Forming a Parks District to Save the Pool
About two hundred people met last Friday night to come up with a way to save William Shore Memorial Pool.
Three possibilities are: raising donations; forming partnerships with Peninsula College and the Coast Guard, which uses the pool for training purposes; and creating a parks district. The parks district (proposed by County Commissioner Mike Chapman) was the most popular idea.
This is the method Sequim uses for funding the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center.
If this parks district is formed, it will be able to levy up to 75 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value without a public vote. The owner of a $200,000 home would pay an additional $150 per year. But the parks district itself can only be formed with approval from voters.
This vote would take place in a special election this February.
For updates on saving the pool, write to savethepoolpa@hotmail.com.
Three possibilities are: raising donations; forming partnerships with Peninsula College and the Coast Guard, which uses the pool for training purposes; and creating a parks district. The parks district (proposed by County Commissioner Mike Chapman) was the most popular idea.
This is the method Sequim uses for funding the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center.
If this parks district is formed, it will be able to levy up to 75 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value without a public vote. The owner of a $200,000 home would pay an additional $150 per year. But the parks district itself can only be formed with approval from voters.
This vote would take place in a special election this February.
For updates on saving the pool, write to savethepoolpa@hotmail.com.
Labels: Port Angeles pool parks district, Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center
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