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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018 Vacation rental shakes up life on the hill in Ilwaco Decision was delayed amid controversy By PATRICK WEBB Chinook Observer ILWACO, Wash. — A plan to turn a newly pur- chased house into a vacation rental has divided residents in Sahalee and adjoining Discov- ery Heights, one of the penin- sula’s most desirable residen- tial neighborhoods. The Ilwaco City Coun- cil last week was hours away from ruling on a request from Lindsay and Shelley Yamane to use a hillside three-bed- room house at 2144 Reservoir Road SW as a vacation rental with up to eight guests. Prop- erties in the residential zone need conditional use permits for vacation rentals. Instead, city staff delayed the hearing to May 14 on the advice of the city’s lawyer, to enable officials to ensure that all potentially affected neighbors had been properly notified. The action came after Jon and Joan Chambreau, who live in nearby Discovery Heights, contacted the city saying their homeowners association was not notified — and should have been because one of the streets it maintains is within 300 feet of the property. The Chambreaus said in an Neighbors are divided over a proposed vacation rental. email that their homeowners association only learned of the proposal when the City Coun- cil agenda was distributed. In a letter to the city, they protested the idea of short-term visitors disrupting the area and leaving trash that could attract bears. “The rental will increase … traffic through an owner-occu- pied development. There will be an increase in litter, pet poop and who knows what else. It is inevitable,” Jon Chambreau, a former city councilor, wrote. “One only has to see the tons of garbage that are picked up from peninsula beaches every year to know that some visitors ty-somethings in this house is an unappealing possibility,” he wrote. are, shall we say, not consider- ate of others.” The application noted that the rental, if allowed, would be managed by Vacasa, an inter- national organization based in Portland which adver- tises properties in 22 states and around the world, includ- ing Europe, Central America and South Africa. Its website highlights six rental properties in the Ocean Park area, one in Long Beach and one in Seaview, as well as many on the Oregon Coast. Jon Chambreau noted that Vacasa cannot discriminate by screening renters. “Eight twen- Letters of support Not all hill residents are opposed. With their appli- cation, the Yamanes submit- ted four identically worded typed letters dated Feb. 27 from neighbors stating, “we do not have any objections or concerns.” They were Dave and Jan Williams of Reser- voir Road; Gerry and Beverly Douglas of Nesadi Drive; Tim and Joyce Trevarthen of Light- house Keeper’s Road; and Kristen Mathison, of Light- house Keeper’s Road. Mathison was appointed to the City Council in March and sworn into office in April. The one-story property has vaulted ceilings, a walk-in master closet, a fireplace, a patio barbecue site and hill- side views across the water. Documents on file at City Hall and Pacific County note that the Yamanes bought it for $285,000 from Larry Peterson Feb. 23, closed escrow March 5 and applied for the permit on March 7. Lindsay Yamane has a con- struction company based in Ilwaco and said he recently obtained a city business license for his small engineering con- sulting firm; Shelley Yamane has a Portland hair salon. The city planner, Sam Rubin, recommended approval subject to nine conditions on matters like fire inspections, having a landline phone for emergencies, and guaranteeing garbage disposal. His report concluded using the home as a vacation rental would not increase traffic. Earlier this month, the Ilwaco Planning Commis- sion met twice on the issue and voted 2-1 to recommend approval, with Melissa Cut- ting and K Harrison in favor and Jackie Sheldon against; chairman Nancy McAllister abstained and the fifth mem- ber, Beth Hash, was absent. At these planning meetings, Susan Gephardt and Peter Holst of Welcoma Place SW protested the proposal as inap- propriate in that neighborhood, fearing a decrease in property values and unnecessary com- petition with local profession- als in the hospitality business. Litter, noise and traffic Opponents have worried about renters causing litter, noise and traffic and parking problems. Information about Vacasa provided to the city by the Yamanes say it has a local manager, Bob Jenssen, “who can be at the property in 30 minutes.” Gephardt, who works in real estate, read a letter of opposition from the Cunning- hams of Lamontay Place. The city received individually writ- ten protests from Tony and Ann Kischner of Welcoma Place SW, residents since 1986, who expressed “vehement objec- tion,” and Ray and Diane Wicks of Welcoma Place NW. In her letter of pro- test, Gephardt described the Yamanes as “only part-time vacation owners of the prop- erty next door.” County records show in 2016, the cou- ple bought the four-bedroom, two-story home on Reservoir Road for $311,500. Yamane’s application packet states, “We are not absentee owners who do not care about our property, neigh- borhood, community, or the city in which we choose to live.” w A second round of cranberry cuts is proposed by USDA By DON JENKINS Capital Press The U.S. Department of Agriculture took a second whack Friday at reducing the cranberries piling up in cold storage and chilling grower returns. The agency proposed a 25 percent reduction in the 2018 crop to help bring the sup- ply of cranberries closer to demand. The proposal fol- lows a USDA order, finalized in early April, to divert 15 per- cent of the 2017 crop from the U.S. market. In both cases, the USDA is acting at the request of the industry’s Cranberry Market- ing Committee. The commit- tee, made up of farmers and handlers, reports that a grow- ing surplus has driven prices below the cost of production for some growers. The order will apply to some 1,100 growers and 65 handlers in 10 states, including Oregon and Washington. “We’re just fighting with more fruit than is usable,” Washington cranberry farmer Malcolm McPhail said. “I think you just face the facts and do something about it.” The cranberry supply has grown over the past half dozen years as U.S. farmers produced record crops and growers in other countries increased pro- duction, particularly in Can- ada. Meanwhile, consump- tion has been flat and is not influenced by lower consumer prices, according to USDA. The marketing commit- tee estimated last summer that after the 2017 crop was harvested, the surplus would reach 10.9 million barrels, or 115 percent of annual sales. A barrel equals 100 pounds. USDA volume controls will not eliminate the surplus. The USDA estimated that divert- ing 15 percent of the 2017 har- vest will reduce inventories by 1.1 million barrels. A 25 per- cent reduction in the 2018 crop would remove another 2 mil- lion barrels, according to the USDA. WANTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber Northwest Hardwoods • Longview, WA controls. Also, handlers who take in fewer than 125,000 barrels would be exempt, as would handlers who have no carryover fruit and aren’t con- tributing to the surplus. Cranberry farmers received an average of $23.50 per bar- rel in 2016, while the average cost of production was $30 a barrel, according to the mar- keting committee. The surplus grew from 4.6 million barrels in 2011 to 9.9 million in 2016. The USDA will take com- ments on the proposal until May 29. Comments may be submitted online at regula- tions.gov. Ocean Spray, a farm- ers’ cooperative that handles a majority of the cranberries grown in the U.S., supports the USDA proposal, a spokes- woman said. Much of the surplus is juice concentrate, a byproduct of making sweetened dried cran- berries. Handlers would be able to meet a portion of their withholding obligation by dis- posing of juice concentrate rather than whole fruit. Grower allotments would be based on 75 percent of sales history. 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