Port Angeles…Although an online meeting was provided, fifteen people gathered, June 19th, at the Clallam County courthouse, with Judge Brent Basden residing.
Attorneys for Save our Sequim (SOS) Michael Spence and Michael McLaughlin for Jon Gibson, owner of Parkwood Manufactured Housing Community ,spoke on behalf of the Plaintiffs.
Defendants are the City of Sequim. City attorney Kristina Nelson -Gross, was joined by tv screen with Andy Murphy attorney for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. They were able to speak on the monitor, which was visible in front of the courtroom.
It was difficult to hear the speakers, both on the screen as well as in the courtroom. At first the judge and attorneys wore masks but shed them for most of the session.
The injunction hearing before the court was to halt the application for the proposed Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) facility., proposed by the Tribe.
Spence stated the reason why we are here is a higher procedure. An essential public facility quasi- judicial which is the C2 process. McLaughlin argued the Constitutionality of the application process, which was presented to the City of Sequim on May 15th, by Sequim Community Development Director Barry Berezowsky, as an A-2 process.
As Spence and McLaughlin spoke before the judge, the other two attorneys spoke however, it was very difficult to hear their televised comments.
The judge was interrupted twice by notes from an apparently disturbed person making perceived comments that she felt needed aired during this session. The judge then continued and ignored the comments.
After several stops to fix the communication system, the testimony continued. After an hour, Basden said more information was received this morning so he would review and make his determination later.
Jodi Wilke, Chairman of SOS stated recently, “The judge is going to deliberate privately. A decision will be made, eventually. But for today, we have WON a pause”.
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