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  A representative from Oregon State Marine Board (OSMB) attended this week’s City Council meeting to present City Operations Administrator Greg Hamblet and the Transportation & Facilities (T&F) team with a challenge coin. This presentation acknowledged their focused efforts and perseverance to reopen the Eastside Boat Ramp following devastating damage sustained on February 18, 2024. Initial assessments of the damage suggested the infrastructure would be out of service for the coming fall fishing season, a significant loss to the community, and a financial impact to the region.
On February 18, 2024, the cargo vessel Odel Mar struck the Eastside Boat Ramp. The vessel was being assisted by a local tugboat company during a turning procedure. The turn, and resulting collision, was catastrophic to the boat launch structure and float system. Three piles that supported the float system were damaged with one of the piles being destroyed and no longer visible above the waterline. With three entities involved, the City, the cargo vessel company, and the tugboat company, insurance navigation took some finesse and patience. Professional engineers and divers were involved to inspect the full facility and assess the structural damage, as well as costs associated with replacement to assign the claim appropriately.
The underwater inspection was completed on May 13, 2024, with final reporting on May 16, 2024, resulting in findings that two piles were damaged beyond repair and the third pile was unable to be located. Following this information, Oregon State Marine Board immediately prepared plans and specifications for the infrastructure, allowing the City to move forward with a scope of work and bid package for advertisement. It was advertised in early July with bids opening on July 18, 2024, resulting in a contract award. During this same time frame, Hamblet and his team were coordinating with several agencies to ensure appropriate permits and approvals were obtained: US Coast Guard, OSMB, Army Corps of Engineers, Department of State Lands, Department of Land Conservation and Development, and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
It was through the hard work and diligence of Hamblet and the T&F team that the Eastside Boat Ramp was able to undergo the necessary repairs to put the infrastructure back into service for our community, and thus making Hamblet and his team quite worthy of the OSMB Challenge Coin award.
I extend my sincere appreciation to Greg Hamblet and the Transportation & Facilities team for all they do to make Coos Bay great.
-Joe Benetti, Mayor of Coos Bay
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 This year at the 2024 Big Kahuna Swim Meet at Mingus Park Pool we had 212 swimmers and their families for a three-day event. We are so grateful for the continued support from our community. We would like to thank our Parks Department and the community for their dedication to getting our boiler up and running. Thank you to the City Council for supporting our community pool!
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 Notice of election November 5, 2024, for positions of Mayor and four (4) Councilors. Citizens can file their declaration of candidacy at City Hall, 500 Central Avenue, in the City Manager’s office from June 5, 2024 - August 27, 2024. Candidates filing by petition are to file before 5 p.m. on August 20, 2024. Citizens must be a registered voter and have resided within the city limits for one (1) year preceding election date. Questions can be addressed to Christine Sylvester, City Recorder, at 541-269-1181, ext. 3103.
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 In the City, when a sink hole is discovered an investigation begins. The collection crew televises the nearby storm and sanitary sewer lines to determine if there is an issue with the City’s mainline. If the sinkhole was caused by a deficiency in the City’s mainline, the collections crew places a steel plate on the road for safety and starts planning on fixing the failure.
This year the City’s collection crew has removed 20 plates from the roads! While there are still a few on the roads this is a huge accomplishment for the City. The hard-working collection crew has been removing plates while still performing all their other duties as needed. Line cleaning and televising is instrumental in meeting our DEQ permit and planning for future capital improvement projects. On some plate repairs, the City’s Street Department assists in paving activities.
This past April, Council approved the Water Quality collection crew expansion to hire two additional employees to have the ability to perform in house construction efforts for small repairs. This has been a great success for the City in planning and completing repairs.
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Dropping It Like It’s Hot!
The City of Coos Bay Transportation & Facilities (T&F) staff has been hard at work making road repairs. This year, T&F staff has repaired over 300 potholes, made several small repairs to roadways, and have graded six miles of gravel roads.
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City Requests Development Proposals
 The City of Coos Bay is seeking development proposals for the former municipal fire station site at 150 South Fourth Street. Approximately 0.22-acres m/l of readily available land, ideally suited for Mixed-Use development in Oregon’s largest coastal city.
The property is intended to provide the community with a mix of mutually supporting retail, service, office, and residential uses. The property’s location within the Downtown Parking District means that off-street parking is not required for development. Multiple public parking lots are near the property and available for public use.
Economic development and revitalization are a primary goal of the City of Coos Bay. The City envisions a new development on the property that provides a mix of uses to further revitalize and enhance the economic vitality of the Downtown area. Development proposals for the property should complement the surrounding Downtown both functionally and aesthetically.
