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Dear Beloved Rev. Billy,
About the ‘IMPACT’ site for the school; Is there a big
problem with putting a safe crossing bridge across 101? If
there is, is it financial, or emotional, or engineering? If there
isn't, I hope the school gets cited east of 101, because I think
that tiny, swampy, comer of forest is very important. They
are the town’s windows on the wilderness - and on the past.
I’d hate to see the windows shut, sealed up with asphalt and
concrete. I want to take my granddaughters walking in those
woods.
Love,
Ursula Le Guin
(W. Washington St.)
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Editorial
Now & Then
Last m onth w e asked our readers to com m ent on the
proposed relocation o f the C annon Beach Elementary
School. W e received letters, e-m ails, had conversations
and heard shouts from folks driving past the book-
store. A s prom ised w e are printing a selection o f the
m ost thoughtful responses. T he three to one ratio that
favors the RV site seem s to be in keeping with our
personal feelin g s about the IM PACT site. W e feel that
the IM PA C T site is already an educational facility and
art center and any efforts on our part to im prove on it
w ould lessen its value to the com m unity.
There has been another option suggested; that being
to sw ap w ith W illam ette Industries for som e land they
o w n east o f 101. T h is w ould give the city a
g eo lo g ic a lly sound site for the sch ool, and get
W illam ette out o f the sticky situation o f rubbing our
n o ses in a clear cut in our back yard. W e were also
inform ed that bears w ere dam aging a lot o f the trees
on the land, and that a ‘hunt’ m ight be needed, if the
city agreed to a deal. W e can just im agine how much
the children w ould enjoy that. M aybe w e could have a
baby bruin stuffed to serve as a school mascot.
A n yw ay thanks to all for your thoughts.
Hey Billy.
Since you asked 111 share with you my views about the
relocation o f Cannon Beach School. First of all, I don't think
the IMPACT site is the best place to put a school. Too many
wonderful trees, too much traffic for the neighborhood, things
like that. So if we really are going to build a new school, the
RV Park has the space, a pool (good for teaching the kids how
to swim), better traffic pattern, things like that. But what I
really think is that we will never get a new school because by
the time all parties agree to a location and hire all their experts
and do all their studies, hire an architect, pass a bond (I'm sure
there'd have to be something for Seaside & Gearhart in it!) all
the grade school age children will be in high school nd there
won't be a need for a school because about the only people that
can afford to live here are retired!!! I hope I'm not sounding
too cynical. What bothers me as well, is what would happen
to the property that the school sits on now. The County owns
the property!!! So, there you have it, my condensed version!!
Happy Trails, Anita
To the Editor:
I am in favor of having the school located at the
"Imagination, Method, Persistence, Acting Creatively
Together" site. Perhaps the most important reason for me is
that I feel that the school should function in as close a manner
as the longhouse that Doug Deur wrote so eloquently about in
this (last) month's column. The school serves its primary
function to educate our children and also can be a place for us
to celebrate our cultural aspirations both for how we live with
each other and with nature. The school currently is located in
a special site that has a view of the ocean and the river as well
as being closely connected to the center of our community. It
is fitting that our community should seek to provide an
equivalent site for the school. The Impact site comes closest
to providing that equivalence exactly because of its beauty and
sacred nature. The School district is asking for only 2-3 acres
o f the 9 acres available. The portion being considered is
mostly alder trees along the north edge. A school at this site
would be at a symbolic center between residences, the business
community, and natural systems of forest and wetlands. Our
community has the capability to create a school at this site
that melds the school into the site and serves as a model of
how a school can be fully integrated into the community to
not only educate children, but serve other community
functions such as an art center, performance space, community
center, and laboratory for restoration o f ecosystems.
The latter is especially important since the site is actually
unoer stress from earlier interventions and its proximity to the
city. The site needs to be actively helped and we could borrow
a model being used by Neal Maine and the North Coast I .and
Conservancy to preserve and study wetlands in Warrenton.
The school and students already use the wetlands as a study
area and this can be extended to the upland area o f the Impact
site. The remaining land not used for the school would be a
dedicated nature preserve under the control of the North Coast
Land Conservancy. The Conservancy would use the school as
base for the study and restoration of the site which would help
educate not only our own children, but others throughout the
state about this unique environment. When combined with
our special wetlands/sewer treatment facility, the entire site
becomes a lab for how communities can operate in a
sustainable way in the environment. The idea for using the
school as the long desired art center was raised by the Blue
Ribbon Commission and supported by the School District and
the City Council. The Impact site is the best location for the
Art Center because o f its beauty and for its direct connections
to the downtown, other cultural facilities such as the art
galleries and the Coaster Theater, and existing City Parking.
