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City council mulls city hall, police station plans Kathleen Stinson For The Gazette

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he members of the Cannon Beach City Council were asked to fill out a form that compares the various sites for a possible new city hall/police station facility on a numerical rating scale.

One councilor, Robin Risley, took issue with this and wrote the following objection and explanation, as stated in the council May 11 packet.

“Site selection is too important to rush,” Risley stated. “I am not ready to fill out the form as it is presented.

The form guides one to a preset conclusion without all the information because a fixed date for a bond measure has been set. This reasoning is unacceptable to me. Here are my thoughts: If the council is ready to dismiss the fact that the City Hall,

where it sits, is in an area where 15 out of the 19 big events have taken place ..... that we understand the risk and emphasize the importance of evacuation training for the people who will work there ..... then my recommendation would be to select multiple locations to build redundancy and backup so that when the event does occur one or maybe two of the sites will be standing. The current City Hall could be retrofitted, hardened, anchored and remodeled.

The cost would be less and might come out of general funds. We need a one story building to reflect our village character and it would be in the center of town as many have said they would like. This would save the cost of soil remediation and the appraisal was low for this subject property. The Council Chambers, Management, Finance, HRAP and

IT could all be located here. The Public Works Yard is already located up Elk Creek Road. There are computers and equipment already in place. The Planning Department and Public Works could be located on site with a Command Center safely out of tsunami risk. This leaves the Police Station which should be located at South Wind along with emergency functions. OR ...... We “bite the bullet,” plan for the future, 20-30-40 years down the road and “jump the highway” to South Wind.

This would require a bond. It is important that the infrastructure bond not be tied to the City Hall Bond our citizens deserve a choice.”

The following sites are those ranked on the council form: RV Park, South Wind, Gower 1 story, Gower 2 story, Gower East and Spruce Forest.

Councilor Mike Benefield on his form states: “There would be a loss in RV park revenue and potential workforce housing sites” as part of his rating at the following sites: Gower 1 story and South Wind.

Mayor Steidel suggests among other ideas in the packet: “Build new at South Wind for the bulk of City functions, keep the old Gower building and use it as the Council Chambers/community affairs meeting space. Perhaps in partnership with private interests to expand its multi-use capability. (Or) build new at South Wind, build a new facility at Gower and use it as the Council Chambers in partnership with private interests to expand upon its multi-use capability.”

Discussion of a new city hall and police department are on Tuesday’s council meeting and work session

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agenda.

The city council has been discussing using a food and beverage tax and/or a property tax increase to pay for the fire district budget shortfalls and a new city hall/police station facility.

Marc Reckmann, chief of the Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District, said the city is talking about a 5 percent food and beverage tax to pay for the district’s budget shortfalls and a new city hall facility.

Mayor Sam Steidel said in an email to The Gazette in response to the above comment by the chief: “The city council has high regard for the quality effort the Fire District maintains. We have heard Mark’s idea and we are talking about it. This is a complex idea and needs some

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Fire district looks at food and beverage tax to help with increased costs Kathleen Stinson

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These Gazette file photos of the annual Sandcastle Contest shows the artists at work. This year the event is going to be virtual, but the Chamber has some fun and safe events planned around the event.

Virtual Sandcastle Contest includes COVID-19 safe events Hilary Dorsey

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annon Beach Chamber of Commerce hosted a discussion on the Virtual Sandcastle Contest “Summer of Sandcastles” during a virtual breakfast meeting Tuesday, May 11. The sandcastle contest was held virtually last year and will be continue virtually this year, with some in-person additions. The contest begins June 5 and will run through Sept. 6.

This is the 57th year of the Sandcastle Contest.

Cannon Beach has hosted the event since 1964.

Sandcastle Committee Chair Debbie Nelson said the online way to sign up for the contest is in the works. People can also go to the chamber, located at 207 N. Spruce St., and get a sandcastle kit. The kit is $25 and includes a poster, instructions on how to build your castle, and information on how to enter the contest.

On June 4, there will be a free Concert in the Park with Bruce Smith Band from 6-8 p.m. at Cannon Beach City Park.

