LEE WHETHAM HAS BIG POLITICAL GOALS...
After serving only 15 months on the City Council
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On Lee Whetham He is already planning a run for a state position when he can’t even serve out one full term as city council member, before trying a run for Port Commission! What he going to do if elected as Port Commissioner? Cut and run for the first opportunity for a state posting!?
After seeing the clip provided from the Port O Call, I just had to laugh!
He pretty much gave the same old song and dance back in 2013!
Composite Recycling Technology Center Set to Receive $712K from State’s Clean Energy Fund
After serving only 15 months on the City Council
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On Lee Whetham He is already planning a run for a state position when he can’t even serve out one full term as city council member, before trying a run for Port Commission! What he going to do if elected as Port Commissioner? Cut and run for the first opportunity for a state posting!?
After seeing the clip provided from the Port O Call, I just had to laugh!
He pretty much gave the same old song and dance back in 2013!
Composite Recycling Technology Center Set to Receive $712K from State’s Clean Energy Fund
New economic impact report projects center will create over 300 jobs at $67K average wage.
Governor Jay Inslee has announced that the Port of Port Angeles’ Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) is one of five clean energy technology projects from around WA State to receive funding from the state’s Clean Energy Fund ---read more
Editorial comment: This was posted on the Port's webpage after Tuesday's meeting.
Big oil drilling rig arrives in Port Angeles
(Port Angeles) – A controversial oil rig arrived in Port Angeles today.
The 400-foot Polar Pioneer will remain anchored in Port Angeles harbor for two weeks. Crews are fitting the rig with equipment that was dismantled for the rig's trip across the Pacific Ocean. It pulled into the Port Angeles Harbor about seven this morning. It was escorted by a Coast Guard Cutter and another Coast Guard small vessel.---KONP Radio
Editorial Comment: To me it doesn't make sense to be protesting a oil rig for Pete's sake! I mean really, if their no oil there be no gas, no gas, no more planes, trains, power boats, or anything that uses fuel! We all be still using the horse and buggy routine.
Clallam County commissioners drop sales tax, approve new EDC contract
(Port Angeles) – Clallam County will get a sales tax break.
County commissioners today approved a resolution notifying the state Department of Revenue it intends to reduce the amount of local sales tax collected by two tenths of a percent.---KONP RADIO
OMC's New Medical Building
Port Angeles -- The Olympic Medical Center hosted a special meeting Thursday afternoon, and previewed their new medical office building.----KONP RADIO
Nippon exceeds one-hour carbon monoxide limits 3 times; ORCAA says incidents did not affect air quality
PORT ANGELES — Nippon Paper Industries USA’s new biomass boiler exceeded one-hour carbon monoxide limits twice Feb. 27 and once Feb. 28, without compromising the health of factory workers or city residents, according to the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency.---PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Coast Guard escorts Victoria Clipper ferry following vessel fire near Port Townsend
An electrical fire broke out Thursday evening aboard the high-speed passenger ferry Victoria Clipper while it was near Port Townsend on a return trip to Seattle. The ferry's crew extinguished the fire and no one aboard was injured, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.---PTLEADER
Let's Dance!
Friday Jan. 9, 1925, many of the 300 or so Forks residents had gone to watch the Forks basketball team play Clallam at the IOOF Hall. The game got over around 10:30 p.m., many had barely gotten to sleep when the sound of barking dogs and the church bell ringing brought them to their feet and what they saw against the clear night sky was flames, lots of flames.---FORKS FORUM
Summary of Key Harms from Fluoridation By Gerald Steel
The major dietary source of fluoride for most people in the United States is fluoridated drinking water---PORT O CALL
NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STRAIT
Oil rig occupiers docked at Ogden Point are keen for next protest
Greenpeace activists Andreas Widlund and Zoe Buckley Lennox were nervous but excited as they put on their gear one April morning at dawn ---TIMES COLONIST
Victoria man wants to talk to Port Angeles about disability issues...
By Peter Ripley, Publisher The Ripley Report
This story begins on Sunday while yours truly was stopping at Safeway after attending church services, when a city resident approached me and told me about a motivational speaker who would like to come to Port Angeles and share his story about disability issues. Les Chan, who was featured in the Senior Living magazine article below, and on a news broad cast in Victoria would like to come and speak to local governmental officials and the general public.
Quoting from an email he sent to the Ripley Report: " The main reason I have contacted you is I would like to come over to speak to the disabled community in PA…at the age of 13 I had a serious brain tumor that left me partly paralyzed on my left side ….fast forward 49 years I now realize I have developed many tips and skills to making life easier for people with a loss of dexterity …it is my goal and passion is to show others how to live independently with personal grace and personal dignity …my goal is to inspire and motivate people to be more and do more …from cooking tips /dressing /personal grooming /and a host of every day task"
The following are the two articles about Mr. Chan:
A Resilient Man
By Thelma Fayle
Posted: Monday, June 1st, 2009
SENIOR LIVING MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Open your heart to all who love you.
- Beautiful Dreamer, a poem by Les Chan, 1976
Long dark locks frame the sweet face of a 13-year-old boy in the picture looking down over the entrance to Les Chan's home. The arresting photo was taken days before Les had his head shaved for brain tumor surgery.
A shaved head may not seem like the largest challenge, but it is a memory that still burns 40 years later. There was nothing "cool" about engaging puberty with a bald head in the '70s.
