THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015
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Cannon Beach rejects moratorium on dune grading
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH — The
city of Cannon Beach declined
to adopt a moratorium on dune
grading at its meeting Tuesday
night. The request for a mora-
torium had come from the Ore-
gon Coast Alliance in an April
13 letter. The letter had re-
quested the city initiate an up-
date of the sand management
plan and stop issuing sand
grading permits until such an
update is completed.
Rather than accept the
moratorium, members of the
council agreed to approach
the matter in their comprehen-
sive plan, which was adopted
in 1997 and is being revised.
The city will look for a con-
sultant to start working on a
new sand management plan in
the next six weeks, according
to City Planner Mark Barnes.
The issue came in the wake
of a denial of a dune-grad-
ing project at Breakers Point,
which was subject to a Land
Use Board of Appeals ac-
tion, although that appeal was
dropped this week, according
to Barnes.
In February, the city Plan-
ning Commission turned down
a request by Breakers Point
homeowners to remove sand
in front of the condominium
project. The homeowners as-
sociation had requested a con-
ditional use permit to allow for
dune grading west and south
of the condos. In recent years,
Breakers Point dunes — held
in place with European dune
grass that traps windblown
sand — have grown higher
than 40 feet, blocking ocean-
front views and pushing sand
onto properties.
The purpose of the proj-
ect — which would have in-
volved shifting almost 74,000
cubic yards of sand onto the
beach during the next couple
of years — was to restore the
residents’ views and prevent
further sand inundation. At
least 25 feet of sand needs to
be removed in some areas,
according to Tom Horning,
a geologist working with the
homeowners association, at
the February Planning Com-
mission meeting.
In response to this project,
the council considered the
plan for a moratorium on all
sand management permits,
which was supported by the
Oregon Coast Alliance and
joined by 1000 Friends of Or-
egon, Surfrider Foundation
and Friends of the Dunes,
based in Cannon Beach.
At Tuesday night’s meet-
ing, the council adopted the
advice of the city’s land use
attorney, Bill Kabeiseman,
who said in a staff report he
believed a moratorium could
interfere with some sand
management permits that are
generally approved without
controversy.
“There are some types of
grading that are prudent ad-
ministratively,” said Barnes.
“It’s a different nature. There
are small projects, people’s
porches, that go on regularly.
If you’re going to adopt a blan-
ket moratorium that covers
those projects too — you want
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covered in the moratorium.”
In addition, the town has
no applications for the fall
and “nothing is coming up in
spring,” according to Barnes.
Council members said the
current sand management
plan was working and could
continue to do so while the
city updates the comprehen-
sive plan.
Barnes said if a budget was
adopted for a dune-grading
plan, he would like to put a
consultant under contract late
in the winter and have a plan
delivered in February and
March.
“I don’t like the idea of
a moratorium,” Mayor Sam
Steidel said.
Councilor Wendy Higgins
said since the comprehen-
sive plan was being revised
and would be delivered early
next year, it didn’t make sense
to adopt the moratorium for
“something that’s only going
to save us a few months. I’m
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perspective. Time is money.”
“You still have the same
tools,” City Manager Brant
Kucera said. “It seems to me
it’s pretty sound.”
Sosa and Kennedy are All-Oregon Academics
Daniel Kennedy and
José Sosa have been select-
ed as Clatsop Community
College’s 2014-15 Student
Scholars and its representa-
tives on the Oregon Commu-
nity College Association’s
All-Oregon Academic Team.
On Thursday, Kennedy
and Sosa traveled to Salem
with CCC President Law-
rence Galizio to be honored
in Salem along with students
from each of Oregon’s 17
community colleges. Student
scholars attended a recogni-
tion luncheon, followed by
a presentation in the Oregon
State Capitol and group pho-
to with Gov. Kate Brown in
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Daniel Kennedy is a
41-year-old student from
Gearhart. He maintains a
3.57 GPA and volunteers
as a tutor in the English as
a Second Language (ESL),
biology and psychology
programs at CCC. Kennedy
plans to transfer to the Uni-
versity of Oregon.
“I will major in biology,
in preparation for a degree
in neuroscience,” Kennedy
said. “I might end up being a
neuroscience lab technician
but am open to other oppor-
tunities that may become
available to me as I continue
to study biology.”
José Sosa, 19, came to
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Daniel Kennedy, left, and José Sosa, right, were named as Clatsop Community College’s 2014-15 representatives on
the All-Oregon Adademic Team. Accompanied by CCC President Lawrence Galizio, were honored in the Oregon State
Capitol along with students from each of Oregon’s 17 community colleges.
Clatsop County from Patzc-
uaro Michoacán, Mexico.
He is the recipient of a CCC
Foundation Scholarship, the
Sue Richardson Memorial
Scholarship, CCC Latino
Club Scholarship and Puerta
de Oportunidades award.
Sosa is a math major with
a 3.94 GPA and active as a
Latino Club member, Can-
non Beach Bible Church
volunteer, Spanish translator
and math tutor. He plans to
attend Western Oregon Uni-
versity in the fall and will
major in math education. In
describing his goals, Sosa
said, “I want to reach out to
others who have had a tough
life and show them that
there’s a way out.”
The annual All-Oregon
Academic Team event cele-
brates outstanding students
from Oregon’s community
colleges. The Oregon Com-
munity College Association
partners with Phi Theta Kap-
pa to ensure students have
the opportunity to be eligi-
ble for more than $350,000
in Coca-Cola Foundation
and USA Today scholar-
ships. Additionally, all Ore-
gon four-year institutions of-
fer a minimum of $1,000 in
transfer scholarships to each
All-Oregon Academic Team
Member.
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