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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02 February NewsletterNewsletterNewsletter City of Port Townsend 250 Madison Street (360)385-3000 www.cityofpt.us FEBRUARY CITY CLOSURES 02/17/20President’s Day FEBRUARY CITY COUNCILMEETINGS: 02/03/20Regular Business Mee�ng6:30 p.m.Council Chambers 02/10/20Workshop Mee�ng6:30 p.m.Council Chambers 02/18/20Regular Business Mee�ng6:30 p.m.Council Chambers A NOTE FROM CITY MANAGER JOHN MAURO Message from John Mauro, City Manager It’s February. We have a new mayor, new commi�ee assignments, a strategic retreat has concluded and I’ve been here three months. Now’s the �me to really put our hearts into it and deliver on our 2020 aspira�ons. Delivering great outcomes requires all of us. I’d like to thank those who have helped me be�er understand our unique community by taking the �me to reach out, provide some clear feedback or offer a hand. It’s really helped me get a handle on key issues and important (and diverse!) opinions. Many of you have come by for a Friday “coffee with the City Manager,” which I’ve done now for eight consecu�ve weeks. We’ve covered a wide range of topics at those sessions. For instance: • Housing – How can we work together to provide real choices of all dwelling types and affordability levels? • Transporta�on – How do we create more parking? Less parking? Why are our bike lanes so good? Why don’t we have be�er ones? • Pool – Why can’t we build something now? (And) Why can’t we wait so we get it right? • Climate change – Why aren’t we moving faster to protect our infrastructure and communi�es? • Smoking – How can we help reduce exposure to second-hand smoke in public places? • Deer – How can we protect them? (And) How can we harvest them? • Golf – How do we a�ract more golfing? (And) Is there a be�er use for that city-owned land? • Mill – How do we invest in our water system and what’s the mill’s role? • Parks – How do we keep our parks in good shape as we grow and connect the network? • Sewer ou�all – What can we do to make sure our wastewater is clean and we protect our marine ecosystems? • Heritage – How do we best protect our historic and mari�me heritage while we adapt and change? Of course there are so many more topics that have come up – but you get the picture. Luckily, over this year we’ll take on many of these issues. While many are dis�nct projects, most are complicated. To me, they fit in a wider package of strategic decisions that should be considered together. The real work is connec�ng the dots and making sure each important decision links to others and gets us to where we aspire to be in the long term. It’s my aim that we do this tough work together as much as we can, and we do it with transparency, efficiency, honesty, respect, empathy and crea�vity. I’m out of town a Friday or two this month, so I’ll pick up my coffee mee�ngs in March at Sunrise Coffee (308 10th St), from 9:00-10:30 a.m. each Friday. Hope to see you there. February 2020 City of Port Townsend • 250 Madison Street • (360)385-3000 • www.cityofpt.us Would you like to be no�fied when the City has projects out to bid? Sign up on our website www.cityofpt.us. From the homepage, click the ‘Stay Informed’ bu�on. From there you will see a list of categories that you can select to be informed on. If you click ‘New Bid Opportuni�es,’ you will be informed via email, whenever the City issues bids for a new project. Please note: The City u�lizes the MRSC small works roster for official no�fica�on to Contractors whenever a project is out to bid. Having the informa�on on the website should not be considered an official no�fica�on. Those interested in bidding should sign up with MRSC by visi�ng their website, www.mrscrosters.org. City Bid Project Email Notifications Consider applying today for vacancies on the following Citizen Advisory Boards and Committees. See the website (www.cityofpt.us) for committee descriptions, applications, and meeting schedules or contact the City Clerk’s Oce at 360-379-5083 for an application. • Active Transportation Advisory Board • Arts Commission • Historic Preservation Committee • Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (recipient/collector/at-large positions) • Library Advisory Board Resident Volunteer Opportunities Projects Update Here are a couple photos from the latest projects that were happening in town. By the �me this newsle�er is published both of these projects should be fully completed. You can always visit our projects page to see what current projects are being done. www.cityofpt.us/projects Post Office Curb Project Adams Street Curb Project