SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2016
Symposium
from 1A
Other speakers at the sym-
posium were State Rep.
David Gomberg and Francis
Chan, senior research fellow
at Oregon State University.
The keynote address
was given by Local Ocean
Seafood
owner
Laura
Anderson and the sympo-
sium was moderated by
Oregon Surfrider Foundation
Policy Coordinator Charlie
Plybon.
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Catalyst
from 1A
Economic Development Cor-
poration,
Lane
County
Economic Development Depart-
ment, Business Oregon and
newly-created
recruitment
agency, Greater Eugene, Inc. It
also works closely with Florence
Area Chamber of Commerce.
“Jesse is joining at the time
when there are a lot of new faces
in economic development.
There’s a lot of energy and a lot
of things going forward,”
Reynolds said. “We’ve made
great connections and gotten
Florence’s name out there to
other agencies and organizations
that are doing the same things as
us. Really, this position is taking
us to the next level for a service
this community hasn’t had, a
position dedicated to helping our
economy grow in a healthy way
that makes sense for Florence.”
Dolin’s experience in sales
and marketing was a huge draw
for the Economic Development
Committee. He used to work
with artists and galleries to make
them more profitable and suc-
cessful.
“A lot of what I’ll be doing
here for the city relates directly
to what I did for artists, which is
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at the Land/Sea
Symposium in Yachats.
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selling the city, updating the
website, freshening things up
and connecting with everyone to
make sure they know they are
being listened to and that there is
immediate action when need-
ed,” he said.
Part of his job will be to work
with the city’s website, highlight
the area’s natural beauty and
help businesses “tell their stories
better.”
“I keep thinking about this
idea of the new renaissance of
Florence, that it is ‘The City in
Motion,’” Dolin said. “It’s the
idea behind branding this town.
I really want this to be a place of
new, fresh ideas that people are
excited about.”
He said he looks forward to
working with businesses that
want to protect the environment,
focus on forward thinking, bring
in something “fresh and new”
like a brewery or community
space, source wild foods and
local resources and work with
nearby agencies, such as
Hatfield Marine Science Center,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
and other key players.
“I’m open for ideas,” Dolin
said. “I’m a believer in collabo-
ration and working together,
having an open mind and think-
ing outside the box. Also, we
will continue to work on what ‘s
been effective so far and build-
ing on that.”
Reynolds said that the eco-
nomic development catalyst
position is just one aspect the
city is using to work on busi-
nesses.
“All of our functions add to
the economic development ini-
tiative. It’s that concerted, dedi-
cated effort to the outward com-
munity. The City of Florence as
a government is going to contin-
ue of provide a great foundation
for the private market to flour-
ish,” she said. “We’re perfectly
poised and we’re ready, and we
think the community is ready.”
Dolin will use aspects of the
city’s Work Plan to create his
own goals.
He said, “We’re all well
aware of our priority list and
what’s most important to the
city: affordable housing, higher
paying jobs and letting the world
know that Florence is open for
business.”
Dolin’s efforts will provide
the city’s bridge between attract-
ing talent and creating jobs, with
housing, health care, education
and more aspects addressed as
more people join the area,
Reynolds said.
“All boats rise with the rising
tide. As the industry succeeds,
so will tourism, so will retirees,
so will education, health care
and housing. Houses can be
built in less than a year, and we
have plenty of space within
Florence zoned and ready to be
built on. Should that demand
arise, within a year or two that
housing could be here,” she said.
Dolin said, “It’s an exciting
time for the city with the
ReVision Florence program
that’s going on, and just bringing
people in my demographic to
the area, too. We’ve done a good
job with tourism and as a retire-
ment community, but we’re
working to bring more business
and young people to the area. It
could be a place to raise a fami-
ly. There’s a lot to do and it’s
very exciting.”
Dolin will attend the
Economic
Development
Committee meeting on Tuesday,
Nov. 22, at 2 p.m. at Florence
City Hall. He will introduce
himself and be available after
the meeting to shake hands and
meet people.
“Tying people together.
That’s really the spirit of my first
chunk of time here: talking with
everyone, meeting everyone and
seeing how I can best connect
the dots,” he said.
missioner at the time. We were
overpowered at that time,
Nancy, if you recall.”
Commission President Ron
Caputo said, “Everyone is enti-
tled to their own opinions and
can vote whichever way they
want. I for one will back the
manager. Since Able Insurance
is doing Coos Bay and several
other ports, I think they have
the experience to do it. That is
my opinion.”
Buckwald said, “Coast
Insurance has represented the
port in previous years, so I
believe they have experience.
They have experience with
numerous municipalities as
well. They are very local.”
Buckwald neglected to
inform commissioners that
Coast Insurance is a tenant in a
building that is owned by
Ourown Investments LLC, a
company that lists Michael S.
Buckwald as the agent of
record, according to the
Oregon Secretary of State
Corporation Division.
Buckwald’s CPA firm is also
a tenant in the building.
In a divided vote, Coast
Insurance was approved to be
the new port insurance agent
for the next three years.
Buckwald, Duman and David
Huntington voted yes. Caputo
and Rickard voted no.
Leskin said, “I provide the
board with the best facts and
recommendations that I can. It
is ultimately up to the commis-
sion to follow my recommen-
dations or not, but to make
decisions that are in the best
interest of the port.”
Caputo said, “I was not
aware of this (change of
motion) and I don’t like sur-
prises. Apparently Terry did
not like the decision making
process three years ago.”
John Murphy of Coast
Insurance Services said he was
happy with the decision and
that Coast Insurance has
worked with the port in the past
and he looks forward to doing
so again.
In other business, the board
voted to approve the demoli-
tion of the 43-foot fishing ves-
sel Ester.
In March 2015, the U.S.
Coast Guard towed the 82-
year-old vessel to the Port of
Siuslaw docks after breaking
down in the ocean.
“The boat has significant
hull issues above the water
line,” Leskin said. “We spent a
considerable amount of time
trying to figure out how to
recycle this boat. We consid-
ered repurposing it, we consid-
ered selling it. But anybody
who wanted to buy that boat
didn’t know what they were
getting into.
“We were afraid that it
would end up upstream and
eventually back here,” he
added.
The bid to haul the vessel out
of the water, drain the gas, oil
and fluids, dismantle and tow
away was $8,000.
The board voted unanimous-
ly to have the vessel destroyed.
Yesterday, Northwest Haz-
mat hauled the boat out of the
water and disassembled it.
The board also approved the
Nopal ramp gangway replace-
ment, and repair and replace-
ment of F Dock that was
severely damaged by a partial-
ly submerged log. The bid to
repair the dock is approximate-
ly $14,000.
According to Leskin, all
three expenditures will come
out of the $33,000 remaining in
the facilities portion of the
budget.
Leskin said the dock repairs
should be completed by next
spring, before dock revenue
would be impacted.
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“The process that was used this
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years ago. I was a junior com-
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