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Rolling out the green carpet
Cannon Beach
OKs Haystack
Gardens’ fake
turf lawn
By Andrew Tonry
Cannon Beach Gazette
SUBMITTED PHOTO/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Chad Durand of Clearway Environmental, LLC, kicks
off LNWC’s Speaker Series for 2016 with a special pre-
sentation on the council’s Lower Nehalem Watershed
Culvert Assessment project Jan. 14.
Fish passage tops
2016 concerns
‘Big projects’ in
future for the
watershed council
By Dave Fisher
For the Cannon Beach Gazette
:ith its annXal Peet-
ing and speaNers series
event tZo ZeeNs aZa\, the
/oZer NehaleP :atershed
CoXncil ¿nds itselI looN-
ing ahead to sXPPer to
coPplete a coXple oI, Zhat
coXncil coordinator $lix
/ee describes as, ³big proj-
ects´ BXt, ¿rst things ¿rst
$t its pXblic Peeting
ThXrsda\, -an , at the
Pine *rove CoPPXnit\
+oXse in 0an]anita, /ee,
Zill present to the PePber-
ship Ior approval the noP-
inees Ior the board
oI directors, charged Zith
gXiding /N:C activities
over the next \ear
$ Pajor step taNen b\
the coXncil to increase its
capacity and ability to ac-
coPplish its Pission tooN
place last $XgXst Zhen a
resolXtion Zas adopted to
elect PePbers oI the steer-
ing coPPittee to the neZly
created board oI directors
/NCT Chair *eorge +eP-
ingZay stepped doZn and
board PePber 6aPantha
)erber Zas noPinated to
¿ll the position
³,t Zas a strategic
change, Zhich Zas real-
ly a big thing Ior Xs,´ said
/ee, Zho has served as co-
ordinator since 6eptePber
,n ³streaPlining´ hoZ
the /N:C condXcts bXsi-
ness, by aPending its ar-
ticles oI incorporation and
by-laZs, decisions no lon-
ger reTXire a vote oI the
general PePbership and
are leIt to the discretion
oI the board ,n addition
to electing the board
at the -anXary Peeting,
candidates Ior PePbership
Zill be considered as Zell
)oXnded in , the
/N:C is dedicated to
the protection, preserva-
tion, and enhancePent oI
the NehaleP :atershed
throXgh leadership, cooper-
ation, and edXcation
The /N:C’s area oI
IocXs is the portion oI the
-sTXare Pile NehaleP
Zatershed lying soXth and
Zest oI +ighZay , in-
clXding the North )orN Ne-
haleP, 6alPonberry River,
CooN CreeN, and NehaleP
Bay sXb-basins The drain-
age area oI the loZer Zater-
shed is roXghly sTXare
Piles and inclXdes sPall
pools at the headZaters oI
tribXtary streaPs, the Pain
channel oI the NehaleP
River, and tidal Parshes
and Zetlands oI the estXary
$s sXPPer ap-
proaches, said /ee, the
/N:C looNs to coPplete
a coXple oI ongoing proj-
ects in the /oZer NehaleP
:atershed, one oI Zhich
is replacePent oI a Iailing
tide gate on the 0cDonald
6loXgh near NehaleP The
project is a collaboration
betZeen the /N:C and
landoZner Zho operates
a IaPily-rXn dairy on the
property
³2nce coPpleted it Zill
alloZ Ior better ¿sh pas-
sage to the sloXgh Zhile
still alloZing active IarP-
ing on the property,´ /ee
said, noting that the project
Zas another exaPple oI the
/N:C ZorNing Zith a lo-
cal agricXltXral
The neZ tide gate sys-
teP consists oI tZo con-
crete box cXlverts eTXipped
Zith PXted tidal regXlator
devices The devices Zill
control the opening and
closing oI the tide gates and
alloZ PXch longer periods
Zhere the gates Zill rePain
open each day, thereby pro-
viding Pany Pore hoXrs
Zhen the sloXgh can IXnc-
tion Pore natXrally and
increase ¿sh passage and
Xtili]ation :ater TXality
and ¿sh passage Zill be
Ponitored Ior ¿ve years
IolloZing installation oI the
neZ systeP
$nother large scale ¿sh
passage project, slated Ior
sXPPer , is located
at -etty CreeN +ere, the
/N:C is partnering Zith
the City oI RocNaZay
Beach to address the ¿-
nal ¿sh passage barrier on
the creeN, located jXst Xp-
streaP IroP the PoXth oI
the NehaleP River -etty
CreeN is also the priPary
drinNing Zater soXrce Ior
RocNaZay Beach
The streaP has
Piles oI high TXality salP-
