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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,
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controversial tsunami haz-
ard overlay district.
The new district would
have applied to the coun-
ty’s unincorporated regions
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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
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again after more than 300
years of silence.
As new information
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and impact of a Cascadia
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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
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then left as the commission-
ers turned to the next item
on the meeting agenda. Of
the roughly 100 people
who attended the meeting,
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spilling out into the foyer of
the Judge Guy Boyington
Building in Astoria, most
By Dani Palmer
Cannon Beach Gazette
CREATIVE COMMONS
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testimony in opposition to
a tsunami hazard overlay
district.
“I don’t think a single
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with preparedness,” said
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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,
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recommendation, saying
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ordinance.
In recent weeks, staff
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phone calls and emails
from people voicing legiti-
mate concern and questions
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Bunch said after the meet-
ing. Many people were
afraid of unintended con-
sequences that could come
along with such a district
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economic and social im-
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examined, she said.
“I think we need to take
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these concerns,” she told
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Commissioner
Dirk
Rohne made a motion to
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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
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an opportunity to do some-
thing together.”
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approved a contract with
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struction work for the Sher-
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county plans to remodel
an existing county-owned
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consolidate the Sheriff’s
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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-
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ty was Monday. He will
work for the county on an
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the county’s 202 employ-
ees, until a permanent re-
placement is found.
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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
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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. Hem-
lock St.
Thursday, Nov. 12
Elsie-Vinemaple RFPD, 7 p.m.,
37564 Highway 26 Seaside.
Tuesday, Nov. 17
Seaside School District, 6
p.m., 1801 S. Franklin St., Sea-
side.
Wednesday, Nov. 18
Cannon Beach Networking, 8
a.m., Pizza a Fetta, 231 N. Hem-
lock St.
Thursday, Nov. 19
Cannon Beach Parks and Com-
munity Services Committee, 9 a.m.
City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Cannon Beach Design Review
Board, 6 p.m. City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
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