Port Commission agenda

Port of Vancouver USA Commissioners Nancy Baker, Jerry Oliver and Brian Wolfe will consider two action items related to industrial development at an open session at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, Oct. 27, in the Commission Room at the port’s administration building, 3103 NW Lower River Road.

Among the items to be considered is approval of a public works contract with Rotschy, Inc. (Vancouver, Wash.), to build Task 3 of the Terminal 5 Unit Train Improvement project for a maximal amount of $14,219,955, which includes state sales tax.

The project will provide rail service to Terminal 5 to encourage future development of the facility by a suitable marine customer. The project will also provide queuing and storage area for rail cars for increased efficiency to the overall Port of Vancouver rail system.

Another item to be considered is the Centennial Industrial Park Development Agreement. Staff will recommend to the commission authorization to enter into a development agreement with the City of Vancouver regarding the development of the Centennial Industrial Park property. The agreement addresses vesting of development standards, and land-use decisions, transportation concurrency standards, mitigation of the port’s traffic impact fees, clarification regarding terms of traffic signal installation on SR 501, a possible credit for installation of an oversized water line, and a clarification on late-comers fees as they relate to the development.

The regular meeting will be televised live on CVTV (Cable channel 21) beginning at 9:30 a.m. It will also be streaming live on www.cvtv.org and will be archived later in the day on the same website for future viewing.

Evergreen High School "We The People" to host meet the mayoral candidate event

Evergreen High School's "We the People" students will host both Vancouver mayoral candidate Tim Leavitt and Eric Withee, field strategist for Mayor Royce Pollard's reelection campaign, for an hour-long question-and-answer session, from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the campus commons, 14300 NE 18th Street.

The event was organized by the "We the People" team at EHS as part of a civic engagement lesson. Students from all four high schools within Evergreen Public Schools have been invited to attend, including the Heritage High School "We the People" team.

Students will provide an agenda for the event and serve as emcees and moderators.

Contact Patti McMaster, Evergreen High School, 604-3700, for more information.

The EHS "We the People" team has been around for nine years and is made up of eight teams qualifying for the state competition. In order to qualify, the students are tested on a variety of topics, including basics such as political philosophy, foundations of government, the Constitutional Convention and more challenging detailed subjects such as Civil War amendments.

“Music: Language of the World”

The Southwest Washington Wind Symphony opens its fifth season by presenting "Music: Language of the World" at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in the Union High School auditorium, 6201 NW Friberg-Strunk Street in Camas, Washington.

Musical selections include the following: "Suite from Mass," by Leonard Bernstein, featuring the Columbia River Brass Quintet; "Cantique de Jean Racine," by Gabriel Fauré, featuring harpist Kate Petak; Alfred Reed's "Russian Christmas Music"; and the Irish "Rakes of Mallow" by Leroy Anderson.

The SW Washington Wind Symphony is a 55-member, professional quality concert band; 70% are music educators from the Clark County area, and others are musicians from a variety of professions. “Our mission is to encourage a better understanding and appreciation of wind band music and support the performing arts in SW Washington,” says Richard Carr, co-founder and event coordinator.

All SW Washington Wind Symphony concerts are free and open to the public.

For additional information, call 574 8386, email Wind.Symphony@comcast.net, or visit www.swwindsymphony.org.

News Briefs

A central website has been created for information on H1N1in SW Washington. Visit http://www.flunewsswwashington.org/ for the latest information. <> "Getting to the Point," part of a series for fundraisers done by Nonprofit Network SW in partnership with WVDO, is holding a 90-minute, hands-on workshop focusing on three crucial aspects of speaking: what you say, how you say it and how you use visuals. David Yewman will be the presenter during the workshop. Yewman has coached hundreds of executives at numerous companies over the past several years, including Adidas, Archos, aQuantive, CA, CNet, Coinstar, Craigslist, Digg, eHarmony, Golfsmith, Ingram Micro, Isilon, K-Swiss, Microsoft, Razorfish, Reebok, Secure Computing and Vignette. The workshop is being held at 8:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, 2211 Ne 139th Street. This is a free workshop and requires no registration. For more Information, visit http://nonprofitnetworkwa.org. <> The Clark County Skills Center invites all Clark County parents, businesses, elected officials, community volunteers, educators, economic development participants and interested citizens to its VIP Tour and Luncheon, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday Nov. 13, at the Skills Center in Vancouver. The event will begin with an all-campus tour of programs, visiting classrooms and observing students. Following the tour, students from the Skills Center Restaurant Management and Culinary Arts Program will host, prepare and serve a gourmet lunch in the Skills Center Restaurant. Cost is $5. For more information and to make reservations, call Jan Strickland at 604-1050 by Wednesday, Nov. 4. <> Washington State University Clark County Extension and the Clark County Clean Water Program are co-sponsoring a free "Green Car Care" workshop at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at EcoAuto, 210 W. McLoughlin Blvd. Pre-registration is required. To RSVP, call WSU Extension at 397-6060 ext. 0. To learn more about Watershed Steward workshops, visit http://clark.wsu.edu/volunteer/ws/.

Calendar

The Shoreline Stakeholders Advisory Committee meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, Oct. 26, in the 4400 Building, 3rd floor, Conference Rooms 3E and 3F, 4400 NE 77th Avenue, Vancouver. For more information, call 487-7949. <> Greater Chamber of Commerce is holding a Halloween-themed business after-hours event from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, Waterford at Fairway Village, 2911 SE Village Loop. Cost is $10 per member and $20 for non-members. RSVP at http://www.vancouverusa.com/. <> City Council meets from 4 to 6 p.m. for workshops, followed by a consent agenda meeting at 6 p.m. this evening, Oct. 26, in Council chambers, 210 East 13th Street. <> Women singers are invited to attend an event held by Columbia River Chorus at 7 p.m. tonight, Oct. 26. Columbia River Chorus is seeking women singers for its “Community Christmas Chorus” concerts. The event is being held in First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1220 NE 68th Street. For more information, call 887-4927. <> City Council is having a study session at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Oct. 26, in the Battle Ground Community Center, 912 East Main Street. Call 342-5008 for more information. <> Public Utility District of Clark County Board of Commissioners meets at 9 a.m. tomorrow, Oct. 27.

Monday on the air

 

City Council Workshop (live)—4 p.m. CVTV

Vancouver City Council (10-19)—7 p.m. CVTV

36th Annual Natural Areas Conference: Opening Plenary Session (9-15)—10:45 p.m. CVTV

 

Community Calendar Links

• Southwest Washington Center for the Arts

• Greater Vancouver Chamber

• City of Vancouver Calendar

 

Monday, October 26, 2009 Headlines

 

Links to news of local & national significance

Vancouver mayor's race surpasses $260,000 mark, with Pollard ahead--Oregonian, Allan Brettman

Seven-month effort to find a new 'brand' for Vancouver kicks off today--Columbian, Michael Andersen

Off Beat: Clark College professor's theory goes up in smoke--Columbian, AP

Race Pioneers praised--Columbian, Dave Kern

Disabled athletes grab for the rings--Columbian, Dan Cook