SEQUIM — The Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center board will hold a meeting today and another Wednesday on a developing contract with the Clallam County YMCA, and the board could consider whether to approve the deal at Wednesday’s meeting.
Today’s special public meeting is at 5 p.m. in Council Chambers at Sequim City Hall, 152 W. Cedar St. The meeting will be opened and then go into an executive session that will include a briefing by board attorney Craig Miller and a review of the terms of a draft contract with YMCA, according to SARC Chairman Frank Pickering.
Board members will have the opportunity to ask any questions they have on the contract, Pickering said, and no action will be taken. The board will exit executive session and adjourn the meeting.
For several months, SARC and YMCA officials have jointly worked toward reopening SARC, which closed Oct. 30. Under a developing agreement, the SARC board would “simply be the landlord” for the facility, Pickering has said, and the management would fall under the YMCA.
A signed agreement between the entities has been identified by Clallam County commissioners as one step needed for approving a $731,705 Opportunity Fund grant to SARC for a new air-handling and domestic water and wastewater system.
Wednesday’s meeting, also at 5 p.m. in Council Chambers, will include comment from several key community members involved in the process.
Pickering said the open session will include comment from acting YMCA director Len Borchers, Clallam Commissioner Mark Ozias and former Clallam Commissioner Jim McEntire, among several others.
There will also be a presentation by Miller on key points of the deal. The meeting will also include a public comment period, specifically dealing with the contract.
Pickering said the board will then consider the comments and ask any remaining questions, and “if the time is right, I will make a motion to approve the contract and see if anyone wants to second it.”