on spaZning and rearing
habitat hoZever, ¿sh pas-
sage is severely liPited by
the presence oI a loZ head
daP near the streaP’s con-
ÀXence Zith NehaleP Bay
The diversion creates the
necessary Zater sXrIace el-
evation to sXpport drinNing
Zater ZithdraZal bXt also
liPits ¿sh passage The
project Zill address the is-
sXes by creating a natXral
bypass channel aroXnd the
diversion and iPpoXnd-
Pent Ior ¿sh to Xtili]e
Despite initial objections,
an aUti¿cial tXUI laZn Zill
be UolleG oXt at 0aUtin +os-
pitalit\¶s +a\stacN *aUGens
5etUeat &enteU b\ 0a\
The Cannon Beach De-
siJn BoaUG XnaniPoXsl\ ap-
pUoYeG a plan IoU siJni¿cant
oXtGooU UenoYation to the
eYent space at ( *oZeU
6t, acUoss IUoP Cit\ +all on
ThXUsGa\, Dec
The approved additions
inclXde a neZ -Ioot Zood-
en Ience, stone retaininJ
Zalls that doXble as seatinJ,
liJhtinJ bollards, tZo
covered areas, a sZath oI
additional soIt landscapinJ,
and the installation oI nearl\
, sTXare Ieet oI arti¿cial
tXrI The inclXsion oI the ar-
ti¿cial laZn Zas the project¶s
lone point oI contention at
the PeetinJ
³, don¶t thinN arti¿cial
tXrI reall\ belonJs in oXr
toZn,´ Cannon Beach resi-
dent -an 6iebert-:ahrPXnd
said ³,t doesn¶t ¿t the iPaJe
oI Cannon Beach :e need
to serioXsl\ looN at this´
Dave Norstedt, represent-
inJ +a\stacN *ardens, Pade
his case Ior the arti¿cial sXr-
Iace
³:ith oXr cliPate here,
it¶s so diI¿cXlt to Paintain
that laZn,´ Norstedt said
ANDREW TONRY/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
From left, architect Mike Skidmore; design board members Mike Morgan, Marc Bates and
Jenee Pearce; applicant Dave Norstedt; board members Sandi Lundy and Todd Rowley and
City Planner Mark Barnes discuss the Haystack Gardens proposal.
³(ither Za\, Zhen \oX have
people oXt there Ior an
event Ior IoXr or ¿ve hoXrs
it’s hard to do one the next
da\, or even the next ZeeN-
end´
Norstedt said Painte-
nance oI the arti¿cial tXrI
ZoXld be easier than carinJ
Ior the laZn
6iebert-:ahrPXnd said
she Zas concerned approval
oI an arti¿cial tXrI plan coXld
set a precedent
³, don’t thinN it’s a Jood
direction Ior Xs to Jo as a
coPPXnit\, a coPPXnit\
that cares aboXt natXre,´ 6ie-
bert-:ahrPXnd said ³:e
care ver\ PXch aboXt hoZ
Ze do thinJs here and , don’t
thinN this ¿ts ,t’s a bad step´
DesiJn 5evieZ Board
PePber 0iNe 0orJan
aJreed ³, don’t thinN arti-
¿cial tXrI shoXld be in an\
Za\ acceptable landscapinJ
Ior pXblic vieZ,´ 0orJan
said
BXt since the propert\ is
oXt oI pXblic vieZ, the plan
ZoXld be acceptable, 0or-
Jan said
Board PePbers asNed
hoZ +a\stacN *ardens’ oXt-
door renovation proposal
ZoXld overlap Zith a pre-
vioXsl\ approved plan to
bXild a PXltiIaPil\ dZellinJ
on the propert\ The plan
Ior that apartPent bXildinJ
² not \et bXilt ² overlaps
sliJhtl\ Zith the proposed
oXtdoor renovations
:ith the help oI Cit\
3lanner 0arN Barnes, the
neZ proposal Zas aPend-
ed to accoPPodate both
the oXtdoor renovation and
apartPent bXildinJ desiJns
:hen and iI constrXction
on the apartPent bXildinJ
beJins, overlappinJ arti¿cial
tXrI coXld be rolled bacN
ConstrXction on the PXl-
tiIaPil\ Xnit is intended to
oIIer dorPitor\-st\le hoXs-
inJ to 0artin +ospitalit\’s
seasonal ePplo\ees $ start
date Ior the project has not
been deterPined, Norstedt
said
³The apartPent bXildinJ
is on hold,´ Norstedt said
³The cost oI constrXction is a
little bit hiJher than Ze antic-
ipated riJht noZ, and Ze’re
jXst ZeiJhinJ oXr options´
The landscape renova-
tions, hoZever, have a tarJet
date
³:e Zant to be read\ Ior
the ZeddinJ season,´ Nor-
stedt said ³6o Ze shoXld
have it coPpleted b\ 0a\´
Cape Falcon Marine Reserve site established
$Iter Pan\ \ears oI
planninJ and pXblic in-
volvePent, the Cape )alcon
0arine 5eserve site Zent
into eIIect on -an This
site is located in the ocean
jXst oII the northern coast,
betZeen )alcon Cove and
0an]anita, 2reJon and is
an area dedicated to con-
