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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL July 6, 2016 Shady Oaks 11A Library hosts Taekwondo demonstration Plants & Produce Buy one basket & get one Free! IT’S THE PLACE TO BE 77380 Hwy 99 S. • CG • 541-942-5004 Pet Cremation Dignii ed Options for Our Faithful Friends At Smith Lund Mills we believe that pets are an important member of any family. When a pet dies it can be very dii cult time for everybody involved. We understand the feelings of losing a pet and our professional, caring staf will be ready to assist you during this time of loss. photo by Bruce Kelsh Angelique Perrone, 14, holds a board for Josie Eckstine, 4, to break dur- ing a Taekwondo event at the Cottage Grove Library on Wednesday under the watchful eye of instructor Janon Rodgers. Rogers, of North Douglas ATA, and Erin Lauraine of Lauraine's ATA Martial Arts hosted the event as part of the Library's Summer Read- ing program, which includes events at the Library every Wednesday. The program was a blend of education and athletics, as Ms. Rogers presented a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer- ing, and Mathematics) program that focused on how physics can help improve sports performance. A RMORY Continued from page 1A (541) 942-0185 123 S. 7th St., Cottage Grove Visit smithlundmills.com for more information. SOUTH LANE COUNTY FIRE & RESCUE SAVE MONEY. SAVE LIVES. Ground Ambulance Memberships $65 per year Ground Ambulance & Air Membership $110 per year Call 541-942-4493 for info. FOR EMERGENCY DIAL 911 Serving South Lane County. that indoor water damage has been exacerbated by the lack of heat in the building, damage she said wouldn’t happen if an oc- cupant or occupants had a more regular presence there. The City hopes to hire an ar- chitect to prepare drawings and get a more fi rm cost estimate for rehabilitating the Armory, and to that end it recently put out a call for proposals from three grant writers to execute a fundraising campaign. Two fi rms responded that they were unable to take on the project; the third, Christina Lund Consulting, has hired a team of seven to write no less than 80 grants in hopes of se- curing the funds. The contract, which began on July 1, specifi es a term of 30 months. Lund, of Cottage Grove, boasts fundraising successes including those necessary to de- velop much of Bohemia Park in the midst of the economic crisis, though she has also executed capital campaigns for CASA of Lane County and the South- west Oregon Chapter of the Red Cross. Lund said she expects her team to continue to work on be- half of Bohemia Park for some projects, including the construc- tion of an overfl ow parking lot, additional lighting and tree plantings. But she’s also excited to take on the Armory project, which will involve the planning of several donor events and tours in addition to grant writing. Ferguson pointed out that the Armory’s many potential uses make it an appealing target for grants, and Lund agrees. “The Armory truly could of- fer something for everybody,” she said. “We’re not asking for a bond levy, and most of the mon- ey will be raised outside Cottage Grove. We’re not in competition with other local fundraising ef- forts because the City was very clear that it did not want to can- nibalize the efforts of other non- profi ts.” Lund said that the specifi cs of the contract mean that the City will be paying about 18 cents per dollar it hopes to raise for the Armory renovation, which she pointed out is lower than the typical 23-25 cents per dollar needed for such efforts. As per the contract, the City will pay $100,000 from its general fund at the outset with nine quarterly payments made thereafter. Funds secured will be placed in an Armory Reserve Fund. “We have designs in hand and are well positioned to start fund- raising,” Ferguson said. “The Armory has been vacant for too long.” Ferguson explained that the new draft would prohibit new construction in the fl oodway, described as the normal run of a river between its banks. The new code would primarily af- fect homes near the Coast Fork of the Willamette River, she said, as much of the land around the Row River is owned by the City. Despite Cottage Grove’s location between two rivers, Ferguson pointed out that only about 60 local properties are currently in the fl oodplain and thus required to carry federal fl ood insurance. That number could rise in the coming years, Ferguson said, following a court ruling stating that FEMA’s National Flood In- surance Program (NFIP) does not go far enough to protect sal- monid fi sh species and in fact encourages development harm- ful to those species in the na- tion’s fl oodplains. FEMA now fi nds itself tasked with working with NOAA Fisheries to address its compliance with the Endan- gered Species Act regarding salmonid protections, a process that could take years. NOAA also wants FEMA to redraw its fl oodplain maps nationwide, a process that’s currently on hold because FEMA lacks the funds to carry it out. “It’s too early to tell yet,” Cottage Grove Community Development Director Howard Schesser said about how code changes at the federal level could fi lter down to municipali- ties. Cottage Grove’s proposed code changes, Schesser said, fi nd the City “moving to the beginning of compliance” with stricter federal codes, though he added that the changes “defi - nitely don’t go as far” in limit- ing fl oodplain development as will likely be required in the future. The City has also endeavored to map its own fl oodplains us- ing LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology so that its maps can be compared with those expected to be drawn by FEMA and the City can use its maps to object to the require- ment of more property owners to carry fl ood insurance. Cottage Grove’s Planning Commission held a public hear- ing on the proposed fl ood code changes in May; the City Coun- cil will host another public hear- ing on Monday, July 25. F LOOD Continued from page 3A City Planner Amanda Fer- guson said that the City’s new draft code has been updated in an effort to ensure that Cottage Grove be included in FEMA’s community rating system, which provides federal fl ood insurance for those structures required to carry it, and so that local fl ood insurance policy holders can receive discounts with regard to the stringency of the City’s code. 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