SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2018 | 9A
Town with posted parking re- west of the bridge; on Laurel
strictions are on Bay Street, Street, rom First to Bay Street;
In truth, the only area in Old from Nopal to the area just Maple Street, from First to Bay
Street; and on Nopal Street,
from First to Bay Street. Signs
are posted in those areas, with
time limits of no more than
three hours.
And that’s all year long, not
just in the summers.
Citation amounts begin
with
$15 for the first offense,
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followed by a $25 citation for
Friday, June 15th, 1:30 pm-3:30pm
the second offense, $35 for the
third offense and $50 should
the owner be cited a fourth
time all in the same year.
In addition, any recreation-
al vehicles, trailers or vehicles
more than seven feet tall are
not allowed to park anywhere
in those restricted areas.
Frazier said it’s not his in-
tention to “catch” people, nor
does he approach his parking
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Mittge has seen the amount
of money available to pur-
chase new volumes for the
district’s permanent collec-
tion rise over the past few
years.
“When I first started, we
had much less money, so I
tended to buy really special
books that we might not have
been able to afford otherwise.
We’d get oversize books and
big art books and some ex-
pensive reference books, like
the Merk Manual,” he said.
“We get quite a bit of money
now. This year, I have $6,900
to spend on adult books and
Children’s Librarian Gayle
Waiss gets about $3,000 for
children’s books.”
The increased amount of
money available for book pur-
chases has allowed Mittge to
expand the number and types
of books he is able to add to
the library’s permanent col-
lection while also respond-
ing to the changing role that
libraries play in the lives of
their patrons.
“Usually, around December,
I start either ordering books
or identifying books I want
to order. As the fund contin-
ues to grow, I probably will
have to start buying books
throughout the year,” Mittge
said. “I also get suggestions
“Timed parking is only 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., and I come
through once a day — and not
even every day,” he says. “And
I don’t get out a tape measure
to see which vehicles are seven
feet high. But when it comes to
motor homes and RVs, I feel
an obligation to store owners
to keep those vehicles from
blocking their storefronts.”
None of this is to say there
isn’t parking in Old Town for
employees or residents if they
know where to find it. For
example, the city leases the
parking area at the old Lotus
Restaurant at the far west end
of Bay Street, where as many
as 60 spaces are available for
parking at no cost and with-
out a time limit. Parking is also
available all day for free at the
Port of Siuslaw parking lot.
However, there is no overnight
parking in either location.
“We realize it means employ-
ees or residents without their
own parking may need to walk
a block or two, but they can
park there all day,” said Frazier.
For those with a handi-
capped parking placard, the
law not only allows owners
of those vehicles to park any-
where marked for the hand-
icapped, but they are also not
subject to time restrictions.
“But it has to be prominently
displayed,” said Frazier. “Just
having one isn’t enough. I need
to be able to see it on the dash-
board or in the back window.”
There are also some restric-
tions beyond the Old Town
area that some drivers may
not be aware of, such as not
parking, stopping or leaving
a vehicle running in a bicycle
lane, which are defined as part
of the highway, adjacent to the
roadway, designated by official
signs or markings for use by
persons riding a bicycle.
Parking in violation of a bi-
cycle lane is a Class D offense
with a fine of $142. In addition,
parking in the wrong direction
on the street is also prohibited
anywhere, with a fine of $110.
In the end, Frazier sees his
parking restriction enforce-
ment duties as something not
everyone likes or appreciates,
but that are necessary to keep
the Old Town District and its
businesses accessible to visi-
tors and residents alike.
“We are a beautiful com-
munity and a great place to
be, and I’m absolutely thrilled
with the amount of business on
Bay Street,” Frazier says. “Just
be aware that it’s that time of
year that I’m out there doing
my job.”
For more information on
parking restrictions or city
codes, contact Frazier at 541-
997-3515 or visit ci.florence.
or.us.
from patrons, and especially
now, if it’s a special book, I
will order it and put a book
plate in it and designate it as
an endowment book.”
Another thing the endow-
ment fund supports is the
yearly addition of great works
by important American au-
thors, published by the Li-
brary of America.
“Every year the Library of
America series comes out
with about a dozen or so new
volumes, and we use endow-
ment money to buy those vol-
umes,” Mittge said.
The changing nature of li-
braries has led to a different
focus in other areas of the
library as well. Most notably,
the district is seeing changes
in who is using the library and
what they are doing while at
the library.
According to the Pew data,
57 percent of women and 55
percent of 16- to 29-year-olds
that went to a library or book-
mobile checked out a book in
the previous 12 months.
Americans with college
degrees visited libraries at
a slightly higher than aver-
age rate of nearly 60 percent,
again, primarily to check out
a book.
All groups surveyed report
they are using libraries as
places to learn about events
occurring in their area and to
hear speakers, listen to music
and meet to discuss issues of
importance to the communi-
ty.
Surprisingly, only eight per-
cent of Americans used mo-
bile apps or tablets to access
library resources, a slight re-
duction from the 12 percent
rate in 2015.
This is all information that
the district uses to modify the
materials and presentations
offered to the public.
This shift in library use has
been taken into account while
developing the library’s popu-
lar summer reading program,
according to Waiss, who coor-
dinates the classes and work-
shops offered.
“The summer reading pro-
gram theme this year is ‘Li-
braries Rock!’” she said. “We
have programs for everyone
from birth to death. This year
we hired a teen intern from
the University of Oregon and
she is going to do nine pro-
grams just for teens.
The first program is on the
Thursday, June 21, and partic-
ipants will be making pizza.
“The grand finale for teens
is going to be a library lock-in
that will go from 6 p.m. on a
Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday, and
the library will be all theirs,”
Waiss said.
She also wants people to
know that the summer pro-
grams will have events de-
signed specifically for adults.
On Saturday, June 23, Vision
Quest’s Get Wild series will
be presenting the workshop,
“Trails Locals Love.”
This will be followed by
a presentation the next Sat-
urday, June 30, as naturalist
Robert Bailey will be present-
ing “Ghosts in the Kelp: Sea
Otters in Oregon.”
There will also be two con-
certs offered in July, family
movies shown on Tuesday
nights and general movies
screened on Thursday after-
noons.
But until all that fun really
gets going, Mittge and Waiss
recommend checking out the
new endowment books.
When Mittge was asked to
select a new title he was look-
ing forward to reading, he
said, “You know, I’m stumped.
There are so many great new
titles. We have a number of
new cookbooks and biogra-
phies and books on science
and traveling. I can’t pick one
as there are so many interest-
ing choices.”
For more information on
the Siuslaw Public Library’s
Summer Reading Program,
or to check out one of the
600 new books that have been
added to the district’s collec-
tion, visit the Florence branch
at 1460 Ninth St. or the
Mapleton branch at 88148
Riverview Ave.
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