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Right, Chief • Memory Care Respite of Warren Brainard gives the Florence invocation. • Mid Lane Cares of Veneta Lincoln County: • Ophelia’s Place of Eugene • Food Share of Lincoln • Parenting Now! of Eugene • Siuslaw Outreach Ser- County of Newport • Toledo Food Pantry of vices, Inc. of Florence • Siuslaw School District Toledo • View the Future of Yachats 97j of Florence • NAMI Oregon of Rose- reflect the goals and com- • Triangle Food Box of Coos County: burg mitment of the Confeder- Blachly • Bay Area Senior Center • Umpqua Discovery Cen- ated Tribes of Coos, Lower • Willamette Family of Eu- of Coos Bay ter of Reedsport Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians gene • Cascade Pacific Re- • Umpqua Valley South to our local communities. source, Conservation & De- Coast District of Oregon • Teresa Spangler, Tribal velopment of Corvallis Music Teachers Association Council Vice-Chair & Three • Coos Bay Area Zonta of Roseburg Rivers Foundation Chair Service Foundation of North • Jay Bozievich, Lane Bend The Tribal Council has County Commissioner, West • Coos Cares of Coos Bay requested that Three Rivers Lane & Three Rivers Foun- • North Bend Senior Cen- Foundation highlight some dation Vice-Chair ter of North Bend of these fine organizations • Chief Warren Brainard, • South Coast Family Har- in future newsletter publica- Chief of the Confederat- bor of Coos Bay tions. ed Tribes of Coos, Lower • Southwestern Oregon The Three Rivers Foun- Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Veterans Outreach, Inc. of dation supports innovative & Trustee North Bend ideas, collaborative ap- • Pat Farr, Lane County • Veterans of Foreign Wars proaches and grassroots ef- Commissioner & Trustee Frank C High Medal of Hon- forts in the following areas: • Doug Barrett, Tribal or Post 3440 of Bandon education, health, public Council Member & Trustee safety, problem gambling, • Tom Grove, Appointed Curry County: the arts, the environment, by the Governor & Trustee • Brookings Harbor Com- cultural activities and histor- • Bob Main, Coos County munity Helpers of Brookings ic preservation. Commissioner & Trustee • Curry County Historical Its successes are a reflec- • Stephanie Watkins, Di- Society of Gold Beach tion of the commitment rector of Human Resources and passion of our dedicat- for the Confederated Tribes Douglas County: ed leadership. Listed below of Coos, Lower Umpqua and • Cobb School of Roseburg are the current trustees who Siuslaw Indians & Trustee • Kellogg Rural Fire Dis- ensure that the Three Riv- For more information, vis- trict of Oakland ers Foundation continues to it threeriversfoundation.org. PORT from page 1A “Our 23 water and elec- tric sites bring in about $4,641 per site per year and our full-service sites, which are rented about 52 percent of the time, generate about $5,740 per site per year,” Huntington reported. These figures were sig- nificantly greater that the $2,400 per year generated by sites with no amenities, known as dry sites. The removal of the blue sheds would mean that the people and organizations that are currently renting the spaces in the buildings would no longer be paying fees for those spaces. This decrease in revenue would impact the current opera- tions budget for the port, but eventually that loss would be recovered with the addition of the 16 new rent- al sites for RVs and trailers. However, there are some up-front costs associat- ed with the demolition of the buildings, just as there would be construction and installation costs associat- ed with the development of new campsites. The final cost for that part of the project would depend on the materials used in the renovation. If gravel is used, rather that asphalt or con- HOLLOWAY & ASSOCIATES, LLC Certifi ed Public Accountants 733 Highway 101, (across from Safeway) • Ph #541-997-3434 We specialize in Karla D. 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The overall response from commissioners to Hunting- ton’s proposal was positive, as the figures provided by the port manager supported the fiscal benefits to enact- ing the upgrade. “Based on these num- bers, we can finance this ourselves,” said Commis- sioner Mike Buckwald. “And if these are the num- bers, that’s an increase of $91,000 a year for a cost of approximately $140,000, I’m not sure you can go wrong with that.” Commissioners ex- pressed concerns regarding the timing and the manner in which the renovation should take place. Through the discussion, the major- ity felt the work should be done this season if possible, but certainly by next year as the budgeting process is beginning for the next fis- cal cycle. There was no final de- termination made regard- ing the implementation of Huntington’s proposal, but the commissioners gave direction to finalize his proposal, including the up- dated installation and per- mitting costs from the city, to present at the next com- missioners meeting.