Greater Diamond Point News
Fall 2004
Diamond Point Estates - Critter Country,  Diamond Point 1st Addition,
Diamond Point Original, Johnson's Discovery Bay View Tract and Protection Point
Donations to continue this newsletter may be made to Leslie Farrell, writing GDP in the checks note section.
 Mail to: 181 Discovery View Drive, Sequim, WA 98382. Cost is $3 per person per year. Thank you!
Events:
 August  28th - Diamond Point Water Committee Meeting at the D. P. Beach Club 9:00-10:00am 
                            Donate to: Sharman Richardson, 491 Lupine, Sequim, WA  98382, 681-2357            
 October 16th - EARTHQUAKES AT DIAMOND POINT by visiting Geologist at 1:00 pm at the Gardiner Community  Center courtesy of Dan Abbott, CERT Coordinator for Diamond Point.
 October 16th - CERT QUARTERLY MEETING following the Geologist’s presentation at Gardiner Community Center regarding Damage Assessment.
  Fall  -  3rd CERT training class will be scheduled this fall if at least 15 people are interested.  Call Leslie Farrell at 683-0769 or Email:  storyshirt@msn.com to enroll.
  Now - YOGA at Gardiner Community Center, 9:00-10:30 am, Tuesdays & Thursdays.  Please call Lucy Bailey at 681-0550 for more info.  Donations for trainers welcome.
DIAMOND POINT 1ST ADDITION:
2004/2005 Board of Director Elections
Dale Burke - President
John Schroeder - Vice President
Gloria Champeaux - Board Member
Joe Dieu - Board Member
Maralee Johnson - Board Member
Howard Burch - Treasurer
Membership maintains 2 lots and a boat ramp that are community property.  Dues for insurance were increased to $30.00 per year…….  by Dale Burke

Thank you for your $25.00 donations to both  DPWC and GDP Newsletter!!!!!!!!!!
Johnson’s Discovery Bay View Tract Common Beach Upgrade Project:
The JDBVT property owners stepped up to generously fund the work, and the Beach Upgrade Project is now underway. A group of volunteers spent hours cutting back the overgrown brush and weeds that covered the proposed parking area. Several large potholes on the access road soon will be filled. Additional plans include posting of signs and clearing the boat ramp……… Steve Baranowski
The annual general meeting of the beach club was held July 10th. The 2004/2005 Board of Directors are: Lucy Bailey, Chuck Conway; Wes Gilbert, Chuck Johnson/Chair, Alan Jones, Albert Lindstrom, Hugh VanderHeul/Vice-Chair, Ace Trask, and Tim Wafstet Denise Conway is Secretary and Glen Richardson is Treasurer. 
DIAMOND POINT WATER COMMITTEE 
By Hugh VanderHeul
This article sums up the recent events with the Aquarius Util LLC serving Diamond Point. Washington Water System serves our neighbors in Sunshine Acres.  The day Aquarius well #1 failed, 4th of July, was also the day we’d discovered what some had suspected all along. Well #2 was not functional and had not functioned for years.

Here is the abbreviated timeline of all events to date: July 4th  Received notification of well failure, DPWC advised water conservation. Residents at the higher elevations were running on low pressure and flow. 
  • July 6th    Temporary links to Washington Water System were made.  See photo below.
  • July 8th        Department of Health issues a “Boil Water Advisory” to residents of the higher elevations.
  • July 14th    Well #2 is on-line. Aquarius is disconnected from Washington Water.  Speed bumps were removed!
  • July 15th    The main line is leaking at the well site.  Well shut down and pipe is isolated until repairs are made.
  • July 16th    Main is fixed, chlorinated, flushed and put back on line.
  • July 21st    Last of the bottled water supply is used up. Washington Water is available for drinking water container filling at the Real Estate office.
  • July 27th    First set of 5 samples are returned from the lab “satisfactory”.
  • July 28th    Second set of 5 samples are returned from the lab “satisfactory”.    The DOH issues a “Rescind Boil Water Advisory”, effective immediately.
  • Aug 10th    Well #1 and #2 are now delivering water on an alternating duty cycle.
  • Aug 31st    DPWC will check with Aquarius on final tidying up of the well site and the show and tell of the wells function and cycling.
DPWC has worked with Greg Roats of Aquarius, primarily by communicating on a frequent basis via email. Approx. 20 updates were published.  The irony is that for the fast majority of us, we hardly experienced any impact.  All during this time most had reasonable water flow and pressures, short of one day.  However, the residents at the upper elevations were impacted severely.  From July 8th  to July 28th they were on a “Boil Water Advisory”, and had poor water pressure and flow as long as the metal tank was out of service.  Saturday, Aug 21st the lower PRV station was malfunctioning and it will be serviced Aug. 24th.

What is the future of this water system? Funding has been approved via the State Drinking Water Revolving Fund for a .5% loan to upgrade the distribution system scheduled for completion by end of 2005 and tank upgrades, to be completed in 2006

The DPWC will continue its meetings with Greg Roats and review plans when appropriate. In closing, we now have a 2 pump system and wish to thank the residents of Sunshine Acres, who experienced lower than usual flows and pressure while their system supplied our homes.