“They’ve played for us

ages people to pick up local takeout and come to the park and listen to the music, Nelson added. The committee will be monitoring to make sure COVID-19

the last couple of years,” Nelson said of the band.

“We’re really excited about that.”

The committee encour-

precautions are being taken, such as social distancing and wearing masks.

“We are going to have a group come on the fifth

and do a sandcastle build in a semi-secluded spot,” Nelson said. “It worked out really well last year.”

The sandcastle build will be a promotion build and the committee will be able to take photos and use the photos to promote the contest.

On June 6, the Virtual Singing Sands Fun Run/ Walk will begin. The cost is $35. The run will be virtual.

“We also have Facebook and Instagram so you can check out things as they progress,” Nelson said of the events.

Keep up to date on this year’s events, as well as sign up online as it becomes available, at https://bit. ly/3f9QsyX Follow the Sandcastle Contest on Facebook at @ CannonBeachSandcastleContest Send comments to: headlightreporter@countrymedia.net

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he number of Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District tourist-related calls for service increased by 70 percent in 2020 and the district is looking for a way to increase its funding to be able to serve the community.

Fire Chief Marc Reckmann told The Gazette Monday that he has been talking with the city in hope that the council would agree to institute a 2 percent food and beverage tax to pay for additional district staff.

The district currently has 16 volunteers, one paid fire chief, a paid division chief of operations and a grant-funded position through December of 2022 for a recruitment and retention officer, Reckmann said.

He said he is losing some volunteers. The amount of work volunteers put in has caused some to experience “burnout.” It is difficult for a volunteer to respond in the middle of the night to a medical emergency at a hotel, for example, and then get up and go to work the next day at their paid jobs.

Also, several have had to move out of the district due to the high cost of housing in Cannon Beach and therefore, cannot respond to emergency calls.

The district has the lowest permanent per thousand tax rate in the state, he said. In 2019, voters approved a tax of 35 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value to pay for the new operations chief and some money in the reserves. In total, the district receives 89 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, which is “extremely low” compared to the average rate on the north central coast of $1.37 per $1,000.

“Typically calls drop off after Labor Day and stay relatively low until Memorial Day,” he said.

“Since September, we have set records every month for calls.”

From January 1 to April 30, calls increased 34 percent compared to the previous two years, he said.

“It’s purely tourism. People work from home and kids” are remote learning, so families are free to come to the beach when they like, he said. He hesitates to ask residents to pay additional property tax for the district when it is the tourists who are generating the additional calls.

He said he met with the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce recently and the chamber suggested they try a 2 percent F&B tax and “see what that generates.”

The city is “talking about implementing a 5 percent food and beverage tax” and keeping the remaining funds to pay for a new city hall and police station, he said.

Cannon Beach Mayor Sam Steidel said in response to the above: “The city council has high regard for the quality effort the Fire District maintains. We have heard Mark’s idea and we are talking about it. This is a complex idea and needs some careful deliberation. The Council is in a Listen and Learn mode at the moment.”

Food and beverage taxes apply to prepared or ready-to-go food such as what restaurants, delis and coffee shops serve, he said. A consultant estimated that such a tax would generate $2 million a year.

“My goal is to make up the difference between the 89 cents and $1.37, which would be roughly

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Tufted Puffins have return to Haystack Rock

Haystack Rock is home to the largest Tufted Puffin breeding colony in Oregon.

In early April, approximately 100 individual puffins show up at Haystack Rock.

Most of the puffins have already found their lifelong partners and are returning to the same protected burrow they used last year to raise their young. The Tufted Puffins will spend about 16 weeks at the rock. For the first couple weeks the puffins stake out their territory and clean up their burrow.

Once their burrow is ready, the female puffin will lay a single, chickensized egg, which both the male and female incubate.

Incubation usually lasts 41-54 days. Though usually

tucked back inside the burrow, newly hatched puffins appear at the ‘Rock’ beginning in late June through mid to late August.

Despite the fact that you may not be able to see the pufflings, activity around the rock is hectic and plentiful: it is fun to observe the parent puffins making multiple trips to their burrow with bills full of fish for their young. Beginning 38 to 59 days after hatching, the pufflings will leave their burrows. Under the protection of dark (to escape the ever-watchful, hungry eyes of bald eagles), all the pufflings will leave the safety of the rock and return to the open ocean, where they will spend the winter.

