EYE ON CLALLAM: Public hearing set Tuesday on Carlsborg sewer ordinance

The three Clallam County commissioners will hold a public hearing on a Carlsborg sewer ordinance Tuesday.

The hearing is scheduled to begin shortly after 10:30 a.m. in the commissioners’ boardroom (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

The ordinance before commissioners would repeal an existing Carlsborg sewer ordinance and replace it with a new chapter in county code concerning regulation and administration of the Carlsborg sewer system, according to the posted agenda item. The ordinance is available at www.clallam.net.

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

Action items on the agenda include:

• Agreements with Olympic Personal Growth Center and Concerned Citizens for chemical dependency and mental health services.

• Agreements with North Olympic Regional Veterans Housing Network, Peninsula Behavioral Health, The Answer for Youth and Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics for low-income housing assistance.

• A bid opening for a McDonald Creek irrigation infrastructure improvement and channel restoration project.

• A notice of bids for improvements to Lower Elwha Road.

• A resolution restructuring the Animal Issues Advisory Committee and appointing members to the committee.

• A resolution limiting refunds, cancellations or corrections of the tax rolls to the ordinary time limits.

• A call for an April 11 hearing on proposed amendments to financial policies.

• Approval of budget modifications and notice that supplemental appropriations will be adopted March 28.

• A call for March 28 hearings on debatable budget emergencies and amendments to the six-year Transportation Improvement Program.

• A public hearing on a resolution allocating regional surface transportation program funding to transportation agency projects for 2017 and 2018.

County commissioners will meet with Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to discuss agency coordination on the Carlsborg sewer project.

The county board will hold an executive session at noon Tuesday to discuss three lawsuits filed against the county with the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board.

The petitions for review allege that the county’s critical areas ordinance falls short of what the Growth Management Act requires, according to the agenda. The goal is to end 17 years of litigation relating to the critical areas ordinance.

Commissioners will hold their weekly work session at 9 a.m. Monday to preview items set for action at future meetings.

Scheduled topics include:

• An agreement with the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society to furnish and maintain shelters and equipment for handling animals.

• A briefing on ethics code and the Open Public Meetings Act.

• An agreement with Hoh tribe for the confinement of juvenile offenders.

• A discussion of proposed supplemental appropriations and debatable budget emergencies to be considered March 28.

• A briefing on the Clallam County Marine Resources Committee’s work plans.

• Proposed changed to county policy for property control.

• A request for proposals to provide primary criminal defense to indigent defendants and others facing commitment or incarceration.

• A briefing on the benefits to using the OpenGov Smart Government, an open data and financial performance system.

• A discussion on proposed amendments to county policy for the inspection and copying of public records and an ordinance creating a chapter in the county code titled Public Records Access.

• A discussion on the county’s structural budget deficit.

Sequim City Council/Port of Port Angeles

The Sequim City Council and Port of Port Angeles plan a joint study session at 4 p.m. Monday.

The meeting will be in the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St.

Topics will be Sequim council goals, port goals, the Sequim economic development and comprehensive plans, John Wayne Marina, the Composite Recycling Technology Center and air service from Fairchild International Airport.

Sequim City Council

The Sequim City Council will consider a proposed resolution on extending the halibut season when it meets in regular session Monday and consider a proposed revision of zoning structure during a works session Wednesday.

The council will meet at 6 p.m. Monday and at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St.

On Monday, the council also will hear a report on urban forestry, a year-end report from the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce and consider action on amending zoning to accommodate public facility uses and establishing a docket deadline for comprehensive plan amendments.

On Wednesday, it also will hear an update on a countywide planning policies steering committee.

Public utility district

Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners will hold an executive session to discuss litigation or potential litigation in a special meeting Monday.

The special meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Lake Crescent boardroom at the Carlsborg main office, located at 104 Hooker Road.

No final action is anticipated and no other business will be transacted at the special meeting.

District commissioners will meet with Clallam County commissioners to discuss agency coordination on the Carlsborg sewer project in a work session Tuesday.

The work session will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Room 160 at the Clallam County Courthouse.

Conservation district

Clallam Conservation District board members will hear an update on a Dungeness Irrigation District project Tuesday.

The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. in Suite H at Armory Square, 228 W. First St., Port Angeles.

Other agenda items include the purchase of cistern for Sequim High School, a Wave Broadband service agreement and cooperator and cost-share agreements.

Planning commission

The Clallam County Planning Commission will hold a continued work session on rural lands Wednesday.

The work session will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Room 160 at the Clallam County Courthouse.

Members of the planning commission will discuss rural zoning districts and evaluate existing development standards and land uses to maintain the rural character.

Forks city

The Forks City Council will discuss hiring a uniformed police chief when it meets Monday.

The council will meet at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, 500 E. Division St.

The council also will consider a special use lease with the state Department of Natural Resources, setting a public hearing on a draft comprehensive plan and affirming participation in a countywide planning policy.

Quillayute Valley schools

The Quillayute Valley School Board will discuss Spartan stadium replacement/site visits when it meets Tuesday.

The meeting will be at 6 p.m. in the Forks High School library, 261 Spartan Ave. An executive session is planned to review personnel performance.

The board also will discuss a revision of board policy on nutrition and physical fitness.

Olympic Medical ­Center

Olympic Medical Center commissioners will hear a report on the capital campaign for the Sequim cancer center when they meet Wednesday.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in Linkletter Hall in the basement of the hospital at 939 E. Caroline St., Port Angeles. An executive session is set to discuss litigation.

Commissioners also will consider hospital roof insulation, landscaping services and ultrasonic cleaning equipment.

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