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VOL. 43, ISSUE 3 CANNONBEACHGAZETTE.COM snow : February 8, 2019 Copper-wire sculpture by Joe Police at the North Fifth Street turnaround in Cannon Beach as seen in Monday morning’s snow. The statue was created in memory of former Cannon Beach Mayor Joe Police, who designed the sculpture. His artist wife completed the work in his memory. Sacagawea, guide for the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery Expedition, points to the ocean. She is fl anked by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Her husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, sits at her feet. Rex Amos/For Cannon Beach Gazette New site gains interest for city hall In the aftermath of the Property near RV Park added to list COST CONCERNS Even plans at the lower end of the spectrum could draw public con- cern, audience members said. By R.J. MARX Cannon Beach Gazette Members of the public sought ways to keep costs down to meet con- cerns of elderly and fi xed income residents. The ongoing quest for a new city hall added a new potential site to the list. The City Council wants to ask voters later this year to approve a bond that would pay for a new City Hall. In January, city council- ors heard members of the pub- lic advocate pro and con for two potential sites on Gower, a 5-acre buildable area on Spruce Street, and on the 55-acre South Wind site, an area of the city intended for future development outside of the tsunami inundation zone, a conversation continued Wednes- day night at a council work session. Added to the mix of land under review for the new city hall wasa 3.5-acre parcel north of the RV Park, part of 10 upland acres owned by the city. “Please give us a break from unnecessary costs to address this situation the community faces,” Jan Siebert-Wahrmund said. “Let’s do what we can to live lightly on this land we call our home.” With increased taxes as a result of he Seaside School District new cam- pus bond and the county bond for a new jail, the estimated $16 million projected cost may just be a price tag too, resident Jim Litherland told members of the council. “If you put a $16 million bond issue on the ballot, it’s going to be talked about in every bar, in every church, the American Legion, and any place else people gather,” Litherland said. “And it’s going to go down in fl ames. I think there are other alternatives that cost a lot less money…. If you got 20 percent of the vote on this, I’d be amazed.” Access to the property at 345 Elk Creek Road comes through Haskell Street, separating a neighborhood and RV sites, City Manager Bruce St. Denis said. The city could con- fi gure a design for a 1-acre, one- story City Hall and still leave space for neighboring RV sites. The area is at an elevated of 45 feet, and is judged to be able to withstand an “extra-large-size tsunami.” The site, once considered as a possible location of Cannon Beach Elementary School and other public facilities, received a site review in 1996. In the report, geotechnical engineers presented See City Hall, Page A5 big one, Oregon Coast will receive supplies via the sea By BRENNA VISSER Cannon Beach Gazette Starting this winter, emer- gency managers will work with the Navy to fi nd locations on the Oregon Coast where supplies can be landed after a major earthquake and tsunami. The project came out of the Cascadia Rising exercise in 2016, which highlighted issues the coast would likely experience trying to resupply after a disaster. Most roads to the coast will likely be damaged and almost all airports — including the Astoria Regional Airport in Warrenton — are in the tsunami inundation zone. “One of our challenges is the location of our airport,” said Tif- fany Brown, the Clatsop County emergency manager. “We have very limited real estate with that kind of planning in mind.” Clatsop and Lincoln counties are the fi rst to work with the Navy and the Oregon Military Depart- ment to identify and map out land- ing sites on beaches. Initially, the military’s job would be to bring fuel and public works equip- ment on an amphibious type of hovercraft. Eventually, the vessels could bring other supplies, like food and water. Though fi nding a way to get supplies to the coast by sea has been talked about for years, the project is the fi rst formal planning effort. “I think we’ve all understood for some time that ship-to-shore deliveries would be key to effec- tive response and recovery for those of us on the coast, so to have a tangible planning effort in front of us to back up those assumptions is beyond encouraging,” Brown said. See Tsunami, Page A5 Cannon Beach Academy marks school choice week By RITA GOLDFARB For Cannon Beach Gazette Genesis Campuzano, Kimberly Olvera, Valentina Rodriguez (background) Leticia Campos in technology class. The Cannon Beach Academy was one of more than 40,000 events nationwide to celebrate the unique needs and opportunities school choice provides students during School Choice Week, Jan. 20-26. Since its opening in 2017, academy has offered a program combining the core knowledge sequence for social studies and science with direct instruction for reading, language, and mathematics. Curriculum also includes art, technology, music, Spanish language instruction, health and phys ed. School Choice Week featured 328 events and activi- ties across Oregon, including open house events at schools, school fairs and other celebrations. Celebrated since 2011, National School Choice Week is nonpartisan and nonpolitical, and it is not related to any leg- islative advocacy campaign.
