The Port Angeles City Council will receive a letter urging passage of a new panhandling ordinance when it meets Tuesday.
The regular meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St. It will be preceded by an executive session at 4:30 p.m. to discuss potential litigation and collective bargaining.
The council also will consider approving the city comprehensive plan.
It will conduct public hearings on the capital facilities plan and council rules of procedure.
The letter from the PA Forward Committee, signed by chairman Patrick Downie, who also is mayor, urges the council to pass an ordinance prohibiting coercive solicitation and limiting panhandling.
The letter says, in part, that “most panhandlers conduct this activity out of choice as a full time occupation that can produce a considerable tax-free income.”
After a presentation by Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd on May 12, the committee agreed to draft a letter, which was approved June 9.
The council also will hear a report on the status of properties at 204 and 208 E. Front St.
A fence on the city right of way was erected June 8 at 204 E. Front St., where panhandlers often stood.
Interim Police Chief Brian Smith will discuss the use of federal Project Stonegarden funds to add foot patrol coverage to the downtown area, where he says policing challenges include aggressive panhandling, trespassing and unlawful camping and property crime.
Clallam County
Clallam County commissioners will hold a public hearing for proposed code amendments for pawnbrokers Tuesday.
The hearing will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the commissioners’ boardroom (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
The proposal would bring the county code into compliance with current practice and state law.
Commissioners will gather at 10 a.m. Tuesday for their regular business meeting.
Agenda items include:
■ A proclamation recognizing Korean War Remembrance Week.
■ A call for bids on the Olympic Discovery Trail project west of Lake Crescent.
■ Notice of a July 19 hearing for a midyear review of the 2016 Clallam County budget.
■ Notice of a July 12 hearing on amending the county’s six-year Transportation Improvement Program.
■ A supplemental agreement with the state Department of Transportation for the Old Olympic Highway McDonald Creek Bridge seismic retrofit project.
■ A contract amendment with Salish Behavioral Health Organization to reflect the addition of charging for assessments.
■ An extended right-of-way agreement with Cingular Wireless.
Commissioners will hold their weekly work session at 9 a.m. Monday to preview items set for action at future meetings.
Discussion items include:
■ A proposed special-use permit with the U.S. Forest Service for construction, maintenance and operation of a segment of the Olympic Discovery Trail on Forest Service lands.
■ A proposed personal service agreement with Shannon & Wilson Inc. for engineering design services for the design phase of the Lower Dungeness floodplain restoration project.
Sequim schools
The Sequim School Board will consider approval of an alternative education program for 2016-17 when it meets Monday.
The regular meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. in the district boardroom at 503 N. Sequim Ave.
It will be preceded by a draft budget workshop at 5:30 p.m.
The board also will consider a comprehensive early literacy plan and a promotion and retention policy.
Crescent schools
The Crescent School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The meeting will be in the library at the high school at 50350 state Highway 112 in Joyce.
No agenda was available as of Saturday.
Cape Flattery schools
The Cape Flattery School Board will consider a superintendent contract when it meets Wednesday.
The board will meet at 6 p.m. at Clallam Bay School.
It will hear an update on the 2016-17 budget.
Clallam PUD
Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners will consider awarding a bid for pole inspection, treating and reporting Monday.
The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Lake Crescent boardroom at the Carlsborg main office, located at 104 Hooker Road.
Other agenda items include:
■ A resolution authorizing the defense and indemnity of district officers and employees for actions performed in good faith and on behalf of the district.
■ A resolution declaring Southwest Solutions Group as a sole source supplier.
■ A purchase order to Southwest Solutions Group for parts and labor initiating the relocation of the records department Spacesaver filing system to the central warehouse facility.
Clallam Transit
The Clallam Transit board will consider an agreement for public transit service with the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe Monday.
The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the Clallam Transit System administration building at 830 W. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Townsend.
Board of Health
The Clallam County Board of Health will hear reports on an opioid response plan for Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap counties and a summary of hepatitis C screenings Tuesday.
The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the commissioners’ meeting room (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Health board members also will hear about a nutrition coalition to combat chronic disease
Carlsborg advisory council
The Carlsborg Community Advisory Council will discuss development standards and shadow platting and hear an update on PUD water Tuesday.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Greywolf Elementary School library, 171 Carlsborg Road.
Library board
The North Olympic Library System Board of Trustees will elect officers, appoint committees, review meeting protocol and consider policy revisions Thursday.
The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library, located at 2210 S. Peabody St.
