Port 2 continues with laundry plan

by Rick Nelson

Commissioners of Port District 2 on Tuesday agreed to continue working on their plan to construct a laundromat at Skamokawa Vista Park.

Commissioners learned last week that the Skamokawa Water and Sewer Disrict doesn't have adequate capacity to add the laundry to the community sewer system. The limitation caused the commission to table a plan to buy property on Skamokawa Creek and locate park model cabins on it.

Vista Park, however, has its own sewer system, and commissioners agreed they'd hire an engineer to inspect the drainfield to determine if it would have the capacity to handle the laundry and if not, what would be necessary to upgrade the system.

Commissioners also authorized Manager Janet Bryan and Attorney Tim Hanigan to sign a lease with Weyerhaeuser Corporation to rent land adjacent to Vista Park.

The land will be open for camping, Bryan said, but hunting won't be allowed