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NORTH COAST THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015 3A Cannon Beach council Consul t a tackles paving ideas PROFESSIONAL By NANCY MCCARTHY The Daily Astorian CANNON BEACH — If neighbors on a local gravel road want their street paved, their proposal will be dis- cussed in a public hearing where everyone can discuss it and the Cannon Beach City &RXQFLOZLOOPDNHD¿QDOGH- cision. That provision is contained in revised street standards guidelines considered by the council at its work session Tuesday night. While the guidelines say that existing “unpaved” roads are to remain gravel, the City Council will have the right to determine when conditions, such as a slope or other prob- lems, require that a road be paved. Neighborhoods, how- ever, can request that their streets be paved. Before a neighborhood’s graveled street can be paved, property owners must submit a request to the city’s Pub- lic Works director showing that at least two-thirds of the owners support the project and are willing to pay for it. The city will contribute 20 percent of the asphalt pav- ing, and property owners will pay 80 percent. Property say they don’t want it paved,” owners could opt out of pay- said Councilor Mike Bene- ing, but the cost would have ¿HOG ZKR DGGHG WKDW WKRVH to be picked up by the other who don’t live in the neigh- property owners. Even one borhood shouldn’t have that property owner could agree much control. to pay for the entire project, But Mayor Sam Steidel said Public Works Director noted that second-homeown- Dan Grassick. ers who might live in larger Property owners who fail cities where all the streets to pay their are paved and share within who think their 30 days after ‘I fear we’re neighborhoods the project is should also be making an completed will paved might have a lien adversarial not understand ¿OHG DJDLQVW that it is with- their property, situation for in Cannon according to Beach’s char- the street stan- ourselves.’ acter to have dards guide- — George Vetter gravel roads. Cannon Beach city councilor lines. “I want to A neighbor- make sure the hood meeting public has the to discuss the project, includ- right to say that they don’t ing street design and cost, want the streets to be paved,” would be conducted. Follow- Steidel said. ing the neighborhood meet- Councilor George Vetter ing, a public hearing before also expressed concern that the City Council would occur. the public — and the City However, the councilors Council — might have too debated the need for a public much say over what a local hearing. neighborhood has agreed it “I don’t like the idea that wants and is willing to pay a neighborhood can come up for. with an agreement and in a “I fear we’re making an public hearing people (out- adversarial situation for our- side the neighborhood) can selves,” Vetter said. “It makes me a little un- comfortable telling them they can get their street paved, but maybe not,” he added. But Councilor Wendy Hig- gins noted that “people want to be heard.” “Yeah, sometimes it gets emotional, but that’s our job,” she said. City Manager Brant Kucera agreed. “If you’re ask- ing people to pay 20 percent of the cost, they have a right to be heard,” he said. But, he added, “People across town aren’t going to be affected. I would hope that the government body takes into account that 98 percent of the neighborhood wants it.” Councilor Melissa Cad- wallader noted that, if the City Council is required to make WKH ¿QDO GHFLVLRQ WKHQ ³:H have to hear all sides.” Cadwallader also asked Grassick whether the vege- tation in the neighborhood would be taken into account when the street design is drawn. Grassick said the paving would generally fol- low the existing right of way. Local roads that wind around trees now will remain that way, even if they are paved, he said. Voters boost coffers at college Patriot Hall Redevelopment to start in June By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian Clatsop Community Col- lege has about $7.4 million more than budgeted in its plant fund to use for construc- tion, renovation and acquisi- tion of capital assets. The boost is part of the $8.2 million local match for the Patriot Hall Redevelop- ment the college secured in the November election. “In my 3 1/2 years here, that is the most resources we’ve had over expenses,” said JoAnn Zahn, vice pres- LGHQW RI ¿QDQFH DQG RSHUD- tions, about the $10 million in excess revenues over expen- GLWXUHV6KHJDYHKHU¿QDQFLDO report to the college’s gov- erning board Tuesday. When Zahn arrived in 2011, she was faced with cutting about $1 million from the budget. More than 58 percent of county voters approved of matching an $7.99 million state appropriation to CCC with up to $8.2 million in lo- cal general obligation bonds. The $16 million will fund the replacement of the seismical- ly unstable Patriot Hall with a newly redeveloped student health and wellness center at CCC, still named Patriot Hall. Rendering courtesy of SRG Partnership Inc./Photo Courtesy of David Homer The Patriot Hall Redevelopment will keep some of the ex- terior elements of the building while creating a new aca- demic building inside. In February, Canadian ¿UP %02 &DSLWDO 0DUNHWV a subsidiary of the Canadian Bank of Montreal, produced the winning bid and bought the bonds, which Zahn said are in the bank and accruing interest. Maturing in no more than 21 years, they cost about 10 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value for homeown- ers. Wedbush Securities, the FROOHJH¶V ¿QDQFLDO DGYLVHU RQ Wray graduating from parole class 3DUROH DQG SUREDWLRQ RI¿- FHUVZKRZLOOFDUU\¿UHDUPVDW David G. 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M a r . 14 • 5-8 PM • $ 10 The class was developed a t the by the Oregon Association of S EAS ID E AM ERICAN Community Correction Direc- L EG IO N tors and approved by the Board 1 31 5 Broa dw a y • Sea side on Public Safety Standards and PU BL IC W EL CO M E Training. Lad er A m ic a n By The Daily Astorian ie s Au xi la y r Proceeds Benefit H igh School Schola rships the bonds, estimated that the measure would cost $1.72 per month for the owner of a $200,000 piece of property. Save the date The college breaks ground on the Patriot Hall Redevelopment at 1 p.m. June 13. It’s expected to take 18 months to redevelop the academic hall, which will in- clude a full gym, weight center, indoor elevated running track and other classroom space. It is set to open by fall term 2016. In January, the college selected P&C Construction as the general contractor and construction manager for the Patriot Hall Redevelopment. SRG Partnership Inc. serves DV WKH DUFKLWHFWXUDO ¿UP GH- signing the building. P&C constructed Colum- bia Hall and renovated Towler Hall for the college’s Jerome Campus Redevelopment Proj- ect — on time and under bud- get. It also built Health and Wellness Pavilion for Colum- bia Memorial Hospital, CMH Field for the Astoria School District and renovated Astoria City Hall and the city’s public safety building. With redeveloped Patriot Hall, the college hopes to add paramedic and exercise physi- ology degree programs, along with a substance abuse coun- VHORU FHUWL¿FDWH VDLG 3UHVL- dent Lawrence Galizio. For updates on the Patri- ot Hall Redevelopment, visit http://bit.ly/1scZal1 In the most recent post, from March 4, Astoria High School Senior Matthew Cox explores the history of Pa- triot Hall’s plaque, com- memorating veterans from Clatsop County. The plaque, unveiled when Patriot Hall was dedicated on the third-an- nual Armistice Day Nov. 11, 1921, has been removed for cleaning, restoration and safe-keeping, but will adorn the redeveloped building. 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