FERNDALE

LEGAL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the City of will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 2, 2019 to consider an ordinance setting the utility rate design and rate adjustments.

The hearing will be held at the City Hall Annex Building located at 5694 Second Avenue, beginning at 6:00 p.m.  Any taxpayers may appear thereat and be heard for or against any part of the ordinance. Documents may be viewed at www.cityofferndale.org.

Susan Duncan

City Clerk

City of Ferndale

Published November 13 & November 20, 2019

LEGAL

SECTION 00 11 16 – invitation to Bid

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Project Name: Ferndale WWTP Upgrade

Bid Date: December 19th, 2019 – 11:00 AM

Pre-Bid Meetings: December 9th, 2019 – 1:00 PM

Engineer: Wilson Engineering LLC, Bellingham, WA

NOTICE TO BIDDERS: Sealed bids will be received from contractors by the Public Works Director, City of Ferndale, 2095 Main Street, P.O. Box 936, Ferndale, WA 98248 until 11:00 AM, Thursday, December 19th, 2019 for the Ferndale WWTP Upgrade. All bids shall be received in sealed envelopes with “FERNDALE WWTP UPGRADE” marked plainly thereon. The Project involves the proposed wastewater treatment plant upgrades per contract documents. Said bids will then and there be opened and read aloud. Bidders and other properly interested parties are invited to be present at the bid opening. Bids received after the time fixed for opening cannot be considered.

Please contact Jeff Christner or Scott Wilson, Wilson Engineering, (360) 733-6100, for project information. Only bids from bidders who have obtained the Contract Documents and have requested to be listed on the Planholders’ List, will be accepted. Copies of plans and specifications are on file for review at the City of Ferndale Public Works Department, 2095 Main Street, Ferndale, WA 98248. Hard copies are available for purchase ($300 non-refundable fee), or may be downloaded from the project website at https://wilsonengineering.com/bidding-documents/

A deposit in the form of a postal money order, cashier’s check, or bond in the amount of 5% of the greatest amount bid must be submitted with each bid proposal. Should the successful bidder fail to enter into a contract or furnish a satisfactory contract bond within the time stated in the specifications, the deposit shall be forfeited to the City.

There will be non-mandatory, pre-bid meetings for the Project held at 1:00 PM, Monday, December 9th, 2019, at City Hall, 2095 Main Street, Ferndale, WA 98248. A site visit to the Ferndale WWTP will follow the meeting.

The City shall reject any bid not accompanied by bid security. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids if such action is in the best interest of the City. The City of Ferndale is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Small, Minority and Women-owned businesses are encouraged to submit bids.

It is anticipated that this project will be funded in part by the Washington State Department of Ecology. Neither the State of Washington nor any of its departments or employees are, or shall be, a party to this contract or any subcontract resulting from this solicitation for bids. All bidders must be licensed contractors registered in the State of Washington. All work performed on this project will be subject to prevailing state wage rates.

The Successful bidder will be required to conform to the wage requirements prescribed by the federal Davis-Bacon and Relate Acts which requires that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors performing on contracts funded in whole or in part by SRF appropriations in excess of $2000 pay their laborers and mechanics not less than the prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits, and determined by the Secretary of Labor, for corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on similar projects in the area.”

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Published November 20 & 27, 2019

LEGAL

Ordinances of the City Council of the City of Ferndale, Washington, passed at the Council meeting of November 18, 2019

Ordinance #2114

An ordinance closing the Main & LaBounty and Walgreens fund

Ordinance #2115

An ordinance closing the Star Park construction fund

Ordinance #2116

An ordinance amending the 2019 budget

Full texts of the above document(s) are available at Ferndale City Hall, posted on the City’s website (www.cityofferndale.org) or will be mailed upon request

Susan Duncan, City Clerk

Published November 20, 2019

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

LEGAL

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et seq.108 1st Ave South, Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98104 Trustee Sale No.: WA-19-868748-BF Title Order No.: 02-19089223 Reference Number of Deed of Trust: Instrument No. 2130501093 Parcel Number(s): 380331 474350 0000 Grantor(s) for Recording Purposes under RCW 65.04.015: MARC O SHOKEIR, A MARRIED MAN, AS HIS SEPARATE PROPERTY Current Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust and Grantee (for Recording Purposes under RCW 65.04.015): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Current Trustee of the Deed of Trust: Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington Current Loan Mortgage Servicer of the Deed of Trust: WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. I.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 3/13/2020, at 9:00 AM At the Main Entrance of the Whatcom County Courthouse, 311 Grand Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form of cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of WHATCOM, State of Washington, to-wit: LOT 15 AND FRACTIONAL LOTS 16 AND 17, BLOCK 23, MAP OF ELDRIDGE AND BARTLETT’S ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF SEHOME, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON, W.T., ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 1 OF PLATS, PAGE 91, RECORDS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON, TOGETHER WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY 10 FEET OF VACATED OTIS STREET ABUTTING SAID LOTS AND TOGETHER WITH THE VACATED NORTHWESTERLY HALF OF VACATED ALLEY ABUTTING SAID LOTS AS WOULD ATTACH BY OPERATION OF LAW, PURSUANT TO BELLINGHAM, CITY ORDINANCE NO. 7555. More commonly known as: 1029 HUMBOLDT STREET, BELLINGHAM, WA 98225 Subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 5/2/2013, recorded 5/8/2013, under Instrument No. 2130501093 records of WHATCOM County, Washington, from MARC O SHOKEIR, A MARRIED MAN, AS HIS SEPARATE PROPERTY, as grantor(s), to WHATCOM LAND TITLE CO., as original trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Plaza Home Mortgage Inc., its successors and assigns, as original beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was subsequently assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., the Beneficiary, under an assignment recorded under Auditors File Number 20190702368 II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust as referenced in RCW 61.21.030(4) 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/Mortgage. III. The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: $7,748.65. IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $121,024.81, together with interest as provided in the Note from 4/1/2019 on, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute. 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. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 3/13/2020. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 3/2/2020 (11 days before the sale date), or by other date as permitted in the Note or Deed of Trust, to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 3/2/2020 (11 days before the sale), or by other date as permitted in the Note or Deed of Trust, the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank. The sale may be terminated any time after the 3/2/2020 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, 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(s) and Grantor(s) by both first class and certified mail, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, 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. The list of recipients of the Notice of Default is listed within the Notice of Foreclosure provided to the Borrower(s) and Grantor(s). These requirements were completed as of 9/26/2019. 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 objections to this 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 any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale. X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS – The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060. THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation. DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home. See below for safe sources of help. SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance Commission: Toll-free: 1-877-894-HOME (1-877-894-4663) or Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/homeownership/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Toll-free: 1-800-569-4287 or National Web Site: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD or for Local counseling agencies in Washington: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/index.cfm?webListAction=search&searchstate=WA&filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 or Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear Additional information provided by the Trustee: If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the noteholders rights against the real property only. The Trustee’s Sale Number is WA-19-868748-BF. Dated: 10/30/2019 Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, as Trustee By: Erome Lucas, Assistant Secretary Trustee’s Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 108 1 st Ave South, Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98104 For questions call toll-free: (866) 925-0241 Trustee Sale Number: WA-19-868748-BF Sale Line: 800-280-2832 or Login to: http://wa.qualityloan.com IDSPub #0157972

Published November 6, 13 & 20 2019