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pr«Hr4,*n tr i i< irilI'ttp tr ISSUE 52 • OCTOBER 1995 f , j « w sto » J ij vÆ/vL', .k: " 4 Did not adopt recom m e MEETING HIGHLIGHTS CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSESSION OCTOBER 17 V I 1 K m ♦ Th« City Council and Planning Commission held a joint worksession Io discuss housing issues and possi ble amendments to the housing pol icies ol the Comprehensive Plan f —i IBLA UUU a* nus t n m m n ► j OB m W CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 17 >Beeck. (X «TUO 5 « J 4 J *-« T J 7 TILLAM OOK HEAD TRAIL RESTORATION PROJECT In October a section of the Tillamook Head Trail in Ecola State Park was given a facelift by members of the Northwest Service Academy. The Academy, which is located in Portland, OR and Trout Lake, WA, has been nationally recognized as one of the top environmental programs in the United States. They are currently operating an Ameri-Corps program that is providing environmental service projects to communities in Oregon and Washington. One hundred and ten volunteers are working for a year to do projects as diverse as the Tillamook Head and Columbia Gorge Trail Restoration, Yakima Indian Nation water quality testing, gabion basket placement in the Gifford Pinchot and the reforestation of a section of the Wind River. The volunteers have backgrounds in biology, law, geography, hydrology, communications, and theater. Thirty-four percent are High School graduates, fifty-five percent college graduates and the others are attending college. They are from all over the United States. Ten members came to Cannon Beach to work on the trail. With the recent addition of Chapman Point, Ecola Park now totals 1,310 acres. The adjacent Elmer Feldenheimer Forest Preserve has ) ,476 acres. Ecola has the most visitors a year of any State Park in Oregon, and Tillamook Head is also designated as a National Recreation Trail. The trail had not had any major maintenance for 7 years. The crew worked on a 2 1/4 mile section from Indian Beach to Clark's View. They installed 12 steps, a punch-in (board walk), approx. 40 water bolls (they direct water to help offset erosion), re-routed a section of trail and installed a turnpike. Fifty percent of their time was spent packing in supplies and materials. They camped on the trail and had rain every day but one. Members of the crew said the rain helped them identify areas of need. In September I completed a one year Ameri-Corps project in Tillamook County, so found great satisfaction in seeing the results of this project. When I hiked the section ot trail with my companions August and Buster last week I noticed a great difference. So thanks to all of you folks at the Service Academy! A N UNCOMPROMISING QUARTERLY JOURNAL W ITH A W ILD PERSPECTIVE !i li > t i • use. » « a MAkaiMtn 4 Held a public hearing on a pro posed zone change ol Chapman Point (torn Open Space/Recreation to Open Space The property is located between 7th and 9th Streets and west of the vacated Cedar Street right-of-way. Fred Wessinger pur chased the property from the Es tate of John Yoon and transferred the property title to the State of Oregon as an addition to Ecola State Park. The Council also held a pub lic hearing on a proposal to amend the Zoning Ordinance to specify that frails are not perm itted on Chapman Point. Councilors tenta tively ap p ro ve d both the zone change and the Zoning Ordinance text amendm ent (A) «rekascrs 4 Discussed proposed boundary line agreements tor certain proper ties on Center and Hemlock Streets After a presentation by Dale Barrett ot HLB & Associates Surveyors, Councilors proceeded with a lot by lot approach to assist in resolving long-standing property line disputes in this area (8) A fter silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. Aldous Huxley 4 Adopted a resolution accepting a $90,000 grant from ODOT to be used for curb and sidewalk im prove ments on Sunset Blvd. Between Spruce Street and Elk Creek Road Councillors will delay expenditure of these funds until the State ap proves the improvement plan de veloped by Council.(C) m.,a 1 Subdivision Ordinance Hie amend monis aro boing considered as pari of Ilia city's periodic review process. The Planning Commission recommended approval ol the revisions Io the City Council. The City Council will hold a public healing on this matter at its November 7 meeting. 