[OSMB-News] News Release -Marine Board Meeting Scheduled in Salem April 14

[Ashley MASSEY]

For Immediate Release	Date: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 

Marine Board Meeting Scheduled in Salem April 14

The Oregon State Marine Board will hold their quarterly meeting on
April 14 beginning at 9 a.m. at the Salem office, located at 435
Commercial Street N.E.
	
The Board will consider rulemaking on the Willamette River that would
create a 5 mph slow-no-wake zone within 100 feet of the Salem waterfront
transient dock.  The Board will also be asked to consider a petition and
open the rulemaking process seeking a no-wake-zone in the Holgate
Channel between Ross Island and the east bank of the Willamette River,
as well as a motor ban in the Ross Island Lagoon.  Willamette
Riverkeeper, the Urban Green Spaces Institute and the Portland Audubon
Society submitted the petition in late March.
	
Other agenda items include:
●	Director’s Report
●	Policy and Planning Staff Report
●	Boating Facility Round One Grant Considerations
●	Boat Facilities Program Report
●	Law Enforcement Program Report
●	Education/Information Program Report

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 Monday, April
13.  Persons wishing to address the Board on non-agenda items may do so
during the designated period at the start of the meeting.
	
To view the agenda, visit
http://www.boatoregon.com/OSMB/programs/docs/April14Agenda09.pdf.
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Ashley A. Massey
Public Affairs Specialist
Oregon State Marine Board
503-378-2623
503-378-8587 ext. 82623
ashley.massey at state.or.us

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