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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015 NORTH COAST 3A Council gets earful on tree-cutting Cannon Beach residents object 25 smaller “brush trees.” /DVW VSULQJ 2'27 RI¿- cials determined that about 200 dead or dying alder By ERICK BENGEL trees hanging over the road EO Media Group may pose a hazard to drivers and needed to be eliminat- CANNON BEACH — ed. About 5,000 trees stand Tuesday’s City Council meet- along that stretch of road, LQJ ZDV WKH ¿UVW VLQFH WKH according to Bill Jablonski, Oregon Department of Trans- manager of ODOT District 1. portation cut down about 55 Phil Massebeau, John- trees from U.S. Highway 101 son’s neighbor and son-in- between Cannon Beach’s law, said the city should have north entrance and Sunset “let us know what’s going Boulevard on March 9, and on.” the councilors got an earful His wife, Kirsten Masse- during the public comment beau (Johnson’s daughter), period. said she wishes the city had 7KH ODFN RI QRWL¿FDWLRQ asked its arborist, Will Ca- that the trees would be re- plinger, to conduct an inde- moved and when they would pendent review of the target- be removed upset some res- ed trees. idents whose properties bor- “I’m not happy with the der the affected area. result. I’m not happy with “It seems like you — the the way the city handled it. people here representing ‘We I’m not happy with the way the People’ — have not fol- the state handled it,” Johnson lowed through very well with said. being diligent in your respon- No negotiations sibility to inform us (about) Toward the end of the what’s going on in a timely fashion,” said Ed Johnson, a meeting, Councilor Mike Benefield told the audience Cannon Beach resident. Johnson lives directly he felt the council was “be- east of the highway corridor ing lectured to, and the ones where ODOT employees and who should’ve been lectured contractors with Trails End to was ODOT.” On March 9, Benefield Recovery, a Warrenton-based timber recycling company, was “as surprised as any- felled about 30 trees 8 inches body” to learn that ODOT or more in diameter and 20 to and its crew were down on carrier profiles. Attendees will learn how to create cleaning products and formulate recipes using essential oils. This three-hour work- shop is from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in Towler Hall 307 on the CCC main ERICK BENGEL — EO Media Group In this photo, the trees east of the highway, right, have been thinned, and the ODOT and Trails End Recovery team goes to work on the west side in March. The team was chided by neighbors for “destroying” Cannon Beach’s scenic byways. the highway, he said; the de- partment had been postpon- ing the tree-removal project for almost a year. City Manager Brant Kucera said that, before the thinning occurred, he met with Jablonski and asked him to hold off on the proj- ect. Jablonski indicated that ODOT was unwilling to wait any longer and cited Oregon law 366.366, which clearly states the department can re- move trees from a state right of way without first obtain- ing a permit. “That was the end of the discussion, as far as I was concerned,” Kucera said. “No one supersedes their au- thority in that right of way.” Benefield said there was almost no way the city could have stopped ODOT, except “take our heavy equipment out there, and block them, and then get sued for it.” “How would we feel if someone tried to super- sede our right of ways in our own city, you know? It makes it impossible to do business that way,” Kucera said. “(ODOT is) a transpor- tation department. Whether we like it or not, their job is to move things along high- ways ... in the most efficient means possible and the saf- • Noon to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday only, April 17 through May 24 • Noon to 6 p.m. daily, May 25 through Sept. 7 • Noon to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday only, Sept. 11 through winter closure Conductors get a chance to tell visitors Astoria’s his- tory, what places to visit, where to eat and what things to do, and have an opportu- nity to talk to people about GO ONLINE www.dailyastorian.com ODOT will not return to cut more trees until next year, Kevin Werst, the de- partment’s transportation maintenance manager for the Warrenton Section of District 1, said March 9. “I don’t want them to come back and cut more trees, is basically the bottom line,” Phil Massebeau said at the meeting. “We feel they’ve done enough,” Kirsten Massebeau said. Benefield thanked the speakers for their comments, telling them that “We do hear you,” and that the council will “work on these things as best we can.” Meanwhile, the city staff has “spent a lot of time with the ODOT personnel and been working to develop a relationship there that I think is going to improve the situ- ation,” he said. The Oregon State Police (OSP) seeks troopers. “A career as an Oregon State Police Trooper is chal- lenging and rewarding,” Lt. Craig Flierl wrote in a release. “OSP Troopers provide Pre- mier Public Safety Services to the citizenry of Oregon and we hire the best people to do it.” Lateral and Entry level re- cruit trooper applications are now being accepted through 11:59 p.m. May 17. Those interested in apply- what makes Astoria a great place to visit and live. Those ing should start the process who wish to be a motorman, now by going to the OSP and only want to operate Old recruiting website at www. 300 and never use the micro- osptrooper.com. The website SKRQHDUHHQFRXUDJHGWR¿QG helps interested applicants: • Learn the application pro- a full-time conductor to team cess. up with. 8QGHUVWDQGTXDOL¿FDWLRQV Anyone interested in vol- • Get a jump on the required unteering can call 503-325- entry-level testing. 6311 for information. campus in Astoria. Regis- tration is $15, plus $15 to the instructor at class for supplies. Preregister to ensure adequate supplies. Register at www.clat- sopcc.edu/schedule and search under Green Clean- ing, or call 503-338-2402. Entry-level testing dates and locations will be provided to each applicant via email. Applicants should prepare beforehand for entry-evel testing. Candidates can create an account now by building a SUR¿OHIROORZLQJWKHLQVWUXF- tions detailed on the www. osptrooper.com website. 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All volunteers learn the conductor’s duties, but those who wish to operate the trolley undergo additional WUDLQLQJDQGFHUWL¿FDWLRQ The trolley schedule is as follows: • Noon to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday est means possible. And, in their minds, this is safety.” In addition, once ODOT marked certain trees as “haz- ard trees,” the department became legally liable for what would happen if any collapsed onto the highway. “You can question their arborist in his choice of trees, but ODOT is not go- ing to question the fact that, once they’re marked ... they are essentially cut at that point,” Kucera said. “There is no choice in the matter. That was made very clear to me.” ODOT told Kucera that the department is willing to negotiate on whether to re- plant the trees, what species to replant with, and how to handle the understory, “but there was no negotiation on the trees that were coming down,” he said. 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The awards will be presented by the Mayor to celebrate National Historic Preservation Week in May. Anyone wishing to submit a nomination should contact Sherri Williams at the City of Astoria mail to:swilliams@astoria.or.us / 338-5183, or send a nomination (no form required) to the Community Development Department, City of Astoria, 1095 Duane Street, Astoria OR 97103. Nominations must be received no later than 5:00 pm on April 30, 2015.