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NORTH COAST THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2015 3A Helping Hands seeks south-side property While the group could have legally fought the zoning interpretation, the cost to do so would have been prohib- SEASIDE — A plan to use the itive for either organization, according Hyak Building for rehabilitating the to Todd Johnston, executive director of homeless is no longer an option in Northwest Oregon Housing Authority. Seaside. But representatives of Help- Helping Hands determined it wasn’t ing Hands Reentry Outreach Centers worth the time or cost to go through see a new prospective site for its re-en- a strenuous legal process, especially try program. since there was another option, the new The Northwest Oregon Housing location off Highway 101. Authority gave Helping Hands per- Johnston agreed, adding even if mission to build a relief facility on a Helping Hands scaled down the scope piece of its property off U.S. Highway of the project so it wouldn’t violate 101 north of Avamere at Seaside, for- the Hyak Building’s zone designation, merly Necanicum Village Senior Liv- “there was a feeling the neighbors still ing. were giving a lot of resistance.” The property south of Seaside off In response, Helping Hands U.S. Highway 101 “seemed like a changed its focus. Rosemary Bak- PXFK EHWWHU ¿W WKDQ WKDW ORFDWLRQ ZH er-Monaghan, a former Seaside mayor were trying for,” Helping Hands Exec- who lives in the neighborhood near the utive Director Alan Evans said. Hyak Building, initially suggested the Originally Helping Hands hoped new location at an April meeting of the to use the Hyak Building, a multi-unit housing authority. dwelling on the corner of Edgewood Federal block grant Street and Avenue S owned by the Clat- To proceed with building a facility sop County Housing Authority. The so- cial-service group planned to use part at the new location, the city of Seaside of the building to house men in the last will need to pursue a community devel- phase of their re-entry program. opment block grant for Helping Hands. The program is run through the U.S. Multiple obstacles Department of Housing and Urban De- During the past couple of years, that velopment, and grants are awarded to plan ran into multiple obstacles: a lack communities, not organizations. of funding, resistance from some neigh- Helping Hands has approached the bors and, most recently, a potential zon- city about hosting the grant and will ing issue. Use of the Hyak Building as a formally make a request at an upcom- multifamily dwelling in the residential ing council meeting. medium-density zone had lapsed, and “We’re not going to sit down for a would no longer be allowed. planning session without knowing the Child advocates get grant By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group The Daily Astorian Clatsop Court Ap- pointed Special Advo- cates received a $15,000 Grassroots Grant Pro- gram award from the Meyer Memorial Trust. “Our services on behalf of abused and neglected children would not be possible without the support of compassionate donors like the Meyer Memo- rial Trust,” said Chris- tine Lolich, the group’s board president, in a news release. “This award brings us clos- HU WR IXO¿OOLQJ RXU JRDO of providing a trained, dedicated advocate to protect the rights of the more than 100 children in our county who need a CASA.” Clatsop CASA trains and supports community volunteers who advocate for children in foster care, guiding children toward a safe, perma- nent home. The group has 40 active volun- teers who serve around 60 percent of the chil- dren in need in the community. For more information about Clat- sop CASA and fall train- ing opportunities, visit www.clatsop-casa.org or call 503-338-6063. Katherine Lacaze/EO Media Group Helping Hands will no longer pursue the Hyak Building on the corner of Edgewood Street and Avenue S. The social-service group is considering a new location off Highway 101. city will host the grant,” Evans said. Once the organization gets a com- mitment from the city, the partners can begin to draw up a budget. The hous- ing authority’s property would either be transferred to Helping Hands or purchased by the organization through the grant program, Johnston said. “Our involvement mostly would be providing the property,” he said. “I think the main partnership would be through Helping Hands and the city of Seaside,” Evans believes this is a good solution, since it means Helping Hands likely “won’t get resistance from neighbors and other things we have dealt with.” Helping Hands also plans to extend its reach into Tillamook County. Last year, a group of citizens, community leaders and professionals approached Helping Hands about the homeless problem in Tillamook. Helping Hands challenged Tilla- mook County civic leaders to raise $50,000 as startup money. In late July, the organization made an offer on a 21,000-square-foot former naval com- mand center with the goal of trans- IRUPLQJ LW LQWR WKH VWDWH¶V ¿UVW IXOO\ functional homeless relief center. Destination for room tax increase still uncertain Additional revenue to have ‘huge impact’ on Cannon Beach By DANI PALMER EO Media Group CANNON BEACH — Vis- itors will be contributing a little bit more to the Cannon Beach experience. Cannon Beach’s City Council unanimously ap- proved an ordinance raising the city’s transient lodging tax from 7 to 8 percent Aug. 4. City Manager Brant Kucera said the city anticipates about $360,000 more in revenue from Oct. 1 to June 30. The ordinance will apply to all reservations made after Oct. 1. Reservations made prior to the passage of the ordinance are not subject to the tax. The city’s room tax was last increased in 2010 and with the state’s 1 percent tax, will bring Cannon Beach’s lodging tax to 9 percent. Seventy percent of the 1 percent increase will go to- ward tourism, likely the Vis- itor Center, while 30 percent will go into the city’s general fund, divided in accordance with state statutes. The room tax allocation was designated to the center during the city’s budgeting process, but City Council talks focused on whether the money would DOVR EHQH¿W WKH &KDPEHU RI Commerce, which runs the center and recently received $81,428 from the Tourism and Arts Commission. At one point, two different contracts, one for the center and one for the chamber, were suggested. $¿QDOGHFLVLRQRQWKHDOOR- cation will be made next month. The additional revenue will have a “huge impact on Cannon Beach” and planning for the fu- ture, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Court Car- rier said after the decision. A whopper of a bill While future visitors of Cannon Beach will see a slight increase in their lodging bill, residents Cindy Bryden and Ernest Goff saw a massive increase in their water bill — from a monthly average of $42 to $520 — over the March 20 to April 20 service period. A member of the city’s water crew met with Bryden to discuss potential plumbing problems, but none were found, leaving the high water usage a mystery. Public Works Director Dan Grassick said the city’s elec- tronic reading meters have a low failure rate and when they do fail, it’s in the customer’s favor as the volume measuring mech- anism slows down. No exterior leaks were discovered, either. A plumber Bryden hired gave her a list of possible is- sues. Since Bryden is an “end of line,” the residence could be impacted by neighboring water usage. 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