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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT size=3>Marine Board Seeks Boaters’ Feedback on Statewide Boating Access Improvements<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">Is there a sudden drop off at the end of the boat launch?</FONT><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">Are the boarding floats partly submerged?</FONT><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">Is the parking adequate for long trucks and trailers and easy to maneuver in?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Are there enough restrooms?</FONT><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Oregon State Marine Board wants to hear from boaters about where they would like to see boating access improvements made throughout the state. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>“With nearly 1000 boat launches in Oregon operated and owned by more than 120 different city, county, port, park districts and state and federal agencies, we rely heavily on feedback from boaters, who are the eyes and the hands-on experts to what improvements need to be made when they get out on the waterways,” says Wayne Shuyler, Facilities Manager for the Marine Board.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Every six years, the Marine Board conducts a statewide survey, called the “Six-Year Plan,” where boating facility repairs and upgrades are prioritized based on their existing condition.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Marine Board then works with waterway managing agencies to provide quality boat ramps, boarding floats, parking areas, boat pumpout/dump stations and restrooms.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">The Marine Board’s Facilities Program also serves as a central, dedicated source of assistance to boating facility providers by offering design and engineering services, facility standards and specifications, waterway permitting and technical expertise to eligible grant applicants.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Marine Board provides grants to construct and renovate boating facilities, and maintain improvements to protect the quality of our waterways using federal Clean Vessel Act funding.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Such funding allows the Marine Board to assist facility providers with purchasing floating restrooms, portable toilet dump stations, and vessel waste pumpouts at public and private marinas.</FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>“We want to hear from boaters… tell us the good, bad, and ugly boat launches or places you think need to be improved for safety, easier access to the water, or your ideas about how to improve the area where you boat,” Shuyler adds.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>The Marine Board will also be holding “Boating Facility Open Houses” in various locations throughout the state during the month of August from 7 to 9 p.m.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Boaters can also submit comments online.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Go to the Marine Board website at </FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.boatoregon.com/"><FONT color=#800080 size=3 face="Times New Roman">www.boatoregon.com</FONT></A><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"> to access the online survey, go to the survey directly to </FONT><A href="http://library.state.or.us/services/surveys/survey.php?sid=715"><FONT color=#800080 size=3 face="Times New Roman">http://library.state.or.us/services/surveys/survey.php?sid=715</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Boaters can always contact our office at 503-378-8587 and ask to speak to someone in the facility section.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>The Marine Board’s funding is dedicated and does not rely on the state’s general fund. Motorboat titling and registration fees in addition to the marine gas tax pay for boating access improvements, law enforcement services and boating safety education and outreach materials for boaters throughout Oregon.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Boating Facility Open Houses</FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">7-9 p.m.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dates:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">August 2 – Umatilla Open House </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><FONT size=3>McNary Dam Meeting Hall, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">1 mile east of Umatilla, Oregon, on Highway 730 to McNary Dam Road, Umatilla </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">August 4 – Vale Open House </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">Educational Service Dist. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>363 “A” Street West, Vale<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>August 9 – Redmond Open House</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">Redmond Public Library<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN>827 SW Deschutes Ave, Redmond </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>August 11 – Klamath Falls Open House </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">City of Klamath Falls, Council Chambers, down stairs<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>500 Klamath Ave, Klamath Falls <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>August 16 – Port Orford Open House </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">City of Port Orford Council Chambers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>Idaho St. entrance <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>August 17 – Florence Open House </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">Siuslaw Fire & Rescue Hall <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>2625 Hwy 101 North, Florence<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>August 23 – Nehalem Open House </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">North County Recreation District <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">3615 9<SUP>th</SUP> Street, Nehalem<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">August 24 – St. Helens Open House </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">St. Helens Library<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>375 South 18th Street, St Helens<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">August 25 – <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Gladstone</st1:City></st1:place> Open House</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">Gladstone Sr. Center<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">1050 Portland Avenue, Gladstone <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>August 30 – Roseburg Open House </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">City of Roseburg Library, Ford Room<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd, Roseburg <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>August 31 – <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Albany</st1:place></st1:City> Open House</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0">Old Armory Building, Miller “A” Room<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #7030a0"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN>104 SW 4th Street, Albany </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV>Ashley A. Massey<BR>Public Information Officer<BR>Oregon State Marine Board<BR>503-378-2623<BR>503-378-8587 ext. 82623<BR><A href="mailto:ashley.massey@state.or.us">ashley.massey@state.or.us</A><BR></DIV>
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