SEQUIM — City staff have paused a planned second-floor remodel of the Sequim Civic Center to focus on bringing improvements to the city’s shop at 169 W. Hemlock St.

“Functionally, it’s not what we want in the 2020s,” Sequim Public Works Director Paul Bucich said during a recent tour of the shop site.

City staff have sought upwards of $35 million in recent years through the state to improve and expand the shop facilities and city-owned undeveloped area between the shop and Third Avenue.

All or some of the streets, water, sewer, stormwater, parks and the city mechanic work out of the shop facility. Proposed improvements include covered vehicle and road material storage areas, a fuel station, a greenhouse, and space for future buildings and storage.

The city received $500,000 for a fuel s

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