The Great Puffin Watch, July 1-4 is your best chance to view these miraculous seabirds at Haystack Rock.

This seabird-watching event, sponsored by the Friends of Haystack Rock, is part of a fireworks-free weekend in Cannon Beach.

Spotting scopes and binoculars will be available for the public to view these magnificent birds up close.

Friends of Haystack Rock promote the preservation and protection of the intertidal life and birds that inhabit the Marine Garden and Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge at Haystack Rock. We do this in cooperation with the Haystack Rock Awareness Program and other partners.

Tufted Puffin photo courtesy of Tiffany Boothe, Seaside Aquarium

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Oregon health officials said Tuesday the state will lift most COVID-19 restrictions when 70% of the state’s over16 population has received a dose of the vaccine.

“We can truly begin taking steps forward, and into the next chapter of post-pandemic life,” Brown said during a press conference.

The plan directly ties the state’s virus restrictions to its vaccination rate, and falls in line with Brown’s previous goal to reopen the state’s economy by the end of June.

And for some counties, a reduction in restrictions could come even sooner than that.

Starting May 21, counties with 65% of their adult populations vaccinated can move into the state’s lower-risk tier of virus restrictions, if they

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“These are really good indicators that we can safely reopen — begin the reopening of the economy — that we can protect our most vulnerable Oregonians and preserve adequate hospital bed capacity,” Brown said.

Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen said the announcement marks a shift in the state’s pandemic response.

“For the first time since COVID-19 reached Oregon, we’ll know when we can retire most of the restrictions we’ve had to rely on to protect us during the time we’ve been most vulnerable to this novel virus,” Allen said. “For the first time since the start of the pandemic, we’ll be able to say the virus no longer controls the timelines in our lives.”

Allen said the state is on track to meet the early-summer benchmark, if people continue choosing to get vaccinated.

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Benton and Hood River counties, for example, have already vaccinated the 65% required to move those counties into lower-risk on May 21. Deschutes, Lincoln, Multnomah and Washington are on track to meet the May 21 timeline at their current rates, Allen said.

Clackamas, Clatsop, Lane, Polk and Tillamook counties have all vaccinated at least 55% of their 16-and-older population, and should be able to loosen restrictions based on the vaccine metrics before the rest of the state, according to Allen.

“These counties show that you can’t make assumptions about Oregonians, and every county can protect its residents by hitting a high vaccination rate, no matter its geographic location or partisan orientation,” Allen said.

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adult population has received a dose of the vaccine. That’s about 430,000 more people who need to get first doses before the state reopens, according to Allen.

The current rate of vaccination could get the state across the threshold easily by mid-June, Allen said.

But health officials expect that rate of vaccinations to slow over the next several weeks: Most likely, the state’s vaccination rate will dip by about 10% and stay there, getting the state across the finish line the third week of June.

The seven-in-10 figure doesn’t get the state to herd immunity, which would completely stifle the virus, but will significantly reduce hospitalizations and deaths, Allen said.

“That’s really what we’re shooting for with this 70% statewide goal, is to get enough people vaccinated that while we’re still short of herd immunity, we’ve significantly driven down the worst outcomes of COVID-19,” Allen said.

issue of how to pay for a new city hall and police station.

City Manager Bruce St. Denis talked about the information the city would have to provide to the election office in order to get the question on the November ballot.

St. Denis said the city

would have to be definite on the site location before taking it to the voters.

Mayor Sam Steidel said he calculates that the council would have about 100 days to July 1st to get council’s consensus on a site to present to the public. By that date, the wording on the ballot question would have to have been decided.

Steidel said the council would have to have an estimate on the cost of each site and take that to the public for input prior to putting the question on the ballot. In the 100-day time frame, this would be “a lot to hope for…

I think it’s doable.”

Councilor Robin Risley said the council previously decided to wait and put the question on the May ballot and asked why it is now back up for discussion. She said St. Denis had not listened to them.

The council also again discussed the possibility of using a food and beverage tax in lieu of a property tax increase.

Once again the councilors discussed the Spruce Street site and whether that would be an appropriate location for a new city hall and police station.

Risley said she did not favor that area as a site for a new city hall facility. Councilor Nancy McCarthy said she would like more information on why people object to that area as a site.

The city manager called for the council to look at the pros and cons of a group of proposed sites. He said his staff will prepare that analysis for the councilors to review.

The city manager called for a continuation of the discussion to the May 11th council meeting and no vote was taken.

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t the April meeting of the Cannon Beach Library’s board of directors, the board decided the library would not hold, for the second year in a row, the Memorial Day weekend Rare and Old Book Sale nor the traditional Fourth of July Book Sale because of the rising level of COVID infection in Oregon.

The Board hopes to begin planning for a book sale later in the year, perhaps over Labor Day weekend or during Stormy Weather. At present, the book sale room remains fully stocked and open during limited browsing, Wednesday and Saturdays, Noon to 4 p.m. The library also continues to accept used books.

Book sales require the participation of many volunteers.

Anyone interested in helping with a book sale later this year or serving on a committee planning the specifics of such a sale should contact the library by emailing info@ cannonbeachlibrary.org or calling 503-436-1391.

To update announcements made in the last “At the library” column, let’s begin with a reminder that Lori Tobias—a former Oregonian correspondent who for 15 years covered the Oregon coast from Astoria south some 360 miles to the California border—will discuss “Storm Beat,” her memoir recently published by Oregon State University Press about her experience writing of

boating accidents, drownings, murders, suicides and the drop-dead beauty of God’s country.

As noted in my last column, Tobias’ presentation, sponsored by the Cannon Beach Library’s Northwest Authors Speakers Series, will be virtual via Facebook, Saturday, May 15, at 2 p.m. To join this presentation directly from the library’s Facebook page, go to facebook.com/ cannonbeachlibrary/ and scroll to “posts.”

Tobias also has also published “Wander,” a novel set in Alaska. It received the Nancy Pearl Book Award for best book of fiction from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association.

No longer an Oregonian staff writer, her byline still appears occasionally in that Portland tabloid, as well as in the New York Times, Denver Post, Seattle Times and 1859 Magazine. She also pens a column for Oregon Arts Watch.

Tobias, who lives in Newport with her spouse and two rescue dogs, may be the last speaker in the Northwest Authors Speakers Series until the fall.

Another reminder. Members of Cannon Beach Reads will meet via Zoom at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, to discuss “The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America” by Ernest Freeberg. Joseph Bernt will lead this online discussion.

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The Coaster Theatre Playhouse is planning several productions throughout 2021 that include a bit of Shakespeare, a homegrown mystery, a classic drama and a community written radio-style Dickens Project.

Two summer productions will be presented at City Park, on Spruce Street, Fridays and Saturdays from July 9 to Sept. 4. In October, the Coaster Theatre staff hopes to open the theatre to limited, socially distanced seating, and face masks will be required for all audience members. To view the theatre’s complete COVID-19 policies and procedures, see the theatre’s website at coastertheatre.com.

The following productions are planned this year •Coaster Theatre Shakeperience presents “Sixty-Second Shakespeare”: Fridays, July 9 to Sept. 3; admission is free, donations are welcome.

Location: City Park.

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Take a clue from Edison.

Plan ahead. On June 16, Arthur Broten will lead members of Cannon Beach Reads in a discussion of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” and “Brave New World Revisited.” Both Huxley titles are often published together in paperback, and the library collection includes two such copies for patrons.

In April, the library added 24 new titles to the collection, including 13 novels, seven mysteries and four works of nonfiction.

Given the Gazette’s limited space, a listing of the new mysteries and nonfiction titles will wait until May 28 to appear in the Gazette.

The 13 new fiction titles added in April include “Northern Spy” by Flynn Berry, “The Venice Sketchbook” by Rhys Bowen, “The Devil’s Hand” by Jack Carr, “Raft of Stars” by Andrew J. Graff, “The Good Sister” by Sally Hepworth, “Outlawed”

by Anna North and “What Are You Going Through” by Sigrid Nunez.

“Such a Fun Age” by Kiley Reid, “Good Company” by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, “Hummingbird Salamander” by Jeff VanderMeer, “The Night Always Comes” by Willy Vlautin, “The Last Night in London” by Karen White and “August” by Callan Wink were also added to the fiction collection.

