The dearth of public bathrooms and overtaxed parking in Point Reyes Station has spurred the county to study additional parking and restroom options for West Marin. But original plans to study the crisis hit an unexpected snag when the proposed contractor turned out to be a nuclear weapons developer. A contract for the work, priced at about $61,000, was set for approval by the Board of Supervisors agenda a few weeks ago. Yet, a few days before the vote, the Peace Conversion Commission discovered that the intended contractor, AECOM Technical Services, was on the county’s list of nuclear weapons contractors. The county does not do business with nuclear contractors under its Nuclear Free Zone law unless no feasible alternative exists. Carl Somers, the chief of planning for Marin County Parks, said he could not talk about next steps at the moment, as no decisions have been made about how to move forward. But the county could seek another qualified contractor not on the prohibited list or—if no other qualified contractor can be found—attempt to move forward with AECOM, as supervisors could override the objections of the peace commission. Yet Mr. Somers was adamant that, one way or another, the study will move forward. A major focus will be on Point Reyes Station, which has just one public restroom, as well as port-a-potties near the park and the Grandi building. The study will also assess current and projected tourism for towns ranging from Marshall to Stinson Beach in the next 50 years. “We’re really eager to move forward with the study. It’s going to identify a range of alternatives for each community,” Mr. Somers said. Port-a-potties currently located behind Toby Street and near the Grandi Building are not viable long-term solutions to the problem, he said. “For one, they’re unsightly and smelly. It’s also an undue burden on county resources,” said Mr. Somers. “They are pumped twice a day on peak days, so we struggle to keep up with it.” The study will also examine how other small communities have handled booming numbers of tourists. The study will not devise specific technical plans but will offer conceptual alternatives of how to expand restroom services and parking—as well as the associated costs and constraints. “We’re anxious,” said Steve Costa, the owner of Point Reyes Books who has recently convened meetings of local business owners to talk about a range of issues—including parking and toilets. “We’re looking for both some short-[term] and long-term solutions to this bathroom crisis.” He added that off-street parking near the Grandi could disappear from general use once owner Ken Wilson finishes his permit application to restore it as a hotel. But the study doesn’t mean that the county itself would take on projects to amp up wastewater treatment and parking. “We’ll be there as a resource, to act as convener and facilitator for dialogue,” Mr. Somers said. “But the growth [in tourism] has a lot of different drivers… All of those drivers have to own, hopefully, a proportional piece of solution.”