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Depoe Bay committee plans Stonebridge cache site, budgets and MOU as supply hubs
Summary
The Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee discussed inventorying existing emergency caches, treating two nearby storage locations as a single distribution site, and moving ahead with a Stonebridge cache and related site work now approved by the City Council; staff will seek bids, draft an MOU and pursue grant funding.
The Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee on Aug. 11 discussed steps to make the city’s emergency supply caches usable in a major event, plan a new cache site at Stonebridge and pursue funding and formal agreements with property partners. Kim, a Depoe Bay staff member, said the City Council has approved moving forward and that staff will solicit bids and draft the memorandum of understanding needed to site and build a Stonebridge cache.
Committee members said the city already has two nearby storage locations that function as one supply site and recommended keeping those stocked while building out Stonebridge as a second distribution hub. The committee agreed planning should aim to support about 200 people on each river-side area; members discussed concrete pads, fencing, lighting and the cost of site work.
Why it matters: the committee must balance secure, climate-controlled storage and public…
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