Peninsula Housing Authority staff announced that Zoe Hansen will retire at the end of the month and that Leanne Treba has been hired to replace her. Staff said the authority is conducting cross-training between Hansen and Treba over the coming weeks.

In the director’s report, staff said the former administration building was demolished during the last two weeks of June, the cleared area has been seeded and will be mowed by maintenance, and fence lines will be adjusted to add a few parking spaces at the Mount Angeles View site where the old office stood.

Staff also said the authority published a request for qualifications for financial and development advisory services. The authority received two responses; staff will score the proposals, discuss the top scoring firm and, if selected, contract for services on a task-order basis. Staff said a prior contract with JH Groner expired after a three-year engagement in which that firm assisted with the authority’s RAD conversion and a public plaza 4% bond transaction in 2021–22.

The authority cited development work anticipated in Jefferson County and continued work at the Mount Angeles View site as reasons for bringing a development consultant on contract. The RFQ approach described by staff would not commit the authority to a fixed number of tasks up front; instead, scope would be set per task order as needs arise.

Staff also reported typical end-of-fiscal-year work around June 30 and noted retirements and recent hires in finance and other departments.