POG Manager Report 2/16-22

POG Manager Report 2/16-22

+          Staff meeting. Discussed customer service training and changes to annual performance review. Commissioner Daniels sat in during part of meeting.

+          Coffee with Gunnar Monson, owner of the Garibaldi Foodbasket, at Irish’s Mooring.

+          OPPA Legislative Committee meeting to discuss pending legislation in Salem.

+          Received letter from Ken Valentine, that HHPR has gone over budget on their contract and they’re looking at a $40k contract amendment for work not contracted and completed and final bid development. Will be on March agenda.

+          Correspondence with PNWA on Port’s willingness to donate Tillamook Smoker, Cheese and canned fished product to Mission. We’ll be shipping directly to their address in DC.

+          Discussions with Bill Sargent on enforcing live-aboards. Also talked to maintenance crew about marking presumed live-aboards during daily dock checks.

+          Pulled together jetty support letters from various jurisdictions and forwarded to Ray Buchegar. Also sent the one page white paper on the south jetty repair.

+          Wrote port description summary for PNWA materials.

+          Several discussions with city and Blair Smith. Amazingly a boat wash is not considered a water dependent use, but even if it was the threat of a single car using the facility could jeopardize the legal use provisions. Called Matt Spangler, DLCD rep., and he suggested the cleanest route would be to apply for a zone change from Water Dependent to Commercial. I have a further inquiry to the city on the process for applying for a zone change. Blair has also hired Toby Taylor as his builder. Taylor has extensive knowledge of city land use code/processes in addition to being an experience builder.

+          Joe Happ sent me the article for the city newsletter to edit and review. Looks good.

+          Jim Young, POTB member, will be replacing Bill Baertlein, representing county ports, on the NWACT. I will serve as Jim’s alternate.

+          Reviewed report forwarded from Mark Landauer on financed funds to the Governor’s Regional Solutions Teams (RST). Followed up with an email to Mark Ellsworth, local governor’s rep., on how our final push on wharf funding (road improvements) should be presented.

+          Review Capital Improvement List with Comm. Luquette. We discovered some math issues on the report which have been updated. Also discussed inclusion of Old Mill acquisition as a project. Would make a good Commission discussion as to whether that should continue to be on the list though it is currently a Long-term project.

+          Fielded comments from public regarding SB303. Explained that this is an effort by Nehalem fisherman to limit access to guide boats. Though there is a definite issue with guide boats (especially those from out of state), this legislation is more of a bazooka when the issue needs a scalpel. An alternative approach would be to limit guide boats as opposed to further restricting fishing opportunities. (…that are already being managed.)

+          Finished packet for budget committee workshop. E-mailed to committee members. March 6, 6:00 pm.

+          Coordinated DLCD TSP response with Comm. Barnett. He’ll be keeping track of comparable responses in the next week and then we’ll put our heads together when we get back from DC.

+          Conversation with Nancy Fitzpatrick and Tim Thomas regarding albacore treaty with Canada (see below).

+          Meeting with Comms. Folkema and Browning and MC Saindon to review action plans/talking points for our DC lobbying trip…

I.               SUPPORT RAMP LEGISLATION. The Port of Garibaldi is supportive of legislation initiated in part by NW legislators to release the full amount of collected Harbor Maintenance Trust Funds (HMTF) to USACE for the intended purpose of dredging and jetty maintenance. Currently, only HALF of the collected tax is released for it’s legally intended purpose.

II.              DREDGING TILLAMOOK BAY BAR. Similar to the dredging effort at Morro Bay in 2009. ERDC has been monitoring our entry and a solution that would allow the dredge Yaquina to dig a hole that would absorb the wave height could be a short-term solution. Could be a fraction of the cost and buy valuable time. Has Morro solution worked?

III.            SUPPORT U.S. COAST GUARD MISSION. What is the best approach for getting a Water Analysis and Management System funded? Aids to navigation into Tillamook Bay.

IV.            WAVE ENERGY BREAKWATER DESIGN. Jetty systems that can have multiple uses, such as wave energy conductors, are positives.

V.             SITE CERTIFIED SEAFOOD INSPECTIONS. U.S. Commerce needs to certify seafood productions sites in order to speed up and increase distribution opportunities.

VI.            SUPPORTIVE OF THE US/CANADA ALBACORE TREATY, BUT AGAINST THE FISHING REGIME PROVISIONS.            “Fishing Regime” is the portion of the Treaty that defines specifics such as number of boats, quotas, etc. The Regime expired in 2011 and there has been no treaty in place. More study needs to be conducted to see the economic impacts to the US economy. It would be a different story if those fish were landed in the US, but Canada has not be forthcoming with landing data. (Nancy Fitzpatrick, Oregon Albacore Commission)

VII.          MARINE INFRASTRUCTURE. The Port has a $3.0MM pending grant application from EDA to rebuild our WWII era wharf. Along with a $1.7MM State of Oregon grant, we are now only $1.3MM away from finishing the road and utility improvements needed to finish the project.

+          Continued discussion with OBDD about obtaining interim financing for wharf project.

+          Upon request by OBDD, The Port of Garibaldi has received approximately $100,000 from the federal government since 2007. (This does not include the work on the north jetty as that money does not come to the port.) The $100,000 includes mainly FEMA reimbursements from the 2007 storm, and a $15k grant from USDA-RD for planning efforts.

+          We’ve been a little short-handed this week with Jessi out on a brief medical leave, so I’ve fielded more moorage inquiries than normal. Tabitha has been a big help and I’m impressed with how much she has learned during her short time here.

+          Completed Tourism Oregon Quality Care customer service training program and received my certificate. Goal is to have all six port employees certified through the Travel Oregon program. Both Chris and Virgil earned their certificates after completing the program this week (poor weather allowed them to make time!) So we’re half way through our goal! This is a program that was discussed during the Garibaldi Tourism Commission meetings. Here’s the program link … http://www.oregonqcare.com/take-q-care.html

+          EDA needed more signatures on additional documents. Comm. Folkema made time to come in and update forms. Continuing to get stuff back to EDA as needed.

CALENDAR UPDATE NEXT WEEK

2/25-27          Washington DC trip

2/28    Interview with DLCD on port planning efforts

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