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Prepared Food Tax goes to voters in November Hilary Dorsey

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annon Beach City Council voted to call an election in the city of Cannon Beach for Nov. 2 for voters to vote on imposing a five percent tax on the purchase of prepared food. The council approved during a council meeting Aug. 3, a resolution that calls for an election for the Prepared Food Tax. The tax would be imposed on the customer, collected at the point of sale and remitted to the city by the business.

Tax revenue would be used to fund the Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District emer-

gency services and to assist in funding a new city hall and police station.

Ashley Driscoll, from the city attorney’s office, said in December 2019, the council started having discussions about a tax of foods. Through those conversations, the council was given materials to refer the question of a food and beverage tax to voters.

An ordinance that would have imposed the tax failed to pass in a meeting held July 14.

“By referring this measure to voters, the city council is asking voters if they would like to use their legislative authority to enact the language that is in Exhibit A, which is our Prepared Food Tax,”

Driscoll said.

Section four of the resolution establishes what will appear in the Clatsop County voter’s pamphlet, including the ballot title and an explanatory statement.

The ballot title is composed of a caption, a question that defines specifically what the measure asks the voters to decide, and a summary of the major outcome if the measure is approved.

“We verified that the estimated number for Prepared Food without beverages included is $1.74 million per year in tax revenue,” Driscoll said.

Councilor Mike Benefield said the resolution does not

need to go to voters and the council has the ability to reject it.

Mayor Sam Steidel said he agrees with the fact that the council represents the community to make decisions but it is a form of leadership when, if the decision impacts everyone, it is important to ask the people what they think.

“It’s not a tax on the residents but it does effect them,” Steidel said. “It effects businesses, it effects all kinds of things.”

Steidel added that to him, the more honest way is to go forward with the vote to put it in front of voters in the election. The resolution passed

3-2, with councilors Benefield and Nancy McCarthy voting against it.

The city election official, Jennifer Barrett, published notice of the ballot title for seven days. The notice included a description of the process for any voter to challenge the text of the ballot title. A voter has seven days after the election official receives the ballot title to file a challenge. If filed, a challenge would be heard by the Clatsop County Circuit Court.

If the challenge period passes without issue, Barrett then completes a form called the SEL 802 Notice of Measure Election, which certifies that the city completed the

challenge process and submits it, along with Resolution 21-25, to the county elections official. The county elections official would then place the measure on the ballot and run the election.

As of Friday, Aug. 13 – the last day for a challenge to be filed – Barrett told the Cannon Beach Gazette no challenges have been filed.

An election costs $5,000 to $9,000, depending on how many other measures will be on the November election.

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Cannon Beach’s music scene is alive

f you are in town Thursday, Aug. 19, you won’t want to miss the opportunity to experience Lauren Sheehan, nationally recognized musician, live in the beautiful setting of Cannon Beach City Park.

Perfect for all ages, this performance features Lauren on guitar, banjo and vocals. Bring a blanket or lounge chair and plan to settle in for a delightful experience.

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About Lauren Sheehan Roots Americana musician, Lauren Sheehan, launched her recording and performing career in 2002 and has been sailing on to critical acclaim, national/international radio charts and ‘encores’ at festivals, concerts and venues across the country and in Canada ever since. From fronting a 9-piece band to solo acoustic work, this vivacious ‘songster’ delights audiences with the breadth of her material, evocative artistry and musicianship.

Sheehan clearly loves and inhabits the music she performs, shape shifting through the moods of the familiar and the obscure, howling with the werewolf and weeping with the willow.

Her gifted guitar work, stylistic breadth and vocals are inspired by her study with elders, oral tradition and scholarship. With all of that tradition behind her, she re-creates the intimacy of a back porch, where singing and playing were regular events.

Sheehan began playing guitar at 10, discovered traditional, social and dance music in her early 20’s, then jumped into living acoustic blues up at Centrum’s Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival in her 30’s, picking up mandolin and banjo along the way.

Recent appearances on NPR, four CDs that charted in the top 20 on folk radio, a 2012 Portland Music Award for outstanding achievement in Folk, inclusion in the Library of Congress as part of the MusicBox project and her most recent accomplishment as guitarist for the CD, The Light Still Burns, companion to the history book Kalamazoo Gals; A Story of Extraordinary Women & Gibson’s “Banner” Guitars of WWII, attest to her growing significance as an artist, performer and teacher.

More Live Music SUNDAYS COASTER THEATRE COURTYARD: 3 TO 5 p.m., TBA, Aug. 23, TBA, Aug. 30, TBA.

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MONDAYS CANNON BEACH AMERICAN LEGION: 6 TO 8 p.m., RICHARD T & the KATZ with Blues, Rock and Pop. TUESDAYS Cannon Beach Farmers Mkt., 2 to 5 p.m., August 24, Brad Creed, August 31, Rhythm Method.

