Regular Meeting

April 3, 2007

Chairperson Lynett McLean called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Commissioner Larraine Kelly and Port Manager Chris Phalen were in attendance. Commissioner Robert Stevens was sick and did not attend.

Guests Present: Mr. McDonald, Mr. Beve, and Mr. & Mrs. Jarstad

Consent Items:

1. Motion was made and seconded to accept minutes of

March 6, 2007.

Motion carried.

2. Vouchers: motion was made and seconded to accept vouchers

for April as prepared.

Motion carried.

Unfinished Business:

1. Campground:

Port Manager Chris Phalen reported depositing $356.00 from campground and $70.00 from DNR tax refund. Port Manager Phalen also reported people from Tee Lake went down to the Park and disposed of the elk carcass that someone dumped, as well as they went around the woods of the park and picked up trash that had been left.

2. Website:

Mr. Ken. Jarstad said not much is going on with website at this time, but that the Chamber put the Port back on their website.

3. Land Clearing:

Commissioner Kelly said Mike Huson has not been in touch with her and asked Port Manager Chris Phalen if she had heard anything more. Port Manager Phalen reported not hearing anything. Commissioner Kelly responded that we are not in that big of a rush.

4. Oyster House:

Chairperson McLean said we attended a meeting in Seattle with DNR and Cascade Land Conservancy, about the Oyster House and Dewatto Watershed. DNR did say they do a lot of large land trades on large parcels. But in this area, they are working on the watershed. Commissioner Kelly said she would like to go back to the discussion of the Oyster House. Commissioner Kelly said she would like to entertain a discussion on not pursuing the Oyster House at this time. Commissioner Kelly said remember the architect, and helicopter time. Joe’s 15% administrative fee would total $3500.00 and if we wish to have a Power point program developed, it would be approximately another $3500.00 for a total of $7000.00 to make a presentation that might be turned down, and then be out that amount of money. Commissioner Kelly said she wasn’t sure how she felt about spending that much with a chance on loosing it. She added that we know other people that can do the same thing but she didn’t know how to put a Power point presentation together. Chairperson McLean agreed with her and Commissioner Kelly was going to send Joe and email. Commissioner Kelly said she might convince her daughter to donate her time and do this for us, and would contact Randall’s to see if he could do the drawings and give us a price. The Commissioners both agreed that anyone should be able to see enough to do the drawing form the road, the water, and pictures. Someone tore the fence down again. Commissioner Kelly said right now her vision is to get the pictures of the Oyster House property and presenting them to a landscaper to see if they could do the drawing and pricing. Commissioner Kelly added that Joe had been there for us in anything we have asked him to do in the past. The situation of no bathrooms in Dewatto was discussed. The people asked DNR property for a bathroom. Port Manager Chris Phalen said years ago the Port put a sana can in down there and Mrs. Iddings really creamed until it was taken out. DNR put a sana can in on top of the hill one year, and that didn’t last long either.

5. Anniversary Celebration:

Port Manager Chris Phalen said May 19^th is date and time is 1:00 to 4:00p.m. The menu is; chicken wings, meatballs, baked beans, potato salad, bean salad, veggie trays, melon trays, cake, cheese, dips, rolls. She also added that she had contacted the Fiddlers and they will be playing for us. Port Manager Phalen said we will need all the help we can get and that she was going to start buying the stuff each time she went into town so not to wait until the last minute. She said she was going to purchase another crock pot. Chairperson McLean, Commissioner Kelly and Mr. & Mrs. Jarstad said they would help.

New Business:

Commissioner Kelly said there was a Health Care Reform Program on April 14^th

at the Hawkins Middle School on Urgent Care. Mason County Hospital is giving up the area out here and we will be covered from Harrison Hospital.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m.

Our next meeting will be May 1^st at 7:00 p.m.

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Lynett D. McLean, Chairperson Robert D. Stevens, Commissioner

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Larraine Kelly, Commissioner Christine F. Phalen, Port Manager