October 30, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 7A
City to assist Helping
Hands with federal
grant application
Grant would help
provide housing for
organization’s reentry
program
By Katherine Lacaze
R.J. MARX/SEASIDE SIGNAL
Seaside Signal
Helping Hands Reen-
try Outreach Centers and
the city of Seaside will
collaborate on a federal
grant application to help
the nonpro¿t organi]ation
build or purchase a new
facility for the homeless in
Seaside. “We’re outgrow-
ing our facility we’ve had
for the past 14 years,” Ev-
ans said. “We’re at full ca-
pacity with waiting lists,
and it’s going to get worse
before it gets better.”
On Oct. 12, Seaside City
Council voted unanimously
to be the sponsoring agen-
cy for Helping Hands on a
Community Development
Block Grant, a program run
by the United States De-
partment of Housing and
Urban Development.
The Community Devel-
opment Block Grant pro-
gram provides annual grants
on a formula basis to more
than 1,000 local govern-
ment and states. 1onpro¿t
agencies cannot host the
grants themselves and must
be backed by a government
entity, which is why Help-
ing Hands asked for the
city’s support, Alan Evans
said.
“Homelessness is an
issue that should be dealt
with on a level that our city
is involved in it, our county
is involved in it,” he said.
“The resources need to be
provided by nonpro¿ts and
local government together
because the responsibility is
ours as a community.”
Helping Hands is seek-
ing to either purchase or
build a new facility to use
for housing individuals in
the organi]ation’s reentry
program.
,n the ¿rst three Tuarters
of 201, the organi]ation
served more than 400 in-
dividual clients in Clatsop,
Yamhill and Lincoln coun-
ties, with a majority of ser-
vice taking place in Seaside
because of the emergency
shelter.
The grant process
During the City Coun-
cil meeting, Seaside Mayor
Don Larson said he believes
the grant will be success-
ful, but urged participating
parties to exercise patience.
“You just have to under-
stand you’re not going to get
it tomorrow, or by the end of
the year,” he said.
Helping Hands currently
is eyeing two options for the
new site. The ¿rst is unde-
veloped Northwest Oregon
Housing Authority property
on the south end of Seaside
near Avamere at Necanicum
Village. The second option
Helping Hands and the
city of Seaside are team-
ing to seek a grant for a
new facility.
is a former Coldwell Banker
building on South Roosevelt
Drive.
“What we have to weigh
out right now is, what is the
best bang for the buck?” Ev-
ans said.
To help answer that
Tuestion, Helping Hands
is forming a team of indi-
viduals from different en-
tities with a vested interest
in the project — such as
Clatsop County, Seaside,
law enforcement agencies,
the housing authority and
others. The team will deter-
mine what direction the or-
gani]ation wants to go, craft
plans for the new facility,
organi]e a budget and then
present the information to
the city and share what “will
best serve the need,” Evans
said. The information will
be used for the grant appli-
cation.
“It’s going to be a lot of
work, and the city has to
pull off the grant,” he added.
If the grant is successful
and property or building are
acTuired, the city will own
the facility and then lease it
to Helping Hands at a rate to
be determined.
Expanding to
new territory
Helping Hands is also
taking its services to Tilla-
mook County. The organi-
]ation recently acTuired a
facility in Tillamook to con-
vert into a homeless relief
center.
The group is ¿nishing
the process to get a condi-
tional-use permit, with the
hope “to have the doors
open” in Tillamook as an
emergency shelter by Dec.
1, Evans said.
Helping Hands regis-
tered the building, which
used to be a naval command
center during World War
II, as a historical structure.
The organi]ation is work-
ing with the Pioneer Muse-
um to build a memorial for
military members stationed
there during the war. The
goal is to bring the building
“back to life” and celebrate
its historical aspect, Evans
said.
“We are going to make
sure the exterior piece of the
building tells that story and
the hallways in the building
tell that story of what it was
there for and the importance
of history in a community,”
he said. “It’s all about form-
ing partnerships and making
sure communities under-
stand homelessness.”
Itinerant merchant ordinance draws ire
Panhandlers from Page 1A
going to ¿nd out, because it will go to
court.
“I urge you not to pass it,” he added.
“Strike down the itinerant merchant ordi-
nance. You’re making a mockery of the
city and making the city look horrible.”
being accosted, but even less than that, I
dislike that the town I grew up in is doing
nothing to help these people. Look your-
selves in the mirror. Shame.”
Condron said courts throughout the
country have “struck down this kind of
bill.”
“Not because you’re charging
people onerous fees, but because it
restricts free speech,” Condron said.
