Key players in shoreline hearing

PORT ANGELES — The state Shoreline Hearings Board will meeet at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the City Council chambers at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St.

The hearings are open to the public.

Witnesses include Carl D. Alexander Jr., Edwin E. Tuttle, attorney Craig Ritchie, Port Angeles City Attorney Craig Knutson, Stephen E. Oliver of the Port of Port Angeles, David Mears from the state Department of Ecology and Randal Jay Ehm of Ehm Architecture, the proposed developer of the hotel/conference center.

Ritchie will be representing Chris and Carolyn Muir, Betty Elder, Eleanor Alleman, Catherine and Ed Glauska, Denise Clarke, Darlene Blagdon, Norma Richardson, Betty and Jack Montgomery, Paul Hoque and Tod McClaskey Jr., owner of Best Western Olympic Lodge, located along U.S. Highway 101 on the eastern side of Port Angeles.

Shoreline Hearings Board

The six-member Shoreline Hearings Board is an independent state panel.

Three board members, who also serve as the Pollution Control Hearings Board, are full-time employees, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate.

At least one member is an attorney.

Three other members serve part-time, including a representative of the state land commissioner and representatives of the Washington State Association of Counties and Association of Washington Cities.

Current board members are Kaleen Cottingham, Robert Jensen, Bill Lynch, Phyllis Shrauger, Dan Smalley and Judy Wilson.

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