October 23, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 7A
CANNON BEACH CITY COUNCIL
Environmental, safety concerns cited in paving project
Neighbors
unanimous
in support of
street-paving
project
dents,” Eighth Street resident
Les Wierson said.
Neighbors also noted
loose gravel is being carried
into the stormwater system.
Grassick added the gravel
is being dragged onto Ecola
Park Road.
“It’s a nightmare for us,”
he said.
By Dani Palmer
There are 10 affected
Cannon Beach Gazette
property owners. Eight re-
The Cannon Beach City turned a questionnaire pro-
Council approved a neigh- viding support for the paving
borhood paving project Oct. and two indicated verbal sup-
6 that will have residents of port, Wierson said.
Cannon Beach resident
North Eighth Street paying
80 percent of the cost to pave Jan Siebert-Wahrmund asked
their gravel road. The city questions and noted she’s not
“a fan of more asphalt” as it
will pay the rest.
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requests following the up- have a negative impact on the
date of the street standards,” environment.
The Environmental Pro-
Public Works Director Dan
tection Agency calls it the
Grassick said.
The project consists of a “heat island effect.”
During an August work
14- to 15-foot wide paved
street section on Eighth Street session, Grassick noted staff
between Ecola Park Road had utilized council mem-
and Oak Street — predicted bers’ recommendation to add
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October. The estimated cost hazards and environmental
effects that can occur with
is $7,700.
Residents made the re- paving.
The street standards policy
quest because they were
concerned about dust and was revised earlier this year.
hazardous driving conditions It included recommendations
the Public Works Committee
with potholes.
“This improvement does gave to implement the gravel
improve the health of resi- street renovation program.
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Intersection of Ecola Park Road and 8th Street, where street paving is about to begin.
In other City
Council news:
• An easement vaca-
tion was approved for Old
Highway 101.
• The council declared
October Domestic Aware-
ness Month.
• A contract between the
city and Chamber of Com-
merce was extended. Exec-
utive Director Court Carrier
and business owners asked
the council to move faster
on room tax allocation. It
should be ready for approv-
al in November, City Man-
ager Brant Kucera said.
• The purchase of a front-
end loader was approved.
Homeowners’ dune-grading appeal deemed too late for review
Too late to
protest dune
grading limits,
councilors say
Patrick, a member of the
Planning Commission who
had recused herself from the
hearing process, appealed
two conditions of the plan
requiring the Breakers Point
Homeowners Association to
wait on further dune grad-
By Dani Palmer
ing projects until the city
Cannon Beach Gazette
has approved a revised sand
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, the management and Breakers
Cannon Beach City Council Point’s revegetation plan
dismissed an appeal to con- has established success.
ditions tacked onto the Plan- These could be up to 18 to
ning Commission’s approval 24 months after the project’s
of dune grading at Breakers start, according to planning
Point after councilors agreed commissioners.
The Patricks argued the
it was “untimely.” The coun-
cil did not delve into the sub- conditions are “improper
stance of the appeal as mem- restrictions” as they have no
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and supersede Oregon
late to be considered.
Breakers Point home- law. The decision, they said,
owners Frank and Janet amounts to a moratorium,
there is no moratorium and
any such allegation is pre-
mature,” she said.
Executive Director of
the Oregon Coast Alliance
Cameron La Follette wrote
a letter asking the council to
dismiss the Patricks’ appeal
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and “impermissible to ap-
peal conditions without ap-
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pealing the decision under-
Breakers Point in Cannon lying the conditions.”
Cannon Beach ordinance
Beach.
states a decision to the Plan-
which would be illegal un- ning Commission may be
appealed within 20 days of
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The City Council decided
attorney Carrie Richter
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wrote the decision was with- ning Commission approval,
in the city’s right. “Since rather than Sept. 1, when
there is no denial or delay, the 13,700-cubic-yard dune
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grading project decision
was mailed out. The Pat-
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21, outside the date property
owners may appeal.
La Follette wrote that the
Sept. 1 memo stating the
“applicant or parties may
appeal within 20 days of
the date of this letter” was
inaccurate as it did not fol-
low the timeline allowed by
city code. Councilor Mike
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on Aug. 27, and suggested
the council dismiss the ap-
peal.
The decision was unan-
imous. Councilor Melissa
Cadwallader was absent.
