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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MAY 23, 2016 Gearhart’s vacation rental plan gets scrutiny State examines plan to show tax returns By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian GEARHART — Gearhart is ready to enact regulations on vacation rentals, but a key aspect of the proposal may undergo further review. A plan to require short-term property owners to show proof of iling a 2015 state lodg- ing tax return with the state Department of Revenue is still uncertain. “We still need to have con- versations with them how about how exactly we would be able to partner to make this happen,” Bob Estabrook, pub- lic information oficer with the Department of Revenue, said Friday. Gearhart already charges a 7 percent lodging tax and Ore- gon requires a state lodging tax of 1 percent be paid on a quar- terly basis. After July 1, that tax will increase to 1.8 percent, with the additional funds to pay for state tourism promotion and the Eugene Civic Stadium. According to the Gearhart Planning Commission pro- posal, property owners who can show they paid their state lodging tax in 2015 will be eli- gible to apply for a vacation rental permit, as long as they meet city standards for off-site parking, septic systems and other health and safety codes. Conidentiality “The thing that makes this tricky is that our lodging tax information about taxpayers is kept at the same level of con- identiality that it is for per- sonal income taxes,” Esta- brook said. “So we don’t have a way we can share with the city, ‘These people are compli- ant, these people are not.’ The system would have to be set up in a way where taxpayers get some kind of certiication from us and then they could provide that to the city.” Short-term rentals require the iling of a quarterly return for the period in which the house is rented as an income property, Estabrook said. If the property is only rented during certain months, a return would be required for those months only. “If you’re a hotel and open 365 days a year, you’re iling returns for every single quar- ter,” Estabrook said. “People with one home or two homes may not always have a reason to ile.” What kind of system Gear- hart oficials set up is “up to them,” Estabrook said. “We want to have some kind of conversation about what kind of information they’re going to get in what we’re able to certify. There’s not going to be any kind of enforcement mechanism for us because we don’t have a role with local lodging taxes or permitting. A recommendation “The Planning Commis- sion has gone through their paces and made a recommen- dation to the City Council, but it’s just that — a recommenda- tion,” City Administrator Chad Sweet said. “They did a lot of heavy lifting and went through a lot of these regulations, and really honed them down. Now it’s up to the City Council to go along with the regulations, change the recommendations, or to come up with something completely different. That’s their prerogative.” The regulations “look solid,” Sweet said. “Common sense regulations, the safety rules, limiting the 30- or 60-day sign-up period, set- ting the limit at what that comes to, are all probably going to do well,” Sweet said. “The attrition factor will also do well to bring it to the number the community sees it over time.” The plan does not allow homeowners to transfer their short-term rental permit after a property is sold. “I think we’re very prelim- inary in talking with them,” Estabrook said. “This is a new path they’re trying to blaze in terms of getting a connec- tion between local govern- ments and the state tax. It’ll take some thinking and talking to igure out how we might be able to do that. We don’t have a, ‘We think that’s a good idea or a bad idea’ opinion. It’s something from an adminis- trative perspective we need to work out with them.” The City Council plans to discuss the proposed short- term rental rules in July. New Cannon Beach ire chief wants to bring out potential Benedict to take the helm By LYRA FONTAINE The Daily Astorian CANNON BEACH — After an in-depth selection pro- cess, former Pendleton ire mar- shal and Helix ire district chief Matt Benedict has accepted the position of ire chief at the Can- non Beach Rural Fire Protection District. “I’m just excited to be here,” he said. “This is the last step for me, to become a ire chief in a large organization.” Benedict, 47, will begin June 1, but is currently in Cannon Beach transitioning into his new position with Interim Fire Chief Jim Stearns. His salary will be $80,000. A start in Pendleton Cannon Beach has been Benedict began his career in without a permanent ire chief 1994 as ireighter paramedic since October, when for- for Pendleton Fire District. He mer chief Mike Balzer was was promoted to lieutenant dismissed. paramedic, captain paramedic, “The department then assistant chief seems to have a lot and ire marshal in of potential,” Bene- 2014. For six years, dict said. “I want to he was also chief of help them get to that the Helix ire district. point to bring out all “We’re really the potential to make excited to have Matt us one of the pre- here,” Stearns said. mier agencies on the “He brings profes- North Coast.”’ sionalism and a drive Benedict was in the ire service chosen out of 20 that I think will be Matt Benedict applicants from very beneicial to the across the coun- community.” try. He emerged as one of three Benedict started in Pendle- inalists after interviews from an ton when Stearns was Hermis- area ire chiefs’ panel and a Can- ton’s ire chief. non Beach citizen panel. “I’ve had the beneit of knowing Matt since he started in the ire service,” Stearns said. “I was in a neighbor- ing agency and got to watch Matt come up through the ranks pretty quickly within the organization.” Born and raised in Portland, Benedict said he is excited to live on the North Coast, where he vacationed as a child. He also looks forward to being closer to family in Portland. “The people I’ve met down here have been very friendly and have so far welcomed me to the community,” he said. After selling their Helix home, Benedict and wife Amanda, an emergency room nurse, will rent or buy in the Cannon Beach area. They have four children who will visit often. Man sentenced for attempted sex abuse The Daily Astorian A Clatskanie man was con- victed Friday for attempting to sexually abuse a 13-year-old girl when he was 18 and living in Knappa. Dillon Jacob Leroy Sutton, 22, was sentenced in Clatsop County Circuit Court to 30 days in jail and four years probation. If he violates probation, he could face three years in prison. Sutton pleaded no con- test last month to irst-degree attempted sex abuse, a class C felony. Other charges of sec- ond-degree rape and second-de- gree unlawful sexual penetra- tion were dismissed. The attempted sex abuse occurred in February 2012. Sut- ton was arraigned on the charges in November. As part of his sentence, Sut- ton is ordered to have no contact with the victim or her family, and he must register as a sex offender. Corporate sales tax heads to November ballot Union-backed measure would help inance education, health care By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — The union- backed Our Oregon has sur- passed the threshold for sig- natures required to place a corporate sales tax measure on November’s ballot. The campaign has col- lected 125,000 signatures and planned to submit the last batch to the Oregon sec- retary of state’s ofice Friday for veriication, said Our Ore- gon spokeswoman Katherine Driessen. Only 88,184 signatures are required to place the measure on the ballot. “Everyone is pretty thrilled, and it is a real showing of sup- port for our campaign,” Dries- sen said. “Our volunteers are fanning out around the state and really talking to voters everywhere and feeling the goal of the campaign resonates with Oregon citizens.” The next step for the cam- paign is to build support for the measure, she said. Supporters hope to see the $5.2 billion in biennial revenue from the tax go toward education, health care and senior services. Business groups have strongly opposed the mea- sure, saying the tax will drive up consumer prices and erode private sector jobs. The Leg- islative Revenue Ofice is scheduled to report on the pro- jected impacts of the corporate tax during legislative hearings Monday. The report will examine the effects on wages, private and public sector employ- ment, prices and other eco- nomic indicators. 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Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, proposed an alternative during the Feb- ruary legislative session, but his bill never reached the loor of either chamber. “I think after Monday it will start to get real,” Hass said of the upcoming report. “I think there is a chance for a compromise, and I think there is an opportunity for sensible people to get together to look at coming up with an alternative to what is going to be a very conten- tious, divisive campaign.” Sen. Richard Devlin, D-Tualatin, said in April that he is working on alterna- tive to the tax measure but did not return repeated calls for details from the Pam- plin Media Group/EO Media Group Capital Bureau. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. www.eomediagroup.com LISTINGS M ONDAY E VENING percent levy would apply to certain corporations with annual sales exceeding $25 million. 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