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November 30, 2018 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 3A PUBLIC MEETINGS TUESDAY, Dec. 4 E. Gower St. Cannon Beach City Council, 7:00 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Cannon Beach Design Review Board Meeting, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. TUESDAY, Dec. 11 Cannon Beach City Council, 5:30 p.m., work session, City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. THURSDAY, Dec. 13 THURSDAY, Dec. 27 Cannon Beach Planning Com- mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Cannon Beach Academy Board of Directors, 5:30 p.m., 3781 S. Hemlock. TUESDAY, Jan. 8 Seaside School District Board of Directors, 6 p.m., 1801 S. Franklin. TUESDAY, Jan. 15 Cannon Beach City Council, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. TUESDAY, Dec. 18 Seaside School District Board of Directors, 6 p.m., 1801 S. Franklin. Cannon Beach Public Works Committee, 9 a.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Cannon Beach City Council, 5:30 p.m., work session, City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. THURSDAY, Dec. 20 MONDAY, Jan. 21 Parks and Community Services Committee, 9 a.m., City Hall, 163 Ecola Creek Watershed Council, 4:30 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. ARCH CAPE WATER DISTRICT FLOORING Forest land forms the backdrop of Arch Cape. CCB# 205283 Arch Cape forest plan draws questions from community Project is aimed to protect area watershed By Brenna Visser Cannon Beach Gazette A project that would con- serve 2,100 acres of forest land in Arch Cape’s water- shed continues to move for- ward. About 50 people in the Arch Cape area came to learn about the ongoing community forest project in a November public forum. Water treatment issues are part of the driving force be- hind why Arch Cape Water District and other community partners want their 2,100-acre watershed as a community forest. The designation would allow the water district to manage, conserve and harvest the forestland as they see fit with community input. The Arch Cape communi- ty forest concept grew out of the North Coast Land Conser- vancy’s Rainforest Reserve campaign, which seeks to conserve 3500 acres of tim- berland above Arch Cape and adjacent to Oswald West State Park. The water district is work- ing with the North Coast Land Conservancy and Sustainable Northwest to raise enough money to buy the land from Ecotrust Forest Management, which is managing the prop- erty until the district can af- ford the purchase. Water district board pres- ident Ron Schiffman, a res- ident for four decades, said this was a rare opportunity to make a dream a reality. Community forest models are common in other parts of the country, but fairly uncommon in the Pacific Northwest. “It’s important now be- cause we have a willing sell- er,” Schiffman said. “We’ve never had that before. If we don’t buy it, they will log it themselves or sell it to anoth- er logging company.” Schiffman said the water treatment has to shut down the plant each year to remove five dump trucks worth of sedi- ment from run-off, which the district attributes to what they consider inadequate stream buffers and heavy rains. “And you’re paying for that in your water bill,” he said. While forum participants appeared to embrace the idea, some had questions about how it was going to be funded. The water district is currently in the running for a $5.5 million federal forest grant, but rough price estimates suggest the to- tal purchase price could be as much as $7 million. Bob Cerelli, a longtime resident, in theory likes the idea, and “hasn’t talked to anyone around town who is against it.” “But ultimately, you have to present to us how much this is going to cost us. Otherwise it’s impossible for us to know whether or not to go for it,” Cerelli said. Ben Dair, senior manag- er of conservation finance at Sustainable Northwest, said addressing that question is difficult given that the project is in early stages. If the dis- trict receives the grant, then they can explore different grant opportunities, small-in- terest loans and philanthropy to fill in the gap. Formal appraisals of the timber by both the district and the property managers are also underway, which will help es- tablish a more set price. But whatever happens needs to happen within the next three years or so, Schiff- man said, as the owners have agreed to manage the property for only a limited amount of time. When residents in the audience asked of the cost could be passed along to them through water rates, Schiff- man said any decisions con- cerning rates or how to pay for the shortfall would be “a board decision” and involve public hearings. “We are not going to bur- den the community with a $7 million loan,” Schiffman said. 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