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issue in homeless
camping ordinance
City clears
camps, but many
questions remain
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Katherine Lacaze
Lisa Boulanger of North Coast Beauty Shop.
Feeling right ‘at home’ at
North County Beauty Shop
A laid-back, peaceful
space in Gearhart
By KATHERINE LACAZE
For Seaside Signal
W
hen Lisa Boulanger
was designing her
new beauty parlor,
she thought about her mother and
grandmother, both of whom have
passed away. She considered the
type of environment where they
would feel comfortable going to
hang out and spend a few hours
pampering themselves.
As a result, their inspiration is
woven into the bright, airy open
space, vintage furniture and soft
calming color palette at North
Coast Beauty Shop, nestled next
to Kiwi Glass off U.S. High-
way 101 between Seaside and
Gearhart.
It was these role models —
“the women that have come
before me,” Boulanger said —
that set a foundation for her
in terms of “confidence, being
beautiful, loving yourself.”
She opened her shop in early
April and offers a variety of ser-
vices, including haircutting, styl-
ing, coloring, manicures, pedi-
cure and facial waxing.
Setting up shop
Boulanger got her cosmetol-
ogy license from the Cosmetol-
ogy Training Center in Lafayette,
Louisiana. Being in her early 30s
at the time, she had to challenge
herself to overcome the concern
that it was too late for a change.
“People get to a point where
they’re like, ‘I’m too old to go
to school anymore,’ and I had
to fight through that and be like,
‘I’m not,’” she said. “It was good
to push myself.”
Her past experience involved
customer service, and she knew
she loved interacting with peo-
ple and taking care of them. For a
time, she considered pursuing pet
grooming. Then that desire mor-
phed into working even more
directly with humans through
cosmetology.
‘I LIKE MAKING
PEOPLE HAPPY,
SEEING THEM
SMILE, DOING
THINGS FOR THEM.’
Lisa Boulanger,
North Coast Beauty Shop
“I like making people happy,
seeing them smile, doing things
for them,” Boulanger said.
A few months after grad-
uating, she relocated to the
North Coast with her family
and worked for seven years at
two different salons in the Sea-
side area. At both locations, she
had the chance to establish her-
self as a stylist, meet clients
and build a foundation in the
community.
“I’ve had some good experi-
ences,” she added. “I’ve worked
with some really great people
that have helped inspire me,
motivate me, and keep me look-
ing forward to the goal.”
The City Council has
agreed to ask voters in
November to approve a
temporary, two-year ban
on psilocybin manufactur-
ing and service centers.
In November 2020,
state voters passed Mea-
sure 109, which authorized
the Oregon Health Author-
ity to permit licensed ser-
vice providers to admin-
ister psilocybin-producing
In opening her own shop,
Boulanger recognized an oppor-
tunity to create a space where she
can interact one-on-one with the
clients she loves to serve — and
truly “share in the moment” —
while having complete control
over the environment.
What she’s chosen for that
environment is an invitingly laid-
back and peaceful space that
enables her to cater to customers
of all ages.
She has a strong multigener-
ational focus. While she offers
quality cuts to adults, she also
has the patience — and snacks
— to work with young children.
She has room for parents to relax
and wait with other siblings. She
referenced an older client who
comes with her daughter and
grandson, and they all can be at
ease in the space.
“I like catering to everybody,
across the board,” Boulanger
said. “Something like a haircut or
a pedicure is a treat, and I want
people to feel spoiled and relaxed
and comfortable.”
Her goal is for customers
leave with a confidence boost,
feeling good about themselves.
If they don’t know what type of
hairstyle they want, she’ll talk
with them and learn more about
their lifestyle, how they like to
wash and dry their hair, and how
much time they devote to styl-
ing it. Then, she can guide them
toward a suitable option.
While she’s cutting hair or
doing nails, she’s also sharing
See Salon, Page A2
R.J. Marx
Entrance to the Mill Ponds at Alder Mill Avenue.
Cybersecurity at top
of mind in Seaside
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Portland lost $1.4 mil-
lion in a cyberattack this
spring when an outside
entity gained access to the
system.
In 2020, Tillamook
County paid a $300,000
ransom to regain data
access after a cyberattack.
The county’s server and
internal computer systems
were down, and phone sys-
tems and email networks
were affected. County
computer network connec-
tions were disabled to con-
tain the spread of malware.
The Seaside City Coun-
cil took steps to prevent
those kinds of incidents,
passing a cybersecurity
policy on July 11 designed
to strengthen the city’s
security objectives and
guidelines to minimize the
risk of internal and exter-
nal threats.
The policy comes in
response to ransomware
situations across the state
and country, Assistant City
Manager Jon Rahl said.
“This cybersecurity pol-
icy is not just in response
to that, but it’s really just
about making good practice
out of how we handle our
technology, our hardware,
our software, our onboard-
ing of employees, our pass-
words, even the encryption
of how we file share.”
See Cybersecurity, Page A5
Firehouse levy extension
sent to November ballot
mushroom and fungi prod-
ucts to people 21 years of
age or older. Legal on a
limited basis in Oregon,
psilocybin, like canna-
bis, remains classified as a
Schedule I drug under fed-
eral law.
According to the draft
ordinance, the morato-
rium would give the state
and city time to adopt reg-
ulations on the operation
of psilocybin facilities
and “is in the best interest
of the health, safety and
welfare of the people of
Seaside.”
See Psilocybin, Page A5
See Ordinance, Page A3
Homey
atmosphere
Psilocybin moratorium
headed to city voters
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
As the first North Coast
city to adopt a homeless
camping ordinance, cit-
ies throughout the state
are watching Seaside as
it addresses the home-
less population to meet
state and federal man-
dates. “If the question is,
is it worse or is it better? I
don’t know if I have a good
solid answer,” Police Chief
Dave Ham said. “It’s still
happening. It hasn’t solved
that.”
In the weeks since the
passage of the ordinance,
dozens of permits have
been issued. But only a
handful of RVs and tent
campers use the city’s des-
ignated camping area, the
parking lot at the Alder
Mill entrance to the Mill
Ponds Natural History
Park.
Overnight campers may
receive permits to camp or
park overnight from 8 p.m.
to 8 a.m. in designated
locations.
At a workshop on July
11, the City Council con-
sidered barriers to reaching
the homeless population
and ways to improve the
lives of those still living
off the grid, in alleyways,
doorways, under bridges
and wooded areas.
The workshop aimed to
present concerns of staff-
ing, cleanup, enforcement
and assistance to the home-
less with the goal of updat-
ing the city’s policies.
Community
Service
Officer Paul Knoch said
the vast majority of over-
night camping permits
Levy for personnel, equipment, training tower
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Seaside Fire Department
Voters in November will be asked
to renew a five-year local option tax
to provide funds for the purchase of a
training tower and a training and safety
officer for the Seaside Fire Department,
a role held by David Rankin.
The levy would replace the current
fire levy, which expires at the end of
fiscal year 2022-2023, Fire Chief Joey
Daniels said.
Losing those funds — a total of $2.3
million — would be a detriment to the
city and the fire department, he said,
and create a large impact throughout
the county. “We happen to be one of the
bigger agencies in the county and so we
tend to help out our smaller agencies,”
he said. “What we do in Seaside also
affects the rest of the county and a lot
of decisions we make.”
The last operation levy, passed in
2017, approved $2 million over five
years for fire equipment and person-
nel. The new levy will show a decrease
See Levy, Page A3