PORT OF ORCAS
Minutes of the Regular Meeting
May 26, 2010

Call to order and confirmation of a quorum
The meeting was called to order at 7:00P.M. in the Port conference room by Bret Thurman, Chairman. A quorum was present. Attending were: Commissioners Audrey Wells, Garth Eimers, Steve Hopkins, Al Edwards, airport manager Bea vonTobel, Pam Edwards, Greg Ayers, Roy Light

Purpose of Special Meeting
Chair Thurman stated that the purpose of the special meeting was consideration of the request by Eastsound Sewer & Water to obtain permission from the Port of Orcas to use the present stormwater outfall pilings as attachment points for their replacement sewer outfall. ESW’s project was now an emergency-status project as a result of holes in their pipe which allows treated sewage to exit the pipe above various tide lines and onto the beach.

Superintendent of ESW Roy Light gave a summary of options for the replacement of the pipe, which included HDPE pipe (which would need anchoring) and ductile iron (which would not need anchoring). Light also added that the pipe would be upgraded from 8” to 12” pipe to meet future needs.

Discussion included two motions which were lost for want of a second, and a discussion point from Commissioner Eimers that the permission was being sought before engineering opinions had been rendered noting that the port’s pilings would support such attachment(s).

Ayers noted that indeed ESW was asking for ‘theoretical permission’, and stated that perhaps any motion offered could state that permission would be granted upon a satisfactory engineering report. Ayers added that engineering would be completed in either case.

Hopkins offered that he could see both arguments, but that he couldn’t go along with pre-approval.

To finalize the thinking of the commissioners, Thurman moved, Wells seconded the following motion: In the spirit of cooperation, the Port of Orcas shall cooperate with Eastsound Sewer & Water’s discharge pipe replacement project, specifically attachment to the Port of Orcas’s discharge structure. Said cooperation is subject to further approval by the Port of Orcas, including receipt of a satisfactory engineering report. The motion was unanimously carried.

Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:25P.M.

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Steve Hopkins, Commissioner and Secretary

Prepared by

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Bea vonTobel, Airport Manager