THURSDAYS CANNON BEACH BANDSTAND: 5 to 6:30 p.m., August 19, Lauren Sheehan, August 26, Jon Broderick & Jay Speakman.

FRIDAYS SEASONS DELI, 5 to 7 p.m., August 20, OCEANS 11 with originals and covers. August 13 and 27, THISTLE & ROSE with Folk, Americana, Blues and original tunes. Because the event is held outside, it may be cancelled on short notice due to weather. Contact the event venue before planning to attend.

SATURDAYS SEASONS DELI, 5 to 7 p.m., August 21. Jon Broderick & Jay Speakman. August 28. Bobby “BOBCAT” Rice with blues, jazz, standards, etc. and some great guitar. Because the event is held outside, it may be cancelled on short notice due to weather. Contact the event venue before planning to attend.

City nears completion of Transportation Study Kathleen Stinson

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ity Community Development Director Jeff Adams said a summary of the Transportation Study Plan survey has not yet been completed by the consultants.

Adams said the city “should have the Future Conditions and Transportation System Survey summary posted by next week.

The Transportation Study Plan survey is part of a long-range look at the city of Cannon Beach on this subject.

“The other big date on the TSP agenda is the next Project Advisory Committee meeting and Open House, scheduled for September 14th. We’ll be getting out Save the Date announcements later this week for those times.”

The city also created a parking

survey and the results are in.

Resident Parking Survey Summary, as provided by the city.

The question: Where do you typically park when downtown, of the 156 responses, the largest percentage, 33.3, said don’t drive but walk or ride a bike. About 31.4 percent said they park on the street.

To the question: Where do you believe downtown/midtown employees park, the results were about evenly split between on and off the street.

The question: Where do you think employees should park, 79.2 percent said off street.

The question: Where do you believe most visitors to downtown park, 73.8 percent said on the street.

The question: Where do you think visitors should park, 59.5 percent said off street.

The question: Assuming an

improved parking system, what changes would make the system more usable?

• 100 of the respondents said remote lots.

• 99 said shuttle service.

• 98 said parking enforcement.

• 93 said employee permits.

• 88 said paid parking.

• 83 said time restrictions.

• 77 said employee only lots.

• 74 said better signage on streets and parking.

• 53 said customer/visitor only lots.

• 53 said street markings/stall striping.

Some additional comments in the survey: “Visitors staying at hotels/motels and vacation rentals should keep their cars parked there. Put parking meters in with a local resident bypass sticker. The city needs to put the safety of pedestrians and

cyclists first and right now it isn’t.”

Employee Parking Survey results Question: Which describes you best? 46.2 percent said downtown employee. 35.9 percent said midtown employee. 17.9 percent said Tolovana employee.

The question: What parts of the parking system work well and do not work well? Clear legible signage works well had the highest number of responses. Off street parking for the visitor or customer does not work well.

Question: Where do you typically park, 63.2 percent, the most responses, said off street.

The largest number said 76.3 percent prefer to park off street.

Question: Assuming an improved parking system, which

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he Clatsop County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to vote at its meeting on Aug. 25 whether to approve an ordinance that would place a 120-day moratorium on any new short term rental applications in the unincorporated areas and the urban growth boundary of the city of Gearhart.

At its June 1 work session, the board directed staff to move forward with preparing a draft short-term rental moratorium ordinance, as stated in a report on the county website.

A second hearing of the draft ordinance 21-03 will be heard at the commission meeting on Aug. 25. After a public hearing at that time, the commissioners will discuss the ordinance and are scheduled to take a vote.

County Community Development Director Gail Henrikson said in a previous article by The Gazette the moratorium would provide time to look into a possible revision of the current ordinance. The county has received numerous complaints from full time homeowners related to the noise and traffic generated by short term rentals in the neighborhood. Some people say short term rentals deplete the housing stock for workers.

At a town hall meeting on July 16, the board took public comments about the proposed moratorium.

Allen Solares said the complaints are being “generated by just a few individuals.” Complaints should be signed and the complainant should be required to swear to its accuracy.

Carolyn Crawford said the complaints are “mostly unsubstantiated.”

She asked the county “for help in rebuilding mutual respect” between the owners of short term rentals and the other homeowners.

Beth Radich said short term rentals are a business. “This is a residential community,” not commercial. Short term rentals “exacerbate the housing shortage and lack of affordability.

“About one-third of our community are short term rentals,” Radich said.

“I did not move here to live around mini-hotels.”

Nate Tussing said the “coast has become a massive vacation destination.”

“About 50 percent of the short term rentals are in Arch Cape and Falcon Cove,” Tussing said. He is concerned about “one-size fits all” government this situation could create.

Several people said the complaint system was discouraging neighbors from talking to each other about how to solve these issues.