The simple ability o f being able to walk easily between the
school, post office, businesses, and the beach is a powerful but
subtle way o f tying together our community. This ability to
walk to visit the community is one that the school district
views as essential to its educational goals. It is also a
necessary element for a future art center to reach its true
potential.
We should hesitate long and hard before moving any
community functions away from the downtown since it is one
o f the essential ways we keep it as our own, rather than as the
exclusive realm o f visitors.
Jay Raskin
P.O. Box 1160
Cannon Beach
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To the Editor:
It would be better to relocate a new Cannon Beach
Elementary School at the RV Resort property than at the
IMPACT property.
The RV site provides enough room to construct an arts
center and sports facility as well as a new school. Vision
dictates that the school site should be able to accommodate a
facility that is twice as large as the existing school. CBES is
over-crowded. There were two kindergarten classes this year.
The District has re-drawn the school boundaries so next year
some kids that would have gone to CB will have to go to
Seaside. IMPACT proponents argue that a same-size school
would fit on the northern 2 acres o f the site and not jeopardize
the spruce forest part o f the site. This concept lacks vision
and represents limited planning foresight. (See Compre
hensive Plan, Recreation, Open Space. . . Policies 4,5.
Visual and Performing Arts Policy 5.)
Vehicular access, especially for buses, would be much easier
at the RV site than at the IMPACT site. New access o f 101
to the IMPACT site, if that is considered an option, would
probably be disallowed (CP Transportation Policies 4,7.)
The current school site o f about 2 acres has no on-site
parking. The new school would have to include parking
spaces which immediately makes the argument that only 2
acres of the IMPACT site would be necessary incorrect.
A school at the RV site would come with its own
swimming pool.
The infrastructure at the RV site is already in place.
Site preparation at the RV Resort would be minimal
compared to that required to develop the IMPACT property.
The commercial structure at the RV site could possibly be
recycled by the District.
IMPACT proponents argue that the site is better because it’s
closer to town and residents would have a better chance to
interact with the kids. Regardless of the school’s location any
resident or business that chooses to volunteer with the students
would still be encouraged to do so. (Do the kids at recess
really care whether their playground is .2 miles from
downtown Cannon Beach or .6 miles?)
The neighborhoods in town that arc most densely populated
with year-round residents are the ones located east of the
highway. They are very much part o f the community. A
school at the RV resort would be a true neighborhood school.
There is concern about kids crossing the highway. They
should be taught not to, no matter where a new school is
constructed. Demographic information might indicate how
many kids currently cross the highway to go to school who
would not have to if the RV site was used. The vast majority
o f kids travel to and from CBES by bus anyway.
The city could eventually build a walking-biking bridge over
101 at the east end of Monroe St. (CP Midtown Policy 6.)
The opportunity to preserve a nine-acre, second-growth
coastal forest, next to a busy downtown area, west o f Highway
101, along the Oregon coast, is extremely unique and should
not be squandered. (CP Midtown Policy 2. Recreation, Open
Space Policy 10.)
Comprehensive Plan Housing Policy 7 reads, ‘The City
shall preserve and enhance the qualities that contribute to the
character and livability o f its residential areas. These qualities
include limited traffic disruptions, uncongested streets and a
low level o f noise and activity.” Consider this policy in light
of how many vehicle trips (buses, staff cars, parent cars,
service vehicles) will be generated per day at each o f the
proposed sites. The RV site is prepared to easily handle this
traffic influx, the IMPACT site is not.
It is probable, due to site conditions, that the foundation for
a new structure at the RV Resort would cost more than one at
the IMPACT property. So what? A new school should last
50 years. Choosing the best place to build one should not be
based on the cost of its foundation.
One o f this year’s City Council’s goals is to establish a
more specific Open Space acquisition policy. The last
Council pledged $125,000 for Inspiration Point. The
IMPACT site is a fabulous piece of open space that simply
requires preservation, not acquisition. It makes no sense to
purchase one piece of open space while simultaneously
sacrificing an existing piece for development, especially when
there is an alternative.
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