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CERT leaves Fire and Rescue, City Council sets
now under police department priorities for 2015
Incident Management Sys-
All-volunteer
tem — are most often seen
Cannon Beach
at major community events,
like Sandcastle Day, and
team to work
emergencies, like danger-
with lifeguards, ous coastal storms.
Their essential duties of-
emergency
ten include crowd control,
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up radio communication
and providing “a reassur-
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ing presence,” said Lianne
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Thompson, a former Can-
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non Beach CERT leader
who stepped down to focus
The all-volunteer CERT on her new role as the Clat-
(Community Emergency sop County commissioner
Response Team) of Cannon for District 5.
Beach will be supervised
CERT “just gives you
by the Cannon Beach Po- more of a cadre of people to
lice Department.
count on if there’s an emer-
CERT members — who gency,” said Cannon Beach
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ness, evacuation protocols,
Cannon Beach Fire and
the Incident Command Rescue has overseen Can-
System and the National non Beach’s CERT pro-
gram since 2013, but it
wasn’t making use of the
roughly 20 active volun-
teers as often as the police
department would, Fire
Chief Mike Balzer said.
Moreover, “we don’t
have the manpower or the
budget to take on a whole
CERT program,” he added.
“I think they can use them
better in the city.”
Cannon Beach Fire and
Rescue, which is not a city
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protection district, has two
paid staff members — Bal-
zer and Capt. Matt Gardner.
The police department has
nine paid staff members,
plus the lifeguards and
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cers during the summer.
More available staff
members means more op-
portunities for training and
reinforcing the CERT vol-
unteers’ “muscle memory”
of emergency response,
Thompson said.
CERT, “both locally
and on a wider scale, is in
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with the effects of climate
change, there is a greater
potential for natural disas-
ters, she said.
Schermerhorn is seeking
a new Cannon Beach CERT
leader as well as arranging
for more CERT training.
Team members will
work closely with their fel-
low CERTs in Arch Cape
and Falcon Cove, Cannon
Beach’s emergency pre-
paredness committee and
cache container subcom-
mittee, and potentially the
lifeguards, Schermerhorn
said.
“They’re just another
great asset the city’s proud
to bring on board,” he said.
4:35 p.m. 3300 block of
Hemlock Street: suspicious
circumstances. Received a
report of a suspicious vehi-
cle that had driven past the
Wayside Inn numerous times
in the past 35 to 40 minutes.
Described as a black truck with
a broken rear window covered
with a piece of wood. Officer
checked and waited in the area
but was unable to locate.
6:59 p.m. 3300 block of
South Hemlock Street: suspi-
cious circumstances. Report
of a possibly intoxicated male
in the area. Officer contacted
male, who was not intoxicated,
just friendly. Male was waiting
for a ride from a friend in Arch
Cape at bus station.
Jan. 7
12:15 a.m. Coolidge Av-
enue and Evergreen Street:
camping within city limits.
Subject warned for overnight
camping.
12:23 a.m. Coolidge Av-
enue and Evergreen Street:
camping within city limits.
Subject warned for overnight
camping.
1:20 a.m. East Second
Street: camping within city
limits. Subject warned for
overnight camping.
9:30 a.m. Sea Ranch: theft
of services. Report of cold theft
of services. Officer was able to
get vehicle information and
contact a registered owner.
Owner contacted the business
and handled the theft civilly.
6:51 p.m. 1300 block of
Pacific Avenue: false alarm.
Received report of an alarm
showing front door entry. Con-
tacted male at residence who
stated he was owner’s nephew.
Male provided name of owner,
which later matched water re-
cords. Stated he did not enter
alarm code fast enough.
Jan. 9
6:59 a.m. 1100 block of
Portland man arrested
on DUII charge, released
At 10:42 p.m. Jan. 18,
near the intersection of
South Hemlock and Delta
streets, a Cannon Beach
police officer arrested
Noah Alexander Keys,
22, of Portland, on accu-
sations of driving under
the influence of intoxi-
cants. He was taken to
the Seaside Police De-
partment for booking and
later released. He was cit-
ed for driving with a sus-
pended license, refusing
a breathalyzer test and
speeding.
