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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 9, 2018
Library: ‘We have to better utilize the space’ Tax: If passed, it would
take effect in January
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The mayor, a former librar-
ian, has long been a champion
of the library. Though she once
pushed for constructing a new
building, she supports plans to
renovate. LaMear, who is not
running for re-election this
year, intends to continue advo-
cating for the library when her
term ends.
A theme that came out of
the Metz study was the com-
munity’s desire for a “modern
library.” It’s a term library staff
say begs the question: What
exactly is a modern library?
A library with a new roof and
updated electrical systems? A
library with more computers?
More books? Fewer books?
For Jimmy Pearson, the
library director, a modern
library includes a building that
is caught up on deferred main-
tenance and with features the
community has long desired,
such as more light, meeting
rooms and reading areas. A
modern library also includes
work areas that allow staff to
do their jobs more efficiently,
he said.
For now, staff process
books and keep up on day-
to-day tasks in dark, cramped
back rooms. The basement,
filled with historic artifacts
and documents, acts as a stor-
age space, but could function
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Jimmy Pearson, director of the Astoria Library, turns the lights on in the building.
as more, Pearson said.
The needs of the library
and how libraries operate has
changed, he added, and “in
ways they weren’t able to fore-
see 50 years ago. We have to
better utilize the space and
that’s what the architects have
done.”
John Goodenberger, a local
preservationist and member
of the library foundation who
has been working to catalogue
historic items in the library’s
basement, is a fan of the ren-
ovation proposals by Henne-
bery Eddy.
The library, designed by
Ernest Brown and Ebba Wicks
Brown, has a flexible interior,
one that could be easily shifted
around or redone to accommo-
date the community’s chang-
ing needs and desires. But the
entire building, inside and out,
still has distinct characteristics.
“The plan the architects are
proposing respects those char-
acteristics,”
Goodenberger
said.
For all involved with the
new design scenarios, Wednes-
day’s meeting is the big test.
Grant: ‘Preference doesn’t mean to exclude’
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The Tourism and Arts
Commission itself was split
when evaluating the request
from the trail alliance.
Commissioners in favor
saw the project as a year-round
benefit to the tourism industry,
which is trying to attract more
visitors with interests in out-
door sports.
“It’s an investment in
the future. I liken it to surf-
ing. Twenty years ago, you
just saw a few surfboards on
cars. Now they are every-
where, and we have multi-
ple surf shops to support it,”
Commissioner Greg Sweden-
borg said. “That’s where bik-
ing is going.”
Some voted against the
grant request after former City
Attorney Tammy Herdener
raised legal questions about
whether lodging tax dollars,
which come with restrictions,
could be used to finance the
trail project.
There was debate about
whether the trail system qual-
ified as a tourism facility,
which is defined by the state as
“real property that has a useful
life of 10 or more years” and
substantially supports tourism.
The trail alliance and the pri-
vate landowner have a five-
year agreement, which could
raise questions, Herdener said.
Others took issue with the
fact that the project had no
ties with the arts and was not
based in Cannon Beach.
While Weintraub recog-
nizes the arts emphasis of the
grant money, he said noth-
ing in the ordinance precludes
other tourism-based propos-
als from being considered. He
pointed to the Fat Bike Festi-
val he pitched last year, which
was also met with skepticism,
but turned out to be successful
when it debuted in April.
“This is a Tourism and Arts
Fund, and the city’s direc-
tive is to give preference to
arts,” Weintraub said. “But
preference doesn’t mean to
exclude.”
Weintraub said he person-
ally is in favor of expanding
arts funding in Cannon Beach,
but believes the city also needs
to find ways to fund opportu-
nities for “a broad array of vis-
itor attractions.”
The bike trail system near
Klootchy Creek will still be
built, Weintraub said, but per-
haps not as quickly because of
the loss of the grant money.
If the city is not going to
fund the trail project, then
Weintraub wants city coun-
cilors to use the $12,143 to
improve trails and walkways
in town.
“The Northwest Trail Alli-
ance is more than willing to
provide advice and guidance
in such a plan,” he said.
Other lodging tax pro-
posals across the state have
spurred tension with the tour-
ism industry. A Deschutes
County judge in May ruled in
favor of the Oregon Restau-
rant & Lodging Association,
which sued Bend for using
money meant for tourism
marketing for road repairs.
Bend is appealing.
The association’s support
of Clatsop County’s tax pro-
posal depends on whether the
revenue is adequately spent
on tourism promotion, said
Jason Brandt, the associa-
tion’s CEO. That will not be
fully known until next year at
the earliest.
Brandt
did,
how-
ever, call the proposal
“counterintuitive.”
“It doesn’t seem to be
popular amongst the local
lodging operators as far as
we can tell,” he said. “What
we’re seeing more of these
days is an interest in raising
taxes so that governments
can get their hands on that 30
percent. It seems to me that
the process might be some-
what backwards, that they’re
imposing the taxes for the
minority money. The con-
versation should be more
focused on how to spend the
majority.”
After a public hearing
Wednesday, commissioners
will need to hold a second
hearing before adopting the
tax. If passed, it would take
effect in January.
If voters do not approve
the November jail bond,
commissioners would have
the option of withdrawing
the tax.
“I don’t think you’re
going to see much push-
back,” Bergin said. “But
if they do, hopefully com-
missioners will do the right
thing.”
Butler: Owner recalls
their instant connection
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But what has kept the Sea-
side native at Beach Books
for the long haul is not just
her love of literature, but also
for the woman who hired her.
Karen Emmerling, the
owner of Beach Books,
remembers having an instant
connection with Butler, to
the point where she trusted
Butler to run the store alone
on her first day.
“Her math teacher, who
is a good friend of mine, rec-
ommended her,” Emmerling
said. “And said that maybe
she wasn’t all that good
at math, but she was very
responsible. I just trusted she
was going to do it right.”
Over the years, the rela-
tionship slowly progressed
from co-workers to friends,
and then friends into family.
The two joked about keep-
ing sleeping bags upstairs for
long days worked during the
summer rush. Their conver-
sations behind the counter
are laced with laughs and
inside jokes.
One of Butler’s favor-
ite memories was throwing
Emmerling a surprise birth-
day party in the store.
“I had no idea that when
I was in high school that
I would be treated like a
daughter,” Butler said.
Since then, Emmerling
has entrusted her with more
responsibilities. For the past
few years, she has sent But-
ler to regional and national
bookseller’s conventions and
conferences to hone her skills
and network with authors.
One day, she could see
passing the baton to Butler.
“She knows books so
well, and if she’s passion-
ate about a book, you aren’t
leaving without it,” Emmer-
ling laughed. “She’s engag-
ing and she’s going to make
a great bookseller.”
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