The Northern Light Classifieds: October 17-23, 2024

of the deed of trust: Self-serviced

Reference number of the deed of trust: 2022-1200539

Parcel number(s): 390220 245248 0000 / PID 95497

I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will on the 15th day of November, 2024 at the hour of 9:00 o’clock. a.m. on the first-floor rotunda of the Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Avenue, in the City of Bellingham, State of Washington, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Whatcom, State of Washington, to-wit:

LOT 1, B AND J SHORT PLAT, RECORDED IN BOOK 8 OF SHORT PLATS, PAGE 24, BEING A PORTION OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF W.M.

SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF WHATCOM, STATE OF WASHINGTON

Commonly known as 5875 Cedar Street, Ferndale, Washington which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated December 5, 2022, recorded December 7, 2022, under Auditor’s File No. 2022-1200539, records of Whatcom County, Washington, from Ferndale Five, LLC as Grantor, to Whatcom Land Title Company, Inc. as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of Delbert L. Moreau and Judy Dupont, husband and wife as Beneficiary. Matt Rommelmann was appointed as Successor Trustee pursuant to an Appointment of Successor Trustee dated June 11, 2024 and recorded under Auditor’s File No. 2024-0600889, records of Whatcom County, Washington.

II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust.

III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Statement of Default and Itemized Account of Amounts in Arrears.

The Beneficiary alleges that you are in default for the following reasons:

• Failure to make payment and interest due since November 1, 2023 pursuant to Note secured by the Deed of Trust.

The Beneficiary puts forward the following itemized account of amounts in arrears on the Note:

• Principal Balance: $ 572,377.86

• Late fees up to time of default:

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF PEND OREILLE JUVENILE COURT

In re the Dependency of: RILEY VERMILLION TEEPLES

DOB: 08/22/11

$ 0

• Interest owed since November 11, 2023 through August 9, 2024 at 12%: $ 51,184.96

($68,685.34 per annum/ $188.18 per diem)

TOTAL ARREARAGES, INTEREST and DEFAULT INTEREST $ 623,562.82 Other Charges, Costs and Fees.

• Posting of Notice of Default (estimated) $ 100.00

• Copying expense (estimated) $ 50.00

• Postage (estimated) $ 75.00

• Trustee’s fee

• Attorney’s fees (estimated)

• Cost of Trustee’s Sale Guarantee (estimated)

$ 250.00

$ 3,000.00

$ 1,864.00

TOTAL CHARGES, COSTS AND FEES: $5,339.00

IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal $572,377.86 together with interest of $51,184.96 as provided in the note or other instrument, and such other costs and fees of $5,339.00 as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute. The TOTAL sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust: $628,901.82

No: 24-7-00026-26. Notice and Summons by Publication. (Dependency) (SMPB) To: KAYLA VERMILLION, Parent; and Anyone Claiming a Paternal Interest A Dependency Petition was filed on August 20, 2024. A Fact Finding hearing will be held on this matter on November 14, 2024, at 2:30 p.m., at the Pend Oreille County Superior Court, 229 S. Garden Ave., Newport, Washington 99156. You should be present at this hearing. You may also appear via telephone or via a WebEx. Please visit: https://www.calendar wiz.com/tricountysuperiorcourt. The hearing will determine if your child is dependent as defined in RCW 13.34.030(6). This begins a judicial process which could result in permanent loss of your parental rights. If you do not appear at the hearing, the court may enter a dependency order in your absence.

To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, call DCYF at (509) 550-2091. To view information about your rights, including right to a lawyer, go to www.atg.wa.gov/DPY.aspx.

Dated: October 8, 2024

Date of First Publication: October 17, 2024

Issued by Petitioner: DCYF

AURORA MASKALL, WSBA #51748

Assistant Attorney General Notice and Summons by Pub (Dep)(SMPB) WPF JU 03.0230 (07/2018) – 13.34.080

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON 1116 W. RIVERSIDE AVENUE, STE. 100 SPOKANE, WA 99201 (509) 456-3123

V. The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on the 15th day of November, 2024 The default(s) referred to in paragraph III must be cured by the 4th day of November, 2024 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the 4th day of November, 2024 (11 days before the sale date), the default(s) as set forth in paragraph III is/are cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after the 4th day of November, 2024 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, Grantor, any Guarantor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults.

