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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015
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Child injured after
being struck by vehicle
The Daily Astorian
An 11-year-old boy
sustained minor injuries
after being struck by a ve-
hicle Wednesday morning
in the crosswalk at Sev-
enth Street and Klaskanine
Avenue.
Astoria Police and Fire
Departments and Medix
Ambulance responded to
the scene at about 7:25
a.m.
The boy, dressed in
dark clothing, was trans-
ported to Columbia Me-
morial Hospital for treat-
ment.
The vehicle’s driver,
Eileen Lindberg, 51, Asto-
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Sand dunes near Breakers Point in Cannon Beach are said to block homeowners’ views and create an environmental
hazard.
Homeowners say they have
the right to grade dunes
City wants
restrictions
until plan
completed
By DANI PALMER
EO Media Group
CANNON BEACH —
Should dune grading wait
until Cannon Beach’s sand
management plan is com-
plete? The Planning Com-
mission thinks so. Despite
homeowner
opposition,
commission members want
an amendment to the city’s
zoning code which would
prohibit foredune grading
until that plan is complet-
ed.
A sand management plan
is expected to be delivered in
18 to 24 months. The Can-
non Beach City Council will
hold a public hearing on the
amendment Tuesday.
“Why should this amend-
ment be allowed?” Breakers
Point homeowner Frank Pat-
rick asked planning commis-
sioners last week. “Or, more
importantly, why is it neces-
sary?”
Homeowners want
grading options
Foredune grading applies
to two sites, Breakers Point
and the presidential streets,
and is done to maintain
views or prevent inunda-
tion.
While Breakers Point
homeowners were grant-
ed permission to grade
13,700-cubic-yards of sand
in August, a condition of the
permit was a delay of further
grading until the sand man-
agement plan is developed
and the revegetation plan is
evaluated for success.
In September, the coun-
cil asked the commission to
amend the current ordinance
to reflect that condition.
At the Planning Com-
mission meeting last week,
Patrick said the commission
and the City Council are re-
sponding to the interests only
of “a few very vocal people
who are saying we have to
preserve the dunes” and not
Cannon Beach homeowners.
“The sand management
plan is a sand management
plan, not a dune preservation
plan,” he added.
Commissioner Lisa Kerr
said the city’s sand manage-
ment study may conclude
that leaving the dunes alone
is best, or that grading is the
right choice.
“We just don’t know what
the end result will be,” she
added.
Breakers Point homeown-
er Ed Stone said it does not
seem legal to prohibit dune
grading under state land use
guidelines. Patrick also said
the amendment constitutes
a moratorium that violates
state law. “You folks are try-
ing to change the rules of the
game,” Stone said, adding he
wants city officials to abide
by the law.
“Obviously if we don’t
agree with you, that doesn’t
mean that we’re not follow-
ing the rules,” Kerr said. “It
means that we don’t agree
with you on how that gets
implemented, what the rules
are and what that means.”
Patrick said sand could
pile up another 15 feet
during the grading prohibi-
tion period — “a real prob-
lem” when it comes to safe-
ty and maintaining beach
access. Breakers Point
Homeowners Association
Property Manager Bruce
Francis added the city asked
them to put in the dune
grass that is trapping sand
and exacerbating the prob-
lem. There are dunes nearly
50 feet high near Breakers
Point now as a result of
meeting the city’s original
guidelines.
“We’re all happy with
what the city gave us,” he
noted, referring to an August
decision to grant limited
grading at Breakers Point.
“We now have permission to
move to the next phase.”
Rush to prohibition?
Francis said he didn’t un-
derstand why the commis-
sion felt the need to amend
the ordinance. To acquire
a permit for dune grading
would take about 18 to 24
months, the time it may take
to finish the sand manage-
ment plan.
If an amendment is to be
considered, the commission
needs to “at least put a time
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limit on” the dune grading
prohibition, Francis said.
Currently there is no sun-
set date for delivery of the
sand management plan, he
added.
Kerr said a deadline
could create further conflict
if the sand management plan
process runs longer than a
proposed sunset date.
Commissioner
Joseph
Bernt, Kerr, Chairman Bob
Lundy and Charles Bennett
voted to approve the amend-
ment recommendation. Ryan
Dewey was the lone dissent-
ing vote.
If approved by the City
Council next week, the
amendment will not im-
pact the Breakers Point
13,700-cubic-yard
dune
grading approval or any re-
medial projects, such as re-
moving sand so stormwater
can run into a drain.
ria, was uninjured.
She was cited for fail-
ing to stop and remain
stopped for a pedestrian in
a crosswalk, with a school
zone fine enhancement.
Astoria Police said driv-
er awareness, especially
near crosswalks and in
school zones, is important
to prevent such crashes.
In addition, police said,
pedestrians can make
themselves more visible
by wearing bright and re-
flective clothing, using a
light in dark or inclement
weather and making eye
contact with the vehicle
operator and drawing at-
tention to themselves.
Historical Society
seeks bridge stories
The Clatsop County
Historical Society is host-
ing an open house for com-
munity members to come
and share their personal
connection to the building
of the Astoria Bridge. The
informal “share” meet-
ingis at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
today at the Heritage Mu-
seum, 1618 Exchange St.
Light refreshments will be
served.
Those attending are
asked to bring photographs
and documents, or sto-
ries and memories. CCHS
would like to track down as
many people connected to
the creation of the bridge
as possible. Those who are
unable to attend the open
houses, but want to get in-
volved or share a story, or
who know someone CCHS
should be talking to, can
email cchs@cumtux.org or
call at 503-325-2203.
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