Amber Geiger Morgan said she is concerned about the accessibility for all people in Oregon to stay at the beach and not just those “who can afford to live here full time.”

If the ordinance is approved, it will

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Emergency manager updates council on tsunami preparedness Kathleen Stinson For The Gazette

At the Aug. 10 city council work session, Cannon Beach emergency manager Rick Hudson updated the council on tsunami preparedness.

A recent earthquake of high magnitude on the Richter scale was the topic of the update.

“On July 28 1121 pm PST an 8.2 magnitude struck off the coast of Perryville Alaska,” as stated in Hudson’s staff report. “This event was monitored for over

3 hours by NOAA / National Weather Service U.S. Tsunami Warning System.

Seven different updates were provided and distant locations such as Hawaii went into a Tsunami Watch immediately. All Notifications were eventually downgraded to an advisory.

“This was among the top 10 strongest earthquakes that the U.S has ever seen. This was also the largest earthquake in over 50 years, the last being 8.7 magnitude in Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska on February 3, 1965.

This was only matched by the

9.2 magnitude Prince William Sound Earthquake, Alaska on March 27, 1964, which did create havoc and massive destruction to the Pacific Northwest and Cannon Beach.”

Hudson said in an interview it is important for people to sign up for the Clatsop Alerts. “Our locals need to register with Clatsop Alerts in order to receive notifications that are controlled locally,” as stated in an email. Visit https://www.co.clatsop.or.us/ em/page/clatsopalerts.

He said the federal and state governments control the tsunami warning system

called the Integrated Public Alert & Warning System.

Also, the “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a nationwide network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information directly from the nearest National Weather Service Office.”

Locally, there is a Coastal Ocean Warning System (COWS) manual system located at Cannon Beach Fire Protection District main station – (Total of 7 Coastal Sirens – 5 in Cannon Beach and 2 in Arch, he said.

The tsunami Wayfinding

Wednesdays exercise takes place the first Wednesday of each month, he said. The objective of the exercise is to “walk from certain locations to the Tsunami assembly areas. We will start the exercises from 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm,” as stated on the city website.

In September, Wayfinding Wednesdays will take place every week for a month, he said. The routes will vary to familiarize people with all routes, not just the ones from their homes, but also from different areas of the city should they be out when

a siren sounds. The CERT team members also do a radio check on Wayfinding Wednesdays.

The Cannon Beach tsunami evacuation routes are on the city website at https:// www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us/ sites/default/files/fileattachments/emergency_management/meeting/36354/ tsunami_evacuation_-_all_ maps.pdf.

On October 2nd, the city is planning a City Safety Fair from 1-5pm. at the Cannon Beach Elementary School in Necus Park, he said.

Wildfire conditions worsen amid high temperatures, drought

Fire officials discussed Oregon’s ongoing wildfire season, fire prevention and preparedness in a briefing Thursday, Aug. 12. Leaders expressed concern of fire danger in relation to the high

temperatures and drought conditions throughout the state.

Nancy Hirsch, state forester for ODF, said fire conditions continue to worsen from drought and

high temperatures. Five major complexes resulted in last week’s lightning, with a total of 100 fires. One single spark can start a fire that can spread quickly. Firefighters are challenged to continue

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“We can’t control the weather or fire starts from lightning,” Hirsch said, “We can and we must prevent how many human-caused fires we add to the landscape.”

ODF’s Chief of Fire Protection Doug Grafe said this is a difficult fire season with a tough forecast of triple digit temperatures across much of the state this week.

“We have, along with the challenging temperatures, likelihood of lightning,” Grafe said. “That’s a difficult forecast for us with lower humidity on top of the ongoing drought.”

Lightning has contributed to many fire starts, including the Skyline Ridge Complex

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We need to work together to change that.”

People must do their part to limit the risk of hazards.

People should have copies of critical documents and sign up for emergency alerts in the county at oralert.gov For evacuation levels, level one means get ready, level two is get set, and level three is go, Phelps added.

People might get a knock on the door from the fire department, receive a message or may receive no notification at all. People should take time to prepare now.

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Andrew Phelps, director of the Oregon Office of Emergency Management, said every Oregonian was in some way impacted by last year’s fire season, whether they were evacuated or experienced poor air quality from smoke.

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This recommendation will be made at the August 26th Board meeting held at 9:00am on Zoom. If you would like to provide written public comment, please email it to Jeff Hazen at jeff@ ridethebus.org by 3:00pm on Thursday August 19th. If you would like to provide comments at the Board meeting, please email Jeff Hazen by 5:00 on August 25th to be placed on the public comment list and receive instructions on how to access the meeting.

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At the library

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Library volunteers make fast friends in their community Joseph Bernt Library Volunteer

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any people new to the Cannon Beach Library assume that tax dollars fund and public employees staff our village library.

