SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2017
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Mayor Joe Henry said, “If it can go
up $700,000 in three months, the final
number might be $9 million by the
time we get done.”
Messmer said. “Basically we are
figuring out what is our project and
what is ODOT’s project.”
Reynolds added that the FURA
board would be able to make decisions
in the next budget cycle that would
bring the budget numbers in line.
FURA Chairman Joshua Greene
said because ODOT initiated sidewalk
modifications, the city might be able
to get the agency to pay for more of the
sidewalk expenses.
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“In actuality, we may get more
(money) out of ODOT that may cover
overages that have to be spent,”
Greene said.
Link said, “You don't know the final
price until bids come in. Bids can
come in really low or they can come in
a little high.”
According to the project schedule,
the design and public input will be
completed by January 2018. ODOT
will review project bids by March 2018
and the project, including paving,
should be completed by fall of 2018.
In other business, Downtown
Revitalization Team (DRT) chair-
woman Ellen Huntingdon said the
committee was planning on bringing
the hanging flower basket program
back to Florence Old Town for 2017.
Huntingdon said, “They were a big
hit. We were able to get sponsorships
for all 45 baskets. The Port of Siuslaw
purchased an additional 10 for the port
properties.”
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She said the baskets would be deliv-
ered in April.
Public Art Committee (PAC) mem-
ber SK Lindsey reported that PAC has
several projects planned for Florence
by the end of 2018.
The smaller projects include beauti-
fying area trashcans, and bus stops.
“The trashcan project will be low
cost but high profile for the communi-
ty,” Lindsey said.
According to Lindsey, the group
plans to raise money to cover the cost
of local artists beautifying the bus stop
shelters.
“We also have a couple of ‘wow’
projects. One is the Siuslaw Bridge
steps. We have a regional call to artists
for this,” she said.
Lindsey said PAC was looking for
ideas from the artists for the steps proj-
ect. One idea she shared was to cover
the steps in ceramic tiles that would
compliment the architecture of the
bridge.
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“This is a top of the line jer-
sey with numbers on the back,
which is something the kids
have been asking for, for the last
couple of years,” Aaron said.
The idea behind the program
was simple, according to
Blazer’s Vice President of
Corporate Communications,
Michael Lewellen.
“We really wanted to expand
our support to areas outside of
the Portland metro area, and we
hope this program will allow us
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“We want Florence to be noticed
and put on the map for its art scene,”
Lindsey said. “The largest project we
have is a large mural at highways 126
and 101, so people coming in from
Eugene will be able to see it. We will
be looking for artists nationwide.”
The plan is for the mural to be paint-
ed on the east facing side of the
Central Lincoln PUD building at 966
Highway 101.
Lindsey also outlined a plan to cre-
ate outdoor art galleries for artists to
display and offer works of art for sale.
Greene said, “The art will keep
changing, which keeps it vibrant. The
PAC plan is to start with six locations
for the first round then go for six more
and then go to 12 more by the end of
the two year period. That will give us
24 pieces of art that will be on dis-
play.”
He said the first six pieces would
most likely be sculptures and installa-
tion pieces on pedestals.
to do that,” he said.
Aaron said she
believes the partner-
ship with Oregon’s
only professional
sport’s team comes
with benefits that go
beyond jerseys.
“The kids in the
program also get to
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attend a basketball Boys and Girls Teen Program Director
clinic, free of charge Tracy Aaron and Director Chuck
at the Moda Center,” Trent hold up signed Portland Trail
Aaron said. “We sent Blazers memorabilia given to the club.
two of our club kids
to the basketball camp and they with our corporate partners,” he
got to play with Damian Lillard said.
and the other Blazers. They got
The boys and girls participat-
to get their pictures taken with ing in the league aren’t the only
the players.”
one’s to benefit from the club’s
While basketball is the focus association with the Blazers.
of this program, Lewellen said
“Some of our coaches also
he believes that the Blazers have got to work with the Blazers
a responsibility to assist in other coaching staff, they worked on
ways.
some drills to teach the kids and
“We are very aware, as an the coaches really enjoyed the
organization, that we have the opportunity to learn from the
ability and the responsibility to professionals,” Aaron said.
support communities across the
Boys and Girls Club
state in ways that are not sports Basketball League begins play-
related, which we do through ing today at the Siuslaw
our Community Foundation and Elementary School gymnasium.
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communications center. The
trailer has equipment that mir-
rors the capability of the sys-
tems in the Siuslaw Valley Fire
and Rescue’s main station on
Highway 101 and the Florence
Justice Center, just in case.
Multiple redundancy is a
term the ARES/RACES vol-
unteers use often.It refers to
the concept that a backup is
never enough.
Things break down or they
are damaged.
In many cases, ARES/
RACES members build or buy
those backups.
The need for multiple back-
up systems is clear to Pine.
“If SVFR is destroyed by an
earthquake or the Justice
Center is flooded, we can still
communicate with the outside
world using the equipment in
our mobile trailer,” he said.
COCRC members paid for
the emergency trailer. Many
COCRC members have indi-
vidually donated thousands of
dollars and contributed hun-
dreds of hours building and
maintaining the systems in
place. The agency has received
a small amount of money in
grants, but the bulk of the
expenditures have come from
the members themselves.
Moving forward, Florence
ARES/RACES is hoping to
attract community members
that have an interest in helping
with this endeavor to join
them. They are preparing to
conduct an introductory class
in ham radio operation, which
will begin on Saturday, Feb.
11, at the command center at
SVFR.
The class will be focused on
familiarizing residents with
the initial information required
to attain a ham radio opera-
tor’s license.
Currently, the ARES/
RACES group has 13 mem-
bers that are certified to assist
first responders in case of a
natural disaster.
According to Pine, that
number is insufficient to fully
staff the communications
needs for the community.
“We are understaffed at 13,”
he said. “We have a few
ARES/RACES members in
Florence, Mapleton and Dunes
City, but we really need some
individuals that want to go
through the additional certifi-
cation to become first respon-
ders, so that we can provide
back up communications to
our first responders if needed.”
For more information
on ham radio operation or
to get involved in this eff-
ort, contact COCRC at
info@W7FLO.com.
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