The following meeting will be held in the Owen Building at 3:00pm. It was advertised on the Port of Coos Bay website for 1:30pm, but that is the incorrect time. It has been changed, but if the Port Director cannot schedule a meeting should the commissioners be giving him access to $37 million dollars. Coos County Public Hearing on Extending the Urban Renewal Tax Debt Dec. 13, 2017 The Coos County Commissioners will be holding a public hearing on December 13th 2017, at 3:00 PM. The meeting will be held in the Owens Building at 225 N Adams St, Coquille, OR 97423. 2017 Some of the Meeting Documents
AM-17-005 Urban Renewal North Bay Renewal Agency District Report North Bay Urban Renewal Plan Amendment North Bay Urban Renewal Plan as Amended 12/05/17 Memo to the BOC
Related Posts: The Excesses of Tax-Increment Financing & Urban Renewal Coos Bay URA Spends $300,000 on North-South Gateway While Streets Deteriorate Coos Bay Street Action Plan Open House Thursday, June 8, 2017, 5:30pm Coos Bay Legally Steals from Average Citizens to Decorate a Private Business Coos Bay Taking from the Poor to Give to the Privileged Using Urban Renewal Coos Bay Gives $97,000 of Public Money to the Local Drama Club Coos Bay Redistributing Money to Owners of Historical Places Coos Bay Giving Away Public Money to a Private Business Using Urban Renewal CATO Policy Analysis #676 ~ The Case Against Tax-Increment Financing Public Comment Due BY December 1, 2017 on Coos County Urban Renewal Agency The Continuing Saga of the Coos County Urban Renewal Agency Coos County Board of Commissioners FINAL VOTE on Extending the URA Debt Information on the Campaign to Shut Down the North Bay URA Coos County Proposed Ordinance Adopting North Bay UR Plan ~ FOREVER Coos County Commissioners Hearing on Extending the Debt of the North Bay URA Cribbins & Sweet Utilize Voter Suppression on Urban Renewal Extension PERS Task Force Recommends Exempting School Districts from Urban Renewal List of Coos Bay’s Urban Renewal Expenditures from 2006 - 2012 LTE ~ Coos Bay Urban Renewal Giving Away Public Assets Paid for by The Public #CoosBay Urban Renewal Monies Siphoned from Public Basic Services Port of #CoosBay Blowing Through Your Tax Dollars Like Drunken Sailors Commissioners Campaign Contributors are Champions of Corporate Welfare Tuesday, December 5: 8:30 AM Regular Board Meeting– Owen Building large conference room (NOTE: executive session begins at 8:30, with the public portion of the meeting scheduled to begin at 9:30) For the complete agenda & packet, go to www.co.coos.or.us & go to Board of Commissioners Meetings Agenda Item H. Request Approval of Order in Appeals Case AP 17-004 Planning
November 22, 2017: The Port is to post their Final Coos County Urban Renewal Agency Amendment on the Port’s website: http://www.portofcoosbay.com/ccura It would be good for people to look this latest CCURA Amendment over. The words that have been taken out have a line through them and the words that have been added are in italics December 1, 2017: All written testimony is due to the Coos County Commissioners via the Coos County Planning Department: Planning@co.coos.or.us December 13, 2017: Continued Hearing at 3:00 p.m. at the Coos County Owen Building in Coquille. · The first hearing that was held on August 31st is available for viewing here: https://coosmediacenter.viebit.com/player.php?hash=COouDtEQJUqy · The second hearing was held on September 25, 2017 is available for viewing here: https://coosmediacenter.viebit.com/player.php?hash=H1rPhV2VF0Fd · No video of Oct 30, 2017 continued hearing. · Recent World article about all this here: Tax payers fund 'rising tide' NOTE: The whole point of the Coos County Urban Renewal District is basically to use our tax dollars to essentially “build it and they will come” ( meaning infrastructure ). This is so the Port’s idea of industry will come and create jobs…jobs…jobs. We can all see how well that has worked for the last 30 to 40 years. The problem with the CCURA Amendment at first was that these guys wanted us tax payers to pay even more while at the same time they would be giving industries that are, or that are proposed to be operating out on the North Spit, an enterprise zone tax exemption for 3 or more years. In the case of Jordan Cove this amounts to a 15-year tax abatement. Their definition of “blighted areas” is simply just “undeveloped land.” No thought to the North Spit being a high habitat Coastal Shoreland area or that the property is located in a natural hazard zone. I thought several of our people including JC hit the nail on the head at this last hearing held on October 30th which was not videotaped. “We the People” are essentially paying for the roads, sewer, water, natural gas lines, etc, on the North Spit so some industry will come in here and enjoy all those benefits and then NOT PAY TAXES. Such a deal for them, eh? THIS INFO IS FROM: Jody McCaffree Related Posts: The Continuing Saga of the Coos County Urban Renewal Agency Coos County Board of Commissioners FINAL VOTE on Extending the URA Debt Information on the Campaign to Shut Down the North Bay URA Coos County Proposed Ordinance Adopting North Bay UR Plan ~ FOREVER Coos County Commissioners Hearing on Extending the Debt of the North Bay URA Cribbins & Sweet Utilize Voter Suppression on Urban Renewal Extension The Continuing Saga of the CCURA On Monday, October 30, 2017, the Coos County Board of Commissioners held the second hearing to discuss renewing of the county’s urban renewal plan for another twenty years. The board had to continue the meeting until December 13, 2017, because the Director of the Port of Coos Bay did not submit the suggested changes to the URA plan until a few hours before the meeting. The urban renewal agency is a county entity, but the UR area is on the North Spit, so the Port of Coos Bay manages its finances and directs the projects under the authority of the board members of the Coos County Urban Renewal Agency. Some of those changes included adding an ending date out to 2038 and eliminating the special levy. The levy is a direct tax paid for by all the property owners in the county, approximately $0.0229 per $1,000 assessed value goes toward the CCURA Special Levy. The URA Board also lowered the amount of the agency’s allotted maximum indebtedness from $60,900,390 to $37,169,510 over the life of the district. The projected tax increment financing revenues over the 20-year life are supposed to be around $32.4-million. The UR agencies projected revenue is the money that would normally go to ten other regular taxing districts. Operations and overhead costs are among the allocations listed in the Tier 1 category. Approximately $500,000 would go to Special Studies and planning, $181,369 would go to Financing Fees, and another $660,000 would go to Administration. Those speculative figures will change due to increasing cost overruns. The CCURA has been around since 1986. By next June of 2018, the agency will have a whopping $1,011,500 on hand as the anticipated bank balance. A good portion of that funding should have gone to the several taxing districts that the UR area is overlapping instead of sitting idle while county roads deteriorate and jail beds lay vacant. Those other districts provide essential services to the people of the county, such as roads, schools, and law enforcement to list a few. The UR agency has not undertaken a major project since 2014, which was the safety improvement at the Trans-Pacific Parkway railroad crossing. There are 79 taxing districts in Coos County, seven of which