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Headlight Herald
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2022
VOL. 134, NO. 5 • $1.50
TILLAMOOK, OREGON • WWW.TILLAMOOKHEADLIGHTHERALD.COM
City Council approves 46 unit apartment complex Neighbors fume over increased traffic and potential parking issues
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Ashley Tike Staff Writer
lans have been filed and approved at Tillamook City Hall to turn the vacant 1-acre lot, located at 400 Ocean Place Tillamook, into a quality housing solution for Tillamook residents. The 11-million-dollar project, called Nestucca Ocean Apartments, will consist of two, three-story buildings and one, single story building that will host a total of 46 living units and a community space. A mix of 10 one-bedroom and 36 two-bedroom dwellings, the complex will be 33,190 square feet in total. The apartment parking lot will provide 36 resident spaces. Locals can expect to see the project to start approximately late May 2022 and be completed in the Fall of 2023. Notably, there were a number of disgruntled neighbors not thrilled about the new development. Their concerns mainly stemmed from the added street traffic and parking issues that it will bring. A number of people living near the tobe apartments feel a smaller apartment building would have been a better choice for the neighborhood. “I am not against a new apartment, we do need housing, but it should not come at the detriment of a neighborhood.” said Pat Kehr, a resident in the area. According to the transportation and parking study completed by Lancaster Mobley Transportation Consultants. Findings showed that the proposed development is expected to generate an increase of 18 morning peak hour trips, 22 evening peak hour trips, and of 272 average weekday trips. No significant trends or crash patterns were identified at any of the study intersections. In effect, the current situation will be able to safely handle traffic pro-
Apartment sketch of the Nestucca Ocean Apts. going up in Tillamook. Nicolai Kruger Studio duced by the new apartment. Despite any of the local’s street parking concerns, according to the parking analysis from Lancaster Mobley, the on-street parking demand from the proposed development states it will have a minor effect on the available on-street parking supply. The development will include the construction of 36 parking spaces, despite a city requirement of zero.
More than 50 percent of the onstreet parking supply will still be vacant overnight and available for residents and visitors to the surