6A • April 28, 2017 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com
New Starbucks coming to Seaside
Opening date to
be determined
By Katherine Lacaze
For Seaside Signal
A new Starbucks coffee
shop is coming to town.
The business is slated for a
site along U.S. Highway 101
in Seaside, which could result
in minor changes to infra-
structure, traffic patterns and
the aesthetics in the area.
Plans for the project — an
approximately 1,950-square-
foot, single-story building
with a drive-thru — are in
the works. The building per-
mit application is under re-
view by the city, according
to Dustin Johnson, an associ-
ate architect with CIDA, the
Portland-based firm design-
ing the building for developer
Bret Fox.
The defunct NAPA Auto
Parts building sitting on the
site at 420 S. Roosevelt Dr.
was demolished this month.
The plan is to begin con-
struction on the new Star-
bucks building in May or ear-
ly June, with doors opening
by the end of October or be-
ginning of November, John-
son said.
The coffee shop is being
established using a “build-
to-suit” arrangement, which
is typical for many commer-
cial and retail businesses,
said Fox, owner of Fox Terra
Commercial Real Estate and
Development of Medford.
Planning
Commission review
For all proposed devel-
opments within 200 feet of
Highway 101 that will cause
a significant number of new
vehicle trips, the Planning
Commission does a site re-
view to ensure the develop-
ments address certain stan-
dards and criteria regarding
building size, landscaping,
exterior lighting and off-
street parking. At its meeting
in December, the commission
discussed the project team’s
land-use application for a
permit to build the new Star-
bucks in the highway overlay
zone.
City Planning Director
Kevin Cupples presented a
staff report reviewing the re-
quest, decision criteria and
proposed conditions for ap-
proval. During a public hear-
ing on the matter, Seth King,
a land-use attorney from Port-
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The former NAPA Auto Parts building on Roosevelt Drive was demolished last week to make way for a new Starbucks coffee
shop, which is intended to be operational by the end of the year.
land, offered testimony in fa-
vor of the request, according
to minutes from the meeting.
A traffic impact analysis
prepared by Kittleson & As-
sociates, who consulted with
the Oregon Department of
Transportation and the city,
reported the site will generate
an estimated 166 new week-
day vehicle trips. The traffic
engineers considered back-
ground conditions in conjunc-
tion with the new traffic likely
to be generated and found “all
the intersections would oper-
ate acceptably under existing
and future conditions.” The
drive-through lane will have
a southbound exit onto the
Broom-buster month on the Coast
May is “Broom-Buster
Month” on the Oregon Coast.
Each May staff and volunteers
with North Coast Land Conser-
vancy focus on removing inva-
sive Scotch broom from their
properties and they encourage
other property owners to do
the same. The primary tool is
loppers, cutting mature Scotch
broom at or below ground lev-
el, where the stem is brown and
not green, will kill the plant,
and it won’t re-sprout. Digging
out mature plants may actually
encourage the growth of even
more broom seedlings.
On Saturday, May 6, from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m., volunteers
will be busting broom at the
conservancy’s
Thompson
River Inn
is ‘hotel of
the year’
During the awards ceremo-
ny held on April 13 San Anto-
nio, Texas, River Inn at Sea-
side received the award as a
national winner in the category
of “Independent Hotel of
the Year” standard of excel-
lence in quality, service and
guest satisfaction.
Managing Director Ma-
sudur Khan was honored be-
fore 6,500 attendees of the
Asian American Hotel Own-
ers Association. The AAHOA
award ranks among the most
prestigious national awards
for excellent service andguest
satisfaction in the hotel indus-
try. Each year the AAHAOA
board of directors and exec-
utive committee carefully re-
view the candidate amongst
hundreds of nominations to
present award at the world’s
largest hotel conference and
trade show.
Creek and Stanley March Hab-
itat Reserve in Seaside. These
80 acres of creek and wetland
are one of the land conser-
vancy’s most visible success
stories, with beavers actively
building dams throughout the
property.
On Wednesday, May 17,
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., conser-
vancy volunteers will be bust-
ing broom at Surf Pines Prairie
in Warrenton, which NCLC
manages for habitat conser-
vation. Contact conservancy
stewardship director Melissa
Reich to volunteer at 503-738-
9126 or melissar@nclctrust.
org.
For more broom busting,
join Wednesday Weed Warri-
Volunteer
Jeff Roehm
uses loppers
to snip a
Scotch broom
stem at North
Coast Land
Conservan-
cy’s Reed
Ranch Habi-
tat Reserve in
May 2016.
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oers every Wednesday through
September. Volunteers help
the stewardship crew tackle
projects on land conservancy
properties. All are welcome to
help Wednesdays from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. or for as much time as
you can spare. For details, vis-
it NCLCtrust.org/weed-war-
rior-Wednesdays.
highway. A full access also
will be provided onto Irvine
Place, the street running be-
hind Pizza Hut.
The project team has since
submitted plans and received
approval from ODOT to re-
stripe a portion of the high-
way to extend and improve
the left turn or stacking area
for both Avenue C and Ave-
nue D. This will limit queue-
ing on the highway when the
shop is operational. Restrip-
ing will take place during
construction of the building.
In December, the commis-
sioners voted to conditionally
approve the new Starbucks
coffee shop and drive-thru.
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‘Write on
Seaside’ at
convention
center May 11
Join the Seaside Public Li-
brary Foundation as we pres-
ent a fundraiser with local
authors in a fun, round-robin
writing extravaganza, writing
against the clock to complete
a quick finish story. Bid on
becoming a character, insert a
pet’s name, or even request a
plot twist. Enter a silent auc-
tion featuring gifts including
books. The event will take
place at the Seaside Civic and
Convention Center on Thurs-
day, May 11, at 6:30 p.m.
Authors will be available for
book signings. For more infor-
mation call 503-738-6742 or
visit www.seasidelibrary.org.
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