SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017
Dunes City
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In January 2017, during a dis-
cussion on the issue, Dunes City
Administrator Jamie Mills point-
ed out that while the state is
“very strict about the locations of
recreational marijuana business-
es and is very particular about
recreational grow facilities,”
Dunes City currently did not
have code addressing any of its
own restrictions.
Thus, the city had to abide by
state regulations, which led to
marijuana grow sites being
allowed in the city.
Councilor Duke Wells, who
made a protest vote against the
amendment but voted for the res-
olution in full, spoke of the diffi-
culties the council faced the prior
year.
“In 2016, I was the only coun-
cilor who was here when that
went on. When I made that vote
on the three percent, I thought
that was the end of the conversa-
tion. There were a lot sharper
people on that council than me,
and none of us caught it. I know
the council in 2016 would have
voted ‘no’ for commercial
grows,” he said.
“Dunes City doesn’t need
this,” he continued. “I don’t see
an upside for this in Dunes City.
I want it clear to residents where
the buck stops, and on this the
buck stops with me.”
The ordinance does not fully
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you have gone and talked to
them? Not from your gossip, but
spoke to them directly?” she
asked.
Arguments made against the
grow site were many, including a
newly dug well on the site.
The well, which had reached a
depth in excess of 400 feet, was
larger than the typical 100-foot
wells found in the city. The well
had originally been planned to be
shallower, but there were issues
during construction as the walls
kept caving in.
A leaflet distributed by resi-
dent Catherine Caudle at the
beginning of the meeting stated,
“You may be at risk of losing
your water supply if you are on a
well.”
The fear was, water taken
from the well would ultimately
drain other wells in the area and
have a negative impact on the
lake.
Mills read a statement from
Michael J. Thoma, PhD, a hydro-
geologist for the Oregon Water
Resource Department.
The technically laden docu-
ment concluded, “It is unlikely
that even heavy use of the well
will significantly impact the lake.
A 400-foot well will have the
same impact as a 100-foot well.”
It was also pointed out in pub-
lic comments, which was then
confirmed by the Siuslaw News,
that the commercial grow site
will not be using the well water;
all water for the operation will be
shipped in from Eugene. The
well in question was for the pri-
vate residence on the property
site.
Dunes City resident Don
Anderson, a retired fire captain,
spoke of his experiences working
in Humboldt County, Calif.,
before moving to Oregon.
“Humboldt County was
known as the redwood capital of
California,” he said. “Now it’s
known as the pot growing capital
of California. Anywhere we went
to fight fires, we had to have an
armed escort because people
would shoot at firefighters in the
event that we got too close to
their marijuana. Everybody was
worried that somebody was
going to steal their crops.
“I don’t feel that Dunes City
has the law enforcement capabil-
ity to maintain,” Anderson con-
tinued. “What if next year, 40, 50
sites come in? Dunes City will be
known as the pot capital of Lane
County.”
Ultimately, the largest argu-
ment against the grow sites came
down to residents simply not
wanting marijuana in their city.
Dunes City resident Richard
Booth said, “I don’t want our city
sullied by a pot grow. If there are
financial issues that are affecting
the decisions of the council,
please ignore them. I’d be happy
to pay taxes in lieu of a three per-
cent marijuana tax. Do whatever
is necessary from legally pre-
venting this from happening.”
Speaking after the meeting,
Wells said that it was now the job
of Dunes City residents to begin
to campaign to make the ordi-
nance permanent in 2018, which
he hoped they would.
When asked how residents
should deal with the grow facili-
ties currently allowed, he said, “I
don’t dictate what anybody does.
If somebody feels like they want
to go over and know those folks,
and see their facilities, they
should take a look at it.”
But Wells says he won’t be
one of those people.
“No, I have my own personal
history in my family with drugs,
and I don’t like drugs. And I
won’t associate with drugs,” he
said.
He continued, “I will say, at
the end of the day, marijuana
growers, it’s all part of the drug
culture, whether the state’s legal-
ized it or not. I don’t think this is
over yet. I think our attorney
general, when he gets done with
some other things, is going to
move against this and the states
that legalized it. The problem is,
there’s a hell of a lot of money
there. That’s going to be an issue
to see.”
After the vote, Day, the attor-
ney representing the three grow
operations, said, “I’m very happy
that they took the time to contact
their own legal counsel and get
sound advice on a solution that
will be the best, not only for my
clients, but for the entire commu-
nity of Dunes City.”
Valerie Cain-Mathis, one of
the growers represented by Day,
said, “I really appreciate all the
education that people received,
and I welcome any questions that
people have in the future. I’m
sorry for anybody that felt
offended by anything that hap-
pened here. There’s no animosi-
ty. We did come here to try and
fight for what we knew was right
for us, and other people who had
medical issues.”
