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8A • October 23, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com South County gets its very own pub crawl Tsunami overlay district dumped County residents raise land-use concerns Beer 101 Pass will allow visitors to enjoy a range of the coast’s finest brews By Katie Wilson EO Media Group Clatsop County com- missioners, facing a stand- ing-room-only crowd Wednesday night, Oct. 14, YRWHGWRLQGH¿QLWHO\WDEOHD controversial tsunami haz- ard overlay district. The new district would have applied to the coun- ty’s unincorporated regions ʊ VSHFL¿FDOO\ ORZO\LQJ near-water areas like Lewis and Clark that are consid- ered high risk in the case of a tsunami like the one expected to occur when the &DVFDGLD 6XEGXFWLRQ =RQH IDXOWOLQH¿QDOO\JLYHVZD\ again after more than 300 years of silence. As new information DERXW WKH SRVVLEOH VFRSH and impact of a Cascadia HYHQW EHFRPHV DYDLODEOH HDFK \HDU RI¿FLDOV DQG FRXQW\VWDIIDUHMXVWEHJLQ- ning to examine what steps the county can and should take to mitigate this kind of massive natural disaster. But some residents are convinced an overlay zone — an amendment to the county’s comprehensive plan — is not the right an- swer. After the vote Wednes- day, those in attendance EXUVW LQWR DSSODXVH ʊ DQG then left as the commission- ers turned to the next item on the meeting agenda. Of the roughly 100 people who attended the meeting, ¿OOLQJXSDOOWKHFKDLUVDQG spilling out into the foyer of the Judge Guy Boyington Building in Astoria, most By Dani Palmer Cannon Beach Gazette CREATIVE COMMONS KDG FRPH WR JLYH SXEOLF testimony in opposition to a tsunami hazard overlay district. “I don’t think a single SHUVRQ KHUH KDG SUREOHPV with preparedness,” said 7RP 7HÀRZ ZKR RZQV 5 acres in the Lewis and Clark area and whose fam- ily has lived in the county for four generations. “It’s land use.” Originally, county staff planned to recommend the commissioners approve the comprehensive plan amendments and add the tsunami hazard overlay district. But when Jennifer Bunch, a senior planner, SUHVHQWHG KHU ¿QGLQJV WR WKHERDUGVKHFKDQJHGWKDW recommendation, saying VWDIIQRZEHOLHYHGWKHFRP- PLVVLRQHUVVKRXOGWDEOHWKH ordinance. In recent weeks, staff KDG ¿HOGHG QXPHURXV phone calls and emails from people voicing legiti- mate concern and questions DERXWWKHSURSRVHGGLVWULFW Bunch said after the meet- ing. Many people were afraid of unintended con- sequences that could come along with such a district DQGGLGQ¶WIHHOWKHSRVVLEOH economic and social im- SDFWV KDG EHHQ DGHTXDWHO\ examined, she said. “I think we need to take D VWHS EDFN DQG DGGUHVV these concerns,” she told WKHERDUG Commissioner Dirk Rohne made a motion to WDEOH WKH RUGLQDQFH $IWHU some discussion, the rest of the commissioners agreed. “I’d like us, as policy makers, to gather experts and lead an informed dis- cussion,” said Commis- sioner Lianne Thompson, prior to the vote. Such a discussion is vital, she said, so the community feels that creating a new hazard dis- trict “isn’t someone doing VRPHWKLQJ WR \RX EXW LW¶V an opportunity to do some- thing together.” ,Q RWKHU EXVLQHVV :HGQHVGD\QLJKWWKHERDUG approved a contract with 2KG Contractors for con- struction work for the Sher- LII¶V 2I¿FH SURMHFW 7KH county plans to remodel an existing county-owned EXLOGLQJ LQ :DUUHQWRQ DQG consolidate the Sheriff’s 2I¿FHLQWKDWORFDWLRQ&XU- UHQWO\ WKH RI¿FH LV ORFDWHG LQ WKH VDPH EXLOGLQJ WKDW also houses the jail in As- toria. The cost of the work will not exceed $1.4 mil- lion, according to county staff. Interim County Manager Rich Mays also introduced interim Human Resources Manager Mark Story. Sto- U\¶V¿UVWGD\ZLWKWKHFRXQ- ty was Monday. He will work for the county on an LQWHULP EDVLV RYHUVHHLQJ the county’s 202 employ- ees, until a permanent re- placement is found. (OL]DEHWK/DZOHVVDKX- man resources director in Kansas, was hired in July after a nationwide search to replace Dean Perez as the county’s human resourc- es manager. But Lawless EDFNHG RXW RI WKH SRVW LQ late August. PUBLIC MEETINGS Wednesday, Oct. 28 lock St. Cannon Beach Networking, 8 a.m., Pizza a Fetta, 231 N. Hem- lock St. Monday, Nov. 9 Friday, Oct. 30 Tuesday, Nov. 10 Cannon Beach Emergency Preparedness Committee, 10 a.m. City Hall, City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Cannon Beach. Cannon Beach City Council, 6 p.m., work session, City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Tuesday, Nov. 3 Cannon Beach Public Works Committee, 9 a.m. City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Cannon Beach City Council, 6 p.m. City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Wednesday, Nov. 4 Cannon Beach Networking, 8 a.m., Pizza a Fetta, 231 N. Hem- Cannon Beach Rural Fire De- partment, 7 p.m., 188 Sunset Ave. Wednesday, Nov. 11 Cannon Beach Networking, 8 a.m., Pizza a Fetta, 231 N. 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