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Port Ludlow Voice Page 22 Port Ludlow Village Council PLVC Report by Vicki Tallerico, Secretary Vice President Tony Durham, as Acting President, called the Thursday, February 2, meeting of the Port Ludlow Village Council (PLVC) to order at 3:00 p.m. in the Bay Club. Other Council members present were Richard Grieves, Pete Leenhouts, Ned Luce, Larry Nobles, Lois Ruggles, Vicki Tallerico, Don Thompson and Elizabeth Van Zonneveld. Absent were Jim Boyer, Laury Hunt and Art Zoloth. A quorum was declared. The meeting was recorded. Vice President Durham welcomed 14 residents who attended the meeting. Highlight: Guest Speaker, Craig Downs Chimacum School District (CSD) Superintendent Craig Downs spoke about and fielded questions on the Capital Levy to maintain campuses. Port Ludlow is included in the Chimacum School District. Downs focused on five questions concerning the Capital Levy: What is the Capital Levy? A Capital Levy is used for major repairs to the infrastructure of the schools. The capital projects levy is a short-term funding solution that saves taxpayers money. The monies are collected annually, over the six-year period, rather than all up front. Port Ludlow residents’ tax rate per thousand dollars of assessed property value is but an estimate, based on predicted growth. Tax rates should not vary much from the 2012 rate of the expiring bond, estimated at $.812 per thousand. The bond was for $1.3 million in 2006. The difference between the levy and a bond is that interest is paid on a bond and not on a levy. Residents’ total taxes will not go up due to the levy. Why now? The CSD bond is set to expire in December 2012. The bond ends and the levy begins. Is this a part of the Long Range Plan? Structural, mechanical and electrical engineers worked with an architect to evaluate the facilities. The six-year levy request is for major improvements to the CSD campuses. There is inefficient heating, lighting and communications systems as well as deteriorating buildings that have become nearly impossible for experts to repair. How does it contribute to the mission of the District? How will the funds be used? There are five main issues; however, the issues they would like to focus on are repairing the roofs, fixing the shell of the buildings for Port Ludlow Village Council Meetings General Meeting Thursday, March 1 3:00 p.m., Beach Club Workshop Meeting Tuesday, March 20 3:00 p.m., Beach Club www.plvc.org energy efficiency, improving the lighting and updating the communications system. Superintendent Downs has given this presentation to the Rotary, the Chamber of Commerce and held an open house where attendees were taken on a tour of the school. Old Business: Vice President Tony Durham received a letter dated October 12, 2011 from a resident who is attending the Jazzercise classes being held at the Conference Center. It stated that the Center was in need of some attention. Diane Smeland, President of Port Ludlow Associates (PLA), stated the Center was the responsibility of PLA and not the PLVC. Council Actions and Committee Reports Secretary’s Report: A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to accept the corrected minutes of the PLVC General Meeting of January 6. Treasurer’s Report: Don Thompson reported the IMQ Legal Fund contained $7,699. The General Operating account held $17,569. A Certificate of Deposit stood at $10,926. General Operating funds available were $28,495. After discussion concerning the $2,000 budgeted for the Communications Committee to improve the image of Port Ludlow with banners, a motion was made, seconded, and passed unanimously to accept the Treasurer’s Report. Iron Mountain Quarry (IMQ) Committee: Tony Simpson, Chair reported that 168 comments were sent to the County Department of Community Development (DCD) and 200 comments were sent to the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) at the Department of Ecology. The only significance that came from this was that the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) waited two weeks after we submitted our comments to submit their comments. The WSDOT did continued on next page
Port Ludlow Voice Page 23 PLVC Report continued from previous page state that the new Quarry would cause significant harm to the residents. Reid Shockey of Shockey Planning Group is going to do a period review and the findings should be available in six weeks. Archives Committee: Tony Simpson, Chair asked that a Board Member be assigned to the Committee, as he is no longer able to get into the safety deposit box. Pete Leenhouts volunteered to join the Committee. Trails Committee: Larry Scott, Chair reported that the Committee has been very successful and the long-range plan has been fulfilled. PLVC has made a donation of $1,000. PLA has offered to print 1,000 copies of the trails maps to be included in the 2012-2013 Resident and Business Directory. The Committee will receive $1,000 from the South Bay Community Association (SBCA), Ludlow Maintenance Commission (LMC), PLVC and PLA to total $4,000 in the 2012 year. Communication Committee: Larry Nobles represented Jeanne Joseph and presented the proposed new banners designed by the Artists’ League. Board members and attending residents reviewed the banners and made comments concerning the design and the elimination of the other amenities that Port Ludlow offers to the residents and visitors. The banners have the wording “Home of the Arts.” There was also concern that the new banners might be seen as a competition to the Port Townsend residents as Port Ludlow being an art community of the Peninsula. There was a discussion concerning the amount of money originally requested and budgeted for the cost of the new banners, and if the banners were not approved, what would the money be used for in this project. Tony Simpson requested the Board to allocate some money in order to persuade others to get involved. It was noted that there is a $400 projection for this project. Diane Smeland offered that she and Tom Stone have discussed this issue and what he would like to see occur within the village and the roadways approaching Port Ludlow. A suggestion was made that the different groups buy their banners representing their interests. Following the discussion, a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to table the discussion until Tom Stone was able to be present at the meeting. Wellness Committee: Ursel and Gunter Krumme reported the Committee wants their website plhealth.org integrated with the PLVC website. He announced there would be a forum for the Committee, Wednesday, March 7 at the Beach Club and a Wellness and Safety Fair in Port Townsend on Wednesday, March 24. Announcements: The next General Meeting of the PLVC will be Thursday, March 1, 3:00 p.m. at the Beach Club. The Workshop Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 20, 3:00 p.m. at the Beach Club. Information about the PLVC and Port Ludlow is available at www.plvc.org. The meeting agenda is posted on the website at least one day in advance. Trails Committee Report by Larry Scott, Chair After completing the new Estuary Trail, Trails Committee work (Fun Day) crews were on a short hiatus—with the exception of the signs crew, Dean Morgan and Stan Gustin. Dean makes the many signs that provide direction through our ever-improving Port Ludlow Trails system and when there are a sufficient number ready to plant, Stan joins him. Then, with a little pounding and sweat, Port Ludlow residents have a new hiking guide. Dean has been busy with our increasing trails system thanks to the approval of the alphabet soup of organizations: Port Ludlow Village Council (PLVC), South Bay Community Association (SBCA), Ludlow Maintenance Commission (LMC), Port Ludlow Associates (PLA) and Olympic Resource Management (ORM). On our upcoming schedule or “To-Do” list, we have a number of small items to finish up before we begin our next new trail. By the time this Voice comes out, they may be partially or completely done. Following their conclusion, we will begin the next approved new trail in our efforts to promote Port Ludlow as the community offering the best hiking trails in the state of Washington. At our last meeting, we approved the final version of our new Port Ludlow Trails map. Doug Huber has put in an extraordinary effort updating the map and incorporating the streets and key structures in the area. PLA has joined forces in the effort by providing their key visitor brochure as the background for the map and we think you will be pleased to see the improvements. In addition, with a second map specifically for cyclists, we are also in the approval stages of identifying the trails and routes that best accommodate off-road or hybrid bicyclists. If you would like to be part of the ongoing effort and get some outdoor exercise, give me a shout at 437-9299.
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