servation and scienti¿c re-
search
-Xst liNe parNs and pro-
tected natXral areas on land,
there are PXltiple bene-
¿ts oI protected areas in
the ocean The\ conserve
ocean ZildliIe and biodi-
versit\, inclXdinJ varioXs
local invertebrate and ¿sh
species 3rotected areas
can also extend bene¿ts to
Parine birds and PaPPals
that Xse these areas These
sites also serve as living
laboratories, Zhere Ze can
learn aboXt Parine reserve
protections and 2regon’s
ocean environPent to help
Xs Paintain oXr seas Ior IX-
tXre generations
The Cape )alcon site in-
clXdes a -Pile Parine
reserve, Zhere all rePoval
oI Parine liIe and ocean
developPent is prohibited
$djacent to the Parine re-
serve are tZo Parine pro-
tected areas The Parine
protected areas still prohib-
it ocean developPent, bXt
alloZ soPe liPited ¿shing
activities
The Parine reserve
is located jXst oIIshore,
roXghl\ bordering 2sZald
:est 6tate 3arN The north
boXndar\ is located at the
north end oI )alcon Cove
Beach The soXth boXndar\
is located north oI 0an]ani-
ta, in the NeahNahnie Beach
area The 6horeside 03$ is
located oII oI )alcon Cove,
stretching along the shore
IroP the north boXndar\ oI
the Parine reserve to jXst
soXth oI the intersection oI
)alcon /ane and Tide $ve
This 03$ alloZs recre-
ational angling IroP shore
The :est 03$ is located
IXrther oIIshore, Zest oI the
Parine reserve )ishing Ior
salPon b\ troll and crab-
bing are alloZed
Passive recreation is still
alloZed People Pa\ ZalN,
collect shells, boogie board,
and boat Zith disalloZed
¿shing gear not deplo\ed
in the Parine reserve site
Surveys ready for mailing to homeowners in new year
By Dani Palmer
Cannon Beach Gazette
The cit\ oI Cannon Beach
Zill be sending oXt sXrve\s
next Ponth Ior IeedbacN on
its strategic plan
Cit\ 0anager Brant
.Xcera said the coXncil de-
cided to go Zith the National
Research Center’s National
Citi]en 6Xrve\, Xsed in cit-
ies sPall and large Cannon
Beach’s Zill be cXstoPi]ed,
hoZever
DXring a Dec ZorN
session Dec , the coXncil
ZorNed to eliPinate nonap-
plicable TXestions and oI-
Ier sXggestions Ior relevant
ones to add
.Xcera said those ad-
dition sXggestions inclXde
topics sXch as aIIordable
hoXsing, short terP rent-
als, parNing and ParijXana
sales 4Xestions regarding
issXes liNe snoZ rePoval
Zill be eliPinated
³BecaXse oI the si]e oI
the coPPXnit\, the\ coXn-
cil PePbers said the\’d
sXrve\ all hoXseholds,´
.Xcera said
CoXncilor *eorge 9etter
said one challenge oI the
sXrve\ is post oI¿ce Pail
deliver\ onl\ 6oPe resi-
dents Xse their bXsiness post
oI¿ce box to receive person-
al Pail and the cit\ doesn’t
plan to send sXrve\s to bXsi-
ness addresses, he added
.Xcera said he believes
Pail deliverers Zill be able to
¿gXre oXt iI a resident is at-
tached to a bXsiness address
9etter said another
challenge the\ Iace is that
³the experience oI living
in Cannon Beach dXring
-Xl\ and $XgXst is TXite
diIIerent IroP Post other
Ponths´
The strategic plan itselI
is a tZo-\ear process, bXt
Zill also inclXde plans Ior
the next ¿ve and \ears
,t Zill help gXide IXtXre
cit\ policies and goals
The shorter terPed a
plan, .Xcera said, the Pore
detailed it is Zith a narroZ-
er tiPe IraPe to get tasNs
done
ReTXest Ior Proposals
Ior a strategic plan Iacilita-
tor closed Nov The cit\
received
³,’P in the process oI
evalXating R)Ps noZ,´
.Xcera said +e, Cit\ CoXn-
cilor 0elissa CadZallader
and 0a\or 6aP 6teidel Zill
do telephone intervieZs
Zith the top IoXr or ¿ve
¿rPs
The sXrve\s to be Xsed
in strategic planning Zill be
Pailed to residents in late
-anXar\ and dXe bacN at the
end oI )ebrXar\
.Xcera said the cit\
shoXld have an anal\sis
bacN b\ 0arch ³The anal-
\sis is prett\ coPplex so it
taNes three ZeeNs,´ he add-
ed Then the planning pro-
cess Zill begin, Zith adop-
tion oI a strategic plan liNel\
in -Xne
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