The City seeks Letters of Interest from interested development teams. City staff will review Letters of Interest to make a recommendation to the City of Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency (URA). Presentations will be scheduled with top applicants and the URA. Selection of the preferred development proposal is anticipated thereafter.
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CBFD Receives Three Big Grant Awards
 In hockey, it’s called a “hat trick”. The Coos Bay Fire Department (CBFD) has been awarded three grants worth a whopping 2.8 million dollars within the last 60 days.
The first was a 1.1-million-dollar grant from Business Oregon, which was written by Chief Anderson to seismically upgrade the Eastside Fire Station. The next was a $100,000 grant from the Oregon Department of Energy, written by Battalion Chief John Guenther to repair the HVAC system at Fire Station #1. The third grant, from the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI), was written by Battalion Chief Jeff Adkins for just under $1.6 million dollars in funding.
The BOLI grant provides the financing for the department to create an apprentice program. This apprentice program, similar to other trades, is designed to mentor and train new recruits through on-the-job learning to become skilled laborers. Apprentices will earn a salary of $4,100 per month with full benefits throughout the two-year training period. The grant provides funding for the hiring of five apprentices.
BOLI is particularly interested in recruiting candidates that are typically underrepresented within the fire service industry. Therefore, the CBFD is encouraging women, minorities (including persons of color and Indigenous Americans) to consider a career in the fire service. The Department will be actively recruiting and accepting applications for the apprentice program from mid-August until mid-September, with an anticipated start date sometime in early November.
For more information about the apprentice program or how to apply, please contact the Coos Bay Fire Department at jadkins@coosbayor.gov or City of Coos Bay, Human Resources Department at 541-269-8915.
Congratulations to the CBFD staff for their resourcefulness!
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Flash Backs and Flash Drives
The Coos Bay Public Library will be hosting a movie matinee on Wednesday, August 14 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Join us for a totally tubular 80’s hit and enjoy free popcorn and beverages.
Need help with your smartphone, laptop, or other devices? The Library will be having a drop-in tech lab on Friday, August 16 from 1-2 p.m. Bring your device and let Library staff and volunteers help you to understand your technology.
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Child Care Infrastructure Fund Accepting Applications on August 15
 Business Oregon is pleased to announce that the application portal for the Child Care Infrastructure Program will be opening on Thursday, August 15, 2024. The Child Care Infrastructure Program provides financial assistance for childcare infrastructure activities.
Business Oregon is working with the Department of Early Learning and Care, other state agencies, and private and non-profit entities to implement this grant and loan program. This first round of funding will award a total of $10 million in grants to selected applicants.
Projects eligible under this program are restricted to fixed, immovable assets including new construction, repairs, renovations, modernizations, retrofitting, property acquisition and planning projects.
The application portal for the Child Care Infrastructure Program opens on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 12 p.m. and closes on Monday, September 30, 2024, at 4:59 p.m. Access to the portal can be found on the Business Oregon Child Care Infrastructure webpage here. Award decisions will be announced in November of 2024.
If you have questions or need technical assistance preparing the grant or completing the Child Care Infrastructure Program application, contact one of the Technical Assistance providers listed below.
First Children’s Finance Northwest Native Chamber
Point of contact: Heidi Hagel-Braid Point of contact: Amber Faist infoOregon@firstchildrensfinance.org CCIFSupport@nwnc.org
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Call to Action to Help Other Parents
Papa Philly and Bubba Dogs is asking the community to help fill backpacks that will be given to local children and youth on August 17 during this annual drive. There are many within our community who really appreciate help getting their kids ready for the new school year. Your school supply donation and a new backpack means a lot.
Drop off bin at Pony Village Mall across from Ross Dress for Less, drop off at our food truck or donate online via www.paypal.me/jarrodolsen.
Thank you from Papa & Bubba
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 The Coos History Museum will host “Discovery Day” on Saturday August 10, 2024, from 11 a.m. –2 p.m.
Join us for a hands-on adventure for families to meet and learn from real archaeologists, osteologists, and anthropologists! This program features thrilling activities and opportunities to interact with and ask questions to real scientists.
This program is part of our FREE drop-in Second Saturday Explorer’s Club, a program open to all families and kids with no registration required. Explorer’s Club is free of charge and sponsored by the Coquille Animal Hospital.
Discovery Day is hosted in-person at the Coos History Museum, 1210 N. Front Street.
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Dog Days of Summer Fundraiser
The month of August is Clear the Shelters Month and National Dog Month. In celebrations, come join the City of Coos Bay Parks Commission for the Dog Days of Summer Fundraiser on August 24, at John Topits Park (Hull Street entrance).
