angeles School Board

The Port Angeles School District board will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, with a work session to precede it.

The meeting will be held at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center, 905 W. Ninth St.

An agenda was not available Saturday.

Sequim School Board

The Sequim School District will consider approving a 2017-18 cooperative services agreement between Olympic Educational Service District 114 and the Sequim School District for materials and services at 6 p.m. Monday.

The meeting will be at 503 N. Sequim Ave.

Other items on the agenda include consideration of an agreement between the district and YMCA of Sequim for swim team pool use, Sequim Education Foundation teacher grants and adopting Springboard and Engage as core curriculum for grades 6-8 and 9-12.

The board will go into executive session to review the performance of a public employee.

Crescent School ­District

The Crescent School Board will consider final approval of myriad policies when it meets at 7 p.m. Thursday.

The meeting will be in the Crescent School library, 50350 state Highway 112, Joyce.

The long agenda also includes co-curricular contracts for 2017-18, and approval of superintendent and principal riders if the state Legislature approves a cost-of-living increase. An executive session is planned on a personnel matter.

Library system

The North Olympic Library System board of trustees will consider electing officers and appointing committees when it meets at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

The meeting will be at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

The trustees will go into executive session to review midyear progress on a director’s work plan, with no action expected.

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