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6A • July 1, 2016 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com Arch Cape Design Review Committee County steadfast in shutdown goal Some hope design review panel will get second chance By Kyle Spurr and Lyra Fontaine Cannon Beach Gazette Clatsop County still wants to dissolve the Arch Cape De- sign Review Committee. The Board of Commis- sioners discontinued the cit- izen advisory committee in February, calling the group an unnecessary, time-consum- ing land use authority with an expensive application process and potential legal liability. Former interim County Manager Rich Mays accused the committee of harassing a county employee about her disability and refusing to hold meetings in a federal Ameri- cans with Disabilities Act-ap- proved facility. However, Arch Cape resi- dent Jim Jensvold challenged the county’s decision with the state Land Use Board of Ap- peals, which has sent the issue back to the county for review. The county plans to dis- continue the committee again, but this time through a land use process that would in- clude public hearings before the committee, the Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners. “We agreed we will go through the land use process instead of the appeal,” Com- munity Development Director Heather Hansen said. Supporters of the Arch Cape Design Review Commit- tee see the opportunity for pub- lic comment at the upcoming hearings as a second chance. The committee is the last active citizens advisory committee in the county and is 39 years old. For now, the committee is alive and will discuss its fu- ture at a meeting July 12. The committee’s recommendation will be heard by the Planning Commission later in July. The land use process to dissolve the committee is expected to reach the Board of Commissioners in August. “Now there is more time for them to try to convince the board to keep them around,” Hansen said. The committee screens all major construction design ap- plications for the unincorpo- rated community of Arch Cape submitted to the county plan- ning ofice. County commissioners have heard complaints about the committee from people who wanted to build or sell homes in Arch Cape. Former committee mem- bers and others in the commu- nity have argued, however, that the committee is valuable for maintaining the community’s livability. Tourism fund winners in Cannon Beach By Lyra Fontaine Cannon Beach Gazette Cannon Beach Tourism and Arts Fund will disburse about $266,000 this year to area nonproits. The commission suggest- ed $5,000 to North Coast Land Conservancy, fulilling their request for a new event, CoastWalk Oregon, a three- day, 30-mile hiking event on the Oregon Coast Trail start- ing at Columbia River and heading over Tillamook Head to Cannon Beach. The Chamber of Com- merce requested $110,000; the commission recommend- ed $35,000. “I think the general feel- ing was, with the city increas- ing its annual contribution through the additional 1 per- cent that was passed this year, that a lot of the items were a part of doing business as the destination marketing orga- nization for the city,” City Manager Brant Kucera said. “There was a feeling that the city had already set aside money to do those activities.” The Chamber of Com- merce requested $50,000 for an inaugural culinary, beverage and music festival and night market; $25,000 for marketing on the North Coast; $20,000 to expand the website and social media; and $15,000 for marketing videos. The commission recom- mended $35,000 in total fund awards: $6,700 for the festi- val and night market, $11,000 for North Coast marketing, $8,700 for social integration and $8,700 for videos. SUBMITTED PHOTO he Cottage and Garden tour is among the recipients of funds from tourism and arts grants. “Several people felt that some of the events would fall under the normal course of business for the chamber and not require Tourism and Arts Commission funding,” Com- mission Chair Tom Drum- heller. “I am pleased to hear how the commission responded to the chamber coming in and asking for $110,000 when they’ve been granted a signif- icant increase in their budget this year,” Councilor Melissa Cadwallader said. Cannon Beach Arts Asso- ciation requested $24,000 to create three juried shows and a new series of art weekends; the commission recommend- ed about $20,000 in awards. The goal is to expand the or- ganization’s artist community to include visiting artists, non- resident members and “en- gaged cultural tourists,” the proposal stated. The events are planned for November 2016 to June 2017. The commission recom- mended about $45,000 for the Cannon Beach Gallery Group festivals Spring Unveiling Arts Festival and Plein Air & More Festival. The gallery group request- ed $53,000. “We have estab- lished both festivals as viable events with great potential for continued expansion,” the proposal read. The commission recom- mended about $21,000 of the $27,000 request to the Can- non Beach History Center and Museum for the 14th an- nual Cottage & Garden Tour. The event, scheduled for September 2017, has grown