THE DA ILY ASTOR IAN • TUESDAY , JUNE 30 , 2015 NOR TH COA S T 3A M an s t i l l w an t s t o a r r e s t A s t o r i a m a y o r , C i t y C oun c i l D i s appo in t ed w i th p aym en t to F r i end s o f th e A s to r i a Co lumn By DERR ICK D ePLEDGE Th e Da i l y A s to r ian Z a ch a ry S e id e l h ad a m e s s ag e Mond ay fo r A s to r i a M ayo r A r l in e L aM e a r and th e C i ty Coun c i l : h e pl an s to a r r e s t you . Th e young m an who w a s t a ck l ed a t C i ty H a l l e a r l i e r th i s mon th by Po - l i c e Ch i e f B r ad John s ton a f t e r t ry ing to p e r fo rm a c i t i z en ’ s a r r e s t on th e m ayo r s a id h e and o th e r s wou ld t ry ag a in , and th i s t im e wou ld go a f t e r th e en t i r e coun c i l . “W e w i l l b e pu t t ing th em in cu f f s and t ak ing th em to j a i l , ” S e id e l s a id du r ing a v i s i t to Th e D a i ly A s to r i an . S e id e l , who d e s c r ib e s h im s e l f a s a p roph e t , i s d i s appo in t ed w i th th e C i ty Coun c i l ’ s app rov a l o f a rough ly $70 ,000 r e imbu r s em en t p aym en t to th e F r i end s o f th e A s to r i a Co lumn to h e lp p e r su ad e V e r i zon W i r e l e s s DERR ICK DePLEDGE — The Da i ly As to r ian to mov e a commun i c a t ion s tow e r ry Se ide l , 29 , was a r res ted a f te r d is rup t ing an As to r ia C i ty Coun - o f f Cox comb H i l l . Th e coun c i l a l so Zacha i l mee t ing in June . app rov ed a con t r a c t w i th a Po r t - c i s wo rk ing w i th th e w e l l - conn e c t ed s ion , con sp i r a cy and m i s app rop r i a - t ion o f fund s . “Th e s e a r e s e c r e t d e a l s m ad e ou t - Und e r s t a t e l aw , p r iv a t e c i t i z en s s id e o f th e in t e r e s t s o f th e pub l i c , ” c an m ak e a r r e s t s i f th ey w i tn e s s s a id S e id e l , who b e l i ev e s th e m ayo r c r im e s and h av e p rob ab l e c au s e . and coun c i l h av e eng ag ed in co l lu - C i t i z en s c an a l so u s e phy s i c a l fo rce i f nece s sa ry to make a r re s t s . Bu t John s ton c au t ion ed th a t s in c e S e id e l d id no t a c tu a l ly w i tn e s s co l lu - s ion o r con sp i r a cy by th e m ayo r and C i ty Coun c i l , a t t emp t ing to m ak e a r - r e s t s cou ld b e v i ew ed a s k idn app ing . C a n n o n B e a c h t o c o n s i d e r a l l o c a t i o n o f r o om t a x f u n d s E a rm a rk ed fo r V i s i to r C en t e r , room t ax fund s to b e r ev i ew ed By R .J . MARX Th e Da i l y A s to r ian CANNON BEACH — A Cannon Beach C i ty Counc i l mee t ing mean t to hand le a hou sekeep ing i tem opened a d i scu s s ion on the u se o f fund s to be co l lec ted when a 1 pe rcen t room tax inc rea se goe s in to e f fec t Oc t . 1 . Counc i lo r s we re d iv ided on the que s t ion o f whe th - e r the room tax inc rea se i s spec i f ica l ly de s igna ted fo r the Chambe r o f Comme rce V i s i to r Cen te r o r fo r o the r u se s . “My though t i s , the in - fo rma t ion cen te r shou ld rea l ly be a sepa ra te ag ree - men t f rom th i s new money ,” Counc i lo r Geo rge V e t te r sa id . “W e shou ldn ’ t pu t the two toge the r . They ’ re rea l ly two sepa ra te en t i t ie s .” The mee t ing Thu r sday wa s ca l led to app rove the ag reemen t be tween the c i ty and the Chambe r o f Com - me rce fo r the V i s i to r In - fo rma t ion Cen te r f rom Ju ly 1 th rough Oc t . 