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OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Insurance Building PO Box 431 I i c Olympia Washington 98504-31 13 o 360-902-0555
Jarluary 6,2017
Dear City and Town Population Contact:
The Office of Financial Management (OFM) is preparing for our 2017 population determinations in
accordance with RCW 43.62.030. As the designated population contact person for your city/town, you are
receiving this lefter and the following enclosures.
1. Form E, 'lrill you census or estimate" form
2. A list of important dates regarding population estimates
3- Census administrator training information
Please complete and rehrn Form E to OFM by lanrury 20,2017.
The housing unit and population estimate report (Form A) will be accessible tbrough a web application we
are calling the 'Population Estimate System' or PES. The population contact information on Form E will be
used to set up a secure PES account for you. It is especially Dlportant to make sntte the contact information
is correct.
The population contact listed on Form E is the only person from the city that can submit Form A to OFM
through the PES system. It is the population contact's responsibility to communicate April I estimate
information with other appropriate city personnel.
During the estimate cycle you will receive several emails from the PES application. Please ask your IT
deparhnent to allow messages coming from the esttmates and secureaccess@cts.wa.gov
addresses to move into your email inbox. The emails should not be tagged as junk or spam.
Form A will be available during the week of March 20. PDF versions of Form A will be available to
cities/towns upon request. PES account setup and registration information rvill be sent to new users dudng
the first two weeks in March. All PES users will receive instnrctions and information when web Form A
becomes available during the week of March 20.
Sincerely,
Yi Zhao
Chief Demographer
Enclosures
cc: Mayors - letter only, no enclosures