Midweek Updates
City of Sequim Notifications and Fire District 3 Public Meetings
News from the City of Sequim this week:
An announcement (link) for the sponsors of the 2026 Sequim Sunshine Festival
A bid posting (link) titled City Maintenance Shop Space Needs and Site Utilization Assessment
Fire District 3, Serving Sequim:
Also in this midweek update is public meeting information about Fire District 3, serving Sequim, including an audio clip from the February 8, 2026, Clallam County Watchdog podcast (link). Jeff shares what he learned from attending Fire District 3’s yearly goal setting workshop.
1. Local Organizations Sponsor 2026 Sequim Sunshine Festival
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Two local organizations have agreed to be title sponsors for Sequim Sunshine Festival events and are contributing $5000 each to support the event.
The festival will take place on Saturday, March 7, with a series of family-friendly activities designed to celebrate the near end of winter and the coming of the spring and summer seasons.
Sound Community Bank returns as the title sponsor for the Illuminated Drone Show by Firefly Drone Shows. This is the sixth year that Sound Community Bank has been a title sponsor for a Sequim Sunshine Festival event.
The drone show will take place on Saturday, March 7, at 7:00 p.m. and will launch south of Carrie Blake Park.
The show will feature 300 drones flying in choreographed formation, and is best viewed from a distance. The drone show will be visible from multiple locations inside the park.
“Sound Community Bank is proud to be the Event Title Sponsor of the show-stopping Illuminated Drone Show at the 7th annual Sequim Sunshine Festival. Supporting and giving back to the communities we call home is at the heart of what we do. By investing in local events and organizations, we’re helping to strengthen the vibrant foundation of the Sequim Community,” said Shelli Robb-Kahler, Senior Vice President/Relationship Manager for Sound Community Bank, Sequim Village & Sequim Creekside Branches.
7 Cedars is the sponsor of the Festival Stage inside the Entertainment Tent at Carrie Blake Park on Saturday, March 7. Featured on the Festival Stage are:
Cowboy Genius with the best of country music, from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.
Shine On Sequim! A Community Talent Competition from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The Highsteppers, performing classic soul and R& B from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
And Sunshine After Dark following the drone show with a DJ-hosted dance party from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
“7 Cedars is proud to support the 2026 Sequim Sunshine Festival as the Festival Stage Sponsor because this celebration reflects what we value most: community, culture, and connection. The Festival Stage brings people together through music, performances, and shared moments, creating memories that last well beyond the weekend,” said Erick Miller, Director of Marketing for 7 Cedars Resort Properties.
For more information on the Sequim Sunshine Festival, including all festival sponsors and a full schedule of events, please visit https://www.visitsunnysequim.com/263/Sequim-Sunshine-Festival.
Link to City of Sequim NewsFlash
Event Location: Carrie Blake Park, 202 North Blake Avenue, Sequim
2. Bid Title: City Maintenance Shop Space Needs and Site Utilization Assessment
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Category: Request for Qualifications/Proposals
Status: Open
Description:
The City of Sequim is requesting Statements of Qualifications from Architecture/Engineering firms to perform a space needs and site utilization assessment for a new operations building, fuel station, decant facility, and associated storage and outbuildings at the Public Works operations facility located at 169 W Hemlock in Sequim. The outcome will be up to three conceptual site layouts that incorporate existing workflow needs, projected future staffing and workflow, previous assessments, and financial ability of the City to construct any improvements.
See the full RFQ for additional details including submittal requirements.
The City complies with state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of any protected status. In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City commits to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all of its programs and activities. The City of Sequim, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC §2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. Women- and minority-owned business enterprises (WMBE) and veteran-owned firms are encouraged to respond to this opportunity.
Publication Date/Time:
2/10/2026 8:00 AM
Closing Date/Time:
3/4/2026 4:00 PM
Related Documents:
Link to City of Sequim Bid Posting
Fire District 3 Goal Setting Workshop:
Fire District 3 Goal Setting Workshop segment from Clallam County Watchdog podcast, February 8, 2026:
Audio Clip Highlights:
Goal setting workshop held at the beginning of every year.
Fire District 3 covers from Deer Park Road to the county line, including a small section into Jefferson County.
Fire Commissioner Jeff Nicholas said that this year they’ve got to provide metrics to the community and have measurable outcomes. There’s going to be milestones. They’re going to set goals and have dates for when those goals are going to be accomplished.
A lot of calls the fire district answers in Sequim are for helping people get up or out of bed or transferring. Due to liability concerns, an entire team is sent to answer the calls. If there’s a stroke, a heart attack, more help may be needed so it’s better to send a team.
If there are problems, the commissioners are going to identify them and correct them.
Purpose of the open forum workshop is to shape the direction that the fire district’s going in the year with open dialogue from the firefighters to the commissioners to the chief.
Workshop included minutes, a slide presentation and visuals on the whiteboard.
Looking to relocate Fire District 3, currently on the east side of Carlsborg Road, to the training center grounds on the west side of Carlsborg Road with groundbreaking in 2027 and completion by 2028.
Fire District 3 recognizes that “we are caretakers of the public’s money.”
With the goal of building a new fire station, they have extreme hesitancy about reaching out to the voters and asking for that money. They acknowledge that taxes are outrageous, property taxes for residents living here are outrageous, and they don’t want to burden taxpayers with yet another tax increase.
They have a $19 million budget and they should have run a bond five years ago as a district because inflation is out of control. Five years ago, a fire truck would have been $750,000 high price. Now they have to pay a million and a half dollars for one.
It’s not just inflation they’re working against. In Washington State, when you build a public building, when you use public funds, you have to meet these standards; some of them are green energy standards, and some are ADA standards. For example, one of the rooms in the new fire house has to be ADA accessible because it’s a public building.
The workshop was filled with servants’ hearts. It hurts to pay that much money when they pass that bond, but you can rest a little bit easier knowing that they are thinking about the money, using it wisely, being efficient, being economical. And they have not forgotten who pays their bills, who’s paying for the building, who pays for their benefits and their paychecks. They have not forgotten. The public was mentioned several times over and over.
Jeff Tozzer was the only member of the public and it’s a public meeting; anyone could have been there. They are hungry for public participation. They are thirsty to hear from the public. They would bend over backwards just to have someone walk through their door and say, I’m going to start attending fire commissioner meetings and I want to learn more about how my government serves me.
Check out their website. Their meetings are public; they have low, low public attendance. They’re looking for community engagement, and you won’t find a nicer group of people. They’ll take a timeout and answer all your questions.
Clallam County Fire Protection District #3 Website
Board Meetings Webpage:
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Board Meetings: The Board meets every first and third Tuesday of the month at 1 pm, at the District’s Training Operation’s Center which is located at 255 Carlsborg Road in Carlsborg, WA. Board meetings are open to the public.
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84401730144?pwd=Y2ZtS0wzSDFLVlVlTG9CUW9GdDVidz09
If you want to make a public comment during an Open Public Meeting; please e-mail lcoleman@ccfd3.org no later than 2 hours prior to the meeting.
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