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Public commenters urge waterfront boardwalk link and seek police help over missing turf
Summary
Public commenters asked the council to support a proposed boardwalk connection with Coos Bay and asked city staff to help secure a statement about missing high-school turf rolls they say disappeared after delivery to a nearby school.
During the public comment period at a Markman City Council meeting, two residents urged the council and staff to support waterfront and community projects and asked for assistance from police in a property-theft matter.
Dean Lundy, a local resident who identified himself as owning the old boat building center at Hollering Place, described efforts to organize a Sea Scout program at Aquatic Park and urged cooperation on a proposed boardwalk and pedestrian path connecting North Bend and Coos Bay. “This was a proposed connect the boardwalk, pedestrian and and walkway path from North Bend to Coos Bay, and I'm here to offer any help,” Lundy said. He offered volunteer assistance and referenced existing planning materials that he said the city had produced.
Separately, Kevin DuBoisark of Coos Bay said that several years ago turf from a North Bend high school project was delivered to Bangor School but, when unrolled, was missing roughly 20 to 40 rolls. DuBoisark said he was told the missing rolls were located at a mall and that some turf later appeared installed at a bowling alley. He asked the council and police to facilitate obtaining a written statement from the person he believes handled the turf so he could pursue the matter. “It turns out that someone in the mall somehow accumulated the missing rolls,” DuBoisark said, and he asked officials to help secure a statement describing how the turf was obtained.
City staff reminded the public that the comment period is not a time for back-and-forth dialogue; the staff indicated they were taking notes. No council directive or formal staff assignment to investigate the turf allegation was recorded in the public portion of the meeting, and no formal action was taken on the boardwalk idea during the meeting. Lundy offered to provide copies of planning documents and to volunteer to help with connectivity projects; staff did not discuss next steps on that offer in the recorded remarks.
Both commenters framed their remarks as offers of help and requests for information rather than formal petitions requiring immediate council action. The council did not take up either matter as an agenda item during the captured portion of the meeting.