4 Planning Commissioners continued consideration ol proposed am end ments to Iho Coinprehonsivo Plan re garding Goal #5. open space, scenic and historic aroas and natural resourc ns. This matter is also being consid ered as part ol the city's periodic re view program and Comm issioners will recommend approval ot these amend ments to ttie City Council. 4 Commissioners continued consid oration on a request by Gene Cope for an interpretation of downtown parking standards A llerdiscussion, Commis sioners concurred with sta ffs recom insndation that no action be taken on this request but. instead, allow the applicant to taka tris specilic develop ment proposal belore the Design Re view Board The Commission noted that Iho applicant can appeal lire De sign Review Board s decision Io the Planning Commission il he wishes g r o o<v^e p • r r e tfs s publisher of fine comics, alternative prose, poetry, chapbooks, mini-comics, and mise, cultural oddities brett warnock, publisher p. o. b o x 1 5 1 2 5 Portland, OR 97215-0125 (5 0 3) 2 3 6 - 9 8 8 3 Wild Earth is w r itin g o n the edge. I t is a m ag a zin e o f ideas th a t a re ro o te d in a co m p a ssio n a te re la tio n s h ip to w a rd a l l liv in g th in g s. Its w o rd s a re o u r h e a rtb e a t. k' —T erry Tempest W illiam s E dited by D ave Forem an and John D avis □ S25 annual m e m b e rs h ip s u b s c rip tio n □ $ 2 sam ple issue address ___________— ----------------------- city/sta tc/Z IP --------- ------------------------------- V IS A /M a s te rc a rd 1 -8 0 2 -4 3 4 -4 0 7 7 PQB-4-55 R IC H M O N D . V f 054-77 with: Edward Abbey Virginia Abemethy Wendell Berry Faiih Campbell Dolores LaChapeile Paul S. M a t n Chris Maaer Bill McKibben Parley Mowat Gary Nabhan Ame Naeaa Roden ck Naah Reed N obs George Sessions Gary Snyder CUSTOM WORK ORIGINAL WINDOWS, LAMPS, ( A V I N IIA M RESPONDS T O (T T V ON A L T E R N A T IV E S T O I I I U B K ID E A P P L IC A I IO N FOR HOME A NO SPECIALTY OR PIECES BUSINESS Regarding Cavenham s recent road side herbicide application. City Coun cil has received a response from RalphSaporstein of Cavenham Forest Industries Division on issues raised at the September 5 City Council meeting According to Saporstein, mechanical or hand cutting as an alternative to spraying is less effective, less safe, does more damage and costs more Culling does noi eliminale vegetation and plant roots he said, which im pedes drainage causing severe road damage Additionally, cutting woody brusir causes resprouting at three times tiro original stein density he said Fur therinore, ho said mechanical or hand cutting is a high injury risk to workers and is hazardous on steep slopes Saporstein said mechanical cutting kills animals and nesting birds. He said (503) 436-2761 CALL FOfl XN APPOWTUEMT F.O. BOM SS CANNON BEACH, ON »71,0 Art of the Northwest Coast Tom Gonser 600 Selkirk Road Sandpoint • Idaho 83864 208-265-4428 Ph.fltFax TWo Raven © Museum Quality Wood Carvings W H E E L PRESS, INC. ot the Public W orks Committee and the Planning Com mission regard ing the extension of sidewalks on the east side o l Hem lock Street, south o f Ecola Square The need lor sidewalks was considered in re sponse to a proposal for develop ment ot a restaurant south ot Ecola Square. Councilors determ ined to extend the sidewalk only from Ecola Square south to a dedicated alley- way and not continue sidewalk con struction to W ashington Street. (D) 4 Considered Resolution 9 5 -17 re garding Cannon Beach Fire Dis trict's am endm ents to the Uniform Fire Code. Councilors Laurel Hood and Frank Little were appointed to work with the Fire District on revi sions to the code requirem ents and to make recom m endations back to 4 Adopted a resolution establish ing the City's policy on permitting public access to the compost area via the roadway serving the City sewer ponds.