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“What a year it has been. 2020
has tested Oregon in unimaginable
ways,” Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
said as she opened a press confer-
ence on Dec. 1.
Her address was primarily about
the proposed budget for 2021-23,
including shortfalls as well as places
of emphasis.
Brown was clear that cuts were
a big reality for the next biennium,
especially as federal aid has yet to be
declared.
“This budget doesn’t put enough
money into our schools,” she said.
“It doesn’t make the investment in
public health we need. It’s a budget
built on sacrifice and hard choices.
And while our state can deliver the
core services that Oregonians ex-
pect us to, it doesn’t go far enough
to heal the pain of 2020. Because
Oregon alone can’t do that. We need
the federal government to stand up
and respond to this moment of cri-
sis. My budget lays out a roadmap.”
The full text of the 522-page
budget document, as well as a con-
densed, 54-page version, is included
at budget.oregon.gov.
According to the budget doc-
ument, “The Governor’s Recom-
mended Budget for 2021-23 pro-
poses $100.2 billion in total funds
spending, including $25.6 billion in
General Fund and Lottery Funds.
… The budget includes over $293.8
million in increased revenues and
leaves $243.3 million in the General
Fund. In addition, by the end of the
2019-21 biennium, the Rainy-Day
Fund is projected to have a balance
of $942.3 million.”
Brown said she found “inspira-
tion” for the budget in 2020 and
the challenges it presented, includ-
ing: “A global pandemic, which has
taken our dearest loved ones from
us and forever changed the rituals
of our daily lives; heartbreaking
loss from historic wildfires that
ravaged our state and wiped entire
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By Chantelle Meyer
Siuslaw News
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The Florence Public Art Com-
mittee (PAC) met remotely for its
regular session on Nov. 30. The
committee is tasked with providing
information and direction to the
Florence City Council regarding
ways that public art can be promot-
ed and displayed around town.
The work previously done by
PAC has received mixed reviews
from the city council and commu-
nity members, and the future of
the committee has been clouded by
changes in funding, support levels
and the enthusiasm of committee
members.
The recent presentations made
by all city committees and com-
missions to the council, at a Nov.
16 meeting, detailed the work PAC
has done in the past few years, while
providing data which supports the
premise that public art translates
directly into economic benefits for
the city.
One way that PAC and city staff
have decided to improve the public
perception of the work they do is
by increasing the opportunities for
community input earlier in the pro-
cess of selecting and placing art in
public spaces.
To that end, the main discussions
of the meeting centered around the
creation of a revised master plan
for the city’s future art related deci-
sions.
At Monday’s meeting, Chair-
person Harlen Springer welcomed
members, City Recorder Kelli Weese
and Economic Development Cata-
lyst Sarah Moehrke to the meeting,
and, after a slight delay to establish a
quorum, took role with PAC mem-
bers Christine Santiago, Patty Wil-
liams and Karl Engel absent.
Springer has been the lead per-
sonality and at times a lightning rod
for PAC since its inception, lead-
ing the group through the estab-
lishment of the committee and the
funding for the purchase of pieces.
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nance of the channel and the strong
riptides that are created by the jetty
are always dangerous and often un-
navigable.
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have been impediments to estab-
lishing a permanent, vibrant fish-
ing fleet at the Port of Siuslaw for
years. The lack of proper mainte-
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Campo and their team prepare to go to sea from the Port of Siuslaw
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lorence has deep historic and
cultural traditions which are
centered around a close re-
lationship with the Pacific Ocean
and the Siuslaw River. Salmon, crab
and tuna have been fished in these
waters for millennia, first by Native
Americans and later by settlers.
The times when numerous fish-
ing vessels called Florence home
and fished its on a regular basis are
now mostly the stuff of old photos
and an occasional opportunity to
buy tuna or salmon from a passing
fishing vessel.
In addition, the dangers inher-
ent in fishing the ocean along the
Oregon coast and the treacherous
sand bars at the North Jetty, which
guards the pathway to the Pacific,
These dangers were brought
home to the Florence community
earlier this year when Amber and
Kyle Novelli, members of a local
fishing family, were lost at sea while
fishing during difficult weather
conditions.
Sometimes, however, people feel
the call to the sea and its bounty.
One newer resident to the Flor-
ence fishing community, Samuel
Shragge, has decided to make the
financial and personal commit-
ment to return fishing and the
production of seafood products to
local prominence.
“I offer ‘local fish for local peo-
ple,’” he said.
Shragge moved to Florence two
years ago to start a home-based
business that was centered around
his love for the ocean.
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