561790 - Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings
Period start
2024-09-30
Period end
2026-09-29
Budget
234981.04
Place of performance
NEWPORT, OREGON, UNITED STATES
Description
PROJECT ABSTRACTCITY OF NEWPORT 2024 POOL SAFELY GRANT APPLICATIONPROJECT TITLE: CITY OF NEWPORTS POOL SAFETY EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMAPPLICANT NAME: CITY OF NEWPORT, OREGONPOOL SAFELY GRANT PROGRAM (PSGP) AND FOA (CP-VGB-24-001)PROGRAM DIRECTOR: MICHAEL CAVANAUGHAUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE: NENA VETTERADDRESS: 169 SW COAST HIGHWAY, NEWPORT OR 97365CONTACT NUMBERS: (541)574-5453 OR (541)574-3378EMAIL: M.CAVANAUGH@NEWPORTOREGON.GOV OR C.RIGBY@NEWPORTOREGON.GOVWEBSITE: CITY OF NEWPORT, OR :: PARKS RECREATION (NEWPORTOREGON.GOV)OREGON: 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTPROJECT START END DATES: JUNE 30, 2024-JUNE 30, 2026THE CITY OF NEWPORT, OREGON, WITH A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 11,083 RESIDENTS1, IS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING A WELCOMING DESTINATION FOR BOTH ITS CITIZENS AND THE OVER 2 MILLION VISITORS WE RECEIVE EACH YEAR. OUR COASTAL CITY, WHILE PICTURESQUE, PRESENTS UNIQUE CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO WATER SAFETY. THE VIRGINIA GRAEME BAKER POOL AND SPA SAFETY ACT (BGBA) OF 2008 UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING DROWNINGS AND ENTRAPMENTS IN POOLS AND SPAS2. IN COMPLIANCE WITH VGBA, WE SEEK TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITYS SAFETY THROUGH EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL WATER SAFETY EQUIPMENT. AS PART OF THIS COMMITMENT, OUR CITY WILL HOST A CERTIFIED POOL OPERATOR (CPO) CLASS, OFFERING 10 INDIVIDUALS THE CHANCE TO BECOME CERTIFIED AT NO COST. THIS INITIATIVE WILL NOT ONLY BOLSTER THE EXPERTISE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO EXTEND THE REACH OF OUR PROGRAM TO NEIGHBORING CITIES IN OUR COUNTY. EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH: NEWPORTS DEMOGRAPHIC DATA INDICATES A MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF $57,511, WHICH IS NOTABLY LOWER THAN THE OREGON STATE AVERAGE3. THIS SUGGESTS THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR POPULATION MAY LACK THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO OBTAIN PROPER WATER SAFETY TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT. THE PROPOSED POOL SAFETY GRANT WILL ENABLE US TO CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TAILORED TO OUR COMMUNITYS NEEDS, FOCUSING ON THE PREVENTION OF DROWNING AND DRAIN ENTRAPMENT INCIDENTS. EDUCATION IS A POWERFUL TOOL IN MITIGATING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER ACTIVITIES, AND BY INFORMING OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ABOUT SAFE PRACTICES, WE CAN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH TRAGEDIES4. INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CERTIFIED POOL OPERATORS ALSO ACCOMPLISHES THIS GOAL.LENDING LIBRARY FOR WATER SAFETY EQUIPMENT: IN ADDITION TO EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS, WE PROPOSE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LENDING LIBRARY FOR WATER SAFETY EQUIPMENT. THIS INITIATIVE WILL PROVIDE LIFE JACKETS, POOL ALARMS, AND SAFETY DRAIN COVERS TO FAMILIES WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THEM. PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES BY OFFERING ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT MAY BE OUT OF REACH DUE TO ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS5. BY EXTENDING THIS CONCEPT TO INCLUDE WATER SAFETY EQUIPMENT, WE CAN ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ECONOMIC BACKGROUND, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY OUR CITYS AQUATIC RESOURCES SAFELY.COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY EFFORTS: IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS ENDEAVORS, THE NEWPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SET TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THIS GRANT-FUNDED INITIATIVE. CHIEF MALLOY HAS IDENTIFIED AN URGENT NEED FOR LIFE VESTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. TO ADDRESS THIS, OUR OFFICERS WILL ENGAGE IN A SERIES OF WATER SAFETY WORKSHOPS, IMPARTING CRUCIAL INFORMATION AND DISTRIBUTING LIFE VESTS TO THOSE IN NEED. THIS DUAL-PURPOSE EFFORT NOT ONLY PROVIDES DIRECT SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO PROMOTES THE LIFE VEST LENDING PROGRAM RUN BY PARKS AND RECREATION. SUCH A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH HIGHLIGHTS OUR DEDICATION TO CREATING A SECURE ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL NEWPORT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CAN SAFELY PARTICIPATE IN WATER-RELATED ACTIVITIES. 1.POPULATION ESTIMATE REPORTS PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY (PDX.EDU)2.PHTA.ORG PUB ?ID 2BB6C1DA-1866-DAAC-99FB-69FA072F35073.NEWPORT, OR DATA USA4.GUIDELINES FOR HEALTH