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Lane County
Service Guide
INSIDE
128TH YEAR | ISSUE NO. 60
SPORTS — B
SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890
FLORENCE, OREGON
Lane County
Parks to unveil
master plan
Duty chief truck provides
command capabilities
Division to visit
Florence for community
feedback, review
By Jared Anderson
Siuslaw News
Story & Photos
By Mark Brennan
Siuslaw News
New Siuslaw Valley Fire & Rescue vehicle
improves emergency response options
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SVFR’s new duty chief vehicle, a red Ford F-250 Heavy Duty
Truck with upgraded suspension, electronics and lighting
packages, comes fully equipped to handle most emergencies
that the fire department may face.
he challenges facing first re-
sponders are numerous and
often dangerous. One of the
ways that Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue (SVFR) tries to minimize the
dangers faced by its personnel is to
provide the latest in training tech-
niques and up to date equipment for
department members.
That is the main reason for the
recent purchase of a new, well-
equipped vehicle for the use of the
department’s assigned duty chiefs.
SVFR’s new vehicle is a red Ford
F-250 Heavy Duty Truck with SVFR
graphics and upgraded suspension,
electronics and lighting packages.
SVFR Chief Director Jim Lang-
borg believes the position of duty
chief is critical to providing the best
response to incidents of all types,
and the new vehicle will assist greatly
in that effort.
“Duty chiefs provide 24-hour-
a-day coverage, leadership and in-
cident command,” Langborg said.
“Currently, we have six people that
are qualified for that job. Two are
career staff — myself and Chief Jim
Dickerson — and we have four vol-
unteers who are also qualified.”
See TRUCK page 7A
The Lane County Parks Division is in
the process of unveiling its new Parks
Master Plan over the next few weeks.
The division will be traveling to cities
across the county to garner community
feedback and allow citizens to review
the final plan. Representatives will be
coming to Florence on Thursday, Aug.
2, to receive community input from the
Siuslaw region.
The 88-page master plan, which has
been in development for years, is the
first plan since 1980. It will be a guide-
post on how the county maintains and
invests in the parks for the next two
decades.
“Because we have so many parks and
our infrastructure is older, we need to
have a strategic vision prioritizing our
capital improvements,” said Charlie
Conrad, Lane County parks supervising
analyst. “How are we going to maintain
the assets that we have now? How are
we going to improve and develop them?
Some of that comes down to strategies
and get a full accounting of what we
have and what condition it is in.”
The divisions accounting, as well as
multiple community meetings through-
out the past few years, led to the final
drafter of the master plan.
The plan consists of six goals: Collab-
orate, connect, create vibrancy, generate
economic vitality, protect resources and
reflect our values. Each goal has around
10 strategies.
See PARKS page 6A
City updates Florence 2020 Comprehensive Plan
By Chantelle Meyer
Siuslaw News
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INSIDE
he City of Florence’s Florence
Realization 2020 Comprehen-
sive Plan is now more comprehensive
thanks to Ordinances 10 and 11, Series
2018, which amended and added lan-
guage concerning housing, economic
development and tsunami mitigation.
Florence City Council passed the or-
dinances July 14 after public hearings
and the recommendations of city staff
and the Planning Commission.
City Planning Director Wendy
FarleyCampbell presented the items
Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Community. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
B5
A3
A4
A2
to the council.
The city’s new economic develop- jobs yielding family income, while
Ordinance No. 10 amended the ment goal now reads, “To promote eco- working with public, nonprofit and
Comprehensive Plan’s Chapter 9: Eco- nomic development through proactive private partners to build a place that
nomic Develop-
attracts and keeps
ment and Chapter
“This is the kick-off to get those code amendments talent.”
10: Housing Op-
“These recom-
changed, setting the course for that. By adding these poli- mended changes
portunities, to ad-
dress housing and cies, you support a lot of actions that you as the council have have to do more
economic devel- indicated you would like to tackle through the work plan.”
with specific di-
opment, address
within
— Wendy FarleyCampbell rection
current trends and
Planning Director, City of Florence various categories
strengthen the lo-
of economic de-
cal economy.
velopment,” Far-
According to FarleyCampbell, the engagement and support of business leyCampbell said. “Not just hitting on
economic development chapter is al- compatible with the community goals job creation, but hitting on financing
most a complete rewrite.
detailed in this plan, and supporting or a lot of different policies the coun-
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Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B
This Week on the Coast. . . . . A5
Weather Data . . . . . . . . . . . A2
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TODAY
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cil has the opportunity to address for
our community. It’s not just going to be
about zone changes. … It’s really going
to be more about support and partner-
ship with different agencies, and really
getting us there to be a player.”
The city will also continue to pro-
mote tourism by adding “eco-tour-
ism” as an anchor tourism destination,
along with golf resorts, water and sand
related recreational opportunities, gal-
leries and dining and shopping.
Other changes in the economic de-
velopment sections included work-
force development and recruitment,
See COMP PLAN page 5A
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