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about “The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of America.” The title that originally attracted me to this book claims more than it delivers.

Don’t get me wrong.

The corporate structure, the manner of industrializing the development of patents, the selling of product before fully developed through national and international fairs and competitions, the creation of teams and laboratories through accumulated dollars from investors was a big deal.

This approach to problem solving and product marketing was a big deal, accomplished in an age that saw the creation of corporations by the likes of Edison, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Firestone, Vanderbilt, Morgan, Hearst, Ford, Westinghouse, Eastman to mention a few who played major roles in inventing modern America.

It was not the age of Edison alone. Edison’s incandescent light bulb did not invent modern America. Was it significant? Certainly. Was it determinative? No. Would modern America look much like it does had Edison not patented his light bulb and built early electrical distribution systems to light at least portions of American cities? Most likely.

This does not note, as Ernest Freeberg admits in his account, how dependent Thomas Edison was on scientists and hobbyists from Europe and elsewhere in the U.S. for his accomplishments, especially those at his labo-

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Annual starting salary DOQ. SEP-IRA retirement plan and option to dispose of yard de• Always have water excellent health benefits package. For complete job description bris, fire prevention specialists and fire tools nearby - When and application visit the City’s website at www.nehalem.gov/jobs. ask people to follow safe burn- burning, have a water hose on ing practices. The following and ready or a bucket of water, Applicants must submit a letter of interest, resume and completed City job application tips can help stop run-away and shovel and dirt to put out by 5:00 p.m. on May 21, 2021. Mail to Melissa Thompson-Kiefer, Asst. City Manager, burn piles: the fire. Drown the pile with PO Box 143, Nehalem, OR 97131 or email to mthompson@nehalem.gov • Call before you burn water, stir the coals, and drown The City of Nehalem is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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• Never use gasoline or other flammable or combustible liquids to start or speed up your fire. Every year, about 60 percent of the Oregon Burn Center cases are from yard debris burning.

• Only burn yard debris State laws prohibit burning materials in the open that create dense smoke or noxious odors.

• Costs of run-away debris burns– State law requires the proper clearing, building, attending and extinguishing of open fires all year. Citations can cost $2,000. If your debris burn spreads out of control, you will have to pay for putting the fire out, and likely the damage to your neighbors’ properties. This can be *No household storage or business operation allowed extremely expensive.

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Even as COVID-19 vaccines roll out across the country, many communities are still facing challenges from the pandemic and the organizations that support them are still seeing unprecedented demand. In spite of the odds, local programs that address critical issues such as food insecurity, homelessness, domestic violence, child abuse, elder issues, mental health and community safety have continued to find creative new ways to deliver help quickly and safely, even while facing additional budget constraints.

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commitment to supporting its communities, PacifiCorp Foundation, a nonprofit arm of Pacific Power, is donating more than $525,000 across the six states it serves. The funding goes to support a total of 209 safety and wellness grants as part of the most recent round of quarterly grants provided by the foundation each year. The next grant cycle is now open through June 15; organizations may apply online at https://www. pacificpower.net/community/ foundation.html “We celebrate these heroic organizations that have

continued to reinvent and reimagine ways they can help our communities’ most vulnerable,” said Alisa Dunlap, Pacific Power regional business manager for the Northern Oregon Coast. “Although we see brighter days ahead, Pacific Power remains deeply committed to supporting the work of these organizations, helping to fortify our communities, so they are strong and resilient.”

The following grants were given to North Coast organizations providing critical safety and wellness programs: • Assistance League of the

Columbia Pacific to support the Operation School Bell and Duffle Bag programs that assist a growing number of children in need in Clatsop County with clothing and toiletries.

• Clatsop Community Action for COVID-19 emergency food resources for children and families in Clatsop County.

• City of Cannon Beach to help construct housing for communication equipment for the Cannon Beach Medical Reserve Corps, which responds to the community in a disaster.

• Warrenton-Hammond School District to provide computers and Wi-Fi access for low-income families and support the food backpack program to better equip students for future success.

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into a haunting stage play.