are urban renewal districts. Five urban renewal agencies supervise those seven UR districts. Those county UR districts retained 5% or $3-million annually from the revenue collected by the county in property taxes from all the districts, which in FYE 2017 was $65.2-million. $3-million is roughly the same amount of taxes designated to the county’s ports and libraries. The county, which is a taxing district itself, loses roughly $300,000 annually from the general fund due to the drainage of the Tax Increment Financing process. Urban Renewal and the process of TIF is a scheme to circumvent funding from the necessary county services while rewarding the agency that is taking the money in the first place. Many of the beneficiaries of this process are supporters of Commissioners Cribbins and Sweet, so they have no incentive to stop the drain until the people demand a change. To find out more information go to www.cooscountywatchdog.com/shut-down-the-coos-county-urban-renewal-agency.html Related Posts: Coos County Board of Commissioners FINAL VOTE on Extending the URA Debt Information on the Campaign to Shut Down the Coos County Urban Renewal Agency Coos County Republican Party Resolution Opposing School Bond Measure #6-166 Coos County Proposed Ordinance Adopting North Bay UR Plan ~ FOREVER Coos County Commissioners Hearing on Extending the Debt of the North Bay URA Cribbins & Sweet Utilize Voter Suppression on Urban Renewal Extension FINAL VOTE on Coos County Urban Renewal Agency The Board of Commissioners will vote on an amendment to renew the plan for the North Bay Urban Renewal Area. Monday, October 30, at 1:30 PM the Board of Commissioners will hold the Continuation of Hearing on Urban Renewal Plan Amendment in the Owen Building large conference room, 250 Baxter Street, Coquille, Oregon 97423.
Related Posts: Information on the Campaign to Shut Down the Coos County Urban Renewal Agency Coos County Republican Party Resolution Opposing School Bond Measure #6-166 Coos County Proposed Ordinance Adopting North Bay UR Plan ~ FOREVER Coos County Commissioners Hearing on Extending the Debt of the North Bay URA Cribbins & Sweet Utilize Voter Suppression on Urban Renewal Extension Coos County Urban Renewal AgencyThere will be a CCURA Open House on Wednesday, October 25 at 6:30 PM. The public is encouraged to attend. The meeting will be held at the Myrtlewood Room at the Coos Bay Library located at 525 Anderson Ave, Coos Bay 97420. Related Posts: Tax Protest on the Boardwalk Saturday October 21, 2017 at HIGH NOON Information on the Campaign to Shut Down the North Bay URA Coos County Republican Party Resolution Opposing School Bond Measure #6-166 Coos County Proposed Ordinance Adopting North Bay UR Plan ~ FOREVER Coos County Commissioners Hearing on Extending the Debt of the North Bay URA Cribbins & Sweet Utilize Voter Suppression on Urban Renewal Extension Related Posts: Information on the Campaign to Shut Down the North Bay URA Coos County Republican Party Resolution Opposing School Bond Measure #6-166 Coos County Proposed Ordinance Adopting North Bay UR Plan ~ FOREVER Coos County Commissioners Hearing on Extending the Debt of the North Bay URA Cribbins & Sweet Utilize Voter Suppression on Urban Renewal Extension The following page is here to keep people informed about the campaign to shut down the Coos County Urban Renewal Agency, which manages the North Bay Urban Renewal Area. The UR area is considered a taxing district. Visit The Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ShutDowntheCoosCountyURA Shut Down the Coos County URA Please LIKE, FOLLOW and then SHARE our page to let your friends know about our effort to end a useless tax that everyone in the county contributes too. Please press the Volunteer Button if you would like to volunteer for the campaign History of the North Bay URA In 1986, some local business owners and community leaders decided to create a county Urban Renewal taxing district to develop the industrial area of the North Spit, so they formalized the Coos County Urban Renewal Agency then established the North Bay Urban Renewal Area. The agency has a plan outlining future development projects, and the county has updated it three times since, once in 1998, then again in 2000, and again in 2006. The most recent plan allows the district to sunset in 2018. The UR agency may pay the district's debt with federal or state grants. In this case, the agency pays the debt through a process called Tax Increment Financing. TIF is a taxing scheme designed by the Oregon Legislature to siphon money from other taxing districts that overlap the urban renewal area. The taxing districts that the North Spit URA overlap include The Coos Bay School District, the North Bay Rural Fire District and except for 16.3 acres of NB estuary land and 163.39 acres of CB estuary land most of North Bend and Coos Bay lands are predominantly beneath the water in the Coos Bay channel. There are several countywide districts including the airport district, the county, the library district, and SWOCC, so every property owner in the county contributes to the North Bay URA. Coos County-wide, property taxpayers contribute approximately $0.0368 per $1,000 assessed value toward the Coos County Urban Renewal Agency, and $0.0229 toward the CCURA Special Levy, which is six cents per every $1,000 of AV. A $200,000 home would be charged $12.00 annually. The median-valued home is about $140,000, which would pay $8.40. The current debt of the North Bay URA is approximate $50,000. Unfortunately, that amount can and most likely will change depending on the projects the URA Board decide to undertake. The new UR plan has $3 to 18-million dollars of expenditures listed as new projects, and it has the capability of going into a maximum indebtedness of 60-million dollars. Oregon property taxes going to these Urban Renewal Agencies through the TIF process in FY 2009-2010 was $182-million. According to data collected from the “OR Property Tax Annual Statistics FY 2016-2017” found on the Oregon Department of Revenue’s website, there are 110 Urban Renewal Agencies statewide in FYE 2016-2017. These UR agencies received $223.3-million from the “Revenue from Excess,” while others received an additional $21.1-million from special levies totaling $244.4-million diverted from other various taxing districts. “Revenue from Excess,” is the property tax revenue generated by increased property values inside the UR area over the frozen increment when the authorities enacted the plan for the district. In FY 2017, Public education alone lost $87.2-million in potential revenue because of urban renewal activity. Cities lost $73.3-million in that same fiscal year, and counties lost $41.5-million, which includes the $28.2-million taken by Multnomah County. Other districts, including Fire Districts, lost $21.3-million. The idea of redevelopment is to increase the property values of the urban renewal area as a way to bolster the local tax base---all to generate new business that most likely would have taken place with or without these public incentives. Time to End the Debt and Shut Down the North Bay URA Coos County Commissioners Melissa Cribbins & John Sweet along with the current URA Board are going to delete the expiration date from the current plan, allowing the debt to exist in perpetuity. They are going to enact the extension by just a vote of the Board of Commissioners. If the commissioners extended the expiration date instead of deleting it, then that would have triggered a county ordinance passed in 2012, which would have