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Homeowners say they have the right to grade dunes
By Dani Palmer
Cannon Beach Gazette
Should dune grading
wait until Cannon Beach’s
sand management plan is
complete? The Planning
Commission thinks so. De-
spite homeowner opposi-
tion, commission members
want an amendment to the
city’s zoning code which
would prohibit foredune
grading until that plan is
delivered.
“Why
should
this
amendment be allowed?”
Breakers Point homeowner
Frank Patrick asked plan-
ning commissioners on
Oct. 22. “Or, more impor-
tantly, why is it necessary?”
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, the
Cannon Beach City Coun-
cil held a public hearing on
the amendment and after
discussion, tabled the issue
until future notice.
Homeowners want
grading options
Foredune grading ap-
plies to two sites, Breakers
Point and the presidential
streets, and is done to main-
tain views or prevent inun-
dation.
While Breakers Point
homeowners were grant-
ed permission to grade
13,700-cubic-yards of sand
in August, a condition of
SUBMITTED PHOTO/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Sand dunes near Breakers Point in Cannon Beach are said to block homeowners’ and cre-
ate an environmental hazard.
the permit was a delay of
further grading until the
sand management plan is
developed and the revege-
tation plan is evaluated for
success.
In September, the coun-
cil asked the commission
to amend the ordinance to
reÀect that condition.
At the Oct. 22 Planning
Commission meeting, Pat-
rick said the commission
and the City Council are
responding to the interests
only of “a few very vocal
people who are saying we
have to preserve the dunes”
and not Cannon Beach
homeowners.
“The sand management
plan is a sand management
plan, not a dune preserva-
tion plan,” he added.
A sand management plan
is expected to be delivered
in 12 to 18 months.
Commissioner Lisa Kerr
said the city’s sand manage-
ment study may conclude
that leaving the dunes alone
is best, or that grading is the
right choice.
“We just don’t know
what the end result will be,”
she added.
Breakers Point home-
owner Ed Stone said it
does not seem legal to
ers Point. “We now have
permission to move to the
next phase.”
prohibit dune grading un-
der state land use guide-
lines. Patrick also said the
amendment constitutes a
moratorium that violates
state law.
“You folks are trying
to change the rules of the
game,” Stone said, adding
he wants city of¿cials to
abide by the law.
“Obviously
if
we
don’t agree with you, that
doesn’t mean that we’re
not following the rules,”
Kerr said. “It means that
we don’t agree with you on
how that gets implement-
ed, what the rules are and
what that means.”
Patrick said sand could
pile up another 15 feet
during the grading pro-
hibition period — “a real
problem” when it comes
to safety and maintain-
ing beach access Breakers
Point Homeowners Asso-
ciation Property Manager
Bruce Francis added the
city asked them to put in
the dune grass that is trap-
ping sand and exacerbat-
ing the problem. There are
dunes nearly 50 feet high
near Breakers Point now
as a result of meeting the
city’s original guidelines.
“We’re all happy with
what the city gave us,”
he noted, referring to an
August decision to grant
limited grading at Break-
Francis said he didn’t
understand why the com-
mission felt the need to
amend the ordinance. To
acquire a permit for dune
grading would take about
18 to 24 months, the time it
may take to ¿nish the sand
management plan.
If an amendment is to be
considered, the commission
needs to “at least put a time
limit on” the dune grading
prohibition, Francis said.
Currently there is no
sunset date for delivery of
the sand management plan,
he added.
Kerr said a deadline
could create further conÀict
if the sand management
plan process runs longer
than a proposed sunset date.
Commissioner Joseph
Bernt, Kerr, Chair Bob
Lundy and Charles Ben-
nett voted to approve the
amendment recommenda-
tion. Ryan Dewey was the
lone dissenting vote.
If the proposal had been
approved by the City Coun-
cil, it would not have im-
pacted the Breakers Point
dune grading approval or
any remedial projects, such
as sand removal to keep
storm drains Àowing.
Food 4 Kids, an organiza-
tion that provides food-¿lled
backpacks every Friday
during the school year to kids
who request assistance. More
than anything, she loved
helping others, and devoted
her life to making everyone
she encountered feel like
they mattered.
She is preceded by her
¿rst husband of 20 years
Nolan Kemper, her second
husband of 25 years, Michael
Riddock, her parents, and her
sister, Nicki Ard.
Survivors include her four
children and a daughter-in-
law: Karl Kemper of Ash-
land, Chris and Jill Kemper
of Portland, Katrina Kemper
of Yokosuka, Japan, and Ker-
ry Kemper of Portland. She is
also survived by her brother,
Pat Smith, and his wife Pam,
of Gladstone, Oregon, and
six grandchildren: Jordan,
Jackson, Alexis, Nola, Cade
and Luke.