signiicantly and includes a luncheon, lecture, concerts and more, according to the proposal. The commission recom- mended about $40,000 to Clatsop Animal Assistance, which requested $46,000, for the eighth annual Savor Can- non Beach, a four-day wine, culinary and arts festival. The March event “introduces Can- non Beach to a new, younger and afluent demographic,” the proposal stated. In past years, Savor helped raise money for the Cannon Beach Children’s Center, which closed in April. The commission suggested $33,000 to the Coaster The- atre for its special events, up- coming theatrical productions and 45th anniversary celebra- tion. The theater, which will have upgraded interiors, re- quested about $55,000. The commission recom- mended about $43,000 to Friends of Haystack Rock for the Cannon Beach Yoga Fes- tival, a four-day event with yoga, dance, art, music and wellness planned for Febru- ary. The request was $60,000. It is dificult to book in-de- mand teachers in advance when funding is received an- nually, festival director Chris- ten Allsop said during the May interview. The commission recom- mended about $23,000 of the $25,000 request for Tolovana Arts Colony’s Get Lit at the Beach, a three-day spring event featuring best-selling authors from a range of liter- ary genres. About $300 was recommended to Tolovana Arts Colony for an inaugu- ral Cannon Beach Comedy Festival. The request for the event, which was proposed to include stand-up comedi- ans, improvisational comedy or sketch comedy throughout the city, was $6,500. Drumheller said the come- dy festival could be tried lo- cally before being opened for tourists. “We liked that it was a new idea, but it seemed like the irst time would be mainly for locals,” he said. City will ile measure ater July council meeting, vote to be held Nov. 8 Petition from Page 1A The committee mem- bers have differing views on cannabis outside of Cannon Beach, but they agree that a marijuana shop does not be- long in town, said chairman Jeremy Randolph, a former county prosecutor. “No matter where we are on the spectrum, we are all opposed to (a marijuana shop) in Cannon Beach,” Randolph said. People were “more than willing” to sign the petition, Randolph said. It took about two weeks to gather signa- tures. The council can either re- ject the initiative or ignore it on July 5, assistant city man- ager and city recorder Colleen Riggs said. The petition is pre- sented mainly to inform coun- cil members that the commit- tee has enough signatures. After the July council meeting, the city will ile the measure with the county elec- tions oficer and a vote will be held Nov. 8. Time, place, and manner restrictions Pending the vote’s out- come, staff and city council- ors are working to get time, place and manner restrictions on medical and recreational marijuana businesses in place. “Depending on how the vote goes, we could either im- plement this or erase it from your ordinance,” City Planner Mark Barnes said to the City Council at a June work ses- sion. Cannon Beach munici- pal code prohibits licenses for businesses that are unlawful, illegal or prohibited by state or federal law. Since marijuana is not legal in federal law, the city cannot issue business licenses to marijuana shops. The draft ordinance has separate sections for medical and recreational marijuana, as state law current- ly does, although the two sec- tions are nearly identical. The draft requires a crimi- nal background check by po- lice for all applicants and oth- ers with a inancial interest in the marijuana facility, and that the building comply with ap- plicable laws and regulations for buildings and zoning. The draft also requires the business to conine objection- able odors with an air iltra- tion and ventilation system, and prohibits the use of mari- juana and tobacco products on the marijuana facility site. A medical marijuana fa- cility cannot operate within a ‘No matter where we are on the spectrum, we are all opposed to (a marijuana shop) in Cannon Beach.’ Jeremy Randolph former prosecutor residence or mixed-use prop- erty, residential areas of var- ious densities, estuary, open space and RV park. By state law, the facility cannot be within 1,000 feet of a public or private school. Downtown concerns Although the draft re- stricted marijuana facilities in downtown and midtown limited commercial zones, leaving only the Tolovana Park limited commercial zone available, councilors had differing ideas about what locations to restrict. Marijuana shops should be restricted from downtown to maintain the character and to not worsen trafic prob- lems, Councilor Mike Bene- ield said. “The nature of that (mar- ijuana) business is not peo- ple stopping and shopping,” Beneield said. “We already have a parking issue in downtown.” Councilor Melissa Cad- wallader agreed that marijua- na shops should be excluded from downtown, “the heart of the commercial area.” Mayor Sam Steidel said he would restrict marijuana businesses from being down- town, and could see midtown and potentially Tolovana as possible locations. 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