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“It was a little scary at first be-
cause we were witnessing every-
body else shutting down,” Don-
nelly said. “After I bought this
truck, four days later I called the
county inspector and they’re like,
‘We just shut down yesterday.’ So
it was terrifying and I thought,
‘Great, I just put a lot of money
into this. How am I going to make
this happen now?’”
Donnelly was able to quickly
find a way around the issue by
contacting Amy Chapman, the
health inspector in Lincoln Coun-
ty, who was still performing in-
spections.
“I spent hours on the phone
with the people in Lane County
trying to get them to let [Chap-
man] do all the legal work and
take the fees and mail it to them
so that I could work in Florence,”
Donnelly said. “I’m so grateful to
her because she basically held my
hand through the whole process
of getting started.”
In the beginning, Game Thyme
also struggled due to a meat short-
age.
“The hardest thing at first was
just getting my protein supply be-
cause there was a shortage of meat
even at grocery stores,” Donnelly
said. “When you’re running a busi-
ness, you need like 100 pounds of
protein, so it was really difficult.”
PLANNING from page 1A
her staff recommendation
to approve the design review
with one modification to
condition four — “the appli-
cant shall provide two ADA
accessible parking spaces.”
She suggested that one ADA
parking space was sufficient
based on regulations.
The commissioners then
deliberated Johnston’s rec-
ommendation, at which
point Commissioner Eric
Hauptman spoke up against
the entire design review.
“Given the height and the
dominance of the structure
and where they are located,
I really don’t see these to be
the highest and best use of
that site and I don’t think it’s
in alignment with the Revi-
sion Florence Plan,” Haupt-
man said.
Commissioner Brain Jag-
oe disagreed.
“It’s been a vacant plot for
years and the Old School
Furniture is anything but
pleasant to look at,” he said.
“There are parking spaces
nearby for used ATVs and
old motor homes ... I think
they have been very creative
to take an old piece of land
in an old spot situated very
poorly on Highway 101 and
turn it into something pre-
sentable that someone can
actually make a living off of
and employ locals. I think it’s
a great project for the shape
of the land.”
Murphey agreed with
Jagoe, adding, “We have no
other structure in the area
to compare it to. Everything
was built in the ‘50s or ‘60s,
so a new modern building
will be really nice to look at
and maybe it’ll start a change
and we’ll get some updated
building in the district.”
After deliberation, Jagoe
made a motion to approve
Resolution PC 20 13 DR
01 and PC 20 14 DR 02 as
Johnston
recommended.
Commissioner Ron Miller
seconded Jagoe’s motion.
Following a five-to-two
vote in favor of the two re-
view applications, everyone
took a brief break before
coming back to review a
third item, an Alder Street
setback variance (Resolution
PC 20 21 VAR 01). Assistant
Planner Dylan Huber-Hei-
dorn presented an applica-
tion from Steve Oldham,
on behalf of Mark & Eliza-
beth Holden, for approval
to replace 620 square feet
of existing deck previously
constructed in the setbacks
without a variance approval.
After no questions and quick
deliberation, the commis-
sion voted unanimously to
adopt the proposal.
The next Planning Com-
mission meeting is sched-
uled for Tuesday, Aug. 25,
beginning at 5:30 p.m.
For more information,
visit ci.florence.or.us.
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Her last question related
to stormwater runoff plans.
“Will the raingarden to-
tally disperse the water or
will there be any discharge
into the system on Highway
101?” she asked about one
design element. “We don’t
need standing water at that
intersection, that’s why I’m
asking.”
Johnston replied, “The
proposal is to funnel any
overflow from the garden
underground onto a Fifth
Street inlet and anything that
does go another way is an
overflow thing, like if there
was a torrential rain.”
After all questions were
addressed, Johnston gave
good. We should welcome to the
community any mobile food units
if we can and rally together to
become one big family. It really
serves each other to be friendly to
each other.”
Donnelly also encourages more
people to consider food trucks as a
way to start a business.
“It’s a great avenue for people to
go out and actually try their con-
cept without devoting themselves
to the massive burden of cost be-
cause the overhead cost is very
minimal compared to a restau-
rant,” Donnelly said. “Plus, you
don’t have to go buy a truck, you
can actually lease food trucks and
carts all over the country.”
But Osorio and Donnelly aren’t
starting their business with the
goal of opening a restaurant down
the line.
“I’m going to try to keep it as
simple as possible,” Osorio said.
“And I think if it stays the way it
is now, we’ll just remain as a food
truck. We just want to make it as
convenient as we can for the com-
munity.”
Donnelly said, “I don’t want
to have a restaurant; I’m going
to build an empire out of mobile
food trucks. I want to have 50
food carts or trucks on the move
and I want everybody to know
about my intense passion for the
flavors that I so enjoy and a lot of
other people enjoy.”