That’s the familiar pattern in most city, school, college and institutional libraries throughout the United States. Not so at the Cannon Beach Library.

The library regularly reminds visitors, new residents and occasionally longstanding patrons that the library operates as a non-profit, private, member-owned organization supported by fundraising events, usedbook and craft sales, quilt raffles, a small subsidy from the city and an annual appeal for donations from generous Cannon Beach residents and visitors.

Before the plague arrived, these sources covered all expenses associated with operating the Cannon Beach Library.

These costs include acquisition of current popular fiction and nonfiction books, patron access to an online book service, video discs of films and popular television series, computer equipment for office and public use, utilities, building maintenance, garden and janitorial services and the salary of one paid part-time office manager.

How is this possible?

Remember, the library operates as a private, non-profit, member-owned organization.

Those library members assure solvency and continued services because they and many residents, visitors and patrons contribute hundreds of hours to performing tasks provided by paid personnel at public libraries.

With the onset of multiple waves of coronavirus, most library fundraising activities—other than sales from the used book room—were cancelled during the past 18 months. Since July 2020, the library has gradually expanded access to library borrowing and other services and programs, including used book sales and virtual meetings of such groups as Friends of Haystack Rock and author presentations.

The library, including the children’s and used book rooms, is now open for limited browsing (30 minutes) on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. Patrons can again access public computers, printers and WiFi. Given that 171 new Covid cases were just reported in Clatsop County between August 7 and August 13, and Oregon has become a national Covid hotspot, the library has shown the better part of wisdom by re-opening gradually and insisting that anyone entering wear a mask and practice social distancing.

The important role library volunteers play in maintaining library services in Cannon Beach has focused attention on expanding the number of volunteers.

To this end, members of the library board have carefully described activities for which members and patrons might volunteer, as well as the amount of time involved. Some of these library tasks are regular and continuous, others may be one-time activities.

Examples of ongoing activities include identifying and purchasing new books, DVDs and audiobooks.

An ideal volunteer would be an avid reader willing to devote 8-to-10 hours a

month. programming Volunteers as the summer also are needed reading proto perform gram or a todthe typical dler story hour. librarian’s task This volunteer of keeping a would commit library section 2-to-4 hours a in order, clean month. and functional.

The library This “Adopt-aawards two Section” scholarships program seeks each year volunteers, to seniors with some from Seaside knowledge High School. of the Dewey Volunteers on Joseph Bernt Decimal the scholarship System, able committee deto commit 1 hour a month vote 10-to-12 hours during to keeping their section cur- late May and early June. rent, organized and clean.

The library’s most popuAnother ongoing activlar and important volunteer ity requires a volunteer to duty is helping patrons at help the office manager the circulation desk and with administrative and requires a regular commitlight office work, requiring ment of either 2-or-3-hour a commitment of 2-to-4 blocks of time between hours a month or per special noon and 5 p.m. at least project. once a month. Circulation The library depends desk volunteers should have on small teams of people some knowledge of library working on committees practices, understanding of over long periods of time. the Dewey decimal system, The book pricing committee and the ability to work indeis one such committee, It pendently. sorts and prices incoming Claire Landrum, a circubook donations that are not lation desk volunteer, now needed in the library cola library board member, lection. The ideal volunteer organizes and trains new has extensive knowledge desk volunteers. A former of current or antique books teacher and school librarian, and sufficient upper-body Landrum says, “I love being strength to box, lift, carry around libraries so volunand transport books to the teering on the desk was a library’s storage unit. natural fit for me. I had a The Northwest Authors library card here before we Series committee also demoved to Cannon Beach.” pends on volunteers to help A nonprofit organization plan, identify, schedule, depends on special events promote authors’ in-person to raise an essential portion and virtual book readings. of its budget. Each special The committee meets as event involves a few or needed. The events occur many volunteers focused on on Saturday afternoons making an event succeed. once a month from Septem- Volunteers planning an ber through May. event normally spend 10-toVolunteers are needed 15 hours per event. to develop such children’s Regularly held library

special events, which require the help of volunteers for 1-to-4 hours, include the Rare and Old Book Sale that requires book sorters, cashiers and baggers; the Fourth of July Book Sale that also requires book sorters, cashiers and baggers; and the Quilt Drawing that needs volunteers to quilt, donate quilts and sell tickets at library and community events. The Fall Festival needs volunteers to bake, craft, cashier and bag; and the Holiday Tea also requires bakers and hosts.

Two activities that every special event and library activity require is “set up” and “clean up.” Often many people help spontaneously with both, but the logistics also require management and ability to set up and tear down tables, box books, move bookshelves, and occasionally clean or vacuum.

Through these volunteer activities most new residents and visitors to Cannon Beach form friendships, as well as meet established residents familiar with our community.

