POG
Manager Report 8/17-30
+ Attended Coastal Economic Summit in Lincoln City. Acquired
locally processed product to take as part of “taste of the coast” reception.
+ Met with DEQ at Summit to discuss status regarding outfall
permits. Looks like DEQ may begin the renewal process that will help the Ocean
Gold building.
+ Staff fielded lots of questions regarding the apartment and
end up renting it to a nice couple. They were alerted that we may be doing
upgrades to the building.
+ Received word from Merkley’s office that the Port’s $1.47MM
TIGER application was successful. This will focus on the underground utility
and road improvements.
+ Received signed contract from Buell’s for storage unit for
next year.
+ Working with Bill Cook to meeting with Columbia River
Estuary Study Taskforce about preparing a work plan related to the Port’s
dredging permit. Scheduled for next Tuesday. Talked to another dredging
consultant and mentioned that I’m going to visit with Bill and CREST and see
how this relationship may work.
+ Worked with City, Blair Smith (tenant) and Toby Taylor
(builder) to facilitate development agreement to cost share system develop
charges. Put together with attorney agreements between the Port and tenant and
Port and city. Public meetings earlier this week went smoothly and the builder
should be able to proceed to the county for the building review.
+ Reviewed agenda and signed up for Oregon Public Ports
Association annual conference on September 26/27 in Hood River. Speakers
include Matt Garrett, Director of ODOT, and a landlord/tenant attorney.
+ Received and reviewed 60% engineering on wharf project.
Forwarded to funding agencies for their input. Received go ahead from Connect
Oregon and EDA to begin sending in reimbursement requests.
+ Received occupancy numbers from port transient room tax
collectors to be used in state’s economic impact analysis for all ports.
+ Finished peer review of Port of Newport’s SBP checklist for
OBDD.
+ Discussions with funding agencies and port attorney about
port’s need to adopt a public contracting policy. Basically, the port will
follow ORS279 and a simple one page resolution will be adopted formalizing
those rules.
+ Management will be attending BOLI wage and hour seminar on
Sept. 11 at TBCC. Should be a good lead in before our consultant begins his
work in October.
+ Talked to Collin, RV Park engineer, about matching boatwash
landscaping, specifically the pavers, fencing and flowers. It might cost us two
spaces but it will brighten up that corner of the port.
+ Received names for possible interviewees for the Vision
Plan process. Thank you all!
+ Received updated detail for the TPUD joint electrical line
running through the back of the RV park that will service both the park and the
boat wash. Forwarded to Collin to include in our park plan as Phase I.
+ Confirmed that our HR consultant will be scheduling
interviews with port staff in October before hunting season starts! We are
anxious for this work to begin. Continuing to work with staff to educate and
train use of weekly time sheet and use of accrued time.
+ Staff updated wait list now that we’ve completed our annual
moorage updates. We were able to place 13 new moorage holders and our waiting
list is still full.
+ Talked to John at City about Enhance grant presentation for
$300k Commercial Ave. project next week in Tillamook. Now that we have the
TIGER funds we should be able to justify the local match.
+ Issued Notices to Proceed to Onion Peak for maintenance
yard survey and Sheldon Land Clearing for the removal of the old buildings.
Work is beginning on the wharf!
+ Began receiving informal quotes for wharf project grant
administration. Deadline is Sept. 7th.
+ Reviewed progress on wharf design with USACE/DSL permits to
make sure we’re on track and it looks good.
+ Received several calls from consultants interested in the
Grant Administration and Construction Management contracts.
+ Researched and obtained samples of $100k+ construction
contracts based upon federal funding requirements.
+ Visited demolition site several times this week to check
in.
+ Read review of state’s economic revenue forecast. Still
meekly moving on though processed food exports are doing very well.
+ Began drafting my first CO reimbursement request. I want to
have all the kinks worked out before receiving our demo invoice so it can be
received smoothly. ODOT staff has been very helpful in working with me through
the review.
+ Researched old records for contact at Charter. Power lines
along Commercial Ave. will be cut in a week or two and the overhead lines
removed for the duration of construction. Attended meeting with TPUD to review
how lines will be cut to minimize problems during pile driving.
+ Had an interesting discussion with Ken Valentine about the
pros/cons of having the CM share a job shack with the General. I think the
General Contract will contain a provision that they will provide office space
for the CM.
+ After a long conversation with Mark Freeman, OBDD, he
offered to review the CM SOW and made some suggestions that I will review with
our engineers. Mark didn’t have to do this and it was a generous offer. He
provided some great additional insight that will be valuable as we move
forward.
CALENDAR
UPDATE NEXT WEEK
9/3 Meeting
with Maintenance Crew
9/3 Meeting
with DLCD State Director
9/4 Meeting
with Bill Cook/CREST
9/5 NWACT
at POTB
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