[OSMB-News] News Release -Marine Board Approves Round One Grants for Eastern OR Boating Facilities

[Massey, Ashley]

For Immediate Release                                       Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Marine Board Approves Round One Grants for Eastern OR Boating Facilities

          The Oregon State Marine Board approved several grants for boating access facility improvements in the Eastern region of the state at their last quarterly Board meeting, held on June 23, in Salem.  The agency received 34 applications for Round 1 Grants that identified $11 million in project needs with $6.2 million requested from the Marine Board.  The Board awarded $2,404,966 in state funds and $1,951,296 in federal funds for the 2015-2017 boating facility improvement projects.
            The applicants below received funding for the following access projects in the Eastern Oregon region:
APPLICANT

LOCATION

IMPROVEMENT

CVA FUNDS

BOATER FUNDS

APPLICANT MATCH

TOTAL

Oregon State Parks

Lake Billy Chinook

(2) Floating restroom replacements

$219,750

$73,250

$3,000

$296,000

Oregon State Parks

Owyhee Reservoir -Indian Creek State Park

Ramp, docks, parking and maneuver area



$155,108

$847,155

$1,002,263

Union County

Thief Valley Reservoir

Boarding dock replacement



$116,250

$41,250

$157,500

US Forest Service

Hells Canyon -Snake River

Final design and engineering services



$55,000

$55,000

$110,000

McNary Yacht Club

Mid-Columbia River

Replace existing pumpout and dump station

$11,569.50

$3,856.50

$1,000

$16,426


Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) will replace two of Lake Billy Chinook's existing floating restrooms which are both over 10 years old.  The older units will be replaced with state-of-the-art flush restrooms that are designed to reduce maintenance costs and improve efficiency.  The new restrooms will be installed in the spring of 2016.  The older floating restrooms will be retro-fitted and relocated to other waterbodies in Oregon.  OPRD also received another grant that will pay for the reconstruction of the upper portion of the boat ramp at Indian Creek on Owyhee Reservoir.  The maneuver area will also be expanded and reconfigured to improve traffic flow, separate from other park uses.  The upgrades will be ADA accessible.
Union County will replace the 15-year old boarding docks with new, self-adjusting boarding docks at Thief Valley Reservoir.  The new docks will be easier for the county to maintain.  The county expects to have the project completed in 2016.
The US Forest Service will use the grant funds to pay for final design and engineering plans to repair the boat ramp, dock, retaining wall and gangway that was destroyed during an episodic 2012 flood.
And finally, McNary Yacht Club on the Mid-Columbia River, for a new pumpout.  The Yacht Club does not charge a fee for use of the pumpout, which is a tremendous service to boaters.
The Marine Board is funded by registration fees and marine fuel taxes paid by boaters. No general fund tax dollars are used to support the agency or its programs.  Boater-paid fees go back to boaters in the form of law enforcement services (on-the-water enforcement, training and equipment), education/outreach materials and boating access facilities.  Fees charged by waterway managers for parking and launching, reduces Maintenance Assistance Program funds the Marine Board provides for qualifying grant recipients.
For more information about boating facility grants, visit www.boatoregon.com<http://www.boatoregon.com>.


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Ashley A. Massey
Legislative Coordinator
Public Information Officer
Oregon State Marine Board
503-378-2623
[EmailOSMB_logos_cmyk_300dpi]<http://www.oregon.gov/osmb>

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