Dorian Gray, a cultured, wealthy and impossibly beautiful young man, pledges his soul if only a painting of him could bear the burden of age and infamy, allowing

him to stay forever young.

This sets Dorian on a dark path that twists his soul while he keeps the appearance of youth and beauty as time moves forward.

• Coaster Theatre Radio

Hour Presents Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”: Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 19 to Dec. 18, and Sunday, Nov. 28 Location: Coaster Theatre Playhouse The Coaster Theatre Play-

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This production is a radiostyle play written, workshopped and performed by the community and viewed

Continued from Page 3 sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty adapted

n Vaccine Continued from Page 2 be required to develop a vaccine equity plan before moving to the lower-risk category. Allen said that plan will consider how the county

n Tax Continued from Page 1 $800,000 a year,” he said. With this additional money, the district could

n City Continued from Page 1 careful deliberation. The Council is in a Listen and Learn mode at the moment.”

will improve disparities in who’s getting vaccinated, like outreach, language and accessibility support and plans for vaccinating hard-toreach employee groups and the homeless.

But restrictions will be even looser when the state hits that 70% rate.

“Once we cross that statewide goal — yes, that means no more county risk levels and a

supplement the volunteer staff with some paid staff and hire a fire marshal to perform fire inspections and review plans.

“What I don’t want to do is hire a bunch of paid staff and push the volunteers away,” he said. “I will never have the funds to hire an all-

Holly Lorincz-MacGregor, co-owner of MacGregor’s Whiskey Bar in Manzanita and MacGregor’s of Cannon Beach, said she hopes the city is looking at more options than a food and beverage tax.

“I realize this has to be

lifting of most restrictions, including capacity limits for venues and businesses and limits on group sizes,” Brown said. “Common sense safety measures, like wearing masks and physical distancing, may remain in effect, in line with CDC guidance.”

The governor said Tuesday she expects students to return to classrooms full-time in

paid staff. I never will.”

He said the city’s Transient Lodging Tax, in part, provides money to market Cannon Beach to tourists. That increases the district’s calls for service, but none of that money goes to the fire district. It is “unfair” that the district gets none

a ballot issue if we try to raise taxes on homes for this funding, and a tax increase for the fire district (whether worthy or not) would probably be voted down, so now, as a matter of expediency, the only option that (I believe) is being considered

“Clatsop Community Action is here to help Clatsop County residents fulfill basic needs, from housing to food, from utility payment assistance to personal care and home-hygiene products.

Grants and donations from agencies and individuals ensure that CCA can fulfill its mission of creating well-be-

virtually in 2020.

It is Dec. 20, 1936 as the Coaster Theatre Radio Hour actors take their places to bring Christmas cheer to audiences during this turbulent time in American history.

the fall — and that, with some modifications, organizers will likely be able to hold major events in the fall, like September’s Pendleton Roundup.

“I would fully expect that we will be able to ‘let’er buck,’ so to speak, in September,” Brown said.

of those funds and yet has the “responsibility for the public’s safety.”

The district has a $1,000 annual contract with the national parks service so they can’t charge individuals for rescues. “That doesn’t pay for a lot.” That is something the district is trying to change.

is to ask the 10 to 15 already beleaguered restaurants in town to take care of the problem,” Lorincz-MacGregor said in an email. “What else has been considered?

What about parking fees? …create a new parking lot/ structure and make tourists

ing and resilience for everyone in our community. Our connection with the agencies that serve the community helps to create a strong social safety net for all Clatsop County residents. The safety net strengthens as we work together and support each other,” said Dusten Martin, chief operations officer for CCA. “CCA extends gratitude and thanks to the Pacific Power Foundation for its financial support — we couldn’t do anything without help from our neighbors.”

A meeting with the city was scheduled on May 4 but the city cancelled it and has yet to reschedule.

The district has been trying to get something done about its budget problem since May of 2019, Reckmann said.

pay--that would solve two problems.

“Having said that, I believe in being a communityminded business and believe a tax for the fire district, if necessary, is important. I do worry about the infrastructure (how exactly is this

money going to be handled and processed?) and, obviously, prefer the tax to remain low (2%) in these times of financial uncertainty, so I really do hope this is not the only option being considered.”

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