HomeMy WebLinkAbout112023 email Stop the City Sponsored _ Proposed New Aquatic CenterALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them.
Dear Commissioners Dean, Eisenhour, and Brotherton:
I would like to make some observations from my review of the PT City Council Meeting held on Monday, November 13th at the Mountain View Pool and Commons. It was apparent to me that the
message from staff, the city council, and from most of the public in the room was that the City of Port Townsend/ Jefferson County is going to get a new pool/ aquatic center, and that
we will figure out how to pay for it later. This message is deeply flawed, and the prospects for not only building a new aquatic center, but also for doing so by developing a new taxing
district authority, a Public Facility District (PFD), should be very worrisome for the property tax payers of the entire county. I therefore recommend not moving forward with this current
aquatic center plan as proposed.
I sent an earlier email that gets into significant details related as to why the City of Port Townsend new aquatic center plan is flawed and fiscally irresponsible. I encourage you to
read this email as it creates the foundation for my concerns and what should be the concerns of the taxpayers of Jefferson County and you, our elected representatives.
As our Jefferson County elected officials, you, as the BOCC, need to stop this current proposal from moving forward. You need to make sure that the proposed formation of the PFD is stopped,
especially given that it would become a $110,000 plus cost to the taxpayers just to put the measure on the ballot. I formally ask you, the BOCC, to vote no regarding any proposed ballot
measure for the formation of a PFD.
Again, please read my previous email, as that email provides significant context to reinforce my concerns regarding this currently flawed proposed new aquatic center project.
Sincerely,
Mark L Grant
Mobile - 360-301-4340 <tel:360-301-4340>
E-mail - grantsteelbuildings@gmail.com <mailto:grantsteelbuildings@gmail.com>