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Joseph Moore, an architect
from GMA, said, “I’ve sent a
note to the traffic engineer
about stacking concerns,
but from what I understand
from the traffic impact anal-
ysis that simply wasn’t iden-
tified as an issue.”
Young also raised con-
cern about residents to the
south of the site that may
be affected by the increased
noise from the carwash.
She encouraged a limit on
hours of operations from 10
p.m. to 7 a.m. rather than
the 24-hours-a-day being
proposed by the applicant.
Young’s recommendation
was adopted by the commis-
At one point, Donnelly was 17 years and has had the idea of the county holding me up,” Osorio
driving all the way to Grants Pass, starting a taco truck in his mind said. “But it was pretty simple af-
Ore., just to find a meat suppli- for over five years, but he was ter we told [the county] what the
er that could provide him with too busy with his company All whole purpose of our business
enough product.
Creation Construction to run it was. Then eventually they OK’d it
“I had to go down there, and I’d himself. He asked a local cook and and here we are.”
wanted to make it worth the drive friend if they were interested in
As someone who had a success-
time, so I bought
ful food truck in
like 400 pounds
Florence for over
“I think our community would do great to have six years, Natasha
of meat,” Donnelly
said.
more food trucks. ...We should welcome to the Jacobsen, co-own-
Once Oregon
community any mobile food units if we can and er of the now
entered
Phase
rally together to become one big family. It really br ick-and-mor-
One of reopening
tar restaurant The
serves each other to be friendly to each other.”
though, Donnel-
Hukilau, said she
— Matt Donnelly, owner and chef at Game thinks food trucks
ly’s early struggles
subsided and his
Thyme Food Truck are a great way to
business took off.
test out an idea
“It is going in-
and break into the
credibly now,” he said. “I knew that his proposal, but they didn’t have restaurant industry.
once I started, I would do well, but the time either. So, Osorio put
“I think it’s a great way for peo-
I really never expected it to be this aside the idea until last year, when ple to get their feet in the water
good. There were times when I his sister-in-law in California to see if they really want to do
was selling out of everything in an mentioned she needed a job. He the restaurant business,” Jacob-
hour and a half. It’s really incredi- saw this as a perfect opportunity sen said. “It’s hard work and long
ble and I’m ever so grateful to the to follow through with his dream hours. People think it’s really easy
community who really embraced while providing her with a job.
and quick, but we’re still doing 12-
my food.”
“She was very excited to be part hour days.”
More recently, Tacos Maria’s au- of it,” he said.
Donnelly doesn’t want the hard
thentic Mexican style food truck
Once his sister-in-law was on work and business struggles to
opened up on the corner of Maple board, Osorio bought the truck stop anyone else who has a dream
and Ninth streets, near the Siu- and began fixing it up and prepar- of opening a food truck. In fact, he
slaw Public Library. As the own- ing to open. But like Donnelly, he welcomes the idea of more mobile
er, Osorio is happy with how well ran into some frustrating setbacks eateries in the area, saying, “the
the truck has been doing since its when the county closed most of its more the merrier.”
grand opening on July 25.
offices in late March, preventing
“I think our community would
“It’s going very well; better than him from finishing all the paper- do great to have more food trucks,”
what I expected,” he said.
work he needed to do.
Donnelly said. “We just got Tacos
Osorio has lived in Florence for
“It was hard to open because of Maria’s in town and they’re very
AT I N G 1 30 Y
1946
1948
Dial Telephones
Now Going in at Mapleton
— Siuslaw Oar Vol. 18, No.
46 October 1, 1948
Now being installed in Ma-
pleton is a 75-unit dial telephone
exchange which will be connect-
ed to the Florence telephone office.
Western Electric is doing the intri-
cate work for the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph Company, and within the
next six weeks expect to complete the
installation.
1947
This is the first major installation
program in Mapleton, with previous
telephone service having been afford-
ed by key telephones at only a few
industrial or business locations and
through the U.S. Forest Services.
Mapleton telephones may soon be
reached by calling long distance.
1949
‘Fish and Fishin’ Holes’
— Siuslaw Oar Vol. 56, No. 46,
April 18, 1947
… This area offers exciting fishing
the entire year with some spectacular
catches, including the large salmon
caught off Herb Houghton’s back porch
when the North Fork flooded during
the winter and the sturgeon which took
Col. Joe E. Carter’s rod and reel in Silt-
coos Lake a couple of weeks ago. What-
ever you want — it’s here.
Western Lane County offers a variety
of fish and fishin’ holes unequalled any
place in the world, with lakes, streams,
the Siuslaw River and Pacific Ocean
beckoning the follower of Isaak Walton.
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