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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2022
Behavior: Creating a camping ordinance is a process
the city expects will involve more time and public input
OBITUARIES
Lorna Marie Brandt
Gearhart
March 20, 1954 — Dec. 19, 2021
Continued from Page A1
Our community has lost
When not working as
an incredible lady! Retired an offi cer, Lorna coached
police offi cer Lorna Marie track and fi eld, volleyball,
Brandt entered
basketball and
this world, along
softball. When
with her twin
not
coaching,
brother, Roger,
she umpired Lit-
on March 20,
tle League base-
1954, in Eugene.
ball and softball.
They joined their
In
1997,
sister, Rebecca,
Lorna
pur-
and
parents,
chased
her
Keith and Patri-
home in Gear-
cia Brandt.
hart, and imme-
Her
father,
Lorna Brandt
diately cleared
an architect, and
the back half-
mother, a teacher, moved acre for training dogs. That
to Sacramento, California, led to building a barn for
for employment in 1956. the 4-H kids to train their
They moved into a beau- dogs, which will continue
tiful century-old farm on in her honor. Lorna was a
200 acres. In 1969, their 4-H leader of the Paws N’
home was destroyed by Action club for over 20
fi re, and consequently they years.
moved into town.
When Lorna saw a
Lorna excelled at any need, she tried to fi ll it.
sport she tried. Some of Quietly, she and her part-
her track and fi eld records ner, Laura, sent many kids
stood for decades. She to summer camps and sport
graduated from Chico camps. If a child needed
State C ollege with a degree sports equipment, they
in teaching. One of her fi rst would purchase it. Seeing
jobs was as a trainer for the them smile and be happy
Sacramento Gold pro soc- was the only payment.
cer team.
Many of the local chil-
In 1985, Lorna moved dren were recipients of
to Oregon, and started new bicycles, coats, shoes,
at the Scappoose School backpacks and musical
District as a teacher and instruments. Lorna stated
coach. During summer- that, “a good Christian
time she was a park direc- should give far more than
tor for Portland Parks & receive.” She far exceeded
Recreation.
that! As one little boy said,
In 1988, Lorna joined “You’re my hero!”
the Columbia County
Lorna leaves behind her
posse, and loved law brother, Roger Brandt, of
enforcement. In 1990, a Scottsdale, Arizona; her
big career change! She sister, Rebecca Grayem
was hired by the Gearhart and Mel, and six nieces
Police Department. That and nephews, in Sacra-
started her career as an mento; and her family,
offi cer, which spanned 28 Laura Chester, Shelby
years, included the Cannon Chester, Kevin Ches-
Beach Police Department, ter, Roni Hanson and Joy
and fi nished at the Seaside Chester.
Police Department.
A memorial will be
In 1996, while work- held at the Clatsop County
ing for the Gearhart Police Fairgrounds on April 16 at
Department, she pur- 2 p.m. Please bring your
chased, trained and got dog, and share a memory!
state certifi cation for a
In lieu of fl owers,
canine to have on patrol please donate to your local
with her.
animal assistance groups.
At a City Council work
session on Wednesday,
Police Chief Geoff Spald-
ing outlined the ordinances
to handle RVs and illegal
camping.
The police chief said his
offi cers hear complaints
daily about bad behavior
tied to a small number of
homeless people . He said
the ordinances under con-
sideration are intercon-
nected and will give offi cers
tools to address the prob-
lems more eff ectively.
“This has occupied a
lot of our time,” Spalding
said. “We do clearly sense
the same frustration that
you are all feeling from the
community, and frustrations
that are voiced by our resi-
dents and our visitors in the
community about what they
call the deteriorating condi-
tion of our community.”
The city already has
an ordinance that prohib-
its abandoned vehicles and
storing vehicles on streets,
but plans to expand the
restriction .
Spalding said other cities
have expanded ordinances
to include prohibiting vehi-
cles that are unregistered,
derelict or hazardous. A
new ordinance would spell
out ways to handle diff erent
situations, the police chief
said.
The ordinance could also
address people who live in
RVs that periodically move
the vehicles several feet
or a block away to avoid
being towed. Spalding said
the ordinance could require
people to move their RVs
to a lawful area. After three
violations , the vehicle could
be towed.
Mayor Bruce Jones said
that while the number of
problem vehicles is rel-
atively small, they have
caused signifi cant concern.
“I think it’s the combi-
nation of the vehicles and
the disrespect of the vehi-
cle owners by leaving trash
strewn about, and particu-
larly in highly visible places
Jami Lynn Kulbel Neace
Jami Lynn Kulbel Neace, 51, passed relationships and was loved by her cowork-
away March 6, 2022, surrounded by her lov- ers and clients.
ing family in Bellingham, Washington, after
Jami married Charlie Neace on March
losing her year long battle with
8, 1997. On Sept. 12, 1997, their
cancer.
daughter, Ahnna Neace, was born.
