The Port of Olympia commissioners said they plan to hold on-site meetings at the cities of Tumwater, Tenino, and Yelm.
Commissioners Amy Evans Harding said at an agenda-setting meeting on Monday, January 6, that she has spoken with Tumwater City Mayor Debbie Sullivan and City Administrator John Doan about touring the Olympia Regional Council together with the Tumwater City Council.
The tour in Tumwater would be prioritized as the Port conducts much of its work in the city, Evans Harding explained.
As for meetings in Tenino and Yelm, Evans Harding said she prefers these to be informal, an idea with which the other commissioners agreed.
“I've had a number of other elected officials suggest that more informal situations are better for trust building than formal meetings,” she explained.
Evans Harding added that they would do their best to make the meeting accessible but communicated that the meetings will not be completely hybrid.
"The public will always have the ability to call in,” she assured, adding that the reason they are primarily doing these on-site meetings would be “to improve transparency with those who do not live near the Olympia core.”
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FirstOtter
We, the public, might 'always have the ability to call in". Yes, perhaps, I really don't believe it.
What I do believe is that this is just eyewash. The Port of O..how pedantic.. doesn't LISTEN to the public. The Port of Olympia commissioners merely let us complain and object to their destructive plans: the expansion of the Oly airport, the 93 acre "lease" to Coca Cola to build the largest bottling plant in the US using OUR WATER for free, and all their other grandiose plans. The Port doesn't listen, it doesn't take us into account and has no intentions of changing anything.
This is just letting us shout until we get tired. The Port will continue to steamroll their way over the residents of Thurston county. After all, we're paying for it.
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