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Home My WebLink About07222025 CC Special Meeting Agenda July 22, 2025 Port Angeles City Council Special Meeting Page 1 July 22, 2025 City of Port Angeles Council Meeting Special Meeting Agenda This meeting will be conducted as a hybrid meeting. In hybrid meetings, members of the public, Council members, and City sta ff have the option to attend the meeting in person, in the Council Chambers at City Hall located at 321 East 5th Street, Port Angeles, or remotely via telephone or video link. The Mayor may determine the order of business for a particular City Council meeting. The agenda should be arranged to best serve the needs and/or convenience of the Council and the public. The Mayor will determine time of break. Hearing devices are available for those needing assistance. The items of business for regular Council meetings may include the following: Audio only: 1-844-992-4726 Access code: 2559 424 6223 Webinar password: ZqfMhDky778 (97364359 when dialing from a phone or video system) Once connected, press *3 to raise your virtual hand if you wish to ask a question. You will be notified when it is your turn to speak. This access code is good for the July 22, 2025 meeting only. Webex link: https://cityofpa.webex.com/cityofpa/j.php?MTID=m2314d7e20658840919224df444c53f24 To notify Council and staff that you wish to ask a question, use the “raise your hand” feature in Webex. You will be notified when it is your turn to speak. A. Call to Order – Special Meeting at 5:00 p.m. B. Roll Call C. Rayonier Community Forum 1. Comprehensive Plan Updates Regarding the Rayonier Mill: City staff will provide a 5–10-minute presentation on the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update, including the results of the community survey regarding the Rayonier Mill site. 2. Olympic Environmental Council Presentation: Darlene Schanfald of The Olympic Environmental Council will provide a 10-minute presentation on their involvement in the cleanup over the years. 3. Friends of Ennis Creek Presentation: Robbie Mantooth of Friends of Ennis Creek will provide a 10-minute presentation on the importance of Ennis Creek to the community. 4. Integral Consulting Presentation: 20-minute presentation by Integral Consulting Inc. summarizing their findings on the 2025 Rayonier Interim Action Report Volume IV: Action Plan. D. Community Q&A 1. Opportunity for community members to ask questions about the information that was presented. E. Council Discussion / Potential Action F. Adjournment – 7:30 p.m. Port Angeles City Hall is accessible for persons with disabilities. Requests for special accommodations can be made by contac ting the City Clerk’s Office. Closed captioning can also be made available. Please contact City Clerk Kari Martinez -Bailey by phone at 360- 417-4634, or by email at cityclerk@cityofpa.us, to request accommodations or receive instructions for closed captioning. Kari Martinez-Bailey, City Clerk cityclerk@cityofpa.us (p) 360-417-4634 │TTY 360-417-4645 NOTICE of a SPECIAL MEETING of the PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Port Angeles will hold a Special Meeting on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, starting at 5:00 p.m. This meeting will be conducted as a hybrid meeting. In hybrid meetings, members of the public, Council members, and City staff have the option to attend the meeting in person, in Council Chambers at City Hall located at 321 East 5th Street, Port Angeles, or remotely via telephone or video link. To attend meetings virtually, follow the instructions below or visit www.cityofpa.us for more information regarding our virtual meetings agendas and meeting information. To view meeting and agenda information, visit: https://cityofpa.us/583/Meetings-Agendas. The agenda of the Special Meeting contains the following: A. Call to Order – Special Meeting at 5:00 p.m. B. Roll Call C. Rayonier Community Forum 1. Comprehensive Plan Updates Regarding the Rayonier Mill: City staff will provide a 5–10-minute presentation on the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update, including the results of the community survey regarding the Rayonier Mill site. 2. Olympic Environmental Council Presentation: Darlene Schanfald of The Olympic Environmental Council will provide a 10-minute presentation on their involvement in the cleanup over the years. 