At this event there will be guided walks with City of Coos Bay Parks Commissioners, the Park Pack, Sole Mates, and Friends of Coos County Animals (FOCCAS). The walks will cover two trail sections to recruit adopters (individuals/groups) to fund the repair and replacement of trail markers and benches.
Sign in starts at 9:45 a.m. and at 11 a.m. there will be a one-hour Dog Strut (suggested donation of $10). Funds will be used to purchase compostable dog waste bags to help reduce micro-plastics and dog waste in the watershed.
Any questions regarding the event can be addressed to adoptapark@coosbayor.gov and see the QR code for a link to the John Topits trails.
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 The Coos Bay Downtown Association (CBDA) will hold the sixth annual "It's All Berry Good" recipe contest during the 2024 Blackberry Arts Festival. This year’s recipes will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, August 24 at Coos Bay Elks No. 1160, located at 265 Central Ave. in downtown Coos Bay. Look for the Berry! Judging will begin at noon and the winner’s names will be announced no later than 2 p.m. Saturday at the festival. Prize awards will be made at 2 p.m. at the Elks.
Submission requirements:
Each recipe entry should be sizable enough for at least six healthy tastes. Enter as many recipes as you like. Separate entries must include a copy of a detailed recipe with credit given to the original source, for example Betty Crocker's Cookbook or great grandma Lulu's family recipe. No age restriction, but minors competing must have written permission from their parent/guardian accepting the terms of competition. All recipes entries become the property of the Coos Bay Downtown Association, a non-profit 501c(6). All participants consent to the commercial use of their name, photo(s), and recipe for advertising and publicity/promotional purposes without further compensation.
When creations are submitted a number will be assigned to ensure anonymity. A photo of you and your recipe will be taken and protected until after the contest. A copy of your recipe will be attached to the contestant’s entry form. Then the special panel of judges will arrive to determine the prize winning “It's All Berry Good” recipe creations.
Judging: Judging will be based on the following: Best taste/flavor and texture, presentation and creative use of blackberries.
The Coos Bay Downtown Association promotes Coos Bay as an attractive place to live, work, and visit by continually enhancing the quality life of the downtown area.
PROUD TO BE PART OF COOS BAY’S 150TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. GROWING. STRONG. TOGETHER
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Youth Services Librarian
The City of Coos Bay is soliciting applications for the position of Youth Services Librarian with a focus on teen programming. To apply for the position, interested parties should submit a city application, resume, and letter of interest to the Human Resources Office. City applications are available from the City Manager’s Office, City Hall, 500 Central Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420, by email at jspencer@coosbayor.gov or on the City’s website at https://www.coosbayor.gov/government/job-openings.
This position will be open until Friday, August 9, at 5 p.m. Please include a valid e-mail address where you can be contacted. All notifications regarding your status in the selection process will be made via electronic mail.
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Type: Full Time
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Salary/Pay Rate: $4076 - $5079/month D
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Deadline to Apply: 08/09/2024 5 p.m.
The City of Coos Bay is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, handicap or any other non-merit factor. If reasonable accommodation is required to complete the application process, please contact the Human Resources Office at 541-269-1181 ext 3104 during the hours of Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. through 5 p.m.
JOB DESCRIPTION
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Performs professional library work in the operation of a specialized division within the library; the specialized divisions in this job classification are: Technical Processing, Reference Services, Acquisitions, Programming, and Youth Services. Duties may vary depending on specialized area. Work in this job classification involves responsibility for the application of professional library knowledge and skills to a major library unit. An employee in this classification may be assigned to a position of responsibility where considerable judgment may be exercised and the work may only be reviewed periodically; as such, individuals employed in these positions must be self-motivated and are expected to be able to work independently. Performs related work as required.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Works under the supervision of the Deputy Library Director who reviews work for conformance with established goals, policies and procedures.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED: Directs the day-to-day work activities of subordinate library staff or volunteers as assigned.
TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF WORK: An employee in this classification may perform any of the following duties. However, these examples do not include all the specific tasks which an employee may be expected to perform.
Coordinates the operation of a specialized division within the library in conformance with established library goals, policies and procedures. Includes participation in division goal-setting and development of division procedures, collection development, programming, and reference work. Monitors workflow for timely completion, and quality control. Makes recommendations for the annual budget and implementation of budget within the division. Prepares reports. Participates in public relations, programming, and interaction with other community groups or agencies. Participates in high level technology application within library departments. All librarians assist as needed with reference desk and circulation desk activities such as checking books in and out, processing overdue books, assisting with photocopies, sorting returned books, and other tasks that are similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Librarians may be required to assist or take on duties of other specialized Division Librarians within this classification on a temporary or permanent basis, as needs arise.
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