This will be another chance for the Commissioners to set things right for future endeavors. The Jamestown Corporation must not dodge taxes any longer!
We will have to set up an equality business plan to save our county. It's time to stop racial discrimination. Funny how it works both ways if you're brave enough Mark start there!
Speaking of tax rolls, I am wondering what will happen to the now empty lot in Port Angeles east of Laurel Street and between Railroad and Front. There used to be a hotel, the Cornerhouse Restaurant, a doughnut shop and a couple of other small stores there. Those businesses would have been paying property, sales, B&O, and/or occupancy taxes to the city, county and state. In 2019 the Lower Elwha tribe bought it all. They announced they were going to build a hotel on the site and demolished everything. I understand they encountered contaminated ground and development has stopped. From the County Assessors records property taxes charged have dropped about 85% because it is now just an empty lot. Obviously no sales or occupancy taxes have been paid for 5+ years.
When/if the tribe does build something there, will the hotel be on the tax rolls like any other business? Or are they going to get a tribal tax exemption? I am not sure what the answer is but I am afraid we will only find out after it is a done deed.
[Tim Dalton, the county’s housing and grant resource director, detailed 13 properties that have been identified to be surplussed to the county commissioners during their work session last week.
“We have identified a number of properties that do not seem to fall within the critical mission of the county and are not part of the road system,” according to county documents. “It seems the best option for the county is to declare these properties surplus and dispose of them to the public.”
The move will get the properties back onto the county’s tax rolls to generate income.]
The SG article doesn't describe who made the statement about the properties hoing back onto the tax roles. Was it Dalton, or did the SG decide to make the statement? Maybe this is the kind of investigative journalism some CCWD readers are looking for?
As we’ve said before, JKT is a business whose sole focus is on specifically benefiting JKT, not Clallam County in general. This should never be forgotten when doing business with them! If acquiring and developing the parcels in question removes them from county property tax roles, they will give zero poops about the lost revenue to the county. This is why when making the deal this should be the number one priority for county negotiators.
Here we go again! Having to question the ulterior motives of JKT and BoCC. There is a reason we have to, and it's because we don't trust them to make the best decisions for CC.
Good morning Jeff,
This will be another chance for the Commissioners to set things right for future endeavors. The Jamestown Corporation must not dodge taxes any longer!
We will have to set up an equality business plan to save our county. It's time to stop racial discrimination. Funny how it works both ways if you're brave enough Mark start there!
Speaking of tax rolls, I am wondering what will happen to the now empty lot in Port Angeles east of Laurel Street and between Railroad and Front. There used to be a hotel, the Cornerhouse Restaurant, a doughnut shop and a couple of other small stores there. Those businesses would have been paying property, sales, B&O, and/or occupancy taxes to the city, county and state. In 2019 the Lower Elwha tribe bought it all. They announced they were going to build a hotel on the site and demolished everything. I understand they encountered contaminated ground and development has stopped. From the County Assessors records property taxes charged have dropped about 85% because it is now just an empty lot. Obviously no sales or occupancy taxes have been paid for 5+ years.
When/if the tribe does build something there, will the hotel be on the tax rolls like any other business? Or are they going to get a tribal tax exemption? I am not sure what the answer is but I am afraid we will only find out after it is a done deed.
(Insert land acknowledgement here)
From the Sequim Gazette article:
[Tim Dalton, the county’s housing and grant resource director, detailed 13 properties that have been identified to be surplussed to the county commissioners during their work session last week.
“We have identified a number of properties that do not seem to fall within the critical mission of the county and are not part of the road system,” according to county documents. “It seems the best option for the county is to declare these properties surplus and dispose of them to the public.”
The move will get the properties back onto the county’s tax rolls to generate income.]
The SG article doesn't describe who made the statement about the properties hoing back onto the tax roles. Was it Dalton, or did the SG decide to make the statement? Maybe this is the kind of investigative journalism some CCWD readers are looking for?
Good question. I was at that meeting, and I'll have to go back and listen.
Wow, that wasn't so hard to answer a text message. 👍
And promptly!
As we’ve said before, JKT is a business whose sole focus is on specifically benefiting JKT, not Clallam County in general. This should never be forgotten when doing business with them! If acquiring and developing the parcels in question removes them from county property tax roles, they will give zero poops about the lost revenue to the county. This is why when making the deal this should be the number one priority for county negotiators.
Here we go again! Having to question the ulterior motives of JKT and BoCC. There is a reason we have to, and it's because we don't trust them to make the best decisions for CC.