+ City
Council approved Blair Smith’s rezone.
+ Attended
OPPA/Quarterly Ports meeting in Salem.
+ Camp
Hosts left for season. New hosts should arrive Sept. 1.
+ Attended
NOHA meeting in Warrenton
+ Meeting
with Ray Buchegar, ports lobbyist, and Fritz Graham, Wyden’s local field rep.,
to discuss national policies related to USACE work.
+ Received
letter from Vern Sovell discussing cost differential between in-channel
disposal (cheapest), Jerry Creasy Way disposal (double) and Kincheloe Pt.
disposal (3.5 to 4 times).
+ Soliciting
peer input for developing a qualifications-based selection process for a dredge
permitting team. Have received almost 20 suggestions, comments. It’s been very
helpful.
+ After
discussion with EDA/HHPR, the building demo and decking demo will be considered
two projects. Worked with HHPR to develop scope of work and review by EDA. EDA
suggested exploring second SOW after notice to award of building demo.
+ Meeting
with Blair Smith, Toby Taylor, Collin Stelzig, Tillamook PUD to discuss power
needs to carwash and RV park. Smith also submitted a cost sharing proposal to
the Port which will be reviewed by the commission at their Aug. 14 meeting.
+ EDA/CO
agreed to fund a temporary maintenance yard which would be used to house
displaced tenants and port maintenance crew. Submitted SOW to surveyors for
topo and possible land use maps. Received two quotes; need a third to move.
+ Scheduled
meeting with Deb Boone and Val Folkema Wednesday for coffee and catch up.
+ Found
Lonnie Hayhurst, an HR consultant who lives here in Tillamook. Has hundreds of
clients in California but is able to work from the Oregon coast. Submitted a
proposal for interviewing staff and re-writing our job descriptions meeting
BOLI and FLSA standards. Could be a good find for the port.
+ Received
quote from Local Government Personnel Institute for job description development
(same as above). Will report to commission at Aug. meeting.
+ Should
hear in September about our TIGER grant.
+ Submitted
Quarterly Report #1 to EDA.
+ PNWA
asked for an update on a summary of port “needs” at a federal level. Submitted
the following:
Port of Garibaldi
(Tillamook Bay). For FY2014, request $56K for
annual maintenance dredging support, $659K for boat basin dredging, $70K for
ocean disposal site evaluation, $600K for plans & specifications for the S.
Jetty repair, $2.0M for repair the root stem of the North Tillamook Bay Jetty
and $575K for evaluations relating to the ocean disposal site and CDIP wave
buoy.
Port of Garibaldi.
- Request $1.5 million to complete highway access upgrades for new
wharf. -
Consider funding of USCG WAMS for Tillamook Bay entrance - Consider funding Section
204 WRDA feasibility of an aquatic ecosystem restoration project for the Garibaldi
Boat Basin.
+ Staff
followed up with OSMB on confirming final requirements for our $80k boat launch
float.
+ HHPR
finalized SOW for Construction Management bid and EDA gave thumbs up with a few
small edits. Ahead of schedule on this one.
+ Received
survey from Todd Chase, who is conducting the state-wide ports economic impact
analysis. Submitted statistical data about port: tenants, fish landings,
aquaculture, transient room tax, etc. Waiting for follow up questions, but I
think we gave them plenty to start work with.
+ Follow
up with Kate Groth, USACE, who has offered a 65% grant opportunity for the port
to help for the possible mitigation of eel grass replacement in the federal
channel. Will discuss with the Port Commission in August. It could be a grant
opportunity, BUT I’m not so sure that there’s actually anything to mitigate.
The grant is good, but if the 35% local costs ends up costing the same by the
time you plant dredge spoils around Tillamook Bay, I’m not sure it pencils out.
More to come.
+ Conversation
with bath building architect. Finalized building layout with maintenance crew’s
input. It will need a once over the structural engineer but should have some
planning level numbers shortly. This building will be the heart of the
utilities for the park and will tie in to the trench at the back of the park.
+ Staff
conducted an exit conference with Mary and Jerry, our camp hosts. They had lots
of good suggestions that we’ll be working to incorporate. They did enjoy their
time here and people told them that the park has improved a lot since last
year.
+ Survey
was done to mark corners and it was discovered that the boat wash lease goes
3-ft. into our RV park! We’ll be working with Blair through this issue along
with everything else that we’re juggling.
+ Dale
Buck came by and offered to take Port’s display boards to state fair. Dale does
this on a volunteer basis for the entire county. He is quite the dedicated
volunteer to round all the displays up from around the county, set it up in
Salem, and hang out there for the duration. Nice work, Dale!
+ Coastal
Caucus Economic Summit scheduled for Aug. 20-21.
+ Staff
will be blacktopping around the Port on Wednesday.
+ Received
signed leases from Blair Smith.
+ Jessi
received a tour of the oyster upwelling units. They have not been a bust, but
they haven’t been wonderful either. Somewhere in the middle, but enough to keep
experimenting. This is quite an entrepreneurial effort and I’m excited that we
can provide the upwellers a home as a pilot project.
+
CALENDAR UPDATE NEXT WEEK
8/5 Meeting
with Collin, RV Park engineer
8/7 Wharf
Adhoc Committee Meeting with HHPR, engineers
8/7 Bid
opening for building demo project
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