That pivotal time launched Les' determined crusade to handle life's challenges with his new body. Hemiplegia, a condition in which one-half of a patient's body is paralyzed, branded an indelible theme into Les' action plans. His mantra became: Move Forward.
"My disability has been a godsend in making me a very strong individual," he says. "I might have been a meagre kind of person otherwise."---Read more
This week's meetings:
COUNTY TO LOOK FOR NEW HEALTH OFFICER
During their regular meeting on Tuesday the County will consider Agreement with Olympic Medical Center for reimbursement of travel expenses related to recruiting a Health Officer. See details for this and other items on Tuesday's meeting
As for the rest of what's on the County Commission meeting:
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS
2a Agreement for combined state and local voter’s pamphlet
2b Agreement with Peninsula College recognizing Health and Human Services as a training site for
health care professionals
2c Agreement with Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe for implementing the Sequim Bay-Dungeness
Watershed Clean Water District Pollution Identification and Correction Plan pilot project
2d Agreement with Olympic Medical Center for reimbursement of travel expenses related to
recruiting a Health Officer
2e Agreement with Jefferson County for distribution of funds for the North Pacific Coast Marine
Resources Committee
2f Agreement with the Washington State Department of Transportation for repaving, restriping
and shoulder work on LaPush Road
BIDS AND AWARDS
3a Opening and acknowledgement of proposals received for Chemical Dependency, Mental Health,
and Co-occurring Disorders Services
ADMINISTRATION
4a Resolution authorizing expenditure from general fund reserves for medical or other emergency
services at Public Hospital District 1 dba Forks Hospital
4b Resolution authorizing expenditure from general fund reserves for medical or other emergency
services at Public Hospital District 2 dba Olympic Medical Center
4c Resolution authorizing name change of a Fire Protection District
4d Resolution appointing a member to the Peninsula Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
PUBLIC WORKS
5a Notice of hearing to be held May 5 at 10:30 a.m. regarding a proposed ordinance creating a
Chapter titled “Integrated Roadside Weed Management” located within Clallam County Code
Title 9, Roads, Highways, and Bridges
5b Notice of hearing to be held May 12 at 10:30 a.m. regarding a proposed ordinance creating a
new chapter in the Clallam County Code titled “Carlsborg Sewer System Connection
Requirements
CITY TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION FOR 8th Street Bridge Guard rail improvements
During their second meeting of the month, the city will introduce A resolution is proposed to allow a City Council member to seek 100% outside grant funding to install additional safety protection on the 8th Street bridges.
Recommendation: Per Council direction, a resolution has been prepared for Council discussion and possible adoption.
At the April 7, 2015 Council meeting, Council directed City staff, by
consensus, to draft a resolution which endorses Council member Kidd to pursue outside funding for improved life safety protection on the 8th Street bridges.
Editorial Comment: This should have been considered before the new bridges were built in the first place.
CONSENT AGENDA / Approve
Verizon Wireless Communications Site Lease / Approve .................................... E-38
Sanitary Sewer & Stormdrain System Cleaning & CCTV, Project WW-14-017 / Award Contract . E-63
Eclipse Industrial Park Feeder Upgrade, Project CL-01-06 / Final Acceptance.......... E-65
6. Simple Steps BPA Conservation Agreement / Approve...................... E-66
7. Resolution Declaring Emergency for PenCom 9-1-1 Telephone Room Cooling System ..... E-74
PUBLIC HEARINGS – OTHER (6:30 P.M. or soon thereafter)
1. Ordinance to Vacate a Portion of Street and Alley Rights of Way / Olympic Medical Center / Conduct first reading..............G-1
H. ORDINANCES NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. 2015 Budget Amendment #1 / Conduct second reading ................................... H-1
J. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
1. AFSCME Collective Bargaining Contract ...... ....J-1
K. FINANCE
1. WTIP Phase 2 - Upland Phase / Award ............................. ............. K-1
Bids were requested for the Waterfront Development Phase 2C (Upland Phase), Project TR02-
2003. Three bids were received and opened on April 14, 2015. Primo Construction, Inc., of Sequim, WA was the low responsible bidder.
Recommendation: Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign a contract for the Waterfront Development Phase 2C (Upland Phase), Project TR02-2003, with Primo Construction, Inc., of Sequim, WA in the total bid amount, including change order 1, of $1,124,742.26, and to make minor modifications to the agreement, if necessary.
2. Professional Services Agreement with Herrera Environmental – NPDES Code and Standards Update ............................................. K-4
The City’s stormwater NPDES permit requires the City to perform a comprehensive update
of all pertinent City codes, ordinances, development standards, public works standards, etc., related to
Phase II requirements to eliminate barriers and implement low impact development (LID) as the
commonly-used approach to site development. This update requires that the updated codes and standards have a formal public process in order to seek input from the community, developers, and industry as part of the approval process. This effort will be jointly managed through the Community and Economic Development Department and the Public Works and Utilities Department. Herrera Environmental has been selected to provide professional services for this update of the City codes and standards.
Recommendation: Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign a Professional Services
Agreement with Herrera Environmental in an amount not to exceed $115,371, and to make minor modifications to the agreement, if necessary.
Editorial Comment: " minor modifications to the agreement, if necessary." Meaning if Herrera miscalulates or omits something in the agreement they will be back for more money on this study, just you watch.
Other area meetings
PORT TOWNSEND CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 540 WATER STREET
Agenda Item highlight: Authorization to include the City of Port Townsend in the Jefferson County Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan Update
FROM ACROSS THE STRAIT
that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
