Port of Camas/Washougal

24 South “A” Street
Washougal, WA 98671
360-835-2196

www.portcw.com

General Information

Incorporation: Camas/Washougal Port District, created by local taxpayers in 1935.

Voting District: District encompasses the Greater Camas/Washougal area.

2006 tax rate: $0.267 per $1,000 of assessed value – a total regular levy of $1,155,756. In addition, the port’s bond fund levy was $0.1682 per $1,000 for a total of $728,083. The total levy for 2006 was $0.435 per $1,000, resulting in a total tax levy of $1,883,839. Tax levies made up 43 percent of the port’s total money in 2006.

Mission: “It is the port's mission to strengthen and diversify the existing economic and industrial base of the district; enhance employment and recreational opportunities for benefit of the residents of the port district and surrounding region.”

Form of Government

Elected commission

Elected Officials

Three port commissioners – elected from three distinct districts with in the Camas/Washougal Port District. Commissioners serve four year terms. Port commissioner positions are non-partisan. No term limits.

District 1 (East Camas, central third of the district)

Mark Lampton

Term expires 12/31/2013

District 2 (West Camas, western third of the district)

Bill Ward

Term expires 12/31/2011

District 3 (Washougal, eastern third of the district)

Bill Macrae-Smith

Term expires 12/31/2013

Engagement Opportunities

Port Commission meets at 4 p.m., on the first and third Monday of each month at the Port of Camas/Washougal meeting room, in the port’s administration building. These meetings are open to the public.

Staff Structure

David Ripp, executive director
Kim Maloney, finance director
Greg Ermis, maintenance supervisor/project coordinator
Mary Murphy, executive assistant
Larry Connolly, project manager
Debra Itzen, accounts payable manager
Gary Pachl, assistant maintenance supervisor
Jen Blomgren, accounts receivable
Doris Tillman, lead landscaper
Mark Hamrick, harbormaster
Mike McGrann, maintenance assistant
Jack Hardy, communications manager

Notes of Special Interest

The Port of Camas-Washougal features a 400-acre industrial park, a 79-hangar general aviation airport, and a 350-slip pleasure boat marina.

The port’s industrial park, created in 1966 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created a 5.5-mile levee along the Columbia River, has seen much development over the years. It currently is home to 41 businesses with approximately 900 employees, and an annual payroll exceeding $27 million.

Grove Field Airport, located north of Camas, is named after Ward Grove, the man who founded the airstrip in 1945 and who helped dozens of pilots earn their wings. When first acquired by the port in 1962, only three to five planes were hangared at Grove Field. The airport currently covers 105 acres and offers 79 hangars, with 14 tie-downs for outside storage.
The idea of a pleasure-boat marina was first developed while Commissioner Leighton Blake was serving his term – from 1953 to 1955. Initial estimates of how many boaters would moor at the marina ranged from 50 to 200. The marina area now offers moorage for 350-plus boats, plus a four-lane launch ramp, a restaurant on the water, and a restaurant overlooking the east end of the marina, two yacht clubs, a self-service fuel dock, a large parking area for boat trailers and tow vehicles, a boat repair/storage facility nearby, parking for self-contained RVs, the Marina Park featuring summertime concerts, and Parkers Landing Historical Park with features showcasing the history of the area.