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88-47
RESOLUTION
JEFFERSON COUNTY
~ESOLUTION 64-88
A JOINT RESOLUTION of the Board of County Commissioners
for Jefferson County and the City Council of the City of
Port Townsend accepting the report of the project build-
ing committee for renovation and expansion of the Port
Townsend Community ~ecreation Center and directing the
preparation of loan and grant applications therefore.
WHEREAS, Jefferson County owns and operates the Jefferson County
Community Center in Port Townsend in which a wide range of
community services and activities occur, including senior
services, Head Start Preschool, youth activities, community
meetings and recreation; and
WHEREAS, the Port Townsend City Council conducted a public
hearing on February 3, 1987, to obtain testimony on the need for
a Port Townsend Senior Center; and
WHEREAS, a survey of Port Townsend senior citizens conducted by
the Port Townsend Senior Center Association in April, 1987,
indicated that sixty-five percent of the respondents live in
either low- or moderate-income households, and described the
activities and needs most desired in a senior center; and
WHEREAS, a joint County-City staff comparative analysis of
potential sites for a Port Townsend Senior Center, dated June 23,
1987, recommended a renovated and expanded Port Townsend
Community Center as the preferred site; and
WHEREAS, the Port Townsend Community Center Advisory Board
submitted a report dated June 25, 1987, detailing certain
deficiencies and unsafe conditions at the Port Townsend Community
Center, and recommending renovation and expansion of the
facility; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County and the City of Port Townsend conducted
a public hearing on these reports and entered into a Memorandum
of Understanding in July, 1987, to" seek together the
necessary agreements and funding to renovate and expand the Port
Townsend Community Center into a combined Senior and Community
Center for the benefit of all citizens;" and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners appointed the Senior
Services Task Force which in November, 1987, issued its report,
Public Benefits for Seniors in Jefferson County, highlighting
many of the unmet needs of senior citizens in the area,
describing the expected grown of the elderly population, and
recommending improved services including co-location of services
in a "Senior Benefits Reception Office;" and
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~v~EREAS, the City and County formed a project building committee
which selected the Siller/Hull architectural firm to assist the
committee determine user programs, space requirements, efficient
floor plans, building safety improvements, and reliable cost
estimates; and
~HEREAS, the project building committee has presented its report
and recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners and the
City Council; Now, Therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY CO~ISSIONERS FOR JEFFERSON
COUNTY AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND that the
report and recommendations of the Port Townsend Community Center
project building committee are hereby accepted and the respective
and appropriate County and City staffmembers are hereby
authorized and directed to prepare the necessary applications to
the Farmers Home Administration and the State of Washington
Department of Community Development to secure funding for the
proposed renovation and expansion of the Port Townsend Community
Center.
Si ed this day of
BOARD OF COUNTY COI~IISSIONRR8 FOR ~R~RRSO~ ~0~ ~
B.G. Brown, Cha~ ~ ~ · ·
~d~; C. 2r~ ~~f tho mard
, 1988.
CITY OF PORT TONNSE~-D
Brant Shirley, Mayor~
David A. Grove, Clerk-Treasurer
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