When asked to choose a volunteer assignment or two, think seriously about ways to contribute to the library, the community and your own development. Before you know it, someone will nominate you for election to the Cannon Beach Library Board. That’s when three hours a month as a volunteer grows into a larger commitment and likely a cherished cause.

So, it’s past time for fair warning of some upcoming events.

On Wednesday, September 1, Cannon Beach Library members will meet from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the open-air of Les Shirley Park for the first monthly mem-

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CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, August 3, 2021 • Held a public hearing and adopted Ordinance 21-05 for the Purpose of Amending Chapter 42, Oceanfront Management Overlay (OM) Zone and 43, Wetlands Overlay (WO) Zone and 71, Stream Corridor Protections of Title 17 Zoning of the Cannon Beach Municipal Code • Adopted Resolution 21-24 for the Purpose of Approving Changes to the FY 2021-2022 Budget by Increasing Appropriations in the General for HRAP • Adopted Resolution 21-25 for the purpose of Calling an Election in the City of Cannon Beach on November 2, 2021 to Impose a Five Percent Tax on the Purchase of Prepared Food • Approved the Parks and Community Services Community Grant Recommendations for FY 2021- 22 • Adopted the Tourism and Arts Fund Award Recommendations for FY 2021-22 • Approved the Award of the Cannon Beach Elementary School Rejuvenation Project Roof Replacement contract to O’Brien and Company • Council reached a consensus to reallocate existing funds in the wastewater reserve account CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, August 10, 2021 • Discussed the violation fees for sparklers in City limits • Emergency Manager Rick Hudson gave a PowerPoint presentation about the Alaska 8.2 earthquake that occurred on July 28, 20201 • Chief Schermerhorn presented possible locations for security cameras • Community Development Director Jeff Adams gave an update on the Transportation System Plan and presented the draft parking survey results • City Manager Bruce St. Denis gave a PowerPoint presentation on the CM/GC delivery proposal for the Cannon Beach Elementary School Rejuvenation project.

• Discussed a Receptionist/Court Clerk position in the finance department DESIGN REVIEW BOARD – The Design Review Board met July 15 to discuss: DRB 21-17, David & Janet Vonada application to convert a retail/office building into a restaurant at 1355 S. Hemlock Street Approved PLANNING COMMISSION - The Planning Commission met July 22 to discuss: Works session to Review of a Zoning Ordinance Amendment by the City of Cannon Beach, for a text amendment regarding combination of lots, floor area ratios and lot coverages for residential districts, while striking the Planned Development language.

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bership meeting of 2021-22.

Then on Saturday, September 4, at 6 p.m., interested Library members are bringing blankets or chairs to the Cannon Beach City Park, East Second and Spruce streets, to laugh with friends encourage new memberships during the Coaster Theater’s last outdoor production of “The Case of the Coaster Clambake.”

Members of Cannon Beach Reads will meet via Zoom, Wednesday, September 15, at 7 p.m., to discuss Richard Attenborough’s “A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future.”

Mary Lloyd will lead this discussion.

On Wednesday, October 20, Wanda Meyer-Price will lead the Cannon Beach Reads discussion of “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig. Given current Covid speculations, this CB Reads meeting will also occur over Zoom.

Dana Haynes, managing editor of the Portland Tribune and Portland author of six popular mystery novels and thrillers, will read from “Sirocco,” his latest thriller and the sequel to his bestselling “St. Nicholas Salvage & Wrecking.”

Join Haynes’ presentation Saturday, September 11, at 2 p.m., on the library Facebook page, www.facebook. com/cannonbeachlibrary/ In addition to his 20 years working as an editor, columnist and reporter for Portland and Salem newspapers, Haynes served as spokesperson for Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and communication manager for Portland Community College.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION MAYOR: Sam Steidel COUNCILORS: Mike Benefield, Nancy McCarthy, Brandon Ogilvie and Robin Risley CITY MANAGER: Bruce St. Denis

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I am supporting the proposed Cannon Beach PREPARED FOOD TAX for three reasons

1. The Cannon Beach Fire Department and Police Department are having difficulty handling the increasing number of emergency calls. It has been reported that over 77% of the Fire Department responses are for visitors to

Cannon Beach.

2. The expense of this increased call volume should be shared by the visitors.

This pass-through tax will allow our visitors to pay their fair share by helping support our emergency services. The Cities of Yachats and Ashland have successfully implemented a similar pass-through tax.

3. The Cannon Beach City Council has explored several options for paying for this visitor related expense. They

Shasta

Those ears! Shasta is a very smart, athletic two year-old, female American Staffordshire Terrier/Pharaoh Hound mix. She happily chases tennis balls and rope tugs in the play yard and loves to play: rope tug, fetch, find…you name it. Shasta is an excellent learner and would love agility training. Need a running partner? Shasta has her track shoes on and is ready to go. She needs a home with a fenced yard. Shasta passed her cat test!