DIAMOND POINT ORIGINAL:
The annual picnic (potluck) was held as usual on the 4th of July. More than 120 people attended
Diamond Point Water Committee Treasurer Report
By Sharman Richardson   
                   $315.21 - 2003 year end
Donations:(2004)   $209.00
                    109.00 - garage sale
                     25.00 - DP1st Addition
                     75.00 - contributions
Expenses:  (2004)  $239.09
                     57.19 - postage/supp.
                     40.45 – ad garage sale
                     41.45 – travel Poulsbo
Current balance:   $285.12 - (08/10/04) 

DIAMOND POINT WATER COMMITTEE PUBLIC MEETING
 at the Beach Club Facility on Saturday, August 28th, 2004 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.  Join us to discuss your concerns!
PUBLIC WORKS BOARD - Aquarius Customer
The head of the Public Works Board for Washington State is John LaRocque.  He is currently working on restoring the “free grant program” to rehabilitate failing water systems by acquiring them for the PUD. The PUD in Sequim may be allowed to use the grant money to purchase and rehabilitate Aquarius.
 
Aquarius customers may be asked to participate in Mr. LaRocque’s presentation to the governor’s office and legislative staff in Olympia this year.
 
If the free grant program is renewed it would be implemented in June 2005.  None of this information changes Greg Roat’s current upgrade projects for Diamond Point’s water system.  He will continue as scheduled and would be compensated for what he has completed if and when we were to participate in the grant program.

Mr. LaRocque wrote to Leslie Farrell on July 22, 2004:
“once again, thanks for letting us help you out with this. and I hate to use the adage that no good deed goes unpunished or that doing good work leads to more work..but it might be very helpful to have a person who is personally affected by a failing water system work with us to convince the money controllers that this is worth investing in again...I’ll keep you posted.…”  John
Community Emergency Response Team 
CERT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
INCIDENT COMMANDER-----Dan Abbott
                   Radio Operator/Runner
                              Jennifer Bruce
Operations Chief            Logistics Chief
  Leslie Farrell                  Hugh VanderHeul
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Team Leader 1    Team Leader 2      Team Leader 3
Radio/Runner/Rec  Radio/Runner/Rec  Radio/Runner/Rec
Team Member(4)   Team Member(4)   Team Member (4)
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 team Leader 4     Team Leader 5      Medical Team
Radio/Runner/Rec   Radio/Runner/Rec  Radio/Runner/Rec
Team Member(4)    Team Member(4)   Team Member (4)
The CERT Organization has grown by a second class completed August 14th 2004.  There will be another class in 2004 offered this Fall.  You may contact the Incident Commander, Dan with questions at 582-3824.
CERT certified members:

ABBOTT, D;  BARANOWSKI, S;  BRUCE, J; BRUCE,T; BORGEN, N; CONQUEST, J; CONWAY, C; CONWAY, D; CONVERY, V; DIEU, F; DIEU, J; FARRELL, L;JONES, A; JONES, C; KINCAID, S; LaGRONE, R; LaGRONE, S; MASSEY,C; MAXWELL, K; MORSE, J; MOWREY, P; NORCOTT, F; OLSON, B; OLSON, K; RICHARDSON, S; SPARGO, G; SPARGO, J; STAPLES, S; STAUFFER, E; TANEY, D; VANDERHEUL, H; WARE, E ;WILLIAMSON, K; WITTE, J; WITTE, M
EDITORIAL SECTION: 
    SEALS, DOGS, KIDS & MOTORCYCLES
A resident of Critter Country tells us folks here on the bluff of a "seal happening". She reports that Dyanna Lambourn of the Washington State Marine Mammal Investigative Division was present in the neighborhood. Dyanna was looking into a seal having been attacked on one of our beaches by an unleashed dog. Even though survival was questionable the seal was taken to a vet. No report of the outcome as of this writing. In case of a marine animal emergency, contact State Marine Wildlife (206) 526-4747.

This being a weekend happening it led to a wider discussion covering a problem created by some of our weekend visitors as well as some residents who have unleashed dogs (and sometimes other pets) as well as younger children, some with small motorcycles

The motorcycles are ridden on the roads, as well as paths along the roads (these paths are part of the roads), but rules of the road are not always followed. While nobody wants to put a damper on some fun riding, do realize the following. The mix of unlicensed under age children on motorcycles and automobile drivers (some elderly) on the same road is dangerous.

Throughout Greater Diamond Point, with increasing frequency, as the lady from Critter Country says, "usually during weekends". It can only lead to ever more serious problems Please keep pets from attacking wildlife and Greater Diamond Point free from roadside memorial crosses.
Diamond Point Airport Association provided  a wonderful Airport Day for residents at Greater Diamond Point!  Thank you from everyone!
 




Greater Diamond Point
c/o Leslie Farrell
181 Discovery View Drive
Sequim, WA 98382