Dunes City Mayor Robert
Forsythe said, “You can see the
room was split. But I would
encourage voters to get out,
because it’s how we know what
the public wants. ... It’s impor-
tant that people communicate, so
we know what’s important to all
of our citizens, and not just those
who make it out to a city council
meeting.
“I would really like to see
people get involved in the city. If
there’s this much passion over
one topic, maybe they can have
passion over serving. Please,
share your passion by getting
involved.”
To get involved, contact
Dunes City Hall at 541-997-
3338.
Dunces City Council meet-
ings, which are open to the pub-
lic, are held every second
Wednesday of the month at 6
p.m. The public is invited to
attend or view live online via the
UStream app.
own heritage.
“I’ve always been patriotic,”
she said. “Growing up, it was
always important to respect and
honor our military.”
Beveridge, a child of the Navy,
grew up during the Vietnam
Conflict. She later went into a
career in law enforcement in
California, but wanted to return to
her home state of Oregon.
In 2006, she was introduced to
a side of her family she hadn’t
met, and discovered a cousin who
was in a chapter of DAR.
“Once I started doing my
genealogy, I discovered that I had
a patriot ancestor. It was right
around the time our chapter was
being formed here. It was just
synchronicity to be able to know,
‘I had a patriot in the American
Revolution,’” she said.
To be eligible to be in DAR —
or partner groups Sons of the
American Revolution or Children
of the American Revolution — a
person needs to be able to prove
direct lineal descent from some-
one who either fought in the
Revolution on our side, or provid-
ed goods or services.
Worldwide, there are more than
105,000 DAR members, includ-
ing overseas units in Mexico,
Japan, Australia, Canada, Russia,
U.K., Germany and France.
“DAR members are amazing
because not only are they
involved in DAR, they are
involved in their communities as
well,” Beveridge said. “We have a
three-fold purpose: historic
preservation, education and patri-
otism. There are many ways to
meet those goals.”
The Oregon Dunes Chapter
gives out scholarships; supports
active and retired military mem-
bers, including the efforts of
Oregon Coast Military Museum,
Veteran’s Memorial Park and the
Roseburg VA Health Care
System; and promotes literacy
through books and the U.S.
Constitution. In addition,
statewide DAR chapters encour-
age conservation by planting trees
and preserve history through three
DAR-supported museums
“It’s an extremely worthwhile
organization,” Beveridge said.
The group raises funds several
times a year through community
events and the sale of its cook-
book, “Delicious Ancestral
Recipes,” on sale at Oregon Coast
Military Museum.
“As a nonprofit, 100 percent of
our proceeds go back to the local
community,” Beveridge said.
At the end of his reading,
Henry said, “I ask our citizens to
reaffirm the ideals the Framers of
the Constitution had in 1787.”
For Beveridge,“I always felt
patriotism was very important,
especially having traveled as
extensively as I have and meeting
people from all over the world.
People everywhere support and
love their country, and we are
very fortunate to be in America,
and we need to support and love
our country.”
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Beveridge continued, “We feel
very fortunate to have a place like
the library to do a display where a
lot of people will be able to see it
and hopefully raise their aware-
ness.”
According to the national
DAR, the U.S. Constitution
“stands as a testament to the
tenacity of Americans throughout
history to maintain their liberties
and freedoms and to ensure those
unalienable rights to every
American.”
DAR supports this by empha-
sizing citizens’ responsibilities for
protecting and defending the
Constitution; informing people
that the Constitution is the basis
for America’s heritage and the
foundation for residents’ way of
life; and encouraging the study of
the historical events which led to
the framing of the Constitution in
1787.
“It’s amazing to think that this
document was created and has
stood all this time,” Beveridge
said. “Sure, there have been
amendments, but we’ve evolved
as a nation.”
The Florence area has 28 DAR
members, women who can trace
their lineage back to people who
brought American independence
during the Revolutionary War in
the 1770s and ‘80s.
The Oregon Dunes chapter is
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protect the grow sites, which are
still in the process of getting
approval by OLCC.
If those applications are
denied, they would have to reap-
ply for approval from the city. In
that case, they would be consid-
ered a “new application,” which
would fall under the Ordinance
245 ban.
An overflow crowd attended
the meeting, with public com-
ments being made for and
against the ordinance.
Land Use Attorney Ross Day,
who represents the three grow
operations, warned Dunes City
Council not to pass the ordinance
because his clients had a vested
right in the property.
“I strongly suggest, before
you move further with this, you
sit down with legal counsel, fol-
low proper procedures, go line
by line and make sure you’re not
exposing the city to substantial
liability,” he said.
Resident Sherry Nelson made
an impassioned plea for the
grow, stating that medical mari-
juana had helped her family. She
chastised city residents for get-
ting their information from what
she called “gossip”.
“I spent a full day gathering
information the hard way. I went
out to the grow site because we
were welcomed there, as we all
were, to visit the site. So, I
toured it. And then I went to
places that sell marijuana, which
this place isn’t. How many of
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