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have determined that the PREPARED FOOD TAX is the most appropriate and equitable way to raise the needed funds. If this ballot initiative doesn’t pass, property taxes will likely be increased for all homeowners.

Delayed Fire and Police response times cause needless suffering and deaths. Visitors and locals need reliable and timely Police and Fire Emergency response. Safety should be our priority above all else.

I will be Voting YES for the PREPARED FOOD TAX.

Nancy T. Kroll R.N. Cannon Beach

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How did this come about?

CANNON BEACH FIRE DISTRICT The fire district began by asking for the sales tax of 5% from the City Council.

A couple weeks after, the city announced it had decided to take 2% of that 5% to build a new city hall and police

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go into effect on September 1st and end on December 29, 2021, Henrikson said.

The County Assessment and Taxation Department provided the following information to The Gazette upon request.

May 2020 Room Tax Revenue was: $107,823.92 June 2020 Room Tax Revenue was: $41,421.04

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Pet meet and greets are by appointment only, so if you’d like to meet Shasta, call the shelter at 503-861-7387 to set up an appointment.

The shelter is open 11:00 to 4:00 Tuesday through Saturday.

You can also fill out an application at the shelter’s Adopting a Pet page: https://www.co.clatsop.or.us/animalcontrol/page/Adoptingpet.

Scroll to the bottom of the page for the application.

The way I see it

May 2021 Room Tax Revenue was: $124,700.42 June 2021 Room Tax Revenue was: $7,413.55.

would make it more usable, 73 percent said employee permits. 62.2 percent said employee only lots, remote lots and better signage tied at 40.5 percent.

Business parking Survey The results: 57.1 percent were downtown business owners. 61.9 percent were Cannon Beach residents.

Highest percentage said on street parking for the customer works well followed by on street parking for the visitor. Next off street park-

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CITY HALL Are you DOWNSIZING, The city council quickly organizing an ESTATE SALE, On the other hand, city tried to approveGARAGE the sales hall has no plans for a SALE ortax FUNDRAISER? Use our classifieds to get the word building, out! amongst themselves. no place to put the It stalled at the last moment building, no budget for the by the many citizens of building and would like to Cannon Beach Gazette Cannon Beach voicing Northpublic Coast Citizen put their 2% into the general opposition against Tillamook the sales Headlight Heraldfund which the city hall can Lincoln City News Guard use on anything they want. tax at a council meeting.

Clatskanie Chief The fire district can ask for I say no to the 5% sales tax St. Helens Chronicle an operation levy that would vote.

Contact us today! be tax deductible to 503-842-7535 State and We should wait on city hall Federal income tax for every- until they get their plan put headlightads@countrymedia.net classifieds@orcoastnews.comtogether. one who pays for it.

The fire district has a plan Where there is no heart on how to use the money. there is no feeling.

No one wants to lose the Paul Nofield services of the tireless first Cannon Beach responders. I support them.

ing for the visitor.

Question: Where do you think your employees park, about evenly divided between on street, off street and private driveways.

Sixty percent said their patrons park on the street.

Question: Where do you think they should park? 47.4 percent said off street. 36.8 percent on street.

Question: How interested would you be in a program for businesses to expand operations and pay for off street parking rather than on street parking? About forty-two percent said they were unsure/don’t know.

Assuming an improved

parking system, what changes would make the system more usable? 80 percent said paid parking, 70 percent employee permits and 60 percent parking enforcement.

Survey Comments “Cannon Beach is not bike and pedestrian friendly.”

Few sidewalks, should use off street parking and a shuttle.

Visitor parking Survey No time restrictions works best (highest response), remote lots and a shuttle service high number of responses.

To read the survey responses, visit cannonbeachtsp.com.

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Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church 36050 10th Street • PO Box 156 Nehalem 97131-0156 503-368-5612 nehalembayumc@gmail.com The Reverend Steve Wolff Worship Service: Sunday 11:00 Adult Sunday School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday

Nehalem Senior Lunches: Noon Tuesday & Thursday Nursery Available ADA Accessible

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County pays $300,000 for cyberattack ransom Cody Mann headlightnews@countrymedia.net

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illamook County officials revealed that a $300,000 ransom was paid to regain data access after a cyberattack. The ransom amount was disclosed during the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday, March 11.

Commissioner Bill Baertlein, reading from a prepared statement, said it could have taken 12-24

months and cost $1 million to unlock the county’s computer system if a ransom went unpaid.

“The county’s rapid and aggressive response to the incident mitigated the compromise and contained the encryption to 17 of 55 servers and five of 280 county workstations,” Baertlein said.