forced a public vote for this type of substantial change. In other words, the lawyers working for the local politicians found a loophole in the state ORS to get out of facing the people in a showdown at the ballot box. However, “The Committee to Shut-Down the CCURA” has another plan. The group is going to file a referendum to put the amendment on the ballot after the commissioners enact it. The following points are a few reasons to oppose Tax Increment Financing funding and to end all Urban Renewal Agencies. The criteria for using Urban Renewal money has become so vague that some would consider it a discretionary slush fund for politicians to choose how to spend. Politicians use Urban Renewal to centralize power and money into the hands of the few politically connected. Politicians created Urban Renewal as an artificial construct designed to manipulate and compensate certain segments of the market. Politicians funnel public money through Urban Renewal to corporations for private profit. Politicians use Urban Renewal incentives to develop pristine natural areas that normally would remain as undeveloped wilds. Politicians can use Urban Renewal to make eminent domain claims against private property inside the taxing area, which erodes the right of ownership. Politicians use Urban Renewal funding as seed money to create new taxing districts that maintain unnecessary projects at the expense of necessary services. Those projects include auditoriums, carousels, convention centers, swimming pools, sports stadiums, and theaters, which take money from colleges, hospitals, libraries, schools, police and fire departments. Some independent studies have found little evidence that municipalities with Urban Renewal Agencies developed any faster than ones without it did. In one thorough study written in September of 1999 by two professors of economics, Richard F. Dye and David F. Merriman, titled "The Effects of Tax Increment Financing on Economic Development" it stated, “In summary, the empirical evidence suggests that TIF adoption has a real cost for municipal growth rates. Municipalities that elect to adopt TIF stimulate the growth of blighted areas at the expense of the larger town. We doubt that most municipal decision-makers are aware of this tradeoff or that they would willingly sacrifice significant municipal growth to create TIF districts. Our results present an opportunity to ponder the issue of whether, and how much, overall municipal growth should be sacrificed to encourage the development of blighted areas.” A Senior Fellow at the CATO Institute made the case against Urban Renewal and Tax Increment Finance in a paper titled, “The Case against Tax-Increment Financing” by Randal O’Toole. In it, he stated, “There are two problems with any attempts to reform TIF. First, no matter how much legislatures may try to focus TIF on genuine examples of blighted neighborhoods, cities will find ways to get around such safeguards. Second, there is little evidence that city governments are better than private developers at determining the type and location of new development that cities need, and plenty of evidence that they are not as good. Instead of reforming TIF, state legislatures should simply repeal the laws that give cities and counties the authority to use it and similar tools to subsidize economic development.”
Related Posts: Coos County Proposed Ordinance Adopting North Bay UR Plan ~ FOREVER |
Coos County Commissioners Hearing on Extending the Debt of the North Bay URA
Coos County Proposed Ordinance Adopting North Bay UR Plan ~ FOREVER
Cribbins & Sweet Utilize Voter Suppression on Urban Renewal Extension
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Coos County Commissioners Hearing on Extending the Debt of the North Bay URA
Notices Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P.; Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, L.P.; Jordan Cove LNG Terminal and
Pacific Connector Pipeline Projects
Filed on: 06/14/2017 at 08:45 am
Scheduled Pub. Date: 06/15/2017
FR Document: 2017-12393
PDF 11 Pages (203 KB)
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Public Participation
For your convenience, there are four methods you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has expert staff available to assist you by phone at (202) 502-8258 or via email at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please carefully follow these instructions so that your comments are properly recorded. If you include personal information along with your comments, please be aware that this information (address, phone number, and/or email
address) would become publicly available in the Commission’s eLibrary.
1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for submitting brief, text-only comments on a project;
2) You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling feature on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on “eRegister.” If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select “Comment on a Filing” as the filing type; or
3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address. Be sure to include docket number PF17-4-000 with your submission:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street NE, Room 1A
Washington, DC 20426
4) In lieu of sending written or electronic comments, the Commission invites you to attend one the public scoping sessions its staff will conduct in the project area, scheduled as follows:
Date and Time Location
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sunset Middle School
Library and Commons Rooms
245 South Cammann Street
Coos Bay, OR 97420
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Umpqua Community College
Jackson Hall Rooms 11 & 12
1140 Umpqua College Road
Roseburg, OR 97470
Thursday, June 29, 2017
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Oregon Institute of Technology
College Union Building
Mt. Bailey and Mt. Theilsen Rooms
3201 Campus Drive
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Each scoping session is scheduled from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. There will be no formal presentation by Commission staff when the session opens. If you wish to provide comments, the Commission staff will issue numbers in the order of your arrival. Please see Appendix 21 for additional information on the session format and conduct
expectations.
Your comments will be recorded by the court reporter (with FERC staff or representative present) and become part of the public record for this proceeding. Transcripts will be publicly available through the FERC’s eLibrary system (see below for instructions on using eLibrary). If a significant number of people are interested in providing verbal comments, a
time limit of 5 minutes may be implemented for each commenter.
Verbal comments hold the same weight as written or electronically submitted comments. Although there will not be a formal presentation, Commission staff will be available throughout the comment session to answer your questions about the environmental review process.
The submission of timely and specific comments, whether submitted in writing or orally at a scoping session, can affect a reviewer’s ability to participate in a subsequent administrative or judicial review of BLM and/or Forest Service decisions. Comments concerning BLM and Forest Service actions submitted anonymously will be accepted and considered; however
such anonymous submittals would not provide the commenters with standing to participate in administrative or judicial review of BLM and Forest Service decisions.