VI. A written notice of default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following addresses: Ferndale Five, LLC, 3803 NE 45th Street, Seattle, WA 98105-5132

Summit Capital Partners, LLC, 2311 N 45th Street, #169, Seattle, WA 98103

Northwest Registered Agent, LLC, 522 W Riverside Ave, Suite N, Spokane, WA 99201 by both first-class and certified mail on the 13th day of June 2024, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served on the 13th day of June 2024 with said written notice of default or the written notice of default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting.

VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.

VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property.

IX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of

Port of Bellingham OKs another just under 100K, no-bid contract

Port of Bellingham commissioners approved another consultant contract at their regular board meeting on October 15. The contract authorized port executive director Rob Fix to execute a personal services (PS) contract with Maul Foster and Alongi, Inc. (MFA) to conduct a study of industrial lands and employment in Whatcom County. The study is intended to supplement the work done by the county and cities to update the county’s 2025 comprehensive plan as required by the Growth Management Act (GMA).

In Washington state, a PS contract is defined as a formal agreement between a government agency and an individual or company to provide services that require specialized skills or expertise. These services are typically intellectual in nature, rather than manual labor, and include consulting, technical expertise, training or other professional services.

The contract is similar in some ways to the PS contract signed by the port in August with Conflux

Associates to conduct a public relations campaign to improve the port’s standing with taxpayers. However, unlike Conflux which has no web presence and has a Chuckanut Point residential address for its corporate office, MFA is a living, breathing concern crawling with engineers, geologists, meteorologists, environmental scientists, planners, communication experts and more. Established in 1996, the firm has eight offices in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

The MFA study would cost $99,435, just shy of the $100,000 level that triggers formal bid procedures whereby the port would publicly issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) and interested firms could submit bids; typically, governmental agencies are required to accept the lowest bid, although exceptions can be made. Under Resolution 1279-A, port policy allows contracts costing between $50,000 and $100,000 to be issued without formal bid procedures.

Regardless, state law mandates that ports must be able to show evidence of competitive activity

regarding those contracts i.e., that they have offered the work to other firms who had an equal opportunity to offer their services. No such evidence was shown to commissioners other than a statement that the choice of “consultant was based upon the firm’s response to a request for personal services.”

In the Conflux Associates contract, that meant the firm had registered on the port’s work roster that is listed on the Municipal Services and Research Center website. Presumably, the same applies for MFA.

In an apparent bit of sloppiness, the PS contract between the port and MFA calls for the study to be completed on or before December 31, 2024, just two-and-a-half months from signing. However, the proposal attached to the contract calls for the final report to be completed by the end of March 2025. This mirrors that of the Conflux contract whose scope projected a three-year term at a cost of $298,200. However, the PS contract was for only a one-year term at a cost of $99,396 with the option of one-year renewals. No change to the scope of services

or mileposts were made, raising the specter that the contract had been structured to avoid triggering formal bid procedures which is against state law.

While structuring doesn’t appear to be present in the MFA contract, the fact that it will cost just $565 shy of the $100,000 bid trigger could certainly raise the eyebrows of skeptical observers. According to the MFA proposal, the “cost estimate does not represent a lump sum. MFA bills for time and materials, consistent with the attached schedule of costs.” That schedule anticipates 535 hours of work for a total of $99,425, or $185/hour. Personnel is charged at the rate of $115-$135/hour for administrative support to $145-$155/hour for graphic design to $260-$280/ hour for a principal.

The tasks involved in the study are four-fold: industrial sector trends, industrial land supply analysis, industrial sector employment growth projections and reporting. Given that the Port of Bellingham is the primary economic development agency in

Real Estate

Whatcom County, it seems odd that it doesn’t already have much, if not most, of this information already. Zoning maps are readily available, and planning and development experts are just a city or county phone call away. According to the staff report, “The study was not anticipated in the 2024 budget; however, the Economic Development budget has lapse to cover the costs.” Under the GMA, counties are required to update their comprehensive plans every eight years with Whatcom County’s due at the end of 2025, which raises the question of why the expense was unscheduled. Commissioner Michael Shepard wanted to know “How does this study differ from other studies that we’ve done? We are under budget pressure, just like lots of other organizations and I’m trying to figure out how this expenditure dovetails with any of these previous things that we’ve looked at.” Port director of economic development Tyler Schroeder responded, saying that the study would build off that work.