The attack was reportedly carried out by an international cybercriminal organization known to law enforcement both nationally and internationally. The prepared county

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Tillamook lumber mill worker was tested for coronavirus this past week, leading operations to shut down Thursday, March 12, for a cleaning.

Hampton Lumber Mill Plant Manager Mark Elston issued a statement about the employee and the closure. In the statement, he said the employee was tested at the local hospital and advised by medical professionals to self-quarantine at home pending results.

“The employee is following that advice and has committed to inform us of a positive or negative result once known,” he said. “We will let our employees know this result and will keep the appropriate community leaders informed.”

Elston said upon learning of the possible infection risk, Hampton Lumber closed shop to clean and sanitize areas the employee frequented. He said the relevant break rooms, restrooms, offices,

and control rooms were sanitized by a local cleaning service.

“We take the health and safety of our employees and the community very seriously,” Elston said. “We will monitor the situation and take the appropriate action to safeguard our employees and our operation as we get additional information.”

As of Monday, March 16, Elston said the employee’s test results had not yet been received.

The mill was reopened for work after the temporary shutdown to sanitize gathering areas.

County officials confirmed Friday, March 13, that tests for COVID-19 were conducted in Tillamook County. Test kits are citizen.com reportedly in short supply. northcoast As of Friday, there were no confirmed COVID-19 cases in Tillamook County. The Health Department tested two sick individuals, and both came back negative, according to a statement from county officials. Adventist Health has also tested patients for the virus and is waiting for

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statement said the computer system was disabled for around two weeks,

adding that new security measures were being implemented.

“The county made every effort to avoid the payment of a ransom to the cyber attacker, including recovery through two independent backup solutions and hundreds of hours of retained and county resources; however, data critical to county operations could not be restored without paying the cyberattacker for decryption keys,” Baertlein said.

“While the county maintained redundant backup solutions that would

have protected our data in the event of a natural disaster, the cyberattack resulted in encrypted backups,” Baertlein said.

Commissioner Mary Faith Bell emphasized that the government was the victim of a crime, noting a new frontier of security hazards in the digital age. Commissioner David Yamamoto said while other municipalities have not disclosed

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The state of emergency will last to access the building should use Cody Mann until April 1, when it will be rethe south entrance. Access to the headlightnews@countrymedia.net evaluated.

Justice Court, District Attorney’s typically mid“This is a very fluid situation office, Juvenile Department andcompete for need against ounty officials held an emerworkers and and things are changing rapidly,” Circuit Court will be available. low-paid agriculture as education and gency meeting Saturday, such Handicapped access to the courtMarch 14, to declare a local state of Yamamoto said.

The pressure dle-wage earners Concerned about the impact of house also remains available. healthcare employees. vacation emergency due to the coronavirus adds a possible COVID-19 spread in The Tillamook County Healthis compounded by numerous outbreak. Most county offices will to Portland proximity the area, Bell said with only a few Department will still be open. Pubhomes in close to the public, operating by rentals, and intensive care beds, Tillamook lic access will be closed off at thea high demand for second phone and email instead.

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County lacks the capacity to handle Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office, drives up the Tillamook County CommissionTillamook but jail visitations will continue. All The absence of housing outside the er Bill Baertlein said the declaration a serious outbreak. more workers living Access to the Tillamook County Tillamook County libraries and the was necessary due to the rapidly number of leaves others paying Courthouse will be screened.

Tillamook County Pioneer Museum developing situation around COVcounty, and afford. Either choice County department offices at the will close immediately. the workforce Hilary Dorsey ID-19. Commissioners Mary Faith than they can for untrymedia.net Bell and David Yamamoto agreed courthouse will serve the public The Tillamook County Fair- makes it harder to build and harder headlightreporter@co by appointment. The Community grounds is suspending all events in Tillamook Countystable staffs. As the with the necessity. No COVID-19 Development office will close to of 250 people or more in compli- companies to build em- have been confirmed in the said, “those report of Garibaldi cases force City housaboutat this time. the public but will serve people by ance with Gov. Kate Brown’s former concernscounty housing task have fewer phone and email. County Public mass gathering ban. Canceled and with the least money disproportion ployee expressed the Jan. 21“Are we going to be infected,” during and travel Works will be closed to the public, rescheduled events include the City Council.

Yamamoto said. “I can tell you ing choices for work.” city management the Garibaldi the much yes, we will.” though the solid waste transfer staSpring Bazaar, Creamery Assoand envipretty ately further meeting of worked for geography to a scarce tions remain open. beforeVotes for a resolution declaring Complicated Martin McCormick add years 32 than protections and The north courthouse entrance County, but the emergency and enacting a concity for more is certified for water in Tillamook growth n See EMERGENCY, Page A3 ronmental and will be closed. Those who need a pre- plan passed unanimously. read tingency Hampton Lumber Mill in Tillamook.

