DailyAstorian.com // TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017
144TH YEAR, NO. 218
A powerful voice
in tourism
SNYDER TO CHAIR
TRAVEL OREGON
By BRENNA VISSER
The Daily Astorian
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Some worry it will be
too much for youth
and their families
By KATIE FRANKOWICZ
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria Aquatic Center will begin
charging youth swim teams a fee to use
lanes, a decision one group worries could
discourage participation or even shut down
its swim club entirely.
But city staff, faced with a more than
$100,000 budget shortfall in the Parks and
Recreation Department, says it is a neces-
sary move. The department already plans to
cut some community programs such as an
annual Easter egg hunt and Summer Movies
in the Park and faces other tough decisions in
the coming weeks.
Parks Department Director Angela Cosby
said the city considered shutting down the
Aquatic Center in 2008 and “that is some-
thing we’re having to look at again.” The
lane fee, while not adding a substantial
amount of money to the budget, is one way
to bring in additional funding, she said.
Sustainable tourism
See SNYDER, Page 4A
Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian
Taylor Christie swims during single-
pool-length drills at the North Coast
Swim Club practice at the Astoria Aquat-
ic Center in 2015. The club will now have
to pay $1 per lane per hour.
Swim teams
now to pay
$1 lane fee
ANNON BEACH — The tour-
ism industry has a way of inter-
twining with almost every aspect
of Ryan Snyder’s life.
Whether it be managing one of his
fi ve hotels and restaurants as president
of Martin Hospitality, or picking up
trash anytime he walks along the beach
with his family, keeping Cannon Beach
special seems to always be at the fore-
front of his mind.
Starting in July , that mindset will
help him serve as the chairman of
Travel Oregon and one of the most
infl uential voices in tourism. The orga-
nization, created by the state Legisla-
ture in 2003, is responsible for promot-
ing Oregon’s attractions, including the
“7 Wonders of Oregon” campaign that
highlighted the Oregon Coast.
As chairman, he will lead the Ore-
gon Tourism Commission, a nine-mem-
ber board which approves and over-
sees the budget and strategic plan for
the state’s $10.8 billion tourism indus-
try. It will also be his job to articulate
the mission of the G overnor’s O ffi ce
while offering guidance to Travel Ore-
gon CEO Todd Davidson .
Snyder has served on the commis-
sion since 2011, and became vice chair-
man last year. While he anticipates
more responsibility and a higher fre-
quency of meetings to attend, he said
his commitment to sustainable tourism
will remain the same.
ONE DOLLAR
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Ryan Snyder, the p resident of Martin Hospitality in Cannon Beach, gives
a tour of the Public Coast Brewery on Monday. Snyder will become the
c hairman of Travel Oregon in July.
See LANE FEE, Page 4A
‘This city is very important to me. When it comes to
making decisions, if it’s not good enough for the state,
than it’s not good for Cannon Beach, and vice versa.’
Ryan Snyder
president of Martin Hospitality, who will serve as the chairman of Travel Oregon starting in July
Oregon Legislature
Republican Brian Boquist of Dallas
works at a desk at the state Senate.
State Senate
OKs gun ban
for people at
‘extreme risk’
Bill motivated by
veterans’ suicides
Cannon Beach on
the Oregon Coast.
By PETER WONG
Capital Bureau
Arch Cape still hopes for design review
Technicality sends
appeal back to county
By BRENNA VISSER
The Daily Astorian
ARCH CAPE — Arch Cape residents
fi ghting to retain oversight of key develop-
ment decisions saw a victory last week at
the state level.
For the second time, the Land Use Board
of Appeals has sent the decision to dissolve
the Arch Cape Design Review Commit-
tee back to Clatsop County , leaving county
commissioners to either keep the committee
in place or vote to dissolve it again.
The design committee makes recom-
mendations on development within the
See ARCH CAPE, Page 4A
The Daily Astorian/File Photo
The Arch Cape Design Review Committee received a reprieve
from the state’s Land Use Board of Appeals after a decision
on the committee’s future was sent back to the county .
SALEM — People deemed at imminent
risk of killing themselves or injuring others
could have their guns taken away under a bill
the state Senate passed Monday.
Senate Bill 719, which goes to the House,
was approved largely along party lines,
17-11.
But 16 Democrats were joined in support
by Republican Brian Boquist of Dallas, who
lost his oldest son, a U.S. Navy veteran, to
suicide more than a year
ago. Boquist also lost three
soldiers under his U.S.
Army command to suicide
after they returned from
the Iraq War more than a
decade ago.
Ten Republicans were
Sen. Betsy
joined in opposition by
Johnson
Democrat Betsy Johnson of
Scappoose, a strong advo-
cate for gun rights. Two others were absent.
“Everyone wants to promote this as a gun
bill. It’s not,” said Boquist, the bill’s main
fl oor manager.
See GUN BAN, Page 7A