<p>Category: 5,000 – 14,999 Population Winner or Honorable Mention: Title of the Project: Port Orchard City Hall City: City of Port Orchard Population: 7,255 Name: Lawrence J Curles Title: City Engineer Phone: (360) 876-4991</p><p>City Of Port PORT ORCHARD Orchard WASHINGTON 98366 11 April 2000</p><p>Association of Washington Cities 1076 Franklin Street SE Olympia, WA 98501-1346</p><p>RE: Port Orchard City Hall</p><p>Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,</p><p>As the Mayor of the City of Port Orchard, it is my privilege to present our new City Hall to you for consideration in the AWC Municipal Achievement Awards program. The replacement of our dilapidated City Hall has been a priority for almost 15 years. A small city of less than 7,000 people faces the same demands as the larger communities, but has far less resources. With hard work and ingenuity, we made our dreams come true.</p><p>Since the seismological report indicated our 1947 structure would fail in an earthquake, we never took our eye off the goal of a new building. For ten years, we met our municipal responsibilities, while always saving for the new City Hall. Property was purchased, architects retained, and the public kept constantly informed of what we had to do. It was difficult and took tremendous teamwork from all the elected officials, staff, and community individual taxpayer.</p><p>To have this effort recognized with the AWC Municipal Achievement Award would be greatly appreciated by our citizens.</p><p>Sincerely</p><p>Leslie J. Weatherill Mayor</p><p>CITY HALL MUNICIPAL COURT POLICE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 216 Prospect 736 Prospect 546 Bay Street 216 Prospect Street Administration (360) 876-4407 (360) 876-1701 (360) 876-1700 (360) 876-4991 FAX (360) 895-9029 FAX (360) 895-3071 FAX (360) 876-5546 FAX (360) 876-4980</p>