Jami is survived by her mother,
Jami and Ahnna were so close,
Lynn Sornberger-Honrud; step-
and shared a beautiful relation-
father, Darrell Honrud; sister,
ship. Not only was Jami the best
Jenny Kulbel Navas (Joey); step-
mother, she and Ahnna were fortu-
brother, Marlin Honrud (Steph-
nate enough to be best friends. As
anie); stepsister, Vonda Boxx
a family, they enjoyed years full of
(Roger); Charlie Neace (father to
amazing adventures.
Ahnna); daughter, Ahnna Neace;
Jami was full of love, life, joy
and fi ancé, Peter Ter Har.
and kindness. She was a beautiful
She was preceded in death by
Jami Neace
person inside and out. Jami loved
her father, James Edward Kulbel.
her family, her friends, and had a
Jami was born May 31, 1970, in Belling- genuine faith and trust in God.
ham. In 1988, she graduated from Belling-
Jami spent the last seven years with fi ancé
ham High School, and the following year Peter Ter Har. They shared many fun times
graduated from Bellingham Beauty School together, and enjoyed walks and bike rides
as a nail technician.
along the Prom in Seaside.
She then went on to own and oper-
Jami will be loved and missed dearly by
ate Esteem Salon and Spa in Long Beach, all. Services will be held at Green Acres
Washington, and later joined Azure Salon in Memorial Park in Ferndale, Washington, on
Ilwaco, Washington. Jami was a very suc- Tuesday at 11 a.m. A memorial in Seaside
cessful businesswoman. She built personal will be announced at a later date.
TUESDAY
like at the Sixth Street, river
trail intersection ... ,” the
mayor said. “So that the
fi rst thing that visitors to
our community see on the
river trail is garbage strewn
about an abandoned vehi-
cle, with people there that
are perfectly capable of
cleaning up and just choose
not to.
“I would like the ordi-
nance to be as strict as it
can be within whatever our
legal limits are.”
City Councilor Joan Her-
man said, “I know we will
be criticized most likely
for being uncompassion-
ate. But I personally believe
people should be held to a
basic standard of decency,
which as the mayor just
pointed out, includes pick-
ing up trash and not threat-
ening others, which I’ve
heard has happened.”
City Councilor Roger
Rocka expressed support
for the ordinance, along
with the other options the
city is exploring.
“It’s such a complicated
problem,” he said. “It’s
good to be able to distin-
guish between people, like
the mayor described, who
make a mess, and then basi-
cally fl ip you off when you
ask them to clean it up, and
other people who are really
just hanging on by a thread.
“And so we’re look-
ing for solutions that gives
some leverage against the
former without further pun-
ishing the latter.”
Creating a camping ordi-
nance is a process the city
expects will involve more
time and public input.
The city has limited
options for enforcing camp-
ing on public property after
recent federal court rulings
and state legislation.
Police can only enforce
illegal camping in public
if there are adequate shel-
ter spaces available for peo-
ple to sleep. But if there is
not adequate shelter space,
cities can either choose to
not enforce illegal camping
or choose to adopt an ordi-
nance that details the time,
place and manner some-
one can sleep on public
property.
Since there are few shel-
ters on the North Coast,
Spalding said the city needs
to decide how to proceed
with camping.
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The city is weighing an updated camping ordinance and
other tools to respond to an increasingly visible homeless
population.
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possible
Aberdeen
Olympia
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Lake
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Record high .................. 69 in 2019
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Hammond
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Enterprise
Pendleton 48/24
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Yakima 56/36
Longview
51/39 Portland
53/38
Spokane
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Astoria
Time
The police chief said
some cities have identifi ed
areas where people can sleep
between dusk and dawn.
Some have allowed peo-
ple to sleep on sidewalks if
they leave at least 5 feet of
space, while other parts of
the city are off -limits. Some
cities allow tents, he said,
and some only allow sleep-
ing bags.
One option is to identify
a large location where the
city can set up small shel-
ters or allow tents, Spalding
said. The area could include
restroom and shower facili-
ties and even security.
Another option is to iden-
tify certain places within
the city people can sleep,
and certain places that are
off -limits.
Spalding said city staff
created a list of potential loca-
tions where people can sleep,
along with pros and cons for
each site. Some of the com-
mon concerns involve sites
being too far away from ser-
vices or too close to neigh-
borhoods and schools .
Among the places iden-
tifi ed include the Pacifi c
Power property near Youngs
Bay, the parking lot of the
Astoria Aquatic Center and
the parking lot at Shively
Park.
Jones said it will be
important to schedule more
time to present the topic to
the community.
“We don’t have a choice
between a good solution that
everyone loves and the cur-
rent state,” Jones said. “The
community is going to need
to provide input on what it
considers the lesser of two
evils — to have a couple of
large, concentrated campsites
in town or to have continued
dispersed camping on vari-
ous public areas that could
change from day to day,
depending on where people
want to put their tent up.”
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Bend
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