Here is the file:
2017-06-15 FERC Notice of EIS JCEP | |
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Coos County Grants One Year Extension Approval for LNG Pipeline for the JCEP
BOC ~ Notice of Deliberation on JCEP Tuesday August 16, 2016
Public Meeting for Coos County April 19 & North Bend April 26, 2016 on JCEP
Open Letter to the Coos County Board of Commissioners Concerning the JCEP
Eminent Domain Protest in Coos Bay Monday April 4, 2016 ~ 5pm at The Mill Casino
LTE ~ Proponent Kissing Off Local Concerns About JCEP
LTE ~ More Transparency for the SCCF
Coos Bay School District Contract w/Superintendent Dawn Granger March 2014
LTE ~ Coos Bay School Board Ignoring Parents & Students
LTE ~ Leshley Still Uninformed
BOC ~ County Dog Board, Prisoner Release, Public Meeting for October 13, 14, & 15
Board of Commissioners Op-Ed for Measure 6-152 Transient Occupancy Tax
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
Educational Enterprise Zone Workshop Roseburg OR Thursday, September 17, 2015
Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads
LTE ~ CEP appears to be great for Canadian Veresen / JCEP
LTE ~ LNG Pipeline Man and His Bag of Money
LTE ~ Should We Be Worried Dealing with Veresen and the LNG
LTE~ A Package of Rancor for Coos County Commissioner John Sweet
This is an extension of an already approved LNG application. The FERC process is not taken into account at the local level. If you are asking if they are taking the property by eminent domain we do not have that information on file. The original application and supporting documents are on line and I have included the links for you.
http://www.co.coos.or.us/Departments/Planning/Applications2013-2014.aspx (HBCU-13-04)
Thank you,
Jill Rolfe
Jill Rolfe, Planning Director
Coos County Planning Department
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BOC ~ Notice of Deliberation on JCEP Tuesday August 16, 2016
Public Meeting for Coos County April 19 & North Bend April 26, 2016 on JCEP
Open Letter to the Coos County Board of Commissioners Concerning the JCEP
Eminent Domain Protest in Coos Bay Monday April 4, 2016 ~ 5pm at The Mill Casino
LTE ~ Proponent Kissing Off Local Concerns About JCEP
LTE ~ More Transparency for the SCCF
Coos Bay School District Contract w/Superintendent Dawn Granger March 2014
LTE ~ Coos Bay School Board Ignoring Parents & Students
LTE ~ Leshley Still Uninformed
BOC ~ County Dog Board, Prisoner Release, Public Meeting for October 13, 14, & 15
Board of Commissioners Op-Ed for Measure 6-152 Transient Occupancy Tax
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
Educational Enterprise Zone Workshop Roseburg OR Thursday, September 17, 2015
Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads
LTE ~ CEP appears to be great for Canadian Veresen / JCEP
LTE ~ LNG Pipeline Man and His Bag of Money
LTE ~ Should We Be Worried Dealing with Veresen and the LNG
LTE~ A Package of Rancor for Coos County Commissioner John Sweet
Public Meeting for Coos County April 19 & North Bend April 26, 2016 on JCEP
Open Letter to the Coos County Board of Commissioners Concerning the JCEP
Eminent Domain Protest in Coos Bay Monday April 4, 2016 ~ 5pm at The Mill Casino
LTE ~ Proponent Kissing Off Local Concerns About JCEP
LTE ~ More Transparency for the SCCF
Coos Bay School District Contract w/Superintendent Dawn Granger March 2014
LTE ~ Coos Bay School Board Ignoring Parents & Students
LTE ~ Leshley Still Uninformed
BOC ~ County Dog Board, Prisoner Release, Public Meeting for October 13, 14, & 15
Board of Commissioners Op-Ed for Measure 6-152 Transient Occupancy Tax
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
Educational Enterprise Zone Workshop Roseburg OR Thursday, September 17, 2015
Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads
LTE ~ CEP appears to be great for Canadian Veresen / JCEP
LTE ~ LNG Pipeline Man and His Bag of Money
LTE ~ Should We Be Worried Dealing with Veresen and the LNG
LTE~ A Package of Rancor for Coos County Commissioner John Sweet
- Here is a link to the original BOC agenda packet: ( See Right-of-Way code change info starting on page 20 )
- Here is link to updated BOC agenda packet that includes the late agenda items and sale of Forest lands:
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Public Meeting for North Bend
April 26, 2016: 7:00 p.m. City of North Bend hearing on code language changes which would allow for the City to appoint a planning and zoning hearings officer. Case No. ZTA2016-1. North Bend City Council chambers at City Hall, 835 California Street, North Bend.
Jordan Cove's Desperation Continues
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 5:25 AM
To: 'jsweet@co.coos.or.us'; 'bmain@co.coos.or.us'; 'mcribbins@co.coos.or.us'
Cc: Bobbi Brooks
Subject: IMPORTANT info re - Todays BOC Agenda items
Dear Coos County Commissioners:
I strongly object to agenda items 4(D), 5 and 6 that are found on today’s Coos County agenda for reasons that are explained in detail further below.
Item #4 Consent Calendar item #D:
Approval of Right-of-Way & Easement with Williams Pacific Connector Gas Operator, LLC – County Counsel. Ratification of Signatures on Escrow Account Agreements with Cascade Contract Collections & AmeriTitle – County Counsel / Treasurer
Item #5 PUBLIC HEARING:
Amending the Coos County Code, Article 4, Division 1, Permits for Work in Right of Way.
Item #6 LATE AGENDA ITEMS
A. Request Approval to Sell County Forest Land - Forestry
As a public body who should be looking out for the public's interest, there should be no agreements or signing of any contracts of any kind that involve international companies such as Veresen's Jordan Cove Energy Project, without the oversight of state and federal agencies that have experience in state, federal and international laws governing such activities. You would be foolish to put our county and yourselves at such liability and risk.
