Port of Bandon

Regular Commission Meeting

October 22, 2009 5pm

Port of Bandon Office

Bandon, Oregon

Commissioners present: Donny Goddard, Reg Pullen, Rick Goche

Staff: Gina Dearth, Trudy Spanier

Guests: Dawn and Gareth Williams

President Goddard called the meeting to order at 5:40PM. Motion to approve the consent calendar was made by Commissioner Pullen, seconded by Commissioner Goche and unanimously approved.

Gina Dearth reported that the asphalt rehabilitation project was completed by Knife River and the grant with OSMB closed. The sidewalk project in front of the Coast Guard Building had begun, with the old sidewalk being removed on Monday October 26^th. Staff has submitted a grant to Preserving Oregon for the window repairs in the Coast Guard Building. Tony Roszkowski has asked for permission from the port manager to look for ideas to expand the size of his existing building to provide for a separate area for a private office. Ms. Dearth seeks consent of the commissioners to encourage the idea of expansion, and look into costs as well as engineering. Following discussion, it was agreed upon that this would be a good idea. Permission was granted. Kathy Ingram who is the grant writer that was hired for the River Trails Grant came to port offices seeking to have permission to write another $50,000.00 free of charge for the River Trails through the Oregon Parks and Recreation grant. She will do this as a kind gesture, noting that the last grant did not score well. Terence O’Connor was contacted and he was appreciative of the offer. The time set by the Port of Bandon for Coos County to deed Johnson Log Pond to the Coquille Tribe is rapidly approaching on October 31^st. Melissa Cribbens has been in contact with Ms. Dearth, and it seems that not much has transpired since Coos County received the letter from Port of Bandon. Jackie Haggerty was contacted by Ms. Dearth, and Ms. Haggerty had no news. Johnson Log Pond is beautiful right now, lush and green after the last few days of rain. All is going well. Ms. Dearth stated that if the port does continue stewardship, the dike and the pump will need attention almost immediately. Commissioner Pullen feels that if the deed is returned to the Port, then it is all good. He went on to state that if the deed is turned back, the port should pursue developing it into an RV park, applying for zoning and whatever else it entailed. Grants could be had to enable this process.

Ms. Dearth reminded the commissioners that both the November and December commission meetings would be pushed up on the calendar to accommodate the upcoming holidays. She then solicited ideas for the Commission Christmas Party. President Goddard mentioned that perhaps a caterer could be looked into.

There being no further business, President Goddard adjourned the meeting at 6:02PM.

Submitted by Trudy Spanier