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| Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |
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Marine Board Receives $7 Million in Grant Requests
For Immediate Release
The Oregon State Marine Board will consider funding 24 boating access projects worth more than $7 million during their next regular board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 26 in Newport.
The meeting will be held at the Hallmark Resort, 744 SW Elizabeth Street in Newport. The meeting will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. The following boating access projects will be considered:
- Baker County, Brownlee Reservoir–Baker County is requesting $96,000 to construct a flush restroom and shower building at the John Holcomb Memorial Park.
- Clackamas County, Willamette River –Mile 25.4 –The City of Oregon City is requesting $88,500 to construct a debris boom upstream of the transient tie-up dock at Jon Storm Park.
- Clatsop County, John Day River –Clatsop County is requesting $78,750 to refurbish existing boat trailer parking at the John Day Park.
- Clatsop County, Columbia River Mile 29 –The City of Warrenton is requesting $20,190 to replace the existing vessel waste pumpout and dump station on the city’s marina..
- Columbia County, Scappoose Bay/Columbia River –Mile 85 –The Port of St. Helens is requesting $20,000 to replace existing vessel waste pumpout and dump station in the Port’s marina park.
- Coos County, Winchester Bay –Salmon Harbor is requesting $191,841 to replace the existing ramp and boarding floats in the East Basin.
- Deschutes County, Wickiup Reservoir –The Deschutes National Forest is requesting $80,473 to replace the existing boat ramp and construct boarding floats, improve road access, and expand parking at the Gull Point access site.
- Deschutes County, Wickiup Reservoir –The Deschutes National Forest is requesting $149,804 to replace the existing boat ramp, expand the parking area, and construct new boarding floats at the North Wickiup access site.
- Jackson County, Howard Prairie Lake –Jackson County is requesting $589,000 to repair and enhance the public transient tie-up dock at the Willow Point launch site.
- Klamath County, Gerber Reservoir –The Bureau of Land Management, Klamath Resource Area is requesting $125,000 to construct a two-lane concrete ramp, boarding floats, vault toilet, and gravel parking lot and access road at the South Campground.
- Klamath County, Upper Klamath Lake –The City of Klamath Falls is requesting $135,522 to purchase and install a prefabricated four-stall restroom and to repave an existing parking lot at Moore Park.
- Lane County, Willamette River –Mile 169 –State Parks is requesting $55,000 for design and engineering of a single lane ramp to replace an existing ramp at Marshall Island.
- Lane County, Siuslaw River –Mile 4.7 –The Port of Siuslaw is requesting $151,000 in state funds and $480,000 in federal funds to replace and expand transient tie-up facilities and add a new vessel waste pumpout and dump station at the Port’s marina in Old Town Florence.
- Lincoln County, Siletz River –Mile 7 –Lincoln County is requesting $50,000 for design and engineering work and permits required to build a new boat launch facility on the lower Siletz River.
- Linn County, Foster Reservoir –Linn County is requesting $100,000 to replace existing boarding floats at the Sunnyside Park boat launch.
- Marion County, Detroit Lake –State Parks is requesting $300,000 in grant funds to lengthen the existing boat ramp at Mongold State Park and construct a new low water ramp at Detroit Lake.
- Marion County, Willamette River –Mile 79.5 –The City of Keizer is requesting $863,027 to construct a new boating launch facility including a single-lane boat ramp, boarding floats, restroom and parking area at the newly acquired Keizer Rapids Regional Community Park.
- Multnomah County, Columbia River –Mile 109.4 –METRO is requesting $350,000 in state funds and $820,800 in federal funds to construct a new transient tie-up moorage facility with docks and gangway and replace the existing debris boom and wave attenuator at the launch ramp at the M. James Gleason boat launch.
- Multnomah County, Willamette River –Mile 13.2 –The City of Portland is requesting $250,000 in state funds and $80,500 in federal funds to repair and enhance the public transient tie-up docks at River Place Marina in downtown Portland.
- Multnomah County, Columbia River –Mile 114.6 –State Parks is requesting $300,000 in state funds and $1.5 million in federal funds to construct transient moorage, gangway, debris boom, and composting restroom at a Sandy Beach, on the north shore of Government Island.
- Polk County, Willamette River –Mile 84 –The City of Salem is requesting $75,000 to obtain a hydrological analysis and design and engineering services to address bank erosion occurring at Wallace Marine Park boat ramp.
- Tillamook County, Nehalem River –Mile 0.8 –Tillamook County is requesting $56,250 to replace boarding floats and gangways and to remove silt from the county launch ramp.
- Union County, Wolf Creek Reservoir –Union County is requesting $354,000 to replace the existing boat ramp and boarding floats and improve the parking area at the county boat ramp.
- Wasco County, Columbia River –Mile 189.9 –The Port of The Dalles is requesting $39,472 to pave an existing parking lot, redesign the layout and circulation pattern, and to construct a traffic safety barrier.
The meeting is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons needing some form of assistance to participate in this meeting due to a disability should contact June LeTarte at 503-378-2617 by Thursday, June 21. 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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