“You cannot charge people to ask for
help. It’s illegal. It doesn’t matter if
you create an ordinance, because it vi-
olates the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court
says so. Who are you to disagree? If
you pass this bill, rest assured, you’re
Looking outside Seaside
At the end of discussion, councilors
said they needed more information about
the legal aspects of the amendment and a
review of policies throughout the nation.
“I’m curious what other cities are
doing,” Councilor Tita Montero said. “I
know that other cities are overrun are
overrun by itinerant merchants, panhan-
dlers and the homeless. I think I’d be in
favor of doing a little more research and
see how it’s handled elsewhere.”
First Saturday Art Walk coming to Seaside Nov. 7
Seaside First Saturday Art
Walk will be held Nov. 7, 5 to
7 p.m. At the event, visitors
meet artists, sip wine or snag
appeti]ers by favorite restau-
rants or personal chefs, view
artist demonstrations and,
oftentimes, enjoy live per-
formances in music. The af-
fairs are in businesses, shops,
boutiTues and dining estab-
lishments located between
Holladay and Broadway in
the historic Gilbert District
of downtown Seaside.
Visitors meet artists, sip
wine or enjoy appeti]ers
by favorite restaurants or
personal chefs, view artist
demonstrations and enjoy
live performances in music.
The affairs are in businesses,
shops, boutiTues and dining
establishments located be-
tween Holladay and Broad-
way in the historic Gilbert
District of downtown Sea-
side. Dedicated parking for
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“Dune Dance,” by Neal Maine at Fairweather’s.
the historic Gilbert District
is on the corner of Oceanway
and Holladay.
Beach Books, located at
616 Broadway, features Eli-
na Zeberg from the Green
Cab Artist Collective. Ze-
berg’s work is primarily
focused on working with
encaustics. Enchanted by
this ancient art form, playing
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Seaside Community Center
and Senior Commission, 10
a.m., Bob Chisholm Commu-
nity Center, 1225 Avenue A.
Seaside Library Board, 4:30
p.m., 1131 Broadway St.
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Gearhart City Council, 7
p.m., Gearhart City Hall, 698
Pacific Way, Gearhart.
Seaside Improvement Com-
mission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Thursday, Nov. 5
Seaside Parks Advisory
Committee, 7 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Monday, Nov. 9
Seaside City Council Meet-
ing, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Thursday, Nov. 12
Seaside Tree Board, 4 p.m.,
Seaside City Hall, 989 Broad-
way.
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Seaside Convention Center
Commission, 5 p.m., Conven-
tion Center.
Gearhart Planning Com-
mission, 7 p.m., Gearhart
City Hall, 698 Pacific Way,
Gearhart.
Elsie-Vinemaple RFPD, 7
p.m., 37564 Highway 26.
Tuesday, Nov. 17
Union Health District, 8 a.m.,
Providence Hospital, Educa-
tion Room B.
Seaside School District, 6
p.m., 1801 S. Franklin St.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Wednesday, Nov. 18
Seaside Tourist Advisory
Committee, 3 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Thursday, Nov. 19
Seaside Tree Board, 4 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
Seaside Transportation
Advisory Committee, 6 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
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she is currently exploring ab-
stract images that have been
creeping around in her mind
for many years, ¿nally ¿nd-
ing a medium where she can
fully express her visions.
T. Anjuli’s Gallery, 5 N.
Holladay Dr., features Sea-
side artist/philosopher Billy
Lut].
Acting as a welcoming
space where art enthusiasts
gather, interact and collec-
tively review the Art Walk
experience, Seaside Cof-
fee House at 3 N. Holladay
Dr. features art by Mor-
gan Stoller, whose pen and
ink work is demonstrated
through dramatic, subtle
contrasts of light and shad-
ows.
Fairweather House and
Gallery, 612 Broadway pres-
ents an opening reception for
“Artful Simplicity,” an exhi-
bition featuring striking art
that is created with restraint.
Seaside/Gearhart nature pho-
tographer Neal Maine will
speak at 6 p.m.
SunRose Gallery, located
at 606 Broadway, will fea-
ture piTue assiette and mosa-
ic art by gallery owner Cathy
Tippin, and will serve light
appeti]ers and providing live
music.
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“Even though this may be a good
stop-gap, I think we can come up with
something better,” Council President
Don Johnson said.
“I think we need to do more research
and do it right, so I’m going to move to
table this amendment,” Barber said.
Councilors unanimously agreed.
After the meeting, opponents re-
mained concerned about future council
action.
“It’s discriminatory, at the very
least,” Danen said. “They say all these
pretty words how it’s not targeting the
homeless, but that’s all it’s targeting. We
might as well get down to brass tacks
and give ’em a bus ticket and say, ‘Go
somewhere else because we don’t want
you here.’”
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