The family suggest dona-
tions in Rosemary’s name to
Food 4 Kids Seaside Oregon,
P.O. Box 2611 Gearhart, OR
97138
Services were provided
by Duyck & VanDeHey Fu-
neral Home (503-357-8749).
An online guest book may
be signed at www.dvfuneral-
home.com.
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OBITUARIES
Rosemary Frances Kemper-Riddock
Dec. 1, 1941 — Oct. 19, 2015
Rosemary Frances Kem-
per-Riddock, 73, a longtime
resident of Banks, Oregon,
and a resident of the Seaside
community over the last 10
years, passed away peaceful-
ly on Monday evening, Oct.
19, 2015, at St. Vincent Med-
ical Center in Portland.
A funeral Mass was cele-
brated on Saturday, Oct. 24,
2015, at Our Lady of Vic-
tory Catholic Church, 120
Oceanway in Seaside, Ore-
gon. Family and friends were
invited to attend a reception
following the Mass, held at
the parish hall. The Rite of
Christian Burial took place
following the reception at
Visitation Catholic Cemetery
in Verboort, Oregon.
Rosemary was born on
Dec. 1, 1941, in Long Beach,
California. She was one of
three children born to Charles
and Frances (Amerata)
Smith, and moved with her
family to Portland, Oregon,
as a young girl. She attended
St Mary of the Valley through
high school, graduating with
the Class of 1959. She earned
her bachelor’s degree from
Marylhurst University and a
master’s degree from Port-
land State University.
She met her husband, No-
lan Kemper, while attending
a baseball game he was play-
ing in at East Moreland Park
in Portland. After a dance-
¿lled courtship, they were
married on Aug. 10, 1963.
After getting married they
were both hired as school-
teachers by the Defense De-
partment, and for over a de-
cade they taught school on
U.S. military bases all over
the world, including Mid-
way, France, Turkey, Germa-
ny and the Philippines.
After traversing the globe
they returned home in 1974,
and together built their fami-
ly home in Banks. Rosemary
worked in the home raising
her kids, and as a substitute
teacher in the Banks school
district, until Nolan passed
away suddenly in 1983.
After Nolan’s death she
returned to teaching full-time
at Dilley Elementary School,
and later became the curricu-
lum director for Forest Grove
School District. She ¿nished
her educational career in
2010, after serving as the
principal of Cannon Beach
Elementary for three years.
In 1986 she met Michael
Riddock through mutual
friends, and they were mar-
ried a year later, living in
Banks until 2007, before
moving to Seaside. Michael
Rosemary Kemper-Riddock
passed away in July 2012.
Rosemary loved the
beach, enjoyed hiking with
friends and set new standards
for grandmother excellence,
showering her six grandchil-
dren with love, books and her
handmade quilts. She vol-
unteered at her church, Our
Lady of Victory, and sang in
the church choir.
She lived to help others,
and was integral in the found-
ing and success of Seaside’s
Swedenborg: Fire responses won’t be affected
Chief from Page 1A
Swedenborg’s top priority
is keeping ¿re¿ghters on task
until they get a new chief. Af-
ter speaking with board mem-
bers, he suggested the district
care for the projects it has
now before starting anything
new in absence of a full-time
leader.
Board member Linda
Beck-Sweeney said most im-
portant is sustaining morale
and ensuring general duties,
such as maintaining import-
ant records for the ¿re district,
are completed.
“I think that’s the big thing
at this point is to keep it all
moving,” she said.
She added that Sweden-
borg has “good rapport” with
the ¿re¿ghters.
Clyde said if there’s any-
thing she can do to help, she’s
willing to “jump in.”
The board is examining
how to compensate Gardner
and Swedenborg for their
work. The district paid Balzer
$36 an hour, roughly $72,000
a year. Gardner has been
working 60-hour-plus weeks
for awhile and is up for a con-
tract renewal in March when
he could receive a raise, board
members said.
The board will likely make
a decision on Swedenborg’s
hourly wage next week,
during its regular Monday
night meeting. It hopes to
meet with a Special Districts
Association of Oregon repre-
sentative then who will assist
the district in the search for its
next ¿re chief.
Clyde said they still need
to discuss what they want in
a leader and existing options.
In the meantime, Sweden-
borg said the department’s
¿re responses will be remain
unchanged.
There is no timeline yet for
how long it will take to ¿nd a
replacement.
Applicants sought for Arch Cape
Design Review Committee
Clatsop County is seek-
ing applications for two
open seats on the South-
west Coastal Citizens Ad-
visory Committee, also
known as the Arch Cape
Design Review Commit-
tee.
Deadline for applications
is Friday, Dec. 4. To apply,
obtain an application form
and return it to the Clatsop
County Manager’s Of¿ce at
800 Exchange St., Suite 410,
Astoria OR 97103, 503-325-
1000. Forms are available
from the County Manager’s
Of¿ce or can be download-
ed from the county website
www.co.clatsop.or.us.
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