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6A • January 29, 2016 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com Council considers impact of pot outlets on schools Zoning from Page 1A city could select certain parks to buffer. “We would have to make “They could be approved administratively, unless some logical explanation someone goes into an exist- about why we treated one ing building and makes exte- differently than another – a rior changes,” Barnes added. playground vs. the beach, for “The changes would go to instance,” Barnes said. During the discussion, the design review board, and there would be a public hear- Vetter suggested that the ing to determine whether the council should “not take fur- changes meet regulations. ther steps to stop this.” Because local voters over- We have a pretty tightly writ- whelmingly voted to legalize ten sign code.” House Bill 3400, the Or- marijuana use, the Oregon egon legislation that makes Liquor Control Commission it legal to possess, grow and will regulate the sales and sell marijuana, prohibits Cannon Beach is so small, medical marijuana dispensa- “I’m not convinced we need ries and recreational marijua- to do anything,” Vetter said. “I’m not sure this town na retailers and wholesalers within 1,000 feet of a school. can support a year-round This would include private business, and I don’t see that and public schools where at- we should spend too much time on this,” he added. tendance is mandatory. But Mayor Sam Steidel The required buffer wouldn’t apply to either the said a buffer should be put Cannon Beach Preschool in place to “protect us” if and Day Care Center or the the council allows marijuana preschool at the Cannon sales in town. City Councilor Mike Beach Conference Center because attendance at those %HQH¿HOGH[SUHVVHGFRQFHUQ facilities is optional, Barnes that marijuana outlets would impact the “character of the said. Because Cannon Beach town.” “I’m not sure that people doesn’t have a school, the buffer wouldn’t apply. How- who voted to decriminalize ever, once the proposed Can- marijuana envisioned stores non Beach Academy char- RQ WKH VWUHHW´ %HQH¿HOG ter school opens, the buffer said. Councilor Melissa Cad- would go into effect and engulf all of midtown. The wallader suggested that the council de- RV Park gas cide which station and locations store, and a ‘I’m not the outlets parcel owned convinced should be by Coaster limited to Properties on we need to and then let the east side do anything. them be sub- of the high- I’m not sure ject to state way, as well regulations. as downtown this town can Steidel and Tolovana support a year- noted that the wouldn’t be round business, city’s busi- impacted by ness license the buffer. and I don’t regulations The acad- see that we prohibit sales emy’s charter of items recently was should spend banned by approved too much federal law, by the Sea- time on this.’ including side School marijuana. Board. If City Councilor City Man- the school ager Brant can meet George Vetter Kucera asked conditions the council the board attached to the charter’s ap- if it wanted to change the proval, the academy’s board business license. Leaving it plans to open it in the fall. alone, at least until the courts However, the proposed lo- rule on the question, would cation needs to be remodeled provide “perfectly good pro- and hasn’t yet received an tection right there,” Kucera occupancy permit from the said. “It’s all or nothing,” city, Barnes said. HB3400 allows cities Kucera told the council. to impose other buffers. If Not changing the business 1,000-foot buffers are placed license “would ensure that at the beach and around all nothing (marijuana stores) of the parks would elimi- gets put in.” However, he added, if nate all possible locations for marijuana outlets west of the even only one retail outlet is allowed, the language highway. City Councilor George regarding the federal law Vetter asked Barnes if the would have to be changed. ROBERT CAIN LD, Budtender claims he’s owed back wages Manzanita dispensary owner refutes claim, say partnership didn’t pan out By Katherine Lacaze EO Media Group A former employee of Oregon Coast Cannabis has ¿OHG D FODLP ZLWK WKH VWDWH Bureau of Labor and Indus- tries alleging unpaid wages, statutory overtime wages DQG EHQH¿W SD\ EXW RZQHU Andrew Buck said the com- pany doesn’t owe the em- ployee anything. The work the employee performed, Buck said, was part of an in- vestment into the company. Daegon McDonald, the IRUPHU HPSOR\HH ZKR ¿OHG the claim, alleges Buck owes him about $370 for ex- penses — such as gas used to run errands in Portland and Warrenton and money spent purchasing materials — and about $12,300 in unpaid wages and statutory overtime wages at a rate of $15 per hour from Aug. 12 to Nov. 9. The labor bureau is investigating the case. “It’s a business relation- ship that did not happen as we would like,” Buck said. “But we are certainly wish- ing the best to them and we do not wish to go into the matter until the investiga- tion has actually been set- tled.” Co-owner Hannah Hayes said it is “somewhat of a sensitive matter.” “We really don’t have much to say at this time since it is still a pending in- vestigation,” she said. Dispensary opened in September The bureau sent a notice of the wage claim in Decem- ber to Buck, who opened the Manzanita marijuana dispensary with Hayes in September. 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Because of alleged nonpayment of rent from Sept. 1 to Nov. 1, Buck claimed McDonald had to move out of the apartment, which has the same address as Oregon Coast Cannabis. The delinquent rent totaled $1,800. However, in his re- sponse to the bureau, Buck alleged McDonald owes $3,200 in back rent for re- siding in the rental property IRU¿YHPRQWKV Circuit Court Judge Jon- athan Hill gave a default rul- ing in December in favor of Buck, because McDonald did not show up. McDon- ald was given until Jan. 3 to move out. Claims he was never fired To support his wage claim, McDonald includ- ed evidence, such as shift schedules, time records, statements from witnesses and other documents to sub- stantiate his employment. 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