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OHA releases
general covering
guidance for
business, transit
and public
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Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River stood shifts at the “Christmas in June” kettle stations
on Wednesday in an effort to help the community raise money to help ease residents’
struggles due to job loss from COVID-19. MK3 Caleb Hansen rang a bell at Bi-Mart while BM3
Joseph Horning took his turn at Fred Meyer. Station Siuslaw River Officer in Charge BMCS Jay
Nilles said, “We take pride in supporting our community relations so our Coast Guard City can
prosper and grow. The City of Florence is a permanent home for some, and temporary for others,
but that being said, we are a community. And supporting one another to ensure we are all able
to succeed, and not suffer, is one of the founding principles of a community.”
Christmas in June is an effort to provide $500 checks to 200 area families this June. For more
information, including to donate, volunteer or apply, call organizer Sam Spayd at 541-991-6139.
Dunes City begins discussion on short-
term rental ordinance with community
During a Dunes City council
meeting on Wednesday, councilors
were presented with a rough draft
ordinance regarding possible regu-
lations on short-term rentals in the
city.
The draft is in response to mul-
tiple complaints the city received
about an Airbnb property on Woa-
hink Lake, which neighbors con-
tend was becoming a nuisance.
Issues included loud late night par-
ties, excessive littering and damage
to neighboring properties by the
renters.
In response, Dunes City Coun-
cil stated that they would look at
possible regulations for such prop-
erties, beginning with a draft or-
dinance to help facilitate a public
dialogue.
“It is very rough and needs a lot
of changes made,” Dunes City Ad-
ministrator Jamie Mills told Siu-
slaw News.
She stressed that the ordinance
only applies to short term rentals
like Airbnb — RV parks, resorts or
motels are not covered by the ordi-
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nance.
“The Dunes City Council finds
that the characteristics, operations,
and potential impacts of short-
term rentals operating in the city
necessitate (a) The establishment
of reasonable regulations for such
operations, and (b) A separate li-
censing requirement for such rent-
als,” the ordinance reads. “Dunes
City desires to adopt reasonable
regulations on short-term rentals
to protect, preserve, and promote
the health, safety, welfare, peace,
and quiet of the city’s citizens.”
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The Oregon Health Authority
(OHA) released a statewide update
to its face covering guidance this
week, effective June 25. The guid-
ance applies to all businesses and
the general public when visiting
such businesses with the exception
of those in Clackamas, Hood River,
Lincoln, Marion, Multnomah, Polk
and Washington counties.
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COMMUNITY
Definitions
For the purposes of the guidance,
the following definitions apply:
“Business” means:
• Grocery stores
• Fitness-related organizations
• Indoor and outdoor entertain-
ment facility operators
• Licensed swimming pool,
licensed spa pool and sports court
operators
• Outdoor recreation organiza-
tions
• Pharmacies
• Public transit agencies and
providers
• Personal services providers
• Restaurants, bars, breweries,
brewpubs, wineries, tasting room
and distilleries
• Retail stores, shopping centers
and malls
• Ride sharing services
• School aged summertime day
camp operators
• Recreational sports operators for
specified sports
• Venue operators
“Face covering” means a cloth,
paper or disposable face covering
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State special session deals with policing, pandemic
By Mark Brennan
Siuslaw News
oc with the state budget and econ-
omists from the Oregon Office of
Economic Analysis have predicted
a revenue drop of more than $2.5
billion during the next two-year
budget cycle.
One of the uncertainties sur-
rounding this potential budgetary
shortfall is what form, and when,
anticipated financial support from
“We are at a unique moment in America and I am
calling a special session to take up two urgent issues
facing our state: the COVID-19 pandemic and police
accountability.”
— Oregon Governor Kate Brown
from garnishment, should be cod-
ified in statute,” Brown said. “And
the public’s call for significant po-
lice reform is too urgent to wait
until the next regular legislative
session. It’s imperative that the Leg-
islature take action on these issues
right away.”
The pandemic has wreaked hav-
the federal government will be act-
ed upon in Washington, D.C.
Oregon Senate Minority Leader
Sen. Fred Girod believes Brown is
directly responsible for the state’s
looming budgetary crisis, primari-
ly due to her insistence on shutting
down many sectors of the Oregon
economy for longer than necessary.
“Gov. Brown’s insistence to keep
Oregon’s economy shut down de-
spite flattening the curve weeks ago
has cost Oregon billions of dollars
of revenue, impacting generations
to come,” Girod said in a statement.
“This revenue loss could have been
mitigated if the governor had been
a leader and opened our state weeks
ago.”
One of the additional challeng-
es facing lawmakers in Salem has
been the need to maintain physi-
cal distancing as legislators move
about the House and Senate cham-
bers and the policy regarding mask
wearing. There have also been con-
cerns for the public as they testify
in an anteroom, which has to be re-
peatedly disinfected between uses.
The House of Representatives has
made the wearing of masks manda-
tory, but the Senate has left the de-
cision up to individual senators to
make for themselves. As such, most
lawmakers chose to wear masks,
with the exception of Sen. Brian
Boquist, R-Dallas, and Sen. Dennis
Linthicum, R-Klamath Falls.
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Gov. Kate Brown called the Ore-
gon Legislature to a special session
on June 24 to consider legislative
adoption of COVID-19 related
executive orders and to consider
more comprehensive police over-
sight measures.
Brown’s decision to address the
issue of police oversight comes in
the wake protests surrounding the
death of Minnesotan George Floyd
at the hands of Minneapolis police.
Protests have since spread across
the country and the state in support
of the “Black Lives Matter” move-
ment, which has become a vehicle
for social action in the exchanges
between police and the public.
“We are at a unique moment in
America and I am calling a special
session to take up two urgent issues
facing our state: the COVID-19
pandemic and police accountabili-
ty,” the governor stated in a release
to the press.
The Oregon Legislature met on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to
introduce bills and to accept public
testimony on those bills, with plans
to continue working through the
weekend, if necessary, to consider
and pass legislation.
“Several pandemic-related pol-
icies that I have implemented via
executive order, including the tem-
porary eviction moratorium and
protecting CARES Act payments
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