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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016
Change could come to emergency
preparedness committee makeup
be crucial for education and
long-term planning for the
months and years after an
emergency. “It does take cit-
izen involvement for recov-
ery and resiliency.”
The committee would be
“dead” if the changes are
made, and the new group
could be too large to effec-
tively make decisions, mem-
ber Les Wierson said. He
suggested splitting the com-
mittee into four divisions
on emergency prepared-
ness, incident command,
emergency preparations and
recovery.
“There are separate phases
to disaster response,” Wier-
son said. “You can’t do every-
thing in one committee.”
Members pointed to the
committee’s success in cre-
ating evacuation routes and
advising the council on top-
ics like radios.
Kucera said the city’s stra-
tegic planning goals include
a long-term disaster recov-
ery plan, emergency response
communications and water
system resiliency.
“It incorporates what all of
you mentioned today,” he said.
The proposed changes will
be discussed again at a work
session in late September.
Cannon Beach
panel could
restructure
By LYRA FONTAINE
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH — A
proposed restructure of the
Cannon Beach emergency
preparedness
committee
would make the city’s emer-
gency manager, police chief,
public works director, fire
chief, Community Emergency
Response Team leader and
Medical Reserve Corps leader
permanent voting members.
But will there be enough
voices for residents?
Committee chair Karolyn
Adamson, who created the
committee in 1999, said she
strongly opposed the draft
ordinance because it would
reduce citizen input. “It’s
extremely important to keep
this citizen advisory com-
mittee in effect as it is now,”
Adamson said. “I think citi-
zen committees are the bed-
rock of democracy. People
are starting to feel right now
like they don’t have input in
this city.”
Three council-appointed
community members and a
nonvoting City Council liai-
son would complete the
10-member group, which
would be renamed “emer-
gency management commit-
tee” if the proposed ordinance
is approved.
At a work session last
week,
some
members
opposed the creation of one
emergency management com-
mittee combining citizens and
city staff. Others said bring-
ing staff on board could ben-
efit the committee.
Adamson said citizen
involvement is key in neigh-
borhood outreach and recov-
ery planning, as most city
Lyra Fontaine/The Daily Astorian
Paula Vetter, left, with Les Wierson, Police Chief Jason
Schermerhorn and Karolyn Adamson.
employees do not live in Can-
non Beach.
City Manager and Emer-
gency
Manager
Brant
Kucera and Mayor Sam
Steidel drafted the proposed
ordinance.
“If (staff) are going to
have to carry out this work,
we need to have input on the
work,” Kucera said. “I have
limited resources to do things.
If we want to accomplish
something, we need voices
to say what we can or can’t
accomplish.”
Different views
The committee — which
provides evacuation plan-
ning, public education and
advice to the council — has
four community members
and Cannon Beach Rural
Fire Protection District Chief
Matt Benedict.
“The way I see the restruc-
turing is that it’s beneficial
for the committee,” mem-
ber Paula Vetter said. “We’ve
gotten to a point where I
think this committee needs to
grow. We have a lot of great
ideas but we’re splintered.”
Vetter said she would like
the committee to have a long-
term vision, and including
city staff and the fire chief
could help implement the
committee’s ideas.
Member Herb Florer, a
candidate for City Council,
said a “broad, general and
long-range” citizen advisory
committee could coexist with
the city’s emergency man-
agement command structure.
“We’re looking at two
different things that are
being combined into one
and not very well,” he said,
adding that residents will
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