The city is in the process
now of drafting a new ordi-
nance that would prohibit
dune grading until Cannon
Beach’s sand management
plan update is complete. The
ordinance could take up to
60 days to implement, City
Planner Mark Barnes said.
He estimated a time
frame of roughly 18 months
for adoption of the new sand
management plan. The Aug.
27 Planning Commission
approval of a Breakers Point
request for dune grading
will not be impacted if it is
approved.
Breakers Point will grade
13,700 cubic yards of sand
west of the development to
restore views and improve
beach access. Future dune
grading requests will be
possible, but only after com-
pletion of the city’s sand
management plan.
Farmers Market celebrates end of season
By Dani Palmer
Cannon Beach Gazette
The Cannon Beach
Farmers Market wrapped
up another successful year
on Tuesday, Sept. 29. This
summer, the market intro-
duced a children’s Passport
Program, showing the kids
where their food comes
from. Margaret Christians
served as a volunteer for it.
Her husband, Darrel, greet-
ed market customers.
On Sept. 29, they were
honored as Volunteers of
the Year during an after-par-
ty celebration. Market Man-
ager Philomena Lloyd said
they’d done a great job over
their two seasons. Margaret
has volunteered at numer-
ous organizations since she
was a child, encouraged by
her parents. She was just
“crusing by, walking my
dog” when she saw the mar-
ket and made an inquiry.
She started the next week.
The Cannon Beach
Farmers Market is always
looking for volunteers.
“It’s all about having
fun and enjoying yourself,”
Margaret said.
Tickets on sale for Iron Chef Goes Coastal event
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The Cannon Beach Police Department partook in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on
Sept. 25, with help from city employees.
Challenged by Amer-
ican Legion Post 168,
the Cannon Beach Police
Department
participat-
ed in the ALS Ice Bucket
Challenge on Sept. 25,
with help from city em-
ployees. The department
challenged fellow local
law enforcement agencies
to do the same and donat-
ed $100 to the ALS As-
sociation. The American
Legion was challenged by
local artist Susan Simon,
whose son, Adam, an U.S.
Air Force veteran, has
ALS.
Fall quilt exhibit in Cannon Beach Saturday
Join the Cannon Beach
History Center and Muse-
um and Cathy Erickson on
Saturday, Oct. 24, for the
opening of Erickson’s solo
show “What Remains: Jap-
anese Americans in Intern-
ment Camps.” For more
than a decade, Erickson has
focused her artwork on the
hardships Japanese-Ameri-
cans faced in camps during
World War II. The exhibit
explores the stories, expe-
riences and history behind
Japanese internment camps
in America during World
War II through textile art.
An opening reception takes
place at 6 p.m. and the ex-
hibit will be on display
through February.
The museum is locat-
ed at 1387 South Spruce
St.; for more information
call 503-436-9301 or visit
cbhistory.org.
Tickets are on sale now
for the eighth annual Iron
Chef Goes Coastal, which
will take place at the Seaside
Convention Center Nov. 3.
Tickets can be purchased
at U.S. Bank branches,
the United Way of Clatsop
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and Marine Drive in Asto-
ria, or at www.brownpaper-
tickets.com. General admis-
sion is $35 ($40 at the door),
and reserved seating is $65.
The event consists of 10
or 12 restaurants that pro-
vide appetizers and desserts
to attendees. Attendees vote
on the restaurant appetizers
and desserts and select a
People’s Choice winner in
each category.
As part of the evening’s
entertainment, there is a
visible kitchen set-up where
four chefs in teams of two
have an hour to prepare a
meal and are judged by a
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The team that wins re-
turns to compete the follow-
ing year. People’s Choice
winners also participate in
the next year’s event.
The Nov. 3 Iron Chef
Goes Coastal opens at 5
p.m. and usually wraps up
around 8:30 p.m. Guests
have the opportunity to
taste a wide variety of
gourmet food and watch
professional chefs at work.
TV personnel who inter-
view competitors record the
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A silent auction will also
take place during the event.
The highest-bidding winners
receive great baskets of prizes
all while knowing they are also
supporting the United Way.
For more information,
contact United Way of Clat-
sop County Executive Di-
rector Stacey Brown at 503-
325-1961 or uwccdirector@
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clatsopunitedway.org.