3. Friends of Ennis Creek Presentation: Robbie Mantooth of Friends of Ennis Creek will provide a 10 -minute presentation on the importance of Ennis Creek to the community. 4. Integral Consulting Presentation: 20-minute presentation by Integral Consulting Inc. summarizing their findings on the 2019 Rayonier Interim Action Report Volume III: Alternatives Evaluation. D. Community Q&A 1. Opportunity for community members to ask questions about the information that was presented. E. Council Discussion / Potential Action F. Adjournment – 7:30 p.m. Audio only: 1-844-992-4726 Access code: 2559 424 6223 Webinar password: ZqfMhDky778 (97364359 when dialing from a phone or video system) Once connected, press *3 to raise your virtual hand if you wish to ask a question. You will be notified when it is your turn to speak. This access code is good for the July 22, 2025 meeting only. Webex link: https://cityofpa.webex.com/cityofpa/j.php?MTID=m2314d7e20658840919224df444c53f24 To notify Council and staff that you wish to ask a question, u se the “raise your hand” feature in Webex. You will be notified when it is your turn to speak. Port Angeles City Hall is accessible for persons with disabilities. Requests for special accommodations can be made by contacting the City Clerk’s Office. Closed captioning can also be made available. Please contact City Clerk Kari Martinez-Bailey by phone at 360-417-4634, or by email at cityclerk@cityofpa.us, to request accommodations or receive instructions for closed captioning. Kari Martinez-Bailey City Clerk cityclerk@cityofpa.us (p) 360-417-4634 │TTY 360-417-4645 Distribution: City Council Peninsula Daily News KONP Front Lobby (posted) Comprehensive Plan Updates Vision 2045 for the Rayonier Mill Site Agenda •Existing Regulation •Community Survey Results •Future Land Use Map •Goals and Policies 2 Shoreline Master Program (SMP) •Carries out the policies of the Shoreline Management Act at a local level. •“No net loss” standard to ensure permitted development will not result in a net loss of shoreline ecological functions. •Addresses broad range of uses that could be proposed in the shoreline area. •Last update was in 2021, next update in 2030 3 Segment O •Designated High-Intensity Mixed-Use Environment with the potential to support a variety of water- oriented uses related to commerce, transportation, navigation, and recreation. •Provisions are flexible to accommodate a multitude of possibilities, while also implementing the objectives of the Shoreline Management Act. •New development should protect and restore shoreline ecological functions. •Restoration along Ennis Creek is a focus of this segment. •Recreational opportunities that are consistent with restoration are encouraged. 4 Segment P •Designated Urban Conservancy –Recreation for the portion of shoreline East of Ennis Creek. •Protect and restore ecological functions on sensitive lands and to provide public access with a variety of park uses. •Restoration activities are preferred in this segment. •Vegetation Conservation Area (VCA) extends from the water to the top of the marine bluff. •New structures are prohibited in the UC-R portion of this segment. 5 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update •Requirement of the Growth Management Act. •Sets the framework for the vision of the City over a 20-year span. •Multiple meetings with stakeholders and public engagement opportunities since 2023. •Two Community Surveys 6 Community Survey Results The former Rayonier Mill Site is a culturally and ecologically significant location in Port Angeles. The Comprehensive Plan has identified the historic Rayonier Mill site as Mixed-Use in its Future Land Use Map. What type of development do you feel would provide the most benefit for the community, future residents, and visitors? 