Alexander’s passenger,
Malcohm Joseph Oneill,
24, of Tigard, was arrest-
ed on a fugitive warrant
out of Multnomah Coun-
ty. He was released on his
own recognizance.
Spruce Court: call for informa-
tion. Contacted subject, who
was having difficulties with
their child. Subject’s child was
refusing to go to school. Child
ultimately went to school.
1:15 p.m. 3600 block of
South Hemlock Street: code
violation. Officer observed
a code violation: items put
out for free in a front yard.
Officer made contact with
the resident, advised her of
the outdoor merchandising
violation and issued a verbal
warning. Officer cleared.
Jan. 10
2:05 a.m. Tolovana Way-
side: camping within city
limits. Subject warned for
unlawful lodging.
6:36 p.m. 100 block of
West Madison Street: sex
crimes.
Jan. 15
6:45 a.m. Second Street
parking: camping within city
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2:31 p.m. 2100 block of
South Pacific Street: code vi-
olation. Caller stated neighbor
was feeding seagulls. Seagulls
have become a nuisance and
causing rubbish. Officer con-
tacted citizen and advised
of the city ordinance. Officer
advised to no longer feed
seagulls. Citizen understood.
Jan. 16
Action items
limits. Subjects warned for
unlawful lodging.
6:34 a.m. Skate Park:
camping within city limits.
Subject(s) warned for unlaw-
ful lodging.
The council plans to start
taking care of a handful of
items fairly soon, including:
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tor and an
information
technology
manager
• Decid-
ing whether
the
city’s
dune man-
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agement
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plan should
be updated
• Requiring reports from
the various city boards,
committees and commis-
sions to ensure they’re stay-
ing on task
• Identifying how much
available land exists in Can-
non Beach and determine
what could be used to build
affordable housing
Work sessions
At its 2015 work ses-
sions, the council plans to
discuss:
• Repairs and renovations
at City Hall and Tolovana
Hall
• Placing the city’s utili-
ties underground
• Setting up integrated
wireless Internet access
throughout town, beginning
in the business corridors
• Whether the city should
make public beach accesses
more uniform and more vis-
ible from the coastline
• Whether an events cen-
ter should be built in Cannon
Beach, and if it should go on
the 58-acre South Wind site
• Upgrading electric, wa-
ter and sewer services at the
city-owned RV Park
• Whether the city should
allow the proposed Cannon
Beach Academy charter
school to use a portion of
the RV park as a temporary
location.
10:15 p.m. Second Street
sewer: camping within city
limits. Subject(s) warned for
unlawful lodging.
3:17 p.m. 300 block of
Sunset Boulevard: other all.
Caller reported hearing gun-
shots. Officers checked the
area and found clay pigeons
being used for target practice
on county land.
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The Cannon Beach City
Council is anticipating a year
packed with projects.
Increasing hotel revenue;
expanding NeCus’ Park;
adding acreage to the Ecola
Creek Forest Reserve; re-
viewing the master develop-
ment plan for the city’s South
Wind property top the list of
the City Council’s goals for
2015.
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for Sam Steidel as mayor —
the council zeroed in on these
general concerns, which will
become part of a broader stra-
tegic plan incorporating feed-
back from city staff and the
Cannon Beach community.
The strategic plan may
also lay out options for ad-
dressing Cannon Beach’s af-
fordable housing scarcity and
making the city more sustain-
able and eco-friendly.
Woodburn City Adminis-
trator Scott Derickson served
as the volunteer facilitator,
helping to articulate and or-
ganize the council’s short-
term priorities. Derickson is
the former Clatsop County
manager and former Warren-
ton city manager.
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Parks, housing,
events center on
council’s agenda
during this year
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