Please cease and desist from any and all activity involving the proposed Jordan Cove / Pacific Connector LNG export project. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has currently denied this project and it would not be in the public interest for Coos County, a governing decision-making body, to continue to process applications, contracts and/or easements at this time for the project. There are multiple reasons for this including but not limited to:
1) Multiple Gas Industry and Financial Reports have determined the Jordan Cove LNG project is not a viable project. This is due to a glut of LNG in the international marketplace that is projected to continue well into the next decade and possibly even longer depending on the impact LNG projects that are currently under construction will have once they begin operations. Please read my December 2015 comments that were submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission explaining these and other issues in more detail. For the complete filing go to:
· December 14, 2015:
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20151214-5048
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20151214-5051
2) Coos County as a United States local governing body must be in compliance with all U.S. federal laws and regulations including those found under the National Environmental Policy Act; the Coastal Zone Management Act; the Clean Air Act; the Clean Water Act; the Estuary Protection Act; …etc. On March 11, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Order denying the Jordan Cove / Pacific Connector project. This should have prompted Coos County to stop any further work or permit processes on the project. Coos County is currently in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act.
3) The proposed Jordan Cove and Pacific Connector project have not met the requirements necessary in order for them to obtain their Coos County conditional land use permits. This among other public processes would be required prior to Coos County processing any kind of right-of-way or easement agreements. When and where did the public hearing occur on agenda item 4 (D) concerning these right-of-way and easement agreements with Williams Pacific Connector Gas Operator, LLC? Why wasn’t I and/or other citizens who are on Coos County Service Lists for the proposed Jordan Cove / Pacific Connector project notified?
4) The proposed Jordan Cove / Pacific Connector project would put citizens living in the county at extreme risk. Those risk have been explained in detail to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under Docket # CP13-483-000 and CP13-492-000. For one example see:
· September 9, 2015:
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20150909-5185
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20150910-5011
It is the duty of those representing our County to do everything in their power to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of all the citizens living in the County.
The county has not made available enough information to the public concerning today’s agenda items, nor have they provided any findings that determined these items are in the public interest. The public has a right to have critical items such as these made available to them well in advance ( at least 21 days ) of County meetings/hearings and/or decisions on matters of importance such as these. All related documents and materials should also be included in with the Coos County Commission agenda packets. This did not occurred in this case. Item 5 involving proposed Ordinance 16-03-001L has no Exhibit “A” that is attached. ( See http://www.co.coos.or.us/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ClnlFtTTDlc%3d&tabid=141&portalid=0&mid=1169 ) The public cannot make a decision and/or provide meaningful comments on something they have not been given access to.
I strongly recommend that you also reject late agenda item #6 involving Order #16-03-025L which has to do with the selling of ten separate Coos County forest lands to a private/foreign entity. The County provided no visual map as to where all these various parcels are located, nor did they provide a finding as to how the permanent removal of Coos County forest lands would be in the public interest. The enormous cost to the county losing this much forestlands was not provided or considered. Where is the independent analysis showing the benefit/loss ratios and data? Critical decisions such as this that involve such a large percentage of county forest lands should not be ramrodded through as a late agenda item. That in itself is not in the public interest. The public has a right to know well ahead of time on items this critical so that they are able to provide meaningful comments. Citizens were not given ample opportunity to do that in this case. Please give citizens that chance.
Sincerely,
Jody McCaffree
PO Box 1113
North Bend, OR 97459
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Eminent Domain Protest in Coos Bay Monday April 4, 2016 ~ 5pm at The Mill Casino
LTE ~ Proponent Kissing Off Local Concerns About JCEP
LTE ~ More Transparency for the SCCF
Coos Bay School District Contract w/Superintendent Dawn Granger March 2014
LTE ~ Coos Bay School Board Ignoring Parents & Students
LTE ~ Leshley Still Uninformed
BOC ~ County Dog Board, Prisoner Release, Public Meeting for October 13, 14, & 15
Board of Commissioners Op-Ed for Measure 6-152 Transient Occupancy Tax
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
Educational Enterprise Zone Workshop Roseburg OR Thursday, September 17, 2015
Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads
LTE ~ CEP appears to be great for Canadian Veresen / JCEP
LTE ~ LNG Pipeline Man and His Bag of Money
LTE ~ Should We Be Worried Dealing with Veresen and the LNG
LTE~ A Package of Rancor for Coos County Commissioner John Sweet
Coos County: April 4th 5-8pm at Mill Casino in Coos Bay
Douglas County: April 5th 5-8pm at Windmill Inn in Roseburg
Jackson County: April 6 5-8pm at the Inn at the Commons in Medford
Klamath County: April 7th 5-8pm at the Shilo Inn in Klamath Falls
WE SAID NO! FERC SAID NO AND DENIED THE PROJECT!
NO MEANS NO!
Stand with Impacted Landowners Against Eminent Domain by the Government for a Private Company!
Monday April 4 - Thursday April 7
After the FERC decision finding that 90 percent of landowners have not signed contracts to let the pipeline cross their land and reduce their property values, Williams, the Oklahoma based company proposing the pipeline, is now working hard to try to pressure landowners to sign. They just announced they will be holding meetings with impacted landowners (only) next week throughout southern Oregon.
Landowners in all four impacted counties who have been facing threats of Eminent Domain for over 10 years have asked for our communities’ support in joining them and their neighbors for peaceful and respectful rallies outside of these meetings, asking Williams to leave their homes and our communities alone.
Be there by 5pm. Wear read and bring your signs of support:
NO EMINENT DOMAIN FOR PRIVATE GAIN!
NO MEANS NO!
GO HOME TO CANADA!
LEAVE LANDOWNERS ALONE!