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Saturday August 21, 9 A.M. No early sales.

We do not price items as everything is by donation with all dollars going to support the Whiskey Creek Volunteer Salmon Hatchery, other fish projects and the Food Bank.

FISHING, HUNTING, CAMPING, TOOLS AND MISC HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Rods, reels, tents, float tubes, life jackets, lead, sinker molds…You name it, we have it, and lots of it!

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Tillamook Anglers Annual Garage Sale

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Pay is $26.00 per hour plus benefits. The job consists of hauling logs from Garibaldi’s yard to the other three Northwest Hardwood mills. Longview, Centralia and Eugene. All highway miles. Must have CDL and medical card. The log truck is a T800 six axle.

It’s going to be GIANT this year!

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Northwest Hardwoods Garibaldi is looking for a full time log truck driver.

Northwest Hardwoods, Inc is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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Rev. Rebecca (Becky) Suzanne Krom, M.F.T. Dec. 21, 1983 – Aug. 6, 2021

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ecky had just received her Master’ Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. She started a new job at Positive Bright Start, early childhood non-profit, for under privileged children, last week. Becky was killed in a fatal car accident in Kansas on August 6th at 9 p.m.

Becky had just finished two years of intense schooling at Kansas City, Kansas, Marriage and Family Studies, a branch of Friends University (Wichita Kansas) and was working a full-time job at Dillon’s Grocery Store on W. 23rd Street in Lawrence, Kansas.

Becky grew up in the Everett, Marysville area of Washington. Starting school at Silver Firs Elementary, then Sunnyside Elementary in Marysville, WA. She attended Marysville middle and Junior high in 6, 7 & 8th grade. Attending Victory Academy in the 9th grade.

She went to Marysville high school in 10 and 11th grade, (belonging to the Jazz Band 6-11th grade, playing her trombone) and graduating from Master’s Touch Christian Academy in Arlington, WA, Class of 2002(graduating with a 3.9 grade point

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average). She went to college at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma graduating with her B.A. in Theology, Class of 2006. As a result of this degree, she was recognized as a Reverend in the Assembly of God Church.

Over a number of years, she worked or volunteered in a number of ministry activities.

After her graduation from college, she moved home for a period of time. Subsequently, she got hired, moved to and worked at the Cannon Beach Christian Conference Center on the Oregon coast as a secretary to the Activities director for 2 years.

She leaves her Mom and Dad, Mickey and Linda Krom, (Yakima, WA) Grandfather, Don Rounds (Mukilteo, WA), Aunts and Uncles, Bud and Kim Krom (Warrenton, Or.) Harlan (Lanny)and Karen Rounds (Butte, Montana), Mickey & Kathy Rounds (Mukilteo, WA) and Debbie Rounds (New Mexico).

Also, her 1st cousins Nicki and Adrian Monjes (Mill Creek, WA) Bud Krom (Everett, WA), Leland and Ashley Rounds (Chandler, Arizona), Jillian and Steve Ross (Snohomish, WA), Misty & Nando Lay (Thailand), Laurie and Nathan Shuttlesworth (Butte, Montana), Donald Rounds (Butte, Montana), Aylen Rounds, and Daniel Rounds (both, of Tacoma, WA).

She has gone to HEAVEN to join her grandmother, Patricia Rounds, her grandmother and grandfather, Bud and Crystal (Chris)Krom, her uncle, Dan Rounds and all other deceased members of the family.

In her younger years she was actively involved in Girl Scout and later she volunteered for Young Life.

She had recently lost her beloved dog Charley and now had her sweet new dog Maui.

Her favorite things to do were hiking, camping, watching movies, baking, Christmas, traveling, including in recent years a Caribbean cruise and a trip to Hawaii, and spending time with her parents.

She loved the Lord, attending church or computer church faithfully every week, she tried to live her life being an example of Christ’s love.

Her cremation will take place in Kansas, with a memorial service for her in Everett, Washington on August 21, 2021, at Everett Foursquare Church- Lowell 5218 S. 2nd Avenue. at 1:00 p.m., with reception following.

Private family internment will be at Cypress Lawn Cemetery following the memorial service.

Please send cards, thoughts and prayers about how you knew Becky to Mick & Linda Krom, 203 N 72nd Ave. Unit B, Yakima, WA 98908 We do not believe that any child was ever loved more than we loved Becky.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to your nearest food bank, animal shelter or youth group in Becky’s name and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.

For more information or to post a condolence go to warrenmcelwain.com

Death Notice

ohn Douglas Ward, 83, of Cannon Beach, died on Aug. 10, 2021 in Seaside. He was born in Astoria and also operated a restaurant

in Cannon Beach, known all over the county.

Ocean View Funeral and Cremation Service of Astoria are handling the arrangements.