For Immediate Release

Date: Jan. 3, 2005

Marine Board Hears Grant Requests Jan. 12 in Portland

The Oregon State Marine Board will meet in Portland on Wednesday, Jan. 12, for their regular meeting. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the Portland Expo Center, Room D-101, near Delta Park and Marine Drive.

The Board will consider funding multiple boating access site improvements in Coos, Klamath and Tillamook counties, and the City of Lebanon. The full meeting agenda is as follows:

• Director’s Report – Legislative session preview, agency budget and other agency matters.
• Facility Program Report – Approval of funding requests. Proposed projects include parking redesign and overlay at Tenmile Lake in Coos County; paving at Petric and Henzel parks, and installation of a vault toilet at Wocus Bay, in Klamath County; parking improvements at Gill Landing in Lebanon; and gravel parking improvements at six sites in Tillamook County, plus vault toilet renovation at Memaloose Point and Nehalem Bay and renovation of the flush restroom at Pacific City. Cost for all proposed projects is $531,000.
• Multnomah County Boating Restriction – The Board will consider approving a permanent boating restriction on water adjacent to the Rhodia plant site on North Marine Drive in North Portland Harbor. The closure will help prevent disturbance of a cap that has been placed over contaminated sediments at the site. The Board adopted an emergency rule in September 2004, at the request of the Dept. of State Lands, that prohibited anchoring, grounding and use by motorized boats.
• Issuance and duplication fees – Board is being asked to approve a housekeeping rule to bring administrative rules in line with statutory changes to title fees approved by the 2003 Oregon Legislature.
• Ocean Charterboat Rules – Housekeeping amendment to OAR 250-015-001 to 0030 to include explicitly – not just by reference - charterboat safety equipment required under the Code of Federal Regulations.
• Planning Report – Boat Registration Trends
• Education Information Program Report
• Law Enforcement Program Report

The meeting will begin promptly at 1 p.m. Persons interested in attending the meeting should contact Jill Andrick at (503) 373-1405, ext. 243, by Tuesday, Jan. 11, for specific information on accessing the facility. The meeting facility is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons needing some form of assistance to participate in this meeting due to a disability may also contact Jill Andrick. Persons wishing to address the Board on non-agenda items may do so during a designated period at the start of the meeting.

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