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6A | SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021 | SIUSLAW NEWS CLINIC from page 1A For more information on the next Florence clinic, con- tact Berge at nancy.berge@ arclane.org or 541-606-9061. On Thursday, OHA an- nounced that it had estab- lished an 80% vaccination goal in the state to close the equity gap. While Oregon hit its tar- get of 70% of adults vacat- Shoppe LOCAL #MyFlorence Shop. Eat. Support. SAVE. SHOP ed in early July, vaccination rates for Hispanic/Lati- no/a/x, American Indian/ Alaska Native and Black/ African American/African Immigrant communities are still hovering in the mid- 40% range. To close the eq- uity gap for communities of color, OHA is recommitting and focusing on increasing vaccination access through a vaccination equity strategy aimed at achieving a goal of vaccinating 80% of adults of color by the end of this sum- mer. OHA is also committed to vaccinating 80% of all adults in coming months. “This is about doing ev- erything we possibly can to meet that goal for our com- munities of color. There is potential to meet this goal by the end of August in some communities, and OHA and its partners will keep pushing until we can say that we have provided every Oregonian with the information they need about vaccines and an opportunity to get vaccinated,” said Erica Sandoval, Equity Director, Oregon Health Authority COVID-19 Response & Re- covery Unit. OHA is supporting both rural and urban areas where efforts would have a high impact on communi- ties of color. As of July 15, 2,438,195 people in Oregon have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 2,242,125 people have com- pleted a COVID-19 vaccine series. non that we’ve seen across the county, with long-term care workers not being vac- cinated and in turn seeing outbreaks in those facili- ties,” Davis said. “It’s really the only place we’ve con- tinued to have outbreaks across Lane County.” LCPH reported three other assisted living facili- ty outbreaks in June. According to Davis, many facilities of this type across the county have a low vaccination rate amongst staff. “Unfortunately, we will see this happen more and more unless that rate changes,” he said. “Hope- fully, we will rectify this situation with higher vac- cination numbers.” Lane County is continu- ing to offer vaccination clinics free to all, includ- ing a drive-through clin- ic in Florence every three weeks. People can go to lanecounty.org/vaxclinics to learn more and register for their vaccination. As of press time Friday, Spruce Point and its par- ent company Nightingale Healthcare did not respond to requests for comment. “It’s definitely an un- fortunate situation there for Spruce Point Memo- ry Care, as those folks are some of our most vulner- able community members and rely on the rest of us getting our immunizations to protect them,” Davis said. This is a developing sto- ry, and LCPH will provide updates as they become available. For more information about COVID-19 in this area, visit lanecounty.org/ coronavirus. Committees from page 1A with all in attendance ex- cept for Commissioner Ron The requirements for Miller, a limited agenda and transportation companies one significant action item to operate in Florence are before the group, annex- different from other mu- ation. The issue of annex- nicipalities and Haring ation has been front and raised the issue of requiring center at many PC meetings or informing the out of area in the past two years and transportation companies that trend continued with of city requirements. consideration of Resolution According to Haring, the PC 21 09. goal would be to ensure ev- City of Florence Assistant ery group involved in mov- Planner Dylan Huber-Hei- ing medical patients was dorn facilitated the pre- operating under the same sentation of the resolution, set of rules and providing which staff recommended the same level of service to for approval, detailing the residents, who often rely on steps taken and the other outside transport to meet agencies involved in the de- medical appointments. cision. Haring’s comments were The request before the well received by fellow PC was a request from Bob members and will be more Rannow to annex approxi- formally addressed at a lat- mately .27 acres of property er meeting. and apply a City of Florence The next TAC meeting zoning designation to an- will be held Aug. 12 at 2:30 nexed lands. p.m. The applicant’s proposal On July 13, the Planning consists of annexing prop- Commission regular ses- erty described as Assessors sion was brought to order Map No. 18-12-04-13, Tax Lots 03103 and 03104. Pub- lic right-of-way would also be annexed, including por- tions of Falcon Street, Arch Street and Second Avenue. The property is located in Block 26, Lots 7 and 8, of the Heceta Beach subdivi- sion. The property and right- of-way are proposed to be zoned Medium Density Residential (MDR), with a portion of Falcon Street to be zoned Commercial and a portion of Arch Street to be zoned Open Space. There were three public speakers opposed to the annexation, mostly due to concerns that insufficient information has been pro- vided to the public. Those opposed also provided let- ters detailing their thoughts regarding specific areas in city code which they felt disqualified the request for annexation. One of the speakers who provided additional mate- rials to the PC was Greg- ory Stober, who has also retained an attorney rep- resent his interests in this matter. “Planning staff has not prepared a comprehensive staff report that has been available for public review in a timely manner before the meeting,” Stober said. He also submitted ex- tensive and supporting documentation delineating other areas which he be- lieves eliminate this prop- erty from annexation con- sideration. These include mislabeled maps, incorrect assumptions regarding en- vironmental impacts of the project and the overall le- gality of the request. After hearing the pub- lic’s comments opposed to the annexation and brief comments from the appli- cant, Bob Rannow, the PC passed the resolution unan- imously. The last item on the agenda for the meeting was final approval of the PC recommendations for the overall City Work Plan, which has been created and modified over the past six months. The commis- sioners were all familiar with the specifics of the finished plan and unani- mous approval was given to submit the plan to the full council. For more information, visit ci.florence.or.us. COVID from page 1A The next step is to verify the cases with a PCR (poly- merase chain reaction) test, which is performed to detect genetic material from a specific organism, such as a virus. 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