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Arch Cape: Some
think committee only
adds unnecessary
delay, expense
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Jensvold and the county
would ile briefs and a hear-
ing would occur.
Oregon Coast Alliance
Land Use Director Cameron
La Follette did not join the
appeal, but said it was a mis-
take for the county to dis-
band a committee that had
a role in local review for
decades.
The committee worked
to protect Arch Cape’s wet-
lands, which are “essential”
in preventing loods, she
believes. “There are real rea-
sons behind this appeal,” she
said.
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An eight-propeller drone sits in the back of the Bob and Nancy. The drone is being used by Showing Animals Respect
and Kindness, an animal rights group, to document the killing of the cormorants from boats operated by Wildlife Ser-
vices near East Sand Island.
‘Inappropriate’
and ‘hostile’
At the county commis-
sion meeting in February,
the Design Review Commit-
tee was accused of being an
unnecessary, expensive and
time-consuming
land-use
authority.
The committee’s ability
to make quasi-judicial land-
use decisions was “inappro-
Suit: Safety zone applies to all vessels
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Read said the Coast Guard
has not taken a stance on the
cormorant issue, and is only
trying to keep people safe. The
safety zone applies to all ves-
sels, he said, which can’t lin-
ger but can still pass by with
advance notice.
“The only purpose of the
safety exclusion zone is to
prevent First Amendment
news gathering and doc-
umenting activity,” wrote
Bryan Pease, a lawyer for the
animal welfare group, in the
lawsuit iled Friday. “There
has been absolutely no safety
threat posed by plaintiff nor
other activists, who have
only been peacefully docu-
menting the Nessy (a Wild-
life Services’ boat), which
had the effect of stopping the
killing by shining a public
spotlight on it.”
Pease claims Wildlife Ser-
vices is using shotgun pellets,
and that 75 yards would be a
suficient safety zone.
The lawsuit seeks damages,
attorney fees and a temporary
restraining order against the
Coast Guard to lift the safety
exclusion zone.
Did they lie?
Steve Hindi, executive
director of the animal welfare
group, sent a letter to Secre-
tary of Agriculture Tom Vil-
sack, who oversees Wildlife
Services, claiming agriculture
agents had lied to keep their
operations secret. Hindi said
agents claimed the Bob and
Nancy was performing sharp
turning maneuvers to try and
send wakes onto a Wildlife
Services’ boat, claims he said
his group can prove are false.
“Secretary Vilsack, your
people may not want the peo-
ple of America to see what
Wildlife Services does, but
they do not have the right to
misuse the Coast Guard to
their beneit,” Hindi wrote.
“Lying to a policing authority
is a serious offense and some-
one in your department did
just that. We are calling for
a full investigation into this
incident.”
The Department of Agri-
culture was not immediately
available for comment.
Seaside: Process may take up to four years
Lyra Fontaine/The Daily Astorian
The county’s decision to eliminate Arch Cape’s Design
Review Committee is being challenged at the state level.
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A 2013 poll was con-
ducted by telephone, Dough-
erty said, but components of
this year’s polling have yet to
be determined.
Feedback could determine
the scope of the bond, he said.
Dougherty said “there is no
speciic plan as yet,” but the
most important goal, discussed
in a board subcommittee, is to
get schools out of the tsunami
zone.
Cruise ships: Season
ends with visit from
three ships in October
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Astoria will host six more
cruise ships this month,
including the Crystal Serenity
May 8 with 1,080 passengers.
On May 10, the Norwegian
Sun will bring nearly 2,000
passengers to Pier 1, while
the Seven Seas Mariner will
anchor with 700. The Regatta
arrives May 12 with 824 pas-
sengers, the Celebrity Inin-
ity May 17 with 2,170 and the
Crystal Serenity May 26.
The Crystal Serenity will
stop in Astoria again June 16.
After a two-month break in
cruising action, the Regatta
returns Aug. 29, followed by
11 ships in September. The
Seven Seas Mariner returns
Sept. 1, the Explorer of the
Preliminary plans
Along with a plea for fed-
eral support, Dougherty shared
preliminary plans to relocate
at-risk schools.
The district intends to
develop property east of Sea-
side Heights Elementary
School owned by Weyerhae-
user, the same site proposed in
2013.
“We have had many geo-
techs evaluating that hill-
side,” Dougherty said. “They
strongly believe that is the
very best piece of property to
relocate the school district.”
No new roads would need
to be built, he said.
A major tsunami wave
driven by a megathrust quake
could reach 90 to 120 feet.
Elevation at the proposed site
rises from 80 feet at the bottom
edge to several hundred feet.
The property would need
priate,” according to the staff
report interim County Man-
ager Rich Mays presented.
Commissioners
heard
complaints that the Design
Review Committee was
“hostile” and “not in line
with what the folks were
doing in Arch Cape.”
“The committee really
adds nothing of substance
to the design review process
... and only adds unneces-
sary delay and expense for
residents and the county,”
wrote Arch Cape resident
Tim Crawford in a letter to
commissioners.
Jensvold and others
strongly disagree.
“That committee is an
important part of what makes
Arch Cape a good place to
live,” Jensvold said in an
email. “I love the commu-
nity spirit of Arch Cape —
that’s part of the reason I
moved here. I want the com-
munity to be able to speak
for itself, and have a voice in
how it changes. The Design
Review Committee gives us
the means to do that.”
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden honored Seaside School District Superintendent Doug Dougherty
earlier this year. Dougherty will work on a bond measure on November’s ballot to build
a new K-12 campus out of the tsunami inundation zone.
to be purchased and placed
within the urban growth
boundary, Dougherty said.
Dougherty said the district
is still in process of negotiat-
ing with Weyerhaeuser for the
land and a purchase price has
yet to be determined.
“I signed a nondisclosure
agreement so I can’t say where
we are in the process,” Dough-
erty added.
If the bond is approved by
voters in November, Dough-
erty estimates it will take four
years to move all students to
safety.
The district has not deter-
mined the move would be
phased in or done all at once.
“It will likely take time to
move kids from each school,”
Dougherty said.
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