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a catastrophic earthquake and
its potential consequences. The
Japan quake served as a wake-
up call to many vulnerable com-
munities,” said Pat Kirby, Peace
Harbor facilities manager. “The
State of Oregon started to press
the need for earthquake resil-
ience, and money started be-
coming available through grants
for various projects, including
seismic upgrades. We saw the
need to make sure that medical
service would be available to our
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PAC meetings as the
city council’s represen-
tative, tasking her with
conveying the wishes of
the council regarding the
purchase, placement and
expansion of the art col-
lection owned, displayed
and maintained by the
city.
She joined the meeting
in progress and briefly in-
troduced herself to com-
mittee members.
“I am really excited to
meet you all and I am re-
community in a Cascadia event.”
Peace Harbor was award-
ed a grant for $2.5 million for
the project through the state’s
Seismic Rehabilitation Grant
Program, which targets both
schools and first-responder
buildings, including hospitals,
9-1-1 centers and fire and po-
lice stations. More than eight
years ago, the hospital began
working with the Oregon De-
partment of Geology & Mineral
Industries to develop evacua-
tion and inundation zone maps,
which allowed Peace Harbor to
ally excited to get start-
ed. I was at FRAA this
morning and walking
downtown and I just love
what you guys are doing
with the ‘Art Exposed,’”
Wisniewski said. “That, to
me, is really exciting and
I am looking forward to
getting my teeth into it.”
The city councilor re-
ferred to PAC’s “Art Ex-
posed” rotating art gal-
lery, which has placed two
rounds of sculptures in
Historic Old Town Flor-
ence on Bay Street.
During the meeting,
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apply for the grant.
The construction component
of the upgrade was done by Se-
attle-based contractor Lease
Crutcher Lewis, which finished
Peace Harbor’s year-long seis-
mic upgrades on budget and
on time. The project includ-
ed retrofitting footings in 47
locations within the hospital
and placing new wall anchors
in more than 50 locations. The
grant also covered upgrades to
mechanical, plumbing and elec-
tric systems.
The Cascadia Subduction
Weese led PAC members
through a training ses-
sion detailing the struc-
ture and processes used
by the City of Florence in
relationship to its com-
mittees, commissions and
boards.
She also spoke on the
role of the PAC chair-
person and the manner
in which PAC members
communicate with the
media.
After this, Community
Economic Development
Assistant Sarah Moehrke
reviewed projects which
Zone is a 600-mile fault line just
off the Pacific coastline, extend-
ing from northern California to
British Columbia. Oregon has
the potential for a 9.0+ magni-
tude earthquake and a resulting
tsunami of up to 100 feet high.
Kirby noted that experts have
determined that Peace Harbor
lies outside the tsunami zone,
even under a worst-case scenario.
Next, he said Peace Harbor
will research options for set-
ting up automated water-line
shutoffs and backup generator
start-ups through ShakeAlert,
have been completed by
PAC, such as about Art
Exposed, and those re-
maining in the workplan,
such as the steps at the
Siuslaw River Bridge.
PAC was formed in
2015 and tasked with the
mandate of integrating art
into the community, with
the additional goal of ac-
cruing economic benefits
from visitors that include
Florence in their travel
plans specifically to view
art.
The committee’s duties
include: establishing and
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an earthquake early-warning
system.
Coincidentally, the State of
Oregon purposefully chose this
week’s Japan earthquake an-
niversary date for the launch
of ShakeAlert. The system can
send alerts seconds ahead of
shaking to area residents, as well
as utilities, schools, hospitals
and other critical service pro-
viders. For more information,
visit www.shakealert.org.
For more information about
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor, visit
www.peacehealth.org.
maintaining a city art col-
lection; developing a map
and list of desired loca-
tions and projects for fu-
ture accessions; preparing
for and securing funding
for additional art works;
and considering projects
by private developers and
citizens that would result
in public art.
During the past two
years, PAC has been at
the center of some public
conflict between former
Florence City Councilor
Joshua Greene and Mayor
Joe Henry, at times turn-
ing the attention from art
and creativity to the per-
sonalities involved in the
administration of PAC-
led programs.
In that time, a funda-
mental shift occurred in
the mechanisms used to
fund PAC’s art purchas-
es. The future of those
purchases is now unclear
following a decision by
Florence City Council to
no longer provide fund-
ing through the Florence
Urban Renewal Agency
(FURA). The reduction in
money available for PAC
for its various projects is
one of the challenges the
committee will face next
as members look to es-
tablish a funding mecha-
nism.
At the end of the meet-
ing, PAC chose Maggie
Bagon as its new chair-
person, with Beaudreau
agreeing to continue as
vice chair.
The next PAC meeting
is scheduled for April 12.
For more information,
visit ci.florence.or.us.
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