WOODLAND, Wash. – The Port of Woodland Board of Commissioners has adopted the port’s 2012 preliminary budget and has posted it for public review.
The 2012 budget totals $1,066,647.77, including a reduction of the port’s property tax request from 2011’s $216,000 to $200,000 in 2012. Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the budget, and consider adoption of the final budget at its December 15 meeting.
“It is one of the port commission’s stated goals to reduce the port’s property tax each year, if possible,” Executive Director Nelson Holmberg said. “And the commission has set a policy that we only use these taxes to pay for capital development, repayment of debt or environmental remediation.”
Revenue growth is shown in the 2012 preliminary budget is due to the port’s ability to attract new tenants in 2011. In August, Noahs Ark Charters moved into the port’s 17,700 square foot building on Schurman Way, and the port recently reached agreement on a lease to fill the only remaining square footage of space on port property.
“As it stands right now, we’ll enter 2012 with 100 percent occupancy in our industrial parks,” Holmberg said.
The port budget also includes expenses planned for a comprehensive maintenance review and repairs (as needed) at the Down River Drive Industrial Park. The port also expects to use outside services for a 2012 feasibility study for construction of a boat launch.
The budget can be reviewed by clicking here, or by visiting the port office at 115 Davidson in downtown Woodland.
October 11, 2011
Events,News,Notices
The Port of Woodland Board of Commissioners will conduct their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 18, beginning at 5:30 p.m., in the commission room at the port office (115 Davidson).
WOODLAND, Wash. – The Port of Woodland Board of Commissioners is hosting a workshop regarding the proposed Scott Avenue Reconnection Project Wednesday, July 27.
The workshop is set for 3:30-5 p.m. at the Port of Woodland office (115 Davidson in downtown Woodland).
The workshop is an information forum for the port commission, business and community leaders, as well as citizens with an interest in learning more about the project. No action will be taken by the commission on this topic.
Presenters will include Bart Gernhart of the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and Jerry Sorrell, project manager for the study of the project that has already been completed. Rosemary Siipola, transportation planner/manager for the Cowlitz Wahkiakum Council of Governments will also be a part of the presenting team.
The Scott Avenue Reconnection would open a third undercrossing of Interstate 5 for residents of Woodland. It is a safety, congestion relief and freight mobility project.
The port’s commission room comfortably seats 30 people, so RSVPs would be appreciated. You can RSVP for this meeting by calling the port office at 360-225-6555 or emailing info@portofwoodland.com.
ABOUT THE PORT OF WOODLAND
The Port of Woodland, which celebrated its 50th year in 2010, owns more than 300 acres of property for light industrial and recreational opportunities in south Cowlitz County along the Columbia and Lewis rivers. The port’s location provides easy access to Interstate 5, rail transportation on the BNSF Railway north-south mainline, and is close to deep draft marine terminals at three major shipping ports. The Port of Woodland is also 30 minutes from Portland International Airport and is included within the Portland-Vancouver USA metropolitan statistical area (MSA).
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AT A GLANCE
WHO: Port of Woodland
WHAT: Commission Workshop: Informational Meeting regarding proposed Scott Avenue Reconnection Project
WHERE: Port of Woodland Office, 115 Davidson, downtown Woodland
WHY: An information forum for the port commission, business and community leaders, as well as citizens with an interest in learning more about the project
QUICK FACTS: The Scott Avenue Reconnection would open a third undercrossing of Interstate 5 for residents of Woodland . . . The project is to improve safety, freight mobility and relieve congestion
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
July 7, 2011 360.225.6555
Contact: Nelson Holmberg, executive director nholmberg@portofwoodland.com
WOODLAND, Wash. – The Port of Woodland Board of Commissioners has announced its July 21 regular meeting will be held in Ariel, Wash.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Cowlitz-Skamania Fire District No. 7 fire station, located at 11670 Lewis River Road.
“It is important to all of us that the commission provides an opportunity for the folks who live in the Lewis River Valley part of our port district to attend a port commission meeting,” said Commission President Paul Cline. “It’s our goal to be accessible to as many as possible in sharing with our district of the work that the port does.”
An agenda for the meeting will be distributed, and posted on the port’s website, during the week before the meeting.
ABOUT THE PORT OF WOODLAND
The Port of Woodland, which celebrated its 50th year in 2010, owns more than 300 acres of property for light industrial and recreational opportunities in south Cowlitz County along the Columbia and Lewis rivers. The port’s location provides easy access to Interstate 5, rail transportation on the BNSF Railway north-south mainline, and is close to deep draft marine terminals at three major shipping ports. The Port of Woodland is also 30 minutes from Portland International Airport and is included within the Portland-Vancouver USA metropolitan statistical area (MSA).
AT A GLANCE
WHO: Port of Woodland
WHAT: July 21 Commission Meeting
WHERE: 11670 Lewis River Road, Ariel
WHY: Providing access to port commissioners and staff for residents of the east end of the Port District
QUICK FACTS: The Port of Woodland Board of Commissioners meets in the Lewis River Valley once a year
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WOODLAND, Wash. – The Port of Woodland Board of Commissioners has completed its proposed 10-year Strategic Plan, and will conduct a public hearing and vote to adopt that plan at its regularly-scheduled April 21, 2011 Board of Commissioners meeting.
To see the plan, click here.
This proposed Strategic Plan has been worked out over a nine-month process of design and public review of the plan during regular commission meetings. The process began during a one-day planning workshop in July 2010. Commissioners Paul Cline, Jerry Peterson and Dale Boon led the planning process, assisted by Executive Director Nelson Holmberg and Port Auditor Carol Moore.
The plan clarifies the port’s mission statement, and introduces a vision statement as well as spelling out specific organizational and operational values that help create a set of criteria for staff and commissioners to follow as stewards of the port’s publicly-owned properties and facilities going forward. Short- and long-term key initiatives in the plan also lay out broad identification for what major priorities the port will be involved in during the 10-year span of the plan.
The public is invited to review the plan online, or obtain a hard copy from the port office, and share comments or thoughts during the public hearing at the commission’s regularly-scheduled public meeting on Thursday, April 21, 2011, beginning at 5:30 p.m., before the commission votes on whether to adopt the plan.
