JULY 14, 2017 • VOL. 41, ISSUE 14
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Academy wins lease, still needs work
Academy hopes to be up to code by mid-August
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
The city voted unanimously to
approve a lease agreement with
Cannon Beach Academy Monday
night, leaving the school about a
month to secure a building permit
to tackle major renovations neces-
sary for the school to open in the
fall.
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The city has fast-tracked this
process ever since the academy
was forced to change locations
to the former Preschool and Chil-
dren’s Center at 3781 S. Hemlock
St. after a cost estimate at the orig-
inal location on Sunset Boulevard
was $150,000 over the board’s
$90,000 budget.
When the board decided to
pursue the former children’s cen-
ter, supporters heralded the space
as a great alternative because it
was already designed to host chil-
dren. But a report done in early
June by an independent contractor
shows the building is in “substan-
tial code non-compliance” to be-
come a school as it stands, which
could drive up costs. At one point,
the report suggests that the city
“weigh the options of removing
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the building verses conducting
work on these major code resolu-
tions.”
City Planner Mark Barnes said
this particular inspection should
be considered a draft, and that
a more tailored assessment will
come after Cannon Beach’s newly
hired building offi cial reviews the
academy’s building plans. Nei-
ther former City Manager Brant
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Parking solutions to be
discussed after summer
Cannon Beach Gazette
BRENNA VISSER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Cannon Beach celebrates traditions, patriotism
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
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See Parade, Page 6A
Timed
parking?
Never
mind.
By Brenna Visser
Members of the Lewis and Clark Fire Department join the Cannon Beach July Fourth parade.
hirty years ago, the Fourth of July pa-
rade in Cannon Beach consisted of one
family marching on Monroe Street with
a mission to celebrate patriotism.
It was Bob Teagle, a local and a veteran,
and his former wife, Leah, who started to
bring red, white and blue to the streets of
the resort town .
Thirty years later, Teagle’s wife, Nancy,
and the American Legion have taken the
reins of carrying on a tradition that blos-
somed from neighborhood fun to thousands
lining Hemlock and Spruce s treets .
Nancy Teagle started helping with pa-
rade organizing when she met Bob in 1996
and watched as the event grew larger each
year . After Bob died in 2005, she chose to
carry out the parade in the “enthusiastic and
patriotic” spirit of her husband.
BRENNA VISSER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Jim Oyala, co-owner of Bill’s Tavern &
Brewhouse, speaks before the Cannon
Beach city council Monday to express
his opinions about plans to implement
timed parking downtown.
After about a half-hour of impassioned
arguments from the community, city coun-
cilors voted to table any discussion of timed
parking or any other parking solutions until
after the summer. On Monday, Brian Davis
from Lancaster Street Lab presented the
parking study he was hired by the city to
conduct. The study spurred city councilors
two months ago to experiment with timed
parking downtown.
Three-hour parking limit signs on Hem-
lock Street between First and Third ave-
nues, as well as on First, Second and Third
streets between Hemlock and Spruce were
suggested by city council in May as a pilot
program to see whether or not timed park-
ing increases turnover in parking spots. This
was a way to help the city reach the goal of
creating 50 new spots by the end of 2018.
But many business owners and com-
munity members at the meeting rejected
the idea that timed parking would increase
business and felt they were shut out of the
decision-making process.
Last month, a petition arguing that timed
parking would “negatively impact the re-
laxing atmosphere” of the town, “increase
traffi c congestion when cars need to be
moved,” and “not allow visitors enough
time to enjoy the restaurants and browse
through the local shops” circulated town
and gathered 120 signatures.
“If there is a spot a tourist can park in,
let him park there,” Dueber’s Variety and
Shorelines owner Jay Shepard said during
the meeting. “If there are employees park-
ing there, that can be solved with education.
But the last thing we want to do is make this
town unwelcoming.”
Why timed parking?
BRENNA VISSER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Cannon Beach Fourth of July parade organizer Nancy Teagle throws
out taff y to paradegoers.
“There is a method to my madness,” Da-
vis joked.
His method was to walk around 24 block
faces in Cannon Beach to track how occu-
pied the town was, how long cars stayed
and the number of unique vehicles that
would enter the space between 10 a.m. and
4 p.m. He conducted his study over two
days — March 31, the last day of Oregon’s
spring break, and April 15, the last day of
Washington’s spring break — as represen-
tative samples.
PAID
PERMIT NO. 97
ASTORIA, OR
PRSRT STD
US POSTAGE
See Parking, Page 6A
El Corazon wreck removed from the beach
Debris sent to
landfi ll
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
The 40-foot sailboat that
washed ashore near Cannon Beach
was removed and compacted Tues-
day, June 27, and headed for a
landfi ll.
The El Corazon washed ashore
June 8 after the vessel lost propul-
sion about 15 miles off the coast
of Cannon Beach. While en route
to the Tillamook Bar, waves were
breaking over the bow of the sail-
boat and by 4:48 a.m. the on-board
bilge pumps were full of water.
The U.S. Coast Guard deemed the
vessel unsafe, removed the three
people aboard and cut the tow line.
According to state law, the
owner of a boat has 14 days after
a wreck to remove the debris , Ore-
gon Shores Permit Coordinator Jay
Sennewald said. It took the own-
er the duration of this period to
work with his insurance to pay for
the removal, otherwise the vessel
would have been seized by Oregon
State Parks at the owner’s expense .
Coastal Towing & Salvage
fi nished removing the sailboat by
noon. By then, many parts of the
boat , such as the steering wheel
and the navigation equipment,
were missing.
Police Chief Jason Schermer-
horn said the Cannon Beach Police
received many calls with reports
of people taking items, but the
thieves were gone by the time po-
lice arrived .
The Coast Guard called in a
hazardous materials team to ad-
dress the fuel and any possible en-
vironmental issues the day the ship
washed ashore.
COLIN MURPHEY/EO MEDIA GROUP
Th e El Corazon lies stranded on the beach near Ecola State Park aft er it ran
aground June 8 . Th e vessel was in distress aft er losing power and spent weeks on
the beach before being removed.