Coos County: April 4th 5-8pm at Mill Casino in Coos Bay
Douglas County: April 5th 5-8pm at Windmill Inn in Roseburg
Jackson County: April 6 5-8pm at the Inn at the Commons in Medford
Klamath County: April 7th 5-8pm at the Shilo Inn in Klamath Falls
Links to informative articles related to the LNG project:
Tokyo - By Osamu Tsukimori and Yuka Obayashi
Oct 21, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-commodities-summit-jera-idUSKCN0SF0Y320151022
Tokyo (Platts)--28 May 2015
http://www.platts.com/latest-news/natural-gas/tokyo/interview-jera-eyes-selling-us-freeport-lng-volume-26103915
By Troy Brynelson tbrynelson@nrtoday.com
http://www.nrtoday.com/news/21292423-113/jordan-cove-new-deal-desperate-opponents-say
By Ted Sickinger| The Oregonian/OregonLive
March 25, 2016
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2016/03/jordan_cove_lng_finds_potentia.html
Devan Patel - The World
March 24, 2016
http://theworldlink.com/lng/jordan-cove-officials-continue-to-express-optimism/article_9135c16e-d01e-5839-96c4-696ebaea6d1a.html
Posted by Sutherland LNG on Mar 23, 2016
http://www.lnglawblog.com/2016/03/panama-canal-expansion-to-open-june-2016/
By Devan Patel
March 23, 2016
http://theworldlink.com/lng/veresen-signs-first-preliminary-agreement-to-purchase-lng/article_756e6166-6b28-564c-af6d-e9d3f054c696.html
By Dennis Webb
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/japanese-venture8232and-jordan-cove8232-agree-to-g
Sutherland LAW Blog
March 2, 2016
http://www.lnglawblog.com/2016/03/tokyo-gas-signs-hoa-for-cameron-lng-supplies/
LTE ~ Proponent Kissing Off Local Concerns About JCEP
LTE ~ More Transparency for the SCCF
Coos Bay School District Contract w/Superintendent Dawn Granger March 2014
LTE ~ Coos Bay School Board Ignoring Parents & Students
LTE ~ Leshley Still Uninformed
BOC ~ County Dog Board, Prisoner Release, Public Meeting for October 13, 14, & 15
Board of Commissioners Op-Ed for Measure 6-152 Transient Occupancy Tax
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
Educational Enterprise Zone Workshop Roseburg OR Thursday, September 17, 2015
Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads
LTE ~ CEP appears to be great for Canadian Veresen / JCEP
LTE ~ LNG Pipeline Man and His Bag of Money
LTE ~ Should We Be Worried Dealing with Veresen and the LNG
LTE~ A Package of Rancor for Coos County Commissioner John Sweet
For the umpteenth time, taxi man Dick Leshley has written a “letter to the editor” “in defense of” the Jordan Cove Energy Project. Message received, Mr. Leshley; you are a JCEP proponent. Leshley’s March 5 letter defending JCEP and SCDC and kissing off any local pro or con concern about JCEP, begs a response.
First, why does JCEP need defending by Leshley? Second, Leshley’s belief that JCEP will “create an economic way of life that will . . . enrich our lives” is not shared by many. Third, there is no liquid natural gas on planet earth. It’s natural gas (primarily methane) reduced in temperature and volume and referred to as liquefied natural gas. Fourth, Leshly threatens to continue writing “in defense of” JCEP as long as facts regarding JCEP are untrue. There are no untrue “facts”. Fifth, Mr. Leshley won’t find many citizens who are for or against JCEP and who are opposed to making this community great. Sixth, regarding the Leshley defended organization SCDC, other than grandiose promises, what has SCDC done for us lately? Created about fourteen years ago to bring industry to the area, most worldly business people would have considered the organization to be a failure long ago. Taxpayers have every reason to be furious. SCDC, while dining on our tax monies at the public trough, has created five permanent jobs - four different overpaid SCDC managers and one staff person. Until such time that folks acknowledge and remedy the reasons why industry will not seriously consider Coos County (an impossible task); SCDC will not be successful. Some reasons, in no specific order of importance – geographically remote; winter weather sucks; highways east are often closed in winter; airport runway too short to safely accommodate “heavy” aircraft; no easy access commercial truck route to the highway 5 corridor; single track, unreliable bridge and tunnel, 10 mph, day trip to Eugene (72 miles as the crow flies) by commercial rail; eyesore home and business properties; lack of skilled 21st century labor force; anticipated devastating Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and resultant tsunami; close by risk of JCEP catastrophic event; no scheduled commercial bus or rail service in any direction; minimal commercial airline service; aging infrastructure; few shovel ready industrial properties; greying population; unreasonable laws; well known that too many oppose industry here; planned $15/hour plus benefits minimum wage vs $3/ day wage in third world countries; federal taxes.
Fred Kirby
Coos Bay
LTE ~ More Transparency for the SCCF
Coos Bay School District Contract w/Superintendent Dawn Granger March 2014
LTE ~ Coos Bay School Board Ignoring Parents & Students
LTE ~ Leshley Still Uninformed
BOC ~ County Dog Board, Prisoner Release, Public Meeting for October 13, 14, & 15
Board of Commissioners Op-Ed for Measure 6-152 Transient Occupancy Tax
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
Educational Enterprise Zone Workshop Roseburg OR Thursday, September 17, 2015
Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads
LTE ~ CEP appears to be great for Canadian Veresen / JCEP
LTE ~ LNG Pipeline Man and His Bag of Money
LTE ~ Should We Be Worried Dealing with Veresen and the LNG
LTE~ A Package of Rancor for Coos County Commissioner John Sweet
Councilor Daily, if you accept the challenge, this is your next battle for transparency; this time by the organization of which you are a part.
During early 2014, then Coos Bay councilor Muenchrath requested a legal opinion of the proposed South Coast Community Foundation (SCCF) concept from the city of Coos Bay legal counsel (lawyer). The mayor or city manager may sign the employment contract but the lawyer is employed by and paid by the citizens of Coos Bay; not employed by or paid individually by the city manager, mayor, or any councilmember. This is the proposed SCCF (inclusive of Community Enhancement Plan) being pushed by county commissioner Sweet where we tax paying citizens will lose all control of what will be significant tax monies to a small group of unelected people who do not report to the citizens. This is the proposed CEP that many of us believe is good for Veresen / JCEP but will yield significantly fewer dollars to the people as fees in lieu of taxes. We’re talking control of potentially hundreds of millions of the people’s money here. Much has changed in the past two years; and, at a minimum, before this CEP is next endorsed by any local professional politician, it’s time for the county assessor to go before the people and assure us that fees received and distributed to the people will be not one dollar less than the money to be received as tax during the next 20 years.
Councilor Muenchrath received that requested (written) legal opinion – acknowledged by the city manager to be on file with the city. Rumor circulated that the legal opinion did not support the SCCF. In writing, Dr. Muenchrath stated that he has no objection to the document being released to the public. During June 2014, with assistance from the county DA, a copy of the lawyer’s opinion was requested to be released to the public. This request was rejected by the city manager. It’s the people’s document, paid for with the people’s money. In your editorial words Councilor Daily, “What do you (council members) have to hide?” Please release the document in its entirety (currently relevant or not) now.
