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City Hall: ‘What we do needs to be accessible to the public’
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about the building in a tsu-
nami or earthquake. The build-
ing would be vulnerable to a
minor seismic event or a medi-
um-to-large sized tsunami, St.
Denis said.
Making the building resis-
tant to a major earthquake
would be a priority no mat-
ter which location is chosen.
But some, like City Councilor
George Vetter, see placing the
new City Hall at South Wind
as the gateway to finally devel-
oping the property that has sat
vacant since 2013.
Higher costs associated
with developing South Wind,
such as buying highway access
and installing new utilities
from scratch, could be offset
by selling the land on where
City Hall sits on Gower, Vet-
ter argues — land that could be
priced at a premium given its
proximity to Hemlock Street.
Installing utilities for a City
Hall at South Wind could be
the catalyst for other devel-
opment, such as a new school
building, he said.
“I think if we keep (City
Hall) here, we are abandoning
the South Wind site,” Vetter
said. “The City Council needs
to take the lead to go up there.
I don’t see how we could get
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The attic of Cannon Beach City Hall is used for storage.
a bond measure here and then
get another for development
at South Wind. We’re turning
our backs on South Wind if we
don’t take this opportunity.”
St. Denis said he under-
stood Vetter’s argument, but
cautioned that no matter the
location, a City Hall serving a
town the size of Cannon Beach
will never be big enough to be
considered a long-term shelter
after a disaster.
“I don’t want to give the
impression to people that they
can go there and stay there for
two weeks,” St. Denis said.
Others, like City Councilor
Mike Benefield and Mayor
Sam Steidel, believe there’s an
inherent value in keeping City
Hall in the heart of town. Most
of the structural issues could
be addressed at the existing
location for the majority of
seismic and tsunami events,
they believe.
“What we do needs to
be accessible to the public,”
Steidel said. “It’s important
to town character to have City
Hall at the center.”
Benefield also fears mov-
ing City Hall to South Wind
had the possibility of being “an
uneconomic decision made
just because we happen to own
the land.”
Steidel is asking the archi-
tecture firm to study a third
option — placing the police
station at South Wind. Criti-
cal supplies and services could
be stored and conducted while
keeping City Hall accessible in
town.
“Having police up there fits
better for what we purchased
the 55 acres for,” Steidel said.
No decisions will be made
until after the City Council
receives SRG’s price estimates
for each scenario. A public
comment period will be open
in January before city coun-
cilors make the final location
decision mid-February to meet
the May ballot deadline, St.
Denis said.
Gearhart: Property owners will have a second shot at approval on Nov. 7
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“I don’t think unless you live
out there day to day, you don’t
see what’s going on,” Graff
said. “The people who live out
there live out there for a rea-
son, they like the rural lifestyle.
I don’t think they want a devel-
opment plopped down and dis-
rupting their quality of life.”
Palmberg Paving Inc., the
owner, wants to rezone 498
McCormick Gardens Road in
advance of a sale.
The change, from rural agri-
cultural to residential, could
deliver 10 parcels on 7.5 build-
able acres, about 20 percent of
the nearly 30-acre site.
Developers would have
different options available
to them, said Li Alligood, of
Otak, a consultant to the owner.
“Some might want to do rent-
als, others single-family homes,
others multifamily homes,” she
said.
Heidi Palmberg Snidow
said she and her family made
Windermere Realty
A lake on the Palmberg property in Gearhart.
a “difficult decision” to market
the property after owning it for
more than 60 years.
The family will not be part
of the development process.
“It’s strictly to do a zone
change that would have to be
reviewed,” Snidow said. “We
have lived and worked in this
community and are really a part
of it. We do feel it’s import-
ant to maintain its charm and
culture.”
Alligood said she recog-
nizes future development could
alter the character of the neigh-
borhood. “We can’t deny that
won’t change,” she said. “But
it’s a great spot, near the com-
mercial services on Highway
101. You can walk to services,
you can walk to downtown
from the location.”
Planning
commission-
ers weighed criteria based on
the city’s comprehensive plan,
community character and local
housing needs.
Letters, staff reports and out-
side analysis provided informa-
tion on soil, traffic and housing.
So did residents and
commissioners.
Affordability is an issue
for Virginia Dideum, the
chairwoman of the Planning
Commission.
There would be no guar-
antee the homes would be
“affordable housing,” Dideum
said. “And what is affordable
to me is not affordable to some-
one else.”
McCormick Gardens Road
resident Brand Dichter pointed
to potential risk in a tsu-
nami or earthquake, including
liquefaction.
Current zoning protects
the area “much better” than a
medium residential zone, Com-
missioner David Smith said,
and will “also protect what lit-
tle control we have on traffic on
Highway 101.”
Rebecca Rutledge, who
lives on McCormick Gardens
Road, said she understands the
need for housing, but asked for
consideration of poor drainage
and flooding on the property.
Jack Zimmerman, a City
Council candidate, sought to
determine the “extent of con-
tamination” on the property
from previous uses.
The state Department of
Environmental Quality deemed
all lots “safe for residential,”
Alligood said. “There may be
contamination, but that level is
low enough that it won’t affect
occupancy.”
Dideum also asked for an
updated Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality report — the
submitted document is dated
2006. Drainage, she said, “only
gets worse.”
“Mucky peat,” described in
a soil report on the site, oozes
water all the time, she added.
“You cannot build on it,” she
said.
The property would be
“overexcavated” to replace
topsoil with new fill, Alligood
responded.
“The site is indeed safe for
residential development,” she
said. “The question is the level
of development and the types of
development.”
The Planning Commission
unanimously recommended a
denial of the rezoning request.
The property owners will
have a second shot at approval
at the City Council on Nov. 7.
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