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Ordinance: City Council
to consider policy changes
NEWS NOTES
Chalk art contest returns
In celebration of Seaside’s his-
toric Prom, the Sunset Empire Park
and Recreation District hosts their sec-
ond annual chalk art contest. The event
is open to artists of all ages and skill
levels.
Portland artists Bev Cordova and
May Wallace will off er a class in chalk
on July 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Sun-
set Recreation Center, providing con-
testants with a chance to learn how to
create chalk art using pastels.
On July 30, artists will create art on
the Prom near the Turnaround starting
at 9 a.m., with judging and an awards
ceremony with prizes that afternoon.
The entrance fee for the class and
contest is $35 and includes a set of
pastels and other supplies to cre-
ate chalk art on the Prom. To regis-
ter, visit sunsetempire.com or call
503-738-3311.
There is also a need for volunteers
for this event. Email Melissa Ousley at
mousley@sunsetempire.com.
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Open house planned
on Seaside parks
An open house on Seaside parks is
planned for Aug. 4 at the Bob Chisholm
Community Center.
The event is scheduled from 5 to
7 p.m.
The city is in the midst of updating
the parks master plan.
People are also invited to complete
a community survey on parks at www.
surveymonkey.com/r/parksseaside
‘Back to Broadway’
at summer camp
The Coaster Theatre Playhouse
will off er Coaster Theatre Kidz Sum-
mer Camp: “Back To Broadway” from
Aug. 15 to Aug. 19.
Coaster Theatre Kidz Camp focuses
on three common aspects of theater
arts: acting, singing and dancing. In
addition to improving confi dence and
creativity, campers are exposed to
teamwork, respect and unlimited imag-
ination while creating a show and char-
acters of their own.
This year’s theme is “Back to
Broadway.” Each camper will develop
a Broadway-bound character through
song, dance and dialogue during the
weeklong camp.
Camp will be from 11 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Aug. 15 through Aug. 19.
A community performance is planned
Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District
Chalk art returns to the Prom July 30.
Aug. 19 at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in
the theater.
The Coaster Theatre Kidz Camp is
available to students ages 8 through 12
or grades three through six. This year’s
$200 tuition is covered by the city of
Cannon Beach’s community services
grant.
Application forms for this sum-
mer’s camp are on the theater’s
website
at
coastertheatre.com/
shows/2022summercamp.
Auditions for
‘Gramercy Ghost’
Auditions for the Coaster Theatre
Playhouse’s fall production of “Gram-
ercy Ghost” will be at 6:30 p.m. July
25 and July 26 in the theater.
Nine actors are needed to fi ll the
roles in this ghostly romantic com-
edy. “Gramercy Ghost” is directed by
Deanna Duplechain.
Rehearsals begin in August. The
show runs weekends Sept. 30 through
Oct. 29 for 10 performances.
Cannon Beach Cottage
and Garden Tour
set for September
The Cannon Beach Cottage and
Garden Tour will take place Sept. 10
from noon to 5 p.m.
Tickets for day of tour are $40, fea-
turing over a dozen charming cottages.
The tour, now in its 19th year, benefi ts
the Cannon Beach History Center &
Museum.
Attend the opening night benefi t
Sept. 9 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., admission
by donation with silent auction. Garden
tea is on Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. with Bea-
ver Tails and Treasure Trails lecture by
Doug Kenck-Crispin. Tickets for tea
and lecture are $25.
For more information, visit www.
cbhistory.org or call 503-436-9301.
were issued to people who
have been homeless here
for more than a year.
Many of the pre-ordi-
nance problems remain,
with unsheltered people
taking refuge in doorways
or alleyways.
The current hours —
8 p.m. to 8 a.m. — may
work in summer months,
but in the winter, with
shortened daylight hours,
the later entrance times
may be unworkable. He
suggested a possibility of
a fi ve-night stay before
campers are required to
move their belongings.
“My hope is that they
will take this small step
in participating in what
the community is off er-
ing them,” Knoch said.
“They will feel more
welcomed and part of
our community, perhaps
a way to even be more
open to other resources to
help them with long-term
housing options. When
I see that happening, I’ll
know that our eff orts are
working.”
On a day-to-day basis,
garbage pickup is a top
concern, Public Works
Director Dale McDowell
said.