7 Answer Choices Responses None of the Above 2 (0.48%) Residential Development 12 (2.90%) Open Space and Interpretive Trails/Harbor Access 124 (29.95%) Mixed Commercial and Residential Uses 58 (14.01%) Some Combination of the Above Three 152 (36.71%) Another Option not Listed (Please Specify)66 (15.94%) 8 See Inset Goals and Policies •Goal: Environmentally Hazardous Sites. Actively pursue and participate in environmental remediation of contaminated sites and vacant industrial lands using best available science. 9 Goals and Policies •Policy: Establish a vision for the future use and development of the old Rayonier Mill site based on post-cleanup conditions and development capacity, housing needs, economic development potential, enhanced public shoreline access, and opportunities to preserve open space and enhance marine wildlife habitat. 10 Thank You Email: vision2045@cityofpa.us 11 RAYONIER PULP MILL HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEANUP Clallam County Democrats July 22, 2025 Darlene Schanfald Olympic Environmental Council Priority Areas 1.Port Gamble 2.Dumas Bay 3.Padilla/Fidalgo Bay 4.Port Angeles 5.Oakland Bay 6.Port Gardner/Port of Everett 7.Budd Inlet PORT ANGELES HARBOR CLEANUPS RAYONIER MILL SITE RAYONIER SITE –upland infrastructure removed Port Harbor Shorelines –1864 -2007 Harborwide Proposed Sample Locations (Figure 4-2) PORT ANGELES HARBOR DIVISION OF CLEANUPS AERIAL VIEW OF MILL SITE w/ new bridge over Ennis Creek John Gussman Ennis Creek heading north Rayonier showing Ennis Creek at mouth TOXIC SOILS –continues for several yards SIGNAGE Upper Intertidal Beach Berm under pier (nearshore zone) – gravelly sand Upper Intertidal Beach Berm under pier (nearshore zone)– gravelly sand, looking west JETTY & LOG YARD –to be removed CONTAMINANTS ABOVE ALLOWABLE LIMITS •Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) •Metals (such as arsenic and lead) •Dioxins •Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) •Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) •Ammonia •Woody debris •PFAS? ECOLOGY’S RATIONALE When determining which cleanup action alternative “uses permanent solutions to the maximum extent practicable,” MTCA requires Ecology to select the most permanent alternative whose incremental cost is not disproportionate to the incremental benefit it would achieve compared to the lower cost alternatives. Thus, the alternative with the highest benefit-to- cost ratio is not necessarily the same as the alternative that is “permanent to the maximum extent practicable.” Ecology prefers monitoring at least every 5 years rather than clearing out all the contaminants. Ecology will publish a notice of all periodic reviews in the site register. How will the public know to go to the site register? WHERE DO CONTAMINANTS GO? •We don’t want them left on site. •They can be moved to a landfill set aside to receive hazardous wastes. •If left on site, sea level rise, storm surges, wind and severe wave actions will move them into the community. •The cost of protecting human health, wildlife and the environment must be factored alongside of economic concerns for the polluter. RETURN OUR SHORELINE YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED •Please support a full cleanup •Write Ecology, DNR, the Governor and our federal electeds to support a complete cleanup •Sign to be contacted when public comment is released �y (<. I� C-1 / �� ,� � � � �� I, �I, �� I I �I i � �I �I� �� !, I, L �.! ��I � � � l .� .n �� t , , . ,,, r 4r IF "lip SL :+ +� �.- '-`cam+: i ..z; ..�"��i 4 �•�,; •'• � .. - .Y ..' � � s 1 f .. � \ ill (" F•'• .;i' �.' �� I aw. , 33 i -�.% � �.. +'' /;,. 1+ ,,.•aye ,d. � ♦Y OA4 e 45- sw� if A -,arm"` 04 Owl 96�� AD— Ar --log lk- - 46 46 RK IA LON, '' 1� , y S' �. i�.•. o ? �.. 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LAP P- r Aks low 40 .000, T3 f �• ��.� Ht a ;I � / ). a. 044%� ;DNA exe I 7-7 '►Y slot I ho �rY- � .