POG Manager Report 11/17-30
+ Attended City Council Meeting on the 19th to
discuss zoning issues and Port affairs.
+ Attended GTC Garibaldi Days Committee meeting.
+ Staff was off for the Thanksgiving holiday on 22nd
and 23rd.
+ Attended NOHA finance committee meeting in Warrenton.
+ Drafted Resolution adopting a process for the port
manager’s annual evaluation. Should be codified into the Personnel Rules. No
difference than what we’ve been doing; just formalizing the process.
+ Received GTC packet for next Monday.
+ Talked to various tenants to update contact information.
+ Discussion with Portland Aquarium who is interested in
drawing water for their aquarium (off of Hwy 99 in Oak Grove). They plan on
pumping 6k gallons of water from our docks to transport back to Portland.
Charging a guest moorage fee of $30 a day for use (rate resolution). It’s a new
business and they may be asking for the Port to sponsor some portion of their
tourism business.
+ Received notice to proceed with ConnectOregon agreement.
+ Reviewed long- and short-term disability documents with
Office Manager. Staff is working to develop an employee guide for when
disability claims need to be filed.
+ Reviewed invite to TEP Annual Public Meeting for Dec. 10 at
TBCC.
+ Discussed idea for a boat wash business on the corner of
American Ave. and S. Sixth St. Conversation with assessor’s office for
determining real market value for the approx. one acre lot.
+ Reviewed new party leadership in Salem.
+ Dave and engineer met on Friday to discuss RV park project.
+ Follow up with SDAO on insurance claims related to storm
damage. Primarily Tillamook Bay boathouse, restrooms and signage.
+ Received audit reports. Processed paperwork. Uploaded .pdf
of audit to website.
+ Conversation with County Commissioner Tim Josi regarding
issues relating to future of OCZMA.
+ Conversation with County Commissioner Mark Labhart
regarding county federal priorities workshop in new year and indicated the
Port’s interest in having the Tillamook Bay jetty system considered as a top
priority.
+ Researched correct date and time for Rob Trost opening in
Tillamook. Suggested that port commissioners in Tillamook stop by on Thurs.
Dec. 13th at 4pm to congratulate Rob on the new store.
+ Conversation with Ray Buchegar, lobbyist, on who jetty
support letters should be addressed to this year. Letters can be sent to The
Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, Asst. Sec. of the Army – Civil Works, 108 Army
Pentagon, Washington DC 20310-0108. Cc: Col. Eisenhauer of the Portland
District, Sens. Wyden and Merkley and Rep. Schrader.
+ Discussed OPPA proposal with Mark Landauer that OPPA begin
asking for port by-laws to house on the OPPA website as ports will be looking
to update their governance documents as part of the Strategic Business Planning
process.
+ Discussed by-laws with Bill Sargent, port attorney, and
asked him to review document before December meeting. Also sent request to
OPPA, Dave Harlan at OBDD, Oregon Govt. Ethics Commission (OGEC), and Louann
Ritchie at SDAO. POG by-laws are 95% done for commission review in December.
Sample is uploaded on Port’s website.
+ Received agenda for Ports Legislative Summit at the State
Capitol for Dec. 13th from 10am to 4pm. Commissioner Folkema has
RSVP’d.
+ Read
notice on continuing Marine Reserve process and ODFW continues to seek public
comment on their Draft Work Plan. It’s now available on their website. www.oregonocean.info/marinereserves
+ Conversation with Jeff Schons and Mary Jones about Pelican
plans. They’re still interested in Garibaldi as a long-term (3 to 5 year)
destination perhaps tied in to the Old Mill development.
+ Conversation with Patrick Mayer, Oregon Agriculture Dept.,
regarding continued export limitations on live crab. Sounds like US Commerce is
still hunkered down on continued pressure from Asian markets to force multiple
federal checks on product which makes it more difficult for product to make it
to Asia in usable shape. Mayer also shared documentation on state’s oyster production
numbers. Tillamook Bay and Yaquina Bay are neck and neck as the state leader in
oyster production. http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/docs/pdf/pubs/agripedia_stats.pdf.