(E) 4 Adopted recommendations ot the Energy Com m ittee regarding the recycling of plastics. The recom m endations call for increases in the labor and capital budgets tor recy cling to permit plastic bottles to be added to the City's list of recyclable materials accepted at the Recycle Depot on 2nd S treet__________ NOVEMBER 1995 PU B LIC MEET INGS 7 C ITY COUNCIL, 7 P.M DESIGN REVIEW, 6:30 P.M. 9 PUBLIC WORK CMTE., 4:30 P.M ENERGY CMTE., 8:30 A M. I f . PARKS & COMMUNITY SERVICES, 9 A M PLANNING COMMISSION 7 P.M. 9 15 16 N ational O rganization for the R eform of M arijuana L aws 1001 C onnecticut A venue NW S uite 1010 W ashington , DC 20036 4 Held a public hearing and ap proved a minor partition request by property owners Valerie Clinton and Diane Elliott to partition an existing 1.3 acre parcel into two lots. The property is located east of U S. Highway 101 and south ot Sunset Blvd, on Poplar Street. (G) 4 Held a public hearing on a re quest by W ayne Poole for an oft- street parking variance to permit 100 feet ot access onto an un named alleyway between Tat, Street and W ashington Street on the east side of Hemlock Street Poole is proposing developm ent ot a Pig and Pancake restaurant at ttie location im mediately south ot Ecola Square and plans to pro vide off-street parking along the south side of the building. The Planning Commission granted the variance with conditions related to the provision ot an off-site load ing zone and an on-site tu rn around within the parking area.(D) ■♦■Continued the public hearing on proposed am endm ents to the mechanical cutting also costs two to three times as much per shoulder mile as chemical control and increases the frequency of treatments. In response Io questions raised at the meeting, Saporstein said laboratory tests done on 2,4 D show that it is rapidly excreted once exposure ceases and does not accumulate in the tood chain. He also reported that 2,4 D is approved for use on home lawns, agriculture, forestry and industrial application in W ashing ton and in Oregon Saperstein s letter of response has been reletred to Cheth Rowe, head ol the Ecola Creek Project, tor further review. PLEASE DON'T FEED THE RACCOONS! Residents and visitors alike are en couraged to let the raccoons be just what they are wild animals Raccoons that get used to being ted human food have been known to tear screens off windows and shingles oft roots in an attempt Io get food when the hand feeding stops Cannon Beach Police Chief Dave Rouse reports that his de partment receives numerous calls re gaidm g raccoons that have become pests: callers are referred to the area Fish & Wildlife Agency. Doug Taylor ot the Tillamook office of Fish & Wildlife says he has received many calls from distraugtit parents after children have been bitten or scratched by raccoons. Taylor notes that raccoons can harbor rabies and that they become very bold once they are used to being fed by humans So. for your own protection, and for the benefit of your neighbors in Cannon Beach , please do n't teed them. RECYCLE SCHEDULE NOVEMBER. 1995 Kirk Anderson, Mayor City Councilors: Laurel Hood Clave Roopar Frank Little Karolyn Adamson CURBSIDE M< )N. Collection TUES Collection WED Collection ERI. Collection 13th & N th & 8th & IOth & 27th 28th 22nt 24th RECYCLE SATURDAY 9a.m .-l p in. A 4th & 18th John Williams. City Manager Published monthly by the CHy of Cennon Beech, P.O. Box 368 Cennon Beech, OR «7110 (503) 436-1581 American Indian Association of Portland / 1827 NE 44th Suite 226 Portland, O R 87218 Anhur I lor toyman F •*H< didn’t tay ‘al dente.' did he?" DON PETRIE’S ITALIAN FOOD COMPANY 613NW T h ird 2 6 5 ’ FOOD Nye Beach, N e w p ort PLANNING COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 28 City Council. 2 8 s .w . I st A v e n u e Portland. O re g o n 9 7 2 0 4 (50 3 ) 2 2 3 -4 0 2 7 Jo,Ann Honeyman 4 Council received a petition pre sented by Jiin Hall with the signa tures ot more than 700 persons requesting im mediate closure ol the north entrance to exiting traffic City Manager John Williams gave an update on the study being conduct ed on the north entrance to investi gate alternatives lor tratlic exiting Cannon Beach and to protect the consequences of each. Williams stated that the report is to be pre sented to Council no later than Jan uary 1. Williams said the study is primarily focused on determining the potential impact on this commu nity ol routing all residential and visitor traffic (including thousands ol Ecola Park visitors) through town to exit somewhere other than the north entrance.(F) (503) 436-2832 GWIM1 Pemil ptethm^USA • . (503)231-1912 Shop P.O. Box 25334, Portland. OR 97225 Kobtrt 3 . ¿Stnncggrr uo 239 N. HEMLOCK • P.O. BOX 905 CANNON BEACH, OR 97110 J UPPER. LEFT LD6E NOVEMBER. 1115 W W >> .1 > t . 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