1 , the f i r s t f i sca l qua r te r be fo re the in - c rea se . The c i ty ’ s paymen t s to F i r e d e s t r o y s E u g e n e s t a d i um Th e A s so c ia t ed P r e s s EUGENE — A sp e c t a cu l a r C iv i c S t ad ium on Mond ay ev e - n ing and p romp t ed th e t empo - r a ry ev a cu a t ion o f a two -b lo ck the chambe r fo r the f i r s t qua r te r w i l l be $35 ,000 . A f te r the room tax inc rea se goe s in to e f fec t Oc t . 1 , qua r te r ly paymen t s to the chambe r a re expec ted to be $100 ,000 to $115 ,000 . Th i r - ty pe rcen t o f the to ta l o f the room tax inc rea se , o r abou t $78 ,000 annua l ly , wou ld go in to the c i ty ’ s gene ra l fund . “ I t ’ s go ing to be ve ry s ign i f ican t ,” C i ty Manage r B ran t Kuce ra sa id . Counc i lo r s a sked fo r fu r - the r d i scu s s ion be fo re com - m i t t ing tho se fund s spec i f i - ca l ly to the cen te r when the inc rea se goe s in to e f fec t . “To me the re ’ s th ree fund s happen ing a t th i s po in t ,” V e t te r sa id . “The re ’ s the in fo rma t ion cen te r , wh ich we ’ve had fo r 20 yea r s , then the re ’ s the TAC (Tou r i sm and A r t s Com - m i s s ion ) money we ’ve had fo r seven yea r s , and now we have the new mon - ey , and to me they ’ re ve ry d i f fe ren t .” “ I ’ve que s t ioned i t to beg in w i th , becau se i t sa id ‘v i s i to r cen te r , ’ no t ‘cham - be r , ’” Counc i lo r W endy H igg in s sa id o f the new a l loca t ion . “Bu t a l l o f tho se th ing s a re sha red . The web s i te i s sha red . The bu i ld ing i s sha red . The se r - v ice s a re sha red . When we f i r s t hea rd i t , eve ryone wa s say ing ‘chambe r , ’ nobody wa s say ing ‘v i s i to r cen te r . ’” S ince the room tax in - c rea se ha s ye t to go in to e f fec t , the re i s t ime fo r fu r the r d i scu s s ion , Kuce ra sa id . “ I th ink i t ’ s a m i s take to t ry to fo ld tha t new money in to the in fo rma t ion cen - te r ,” V e t te r sa id . “ I th ink tha t convo lu te s th ing s . The re shou ld be sepa ra te mea su rab le s .” Mayo r Sam S te ide l sa id s ince the tax goe s in to e f - fec t Oc t . 1 , the new con t rac t mu s t be accep ted a t the Sep - tembe r counc i l mee t ing . S te ide l and counc i lo r s V e t te r and H igg in s vo ted to app rove the yea r ’ s f i r s t qua r te r paymen t . S te ide l a sked the counc i l to take up the ma t te r a t the counc i l ’ s nex t wo rk se s s ion , wh ich wou ld p rov ide an op - po r tun i ty fo r change s be fo re the room tax inc rea se goe s in to e f fec t . “ In Augu s t we can hamme r ou t wha t we wan t ,” he sa id . “B a r r ing l eg a l au tho r i ty to m ak e S e id e l s a id h e hop ed to m ak e a l l an a r r e s t , wh a t h e ’ s t a lk ing abou t o f th e c i t i z en ’ s a r r e s t s on a s ing l e do ing wou ld b e a k idn ap , no t an a r - d ay , fo r s a f e ty r e a son s , bu t h a s not y e t cho s en a d ay . r e s t , ” John s ton s a id . 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