5/9/05
Dear
Skagit County Board of Commissioners,
At
the Skagit County Commissioners meeting on Monday, May 2, 2005 a proposal
to extend the current Guemes Island ferry service was presented by Chal
Martin, Director of Skagit County Public Works. This proposal submitted
by the Skagit County Citizens for Professional Transportation Management
notes that more than 125 Guemes Island residents are included in this
group.
When
asked by a Guemes resident who attended the meeting for documentation
of the claim that 125 residents of Guemes Island are represented by
this group, the Skagit County Public Works Department responded with
the following written statement:
This
matter has been referred to the Guemes Island Ferry Committee for follow
up and we are requesting your response to the following questions:
Was
this proposal indeed brought to the Board of Commissioners by the Director
of Public Works without verification of the claims made within the document
about Island resident representation?
Will
the Commissioners please provide documentation to the GIFC that this
proposal does actually represent one hundred and twenty five residents
of Guemes Island and the names of those individual so that we may validate
this information?
Thank
you very much for your attention to this matter and we look forward
to a timely response to our request.
Sincerely,
The Guemes Island Ferry Committee
Attachment:
May 2 correspondence from Jacqueline Gent, Executive Assistant, SCPWD