Fred Kirby
Coos Bay
Coos Bay School District Contract w/Superintendent Dawn Granger March 2014
LTE ~ Coos Bay School Board Ignoring Parents & Students
LTE ~ Leshley Still Uninformed
BOC ~ County Dog Board, Prisoner Release, Public Meeting for October 13, 14, & 15
Board of Commissioners Op-Ed for Measure 6-152 Transient Occupancy Tax
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
Educational Enterprise Zone Workshop Roseburg OR Thursday, September 17, 2015
Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads
LTE ~ CEP appears to be great for Canadian Veresen / JCEP
LTE ~ LNG Pipeline Man and His Bag of Money
LTE ~ Should We Be Worried Dealing with Veresen and the LNG
LTE~ A Package of Rancor for Coos County Commissioner John Sweet
LTE ~ Leshley Still Uninformed
BOC ~ County Dog Board, Prisoner Release, Public Meeting for October 13, 14, & 15
Board of Commissioners Op-Ed for Measure 6-152 Transient Occupancy Tax
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
Educational Enterprise Zone Workshop Roseburg OR Thursday, September 17, 2015
Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads
LTE ~ CEP appears to be great for Canadian Veresen / JCEP
LTE ~ LNG Pipeline Man and His Bag of Money
LTE ~ Should We Be Worried Dealing with Veresen and the LNG
LTE~ A Package of Rancor for Coos County Commissioner John Sweet
Say what! Dick Leshley wrote to us again in the 24 October The World newspaper. Sadly Mr. Leshley demonstrates how uninformed that the front man for BS Oregon is in matters regarding the JCEP. This time Leshley tells us that payment by JCEP (fees in lieu of taxes) to the citizens will be akin to an individual making “a donation to a charity”; perhaps what he considers to be a free will offering by JCEP. Apparently, he doesn’t consider hundreds of millions of (tax obligation) dollars during the next 20 years (fees in lieu of taxes) to be public money.
I have submitted many pages of comments and concerns regarding the CEP. Some of my credentials to comment on what I believe to be an incomplete contract without adequate safeguards for the average taxpaying Coos County citizen include positions with large aerospace and high tech companies as Director of Contracting, Director of Subcontracting, Contracts Administrator, Auditor, Negotiator, Director of Business Development and staff to the company president. I wrote and managed many fixed price and cost type multi - year, multi - task, contracts with variable options and with a value (in today’s dollars) in excess of $4 billion. Titles are like knighthood; but, I understand contracting and governing law.
Eleven years ago, while other west coast of the Americas communities (from BC Canada to Tijuana Baja California) were rejecting LNG factories, JCEP found the Ports welcome mat. JCEP also found that five years of tax avoidance and their ability for the tail to wag the dog accompanied the welcome mat. Instead of thanking us for not rejecting them, their demands on us became ever increasing. We owe JCEP nothing except what is pursuant to Oregon law and within the four corners of a well written contract document. At a minimum, they owe us a legally enforceable agreement to hire locals first.
Now Veresen / JCEP, a company with minimal assets, demands more in the CEP. And, the most vocal of the CEP supporters, county commissioner Sweet, finds nothing wrong with Veresen / JCEP demands.
Mr. Leshley, it’s tax avoidance, front loaded fees in lieu of taxes, assessments on the citizens, and the peoples tax money being discussed in the CEP; not a “large monetary windfall”. AS proposed by Veresen / JCEP, the taxpayers assume all risk of non - performance by Veresen / JCEP and citizens lose money in the deal. The CEP removes the people’s control of hundreds of millions of their tax dollars and gives total control for the next 20 years to a small group that will be unelected by the people, not appointed by the people, impossible to remove or replace by the people, to distribute the people’s money to entities they alone deem appropriate.
In support of the argument for a SCCF / CEP / whatever, Coos County Tax Assessor Jansen told us that there would not be a difference in the total dollars received by the people from JCEP as tax or as fees in lieu of tax. It appears that is no longer the case and this taxpayer has asked Assessor Jansen for a public update presentation to the people soon.
Fred Kirby
Coos Bay
24 October 2015
BOC ~ County Dog Board, Prisoner Release, Public Meeting for October 13, 14, & 15
Board of Commissioners Op-Ed for Measure 6-152 Transient Occupancy Tax
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
Educational Enterprise Zone Workshop Roseburg OR Thursday, September 17, 2015
Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads
LTE ~ CEP appears to be great for Canadian Veresen / JCEP
LTE ~ LNG Pipeline Man and His Bag of Money
LTE ~ Should We Be Worried Dealing with Veresen and the LNG
LTE~ A Package of Rancor for Coos County Commissioner John Sweet
Eleven years ago I authored a web site that was intended to inform local folks about LNG. That site was visited by 1.1 million in 53 different countries. Then and now, I am neither for nor against local LNG. Only you should decide if a LNG factory (possibly factories later), a noisy power plant and flares, a 36” pipeline across your land (private and public) and frequent LNG transport vessels that are the size of the aircraft carrier Reagan are good for your long term interests.
We heard from local LNG supporter and BS Oregon front man, Dick Leshley - again. Mr. Leshley may be a pillar of the community and the best Yellow taxi cab company this side of West Quoddy Head Maine. I do not believe that he intentionally misleads the people with his many letters to the editor in support of local LNG. I believe that he is being misled by the LNG man. His letters, accessible on the Internet, may soon create a stampede of job seeking people to our area jeopardizing your chance for employment.
There is not enough ink in the barrels at The World to continue publishing letters to the editor challenging what Mr. Leshley writes. In Mr. Leshley’s latest letter published 3 October we are informed that the average Jordan Cove Energy Project (JCEP) worker will be paid $90,000 annually. No they won’t. Contemplated agreements with JCEP are governed by Oregon Law (ORS). Several laws relate to JCEP annual wage. One typical law states the JCEP must “annually compensate all new employees hired by the firm at an average rate of not less than 150 per cent of the county average annual wage”. The key words here are “new” and “average”. Using Mr. Leshley’s numbers, we should expect a JCEP average annual salary of $57,000, not $90,000. In the abortion called a Community Enhancement Plan (CEP), a plan soon to be endorsed by your elected and appointed politicians, where you lose control of your tax monies, it is stated that the 150% number ($57,000) is inclusive of benefits. Will JCEP be “hiring” anybody? Where is the written contract document with provisions to flow down these laws to JCEP contractors and subcontractors or successor companies? Where is the legally enforceable written agreement that JCEP will employ only “skilled union workers” as suggested by Mr. Leshley?
