The Charleston Marina Complex Master Plan Steering Committee
will host a town hall meeting from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, May 20, 2013, at the
Charleston Marina RV Park, 63402 Kingfisher Road, Charleston, OR  97420.

Overview

The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay owns and operates the Charleston Marina, the Charleston Marina RV Park and the Charleston Shipyard, all of which serve various market segments in the community – commercial fishing and seafood processing, recreational fishing and boating, tourism and a growing retail and commercial sector. 

The port adopted a master plan for the development and management of port-owned property and marine related activities in the Charleston area in the early 1990s and has updated that plan in early 2007 to reflect changing economic conditions and shifts in facility usage during recent years. 

With completion of several projects related to the plan, the port is again working with community members in a collaborative process to update the Master Plan. Port staff is working with a staff person through the Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE)/Americorps to gather community input from users of the facilities, local area residents, other public agencies and various advocacy and community support groups in the Charleston area. From that information, the port will develop a comprehensive and flexible plan that will produce the greatest benefit for Charleston and Oregon’s Bay Area. 

Meetings and documents

• January 23, 2013
  Steering Committee minutes

• January 29, 2013
  Charleston Shipyard Focus Group minutes

• February 22, 2013
  Charleston Shipyard Focus Group minutes

Is there more information to share?

Port of Coos Bay staff understands that Charleston residents, business owners and other interested people may not be able to attend meetings, but that they would like to share comments and ideas. We welcome the conversation. Interested people can share comments by contacting:

Khristina Fulkerson, Charleston Marina Complex community liaison
(541) 888-2548 office or (707) 599-2327 cell
or email to Community Liaison.

2007 Master Plan information

 2007 Master Plan Project Status: Phase I Improvements completed:  Resurfacing outer basin with parking improvements, rip-rap repair, resurfacing Eel Avenue with parking improvements and establish a paved area behind Seahawk Seafood with drainage. 

Phase II Improvements: 

• Completed – Inner basin restroom building replacement with restroom
  and shower facilities. 

• Partially completed – Paving, parking, sidewalk and curbing
  enhancements to the area around the Oregon Institute of Marine
  Biology’s (OIMB) interpretive center at the corner of Guano Rock and Boat Basin Road. 

• Completed – The Port was also successful in receiving an award on the behalf of Coos County for a Transportation Enhancement (TE) grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT).  This project provided approximately 2,400 lineal feet of curbing, sidewalks, landscaping, lighting and storm drain improvements to Boat Basin Road from OIMB to approximately Davey Jones’ Locker.

• Completed – The Port partnered with the South Slough National
  Estuarine Research Reserve for construction of a paddlecraft launch near the entrance to the slough.

• Completed – Charleston Shipyard utilities have been placed underground.

• Completed – The Port received an Oregon State Marine Board grant for construction of a new fish cleaning station near the Charleston Marina boat launch.