+ Port dump truck has seen better days and Dave Olson,
Maintenance Manager, has asked that we look into replacing it soon. Began
researching cooperative purchase agreements with states of Oregon and
Washington about looking at used or fleet trucks. An agreement between the Port
and State will allow us to purchase budgeted equipment/services as potentially
cheaper rates.
+ Conversation with Dave McCall, County Solid Waste
Management Dir. Sent information regard Coffin Butte Landfill (http://www.wou.edu/las/physci/taylor/g473/coffnote2.pdf) as this information was needed as part of the
Port’s EDA grant application.
+ Finished final touches on ODOT STIP application.
Collaborated with Scott Keillor and John O’Leary. City sent application to ODOT
on Tuesday. Cross our fingers!
+ Received digital copy from Georgia York, OCZMA on
commercial fisheries report. Posted to POG’s Facebook page. Also read materials
related to OCZMA funding history.
+ Rockaway Beach received commission’s letter of support for
wayside parks project. They submitted their application last week.
+ Scheduled to attend Bay City City Council meeting on
December 11 to ask for Council support for jetty system and to give an update
on port affairs.
+ Narrowed dates for Washington DC jetty/wharf lobbying trip
to Feb. 26th or 25th. Will be there for one day; five
meetings.
+ Worked with Office Manager to project personnel costs for
current year to correct any issues related to personnel changes and to get a
head start on next year’s budget. Began drafting budget calendar.
+ Reviewed customer service training through Workforce
Oregon. Q Care program is a great, free program for any business (ports, too)
that deals with the public and wants to find training opportunities for their
staff. The GTC has been discussing ways of getting businesses training
opportunities.
+ Trying to find volunteers to help with the fishing tank
during Garibaldi Days. Interested?
+ Received call from Karen Nelson, USACE, about beginning
dredging process for boat basin.
+ E-mailed Tom Simonson that we will be returning the
USDA-RBE grant for the pier’s end boathouse as we’ve been unable to secure
matching non-federal funding before July 1 of next year. It’s too bad as USDA has
worked with the Port to change the Scope (a few times), but we’ve been unable
to get $15k in matching funds together.
+ Met with staff and OTAK engineer to review RV park utility
upgrade. He’s recommending that we reduce the number of spaces from 62 to 48
due to park standards. Spent some time analyzing daily park use to determine
how many days we actually have had more than 48 RVs in the park. May take a day
or two to fully determine financial impacts.
+ Received press release from Port of Cascade Locks that
their Executive Director, Chuck Daugherty, will be leaving the port at the end
of the year.
+ Developed rough draft budget for GTC; went over numbers
with Gene Tish.
+ Collaborated with Lisa Phipps, TEP, regarding her interest
in meeting economic dev. Directors at the various coastal ports. Shared names,
contact information and other insights with her.
+ Also talked about issues related to Lake Lytle, the county
boat launch and issues related to invasive species. As you know, a lot of
boaters “clean out” the salt from their motors by running in Lake Lylte. ODFW
is looking for a possible spot for a boat wash, which could be a good tie in
with Bryce Smith who is interested in putting in a commercial wash somewhere at
the port.
+ Reviewed comments made by Bill Sargent regarding bylaws.
Made changes.
+ Received comments from Shalini Basal, Seattle EDA program
manager, regarding our submitted answers from Nov. 16th. Forwarded
comments to Ken Valentine and will follow up next week.
+ Helped Mark Landauer, OPPA ED, track down contact
information for the Port of Coquille River. POCR is a very small port (much
smaller than Nehalem) located in Myrtle Point.
+ Distributed agenda for next Commission meeting to Irish’s
Mooring and visited with the folks in there about port affairs.
+ Dropped off materials at Bay City City Hall for inclusion
in their council packet. I’ll be making a presentation at their next meeting.
CALENDAR
UPDATE NEXT WEEK
12/3 GTC Meeting
12/4 OPAC Meeting at POTB
12/6 NOHA Meeting
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