Fred Kirby
Coos Bay
5 October 2015
LTE ~ JCEP Attorney Demanded Facts & Truth from Citizens, Not Emotion
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
Educational Enterprise Zone Workshop Roseburg OR Thursday, September 17, 2015
Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads
LTE ~ CEP appears to be great for Canadian Veresen / JCEP
LTE ~ LNG Pipeline Man and His Bag of Money
LTE ~ Should We Be Worried Dealing with Veresen and the LNG
LTE~ A Package of Rancor for Coos County Commissioner John Sweet
Democratic Party Passes Resolution Opposing Eminent Domain for LNG
Commissioner Candidate Refuses to Disclose Answers to a Questionnaire
Commissioners Campaign Contributors are Champions of Corporate Welfare
Officials Obscuring Facts on the Bandon Marsh Mosquito Infestation
Yes to LNG, No to the CEP
Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Natural Resources Committee & Douglas Timber Operators
Please join us for our October Breakfast Meeting featuring our guest speaker:
Tim Walters ~ ODFW~ Program:
Coquille Valley Wildlife Area Restoration and Management
RED LION HOTEL, COOS BAY
Friday, october 16, 20157:00 a.m.
No - host breakfast
NOTE: If you plan to attend, please help us guarantee adequate food and seating by calling the Bay Area Chamber Office at 541/266-0868.
Please RSVP to assure a place is set for you at the table.
Audrey Barnes
Executive Assistant
Douglas Timber Operators
3000 Stewart Parkway, Suite 104
Roseburg, OR 97471
Phone: 541-672-0757
Cell: 541-430-7037
Fax: 541-672-3833
Coos County Approves Nature Conservancy's Tide Gate for China Camp Creek
ODFW ~ Conservation Opportunity Areas for Stealing Private Property
USACE ~ Comment on Permit Application Process Wednesday November 18, 2015
USFWS ~ Treating Private Property off the Bandon Marsh
The Mosquitoes Return to the Coquille Valley
Sweet Recall Meeting 7:00pm Friday July 31, 2015
Two Bills on Wetlands in Oregon Legislature SB544 Protects Landowners
ACTION ALERT ~ Bandon City Council Meeting Jan. 5, 2015 ~ Real Mosquito Report
Fred Messerle Bankrupting Beaver Slough Drainage District to Harass Neighbor
ODFW ~ Permit for the Winter Lake/China Creek Project, Messerle Named Manager
ODFW ~ Purchases Private Property for Wetland Restoration "Mosquito Preserve"
Did the Mayor of Bandon Lie to the People of Coos County?
Officials Obscuring Facts on the Bandon Marsh Mosquito Infestation
#USFWS Admits Fault for the Bandon Mosquito Infestation
Someone should have told the USFWS the Three Reasons Mosquitoes Suck
USFWS---Coos County Public Health Joint Press Release Bandon Marsh Mosquitoes
In their lengthy 3 September message to the people of North Bend, the Veresen / Jordan Cove Energy (JCEP) attorney demanded facts and truth from concerned citizens, not emotion, when discussing the planned workers camp matter. OK counselor; some clarification please.
First, telling the citizens of, and nearby, North Bend that their overburdened infrastructure must accommodate a 20% increase in population almost overnight causes emotion and reaction.
For 11 years the number of Jordan Cove Energy Project (JCEP) required temporary workers has frequently moved between 250 and 4,000 depending on the official or unofficial JCEP spokesperson, the audience, and for essentially the same LNG import, now LNG export, terminal. Currently the JCEP advertised peak number of temporary workers is 2,100; the average number will be significantly lower.
For 11 years, expecting local struggling taxpayers (who will soon lose control of many tens of millions of their tax dollars) to give JCEP between five and 19 years of tax avoidance as promised to JCEP by our local elected, appointed, and self - anointed professional politicians, and for other valuable consideration, JCEP has repeatedly promised to give preference to hiring, and paying a premium to, skilled and unskilled workers from Coos County and from the southern coast of Oregon. There must be at least 1,000 qualified skilled job seekers within daily driving distance (many who are currently under employed or overqualified) ready to start working tomorrow. Labor unions and their members’ friends and families throughout Oregon have endorsed and supported JCEP relying on these promises to their thousands of dues paying job seeking members.
If Veresen / JCEP intends to keep its promise that its contractor and subcontractors will hire locals first (locals who do not necessarily possess LNG factory construction experience); if Veresen / JCEP intends to ensure that any successor company honors the JCEP promises and contractual obligations (including those promises that are set forth in the Community Enhancement Plan (CEP) that will never be legally enforced); and assuming that job seeking locals have homes; why is a workers camp that would make the Joad family envious, that is planned to accommodate at least the peak amount of 2,100 bodies (apparently assuming no locals will be hired), required to be situated under the McCullough Bridge?
Fred Kirby
Coos Bay
25 September 2015
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
Educational Enterprise Zone Workshop Roseburg OR Thursday, September 17, 2015
Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads
LTE ~ CEP appears to be great for Canadian Veresen / JCEP
LTE ~ LNG Pipeline Man and His Bag of Money
LTE ~ Should We Be Worried Dealing with Veresen and the LNG
LTE~ A Package of Rancor for Coos County Commissioner John Sweet
Democratic Party Passes Resolution Opposing Eminent Domain for LNG
Commissioner Candidate Refuses to Disclose Answers to a Questionnaire
Commissioners Campaign Contributors are Champions of Corporate Welfare
Officials Obscuring Facts on the Bandon Marsh Mosquito Infestation
Yes to LNG, No to the CEP
#USFWS Admits Fault for the Bandon Mosquito Infestation
#CoosCounty Commissioner Candidate Debate October 8, 2014 in Coquille
MGX---Controversial Alliance for Progress Co-Founder Donates to Sweet Campaign
#CoosBay Uses Urban Renewal Money for Confederate Tribe Private Development
Bribed Surgeons Implanted Counterfeit Medical Devices into Patients
MGX---County Assessor has Real Disconnect on Community Enhancement Plan
#Coquille & #MyrtlePoint School Districts Among Worst at Utilizing Public Funding
BOC---Cowardly, Commissioners Cribbins & Sweet Betray the Voters of Coos County
Unanswered Questions about the South Coast Community Foundation
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