�r �, J ,/ Ie lit -low, lot, rt It' lW do A c iTE E W ORTH SAVING 0. lop '•• Not for Third-Party Distribution Rayonier Action Plan: Soil Remedy Nicole Ott Principal Scientist July 22, 2025 Port Angeles City Council Meeting Photo source: PDN 2017 Not for Third-Party Distribution Presentation Plan Obstruction Point Backpacking; ONP; July 2010. 2 ❯Provide key points for support of SL-5 soil remedy ❯Discuss cost estimate as cause of remedy selection ❯Design and maintenance costs don’t reflect complexity of SL-3 ❯Encourage submittal of public comments on Action Plan Not for Third-Party Distribution Contaminants ❯Dioxins/furans –pulp production, bleaching, hog fuel boilers ❯PCBs –electrical equipment ❯Petroleum –equipment oils and fuels; hog fuel boilers ❯Metals –corrosion of metal structures, ancillary uses, brick mortar 3 Not for Third-Party Distribution ❯Colored areas = active remediation ❯Public comments led to more cleanup SL-2 Former (2019) Selected Remedy SL-3 Current Selected Remedy 4 Evolution of Remedy Not for Third-Party Distribution Continue the Evolution to SL-5 ❯Allow ability to use property ❯Destination along Olympic Discovery Trail ❯Habitat improvements along Ennis Creek 5https://olympicdiscoverytrail.org/explore/trail-segments/east-central/ Not for Third-Party Distribution Follow the Comprehensive Plan ❯Mixed Use Designation or New Category for Rayonier Mill Site 6 Mixed Use Not for Third-Party Distribution 2019 Selected Remedy Greatest benefit Disproportionate Cost Analysis 2025 Selected Remedy X X 7 Not for Third-Party DistributionDisproportionate Cost Analysis 8 Difference is 1.1. Difference is $27 million. XXX Not for Third-Party Distribution Both options dig up the soil. 9 SL-5 –dig up and transport to a landfill. SL-3 –dig up, move to a raised area, and cover. Not for Third-Party Distribution The dug up soil goes to different places. 10 SL-3 puts soil and sediment in a 10-acre area SL-5 moves soil to a landfill Not for Third-Party Distribution SL-3 Raises 10 Acres by 5–7 ft 11 Figure 6-3 in Interim Action Plan conceptually shows the 2-ft cover on level ground. Conceptual image of consolidation area created with ChatGPT, 7/17/2025. Not for Third-Party Distribution 12 Google Map Street View from Olympic Discovery Trail; copied 7/17/25. north from Olympic Discovery Trail. Not for Third-Party Distribution SL-3 Includes Sediment 13 ❯Consolidation area to include dredged sediment (red) ❯Could also include: •Sediment under dock •Sediment under jetty Figure 6-10. iCAP Sediment included in consolidation Not for Third-Party Distribution SL-3 Estimate Underestimates Likely Cost View of Rayonier Mill site from Water Street; N. Ott 7/9/25 14 ❯Permitting, design, modeling ❯Maintenance, repairs ❯Mother nature ❯Restrictive covenants ❯Coordination with sediment work ❯Loss of taxes, economic benefit Not for Third-Party Distribution SL-5 Estimates are Higher than Expected Undated aerial photo 15 ❯Engineering is not as complex ❯Economy of scale ❯Erroneous $75,000 restrictive covenant preparation cost included ❯Non-construction costs $6.25M higher than for SL-3 Not for Third-Party Distribution 16 Rayonier dock; photo taken from Water Street by N. Ott on 7/9/25. The clean up should be permanent •SL-5 allows property reuse. •SL-3 involves: ❯Fencing, signs to limit access ❯30 years post-construction monitoring ❯Environmental covenant ❯Commitment to maintenance by property owner. Not for Third-Party Distribution It should be easy to build •SL-5 under-scored (6): •Excavation, loading, transport = well-known technology •SL-3 over-scored (9) due to: •Engineering erosion-proof 7-ft-tall mound •Consider sea level change, inclement weather •Environmental covenant Not for Third-Party Distribution Conclusions ❯Public comment period through August 12 ❯Comply with Comprehensive Plan ❯Need a permanent, resilient solution ❯Consider modeling and repair challenges to design, construct, and maintain the consolidation area ❯Cost estimate to recognize that SL-3 more complex and will cost more than SL-5 to design and maintain. 18 Integral Consulting