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R.J. Marx
The post offi ce in Gearhart.
ZIP code: ‘We need to fi gure
out how this is going to work’
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To create the most proac-
tive and feasible plan possi-
ble, McDowell is seeking to
involve as many community
partners as possible. That
includes
representatives
from the Sunset Empire
Transportation
District,
Providence Seaside Hospi-
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what I do believe is the larg-
est majority of people in the
city of Gearhart.”
Jesse asked for a delay
on a council vote until more
information was collected.
“We need to fi gure out how
this is going to work,” he
said. “If we don’t know the
answer to that, we should not
be voting on this tonight.”
Cockrum suggested the
city conduct more due dili-
gence and make contact with
the Postal Service, “maybe
up the chain a little bit.”
“Maybe we can make a
call and talk to somebody
and fi nd out what some pos-
sible solutions might be
before we move forward,”
she said.
There is one other pos-
sible concern, Kozij added.
“This case is actually
beyond Gearhart needing a
unique ZIP code,” she said.
“It’s that some Seaside cus-
tomers would want Gearhart
to not share theirs.”
A community eff ort
tal and Sunset Empire Park
and Recreation District.
“We all need to talk to
each other, we all need to get
together, we all need to come
up with solutions, and we
will fi gure this out,” he said.
At the same time, they
need to consider how the
school campus might change
over the next 10 years, which
could see the bus barn being
moved to the hill or construc-
tion of other new facilities.
“We’re trying to get
everybody in sync, because
over the next 10 years,
there are going to be other
changes and other additions
up here that will create some
traffi c,” McDowell said.
“Let’s at least bring them to
the forefront now.”
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Since the 1960s, Gear-
hart mail has been routed
through the Seaside Post
Offi ce to the Gearhart Post
Offi ce. Because they share
the same ZIP code, mail
addressed to Fourth Street
in Gearhart may end up at
Fourth Avenue in Seaside,
and vice versa, Gearhart
Post Offi ce manager Karynn
Kozij said.
Misdirected mail requires
costly research, redirection
and delays. Many online
sites utilize the Postal Ser-
vice’s national ZIP code
database and do not allow
overriding the default city
name based on the ZIP code.
A unique ZIP code would
make it easier for the post
offi ce to distribute and
deliver packages and eas-
ier for the customer to locate
the package, Kozij said.
Eric Anderson, a Third
Street resident, said he often
uses his home address for
sending and receiving items.
“Due to our shared ZIP
code with Seaside, my
deliveries are often compro-
mised,” he said in a letter to
the City Council. “I have had
items shown as delivered but
never received. My counter-
parts at Seaside’s Third Ave-
nue are often the fi rst and/or
only stop for such items.”
FedEx driver Chris
Thode, a former postal ser-
vice employee in Seaside,
said in correspondence there
are times when numbers
can get mixed up because
of the confusion between
addresses.
“Most of the drivers that
I know can diff erentiate
and know where to deliver,
but there are times that the
address is not right or the
driver is new on the job,”
Thode said. “It’s just com-
mon sense.”
In October, with approval
from the City Council, city
staff prepared a resolution
on a formal request for the
new ZIP code.
But confusion over num-
bered and lettered streets
doesn’t impact the major-
ity of the city’s postal cus-
tomers, Jesse said. Because
one group believes a new
ZIP code is needed doesn’t
mean the majority of resi-
dents agree.
“We have a great divide
between the core commu-
nity and what I believe at
this point is the largest vot-
ing majority of Gearhart res-
idents, which are not asso-
ciated with the core groups
whatsoever,” Jesse said.
“I’m up and down the high-
way multiple times a day.
That’s the Gearhart I know.
“There are people here
that actually refer to people
like myself as ‘those peo-
ple,’ like we’re the plague,
the ‘scourge’ of Gearhart,
because we’re not part of
the downtown core — we’re
on the other side. I’m sorry,
I get my dander rattled by
things like this because the
representation is not here for
As the move was
solidifi ed and construc-
tion began, McDowell
applied for a grant from
the state Department of
Transportation’s
Safe
Routes to School pro-
gram to fi nancially help
with the audit, planning
assistance and future
implementation of proj-
ects to improve chil-
dren’s access to school.
The fi rst step is tak-
ing stock of the current
options and infrastructure
within a 1-mile radius of
the school campus and
identifying where there
are issues, such as side-
walks ending abruptly,
lack of sidewalks, or
inadequate lighting, to
name a few. The area in
question involves neigh-
borhoods such as Sunset
Hills, Whispering Pines,
Lea Way, Spruce Drive
and parts of Wahanna
Road and Broadway,
where the Sunset Rec-
reation Center and Sea-
side Public Library are
located.
From there, McDow-
ell said, they can start
developing a Safe Routes
to School plan with solu-
tions that make it eas-
ier and safer for kids to
walk and bike to school.
The plan also will out-
line opportunities for
education and engage-
ment to promote these
transportation alterna-
tives. At the same time,
they will work on ways to
bring crosswalks and other
infrastructure up to current
Americans with Disabilities
Act regulations.
The city has already
tackled a few projects, such
as creating a crosswalk on
Spruce Drive and restriping
the road at the intersection
with Wahanna Road to add
a turn lane.
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