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MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
CITY COUNCIL PLANNING
COMMISSION WORKSESSION
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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!
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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NOVEMBER 1995
PU B LIC MEET INGS
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C ITY COUNCIL, 7 P.M
DESIGN REVIEW, 6:30 P.M.
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ENERGY CMTE., 8:30 A M.
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PLANNING COMMISSION
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R eform of M arijuana L aws
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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.
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City Councilors:
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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)
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