“In one week, a 3 -yard
garbage can was fi lled
and there’s only an RV
and a trailer, and one tent
camper,” he said. “How
did they bring that much
stuff to fi ll 3 yards? We
had a gentleman set up
last Friday with a card-
board shelter inside the
recycle center because
he wanted to get out of
the sun but didn’t want
to miss out on the bottle
return.”
City Councilor Tita
Montero also advocated
extending the length of
campers’ overnight stays.
“It’s not the number
of hours in the day. It’s
the number of times you
have to tear down your
tent,” Montero said. “You
have to put your tent up.
It’s driving rain, with
storms in the winter. It’s
how many days out of
the week do you have to
move your house. At this
point, I would rather give
people the benefi t of the
doubt and expect that they
will behave well.”
More should be done
to assist those in need,
including people needing
referrals and assistance,
Montero said.
“I tried to help some
people through CCA
(Clatsop
Community
Action) getting housing,”
she said. “I was told, fl at
out, there is no housing
— and maybe we’ll come
in two weeks to help with
an intake. I haven’t been
there personally, but I’ve
been walking along the
path with some of these
people. And if I couldn’t
get them help, with my
infl uence, what kind of
help do you think they can
get for themselves?”
Mayor Jay Barber
said developments are in
sight to meet the needs of
the homeless, including
partnerships with Help-
ing Hands Reentry Out-
reach Centers and Clat-
sop Community Action to
add hours and staff to the
warming center on South
Roosevelt Drive.
The county may have
land in Seaside that
could be used for camp-
ing or longtime parking,
he added, and he invited
local churches and non-
profi t organizations to
consider overnight RV
parking.
“I’m here tonight to
challenge the leaders of
those congregations to
see an opportunity to step
up and minister to people
like the Catholic Church
has done through the Sun-
day supper, ” he said.
Policy changes will be
on the agenda at the City
Council’s July 25 meet-
ing, Assistant City Man-
ager Jon Rahl said.
Levy: Extension to retain training offi cer position
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people would end up pay-
ing one way or the other.
We think it’s a much bet-
ter approach to have a well-
trained, well-equipped fi re
department with a low ISO
rating than it is to have an
agency that is more chal-
lenged with a higher ISO
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City c ouncilors unani-
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sure on the November ballot.
“This is the greatest
investment the property
owners and Seaside can
make and it’s been proven
over the years and the
fact that we have a pretty
much volunteer-run depart-
ment,” Mayor Jay Barber
said. “Thirty-three cents per
$1,000 value is a bargain.”
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from 34 cents per $1,000 of
assessed property value to
33 cents per $1,000.
If passed in November ,
Nov. 8, the new levy would
take eff ect in November
2023.
The current four-story
training tower was built
in the early 1990s, Dan-
iels said, and has major
deterioration.
The new metal tower
would enable controlled
burns, elevator rescues and
ladder truck training.
“We used to burn some
acquired structures when
people gave us their homes
that they didn’t want any-
more and they were build-
ing something else,” Dan-
iels said.
With
homes
closer
together and legal aspects
from potential asbestos
and hazardous materials, a
tower could provide a con-
trolled, safer environment,
Daniels said. “It’s really
not that easy, and we don’t
want to smoke everybody
out when we’re doing it, ”
he said.
The new tower would
provide rooms for fi re train-
ing and a place to practice
ladder truck operations,
preventing the need to
block off downtown loca-
tions for high-rise exer-
cises, he said. “Something
you may not know is we do
a lot of elevator rescues for
such a small city,” he said.
“They’ll have a shaft in
there that we can do eleva-
tor rescues.”
The levy would also
fund a replacement for the
2004 tender apparatus,
which is seeing increasing
maintenance, Daniels said.
The new truck would carry
1,800 gallons of water, hose
lines and drive on one axle
to maximize storage space
at the fi re station.
The fi re department has
six full-time employees —
a chief, two division chiefs
and three fi refi ghters — and
about 30 volunteers.
The levy is essential for
the department to maintain
its national insurance rat-
ing, currently among the
lowest homeowner insur-
ance ratings in the region,
City Manager Mark Win-
stanley said in June .
The rating is a score pro-
vided to fi re departments
and insurance companies
by the Insurance Services
Offi ce, which establishes
rating information.
“When your ISO rat-
ing goes up, everybody’s
fi re insurance goes up right
along with it,” Winstan-
ley said. “In other words,
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