PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Harbor-Works Development Authority will hold a public forum about the redevelopment of the Rayonier property on Thursday.
The forum will be at 6:30 p.m. in the commissioners’ public meeting room at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
The meeting will provide an opportunity for the public to hear an update from Harbor-Works Executive
Director Jeff Lincoln and his team of consultants on the cleanup and redevelopment of the 75-acre Rayonier site on the Port Angeles waterfront.
Members of the public also will be able to provide input to the Harbor-Works team which is evaluating the property and its potential for redevelopment.
Harbor-Works was created in May 2008 to acquire Rayonier’s 75-acre former mill site and redevelop the property, as well as assist in the environmental cleanup of the land.
The Rayonier property is contaminated with pockets of PCBs, dioxin, arsenic and other toxins left by the pulp mill, which operated there for 68 years before closing in 1997.
In 2000, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency called the site “moderately contaminated.”
At 3:30 p.m. on Monday, the board of directors of Harbor-Works will hold its regular monthly meeting in a meeting room at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
The meeting is open to the public.
At 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Port Angeles City Council will hold a special meeting to interview five candidates — James Hallett, Larry Doyle, Donald Corson, Paul Cronauer and Kaj Ahlburg — to fill a soon-to-be vacant seat on the Harbor-Works board.
Karen McCormick, retiring CEO of First Federal, has resigned effective Oct. 31.
Since the City Council appointed McCormick, it is selecting the new board member.
The Port of Port Angeles appointed two Harbor-Works board members and the city appointed three. Board members are unpaid volunteers.
The interviews will be conducted in an open session. The council may adjourn into executive session to evaluate the qualifications of the applicants.
If the council decides to appoint one of the candidates, that appointment would take place in the regular
City Council meeting that begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, city spokeswoman Teresa Pierce said.
There is no guarantee a decision will be made on Tuesday, Pierce added.
Hallett and Doyle each served eight years on the Port Angeles City Council. Both served two years as mayor and two years as deputy mayor.
Corson — with his wife, Vickie — owns Camaraderie Cellars on Benson Road.
Cronauer — with his wife, Sarah — owns The Landing mall on Railroad Avenue.
Ahlburg is a retired lawyer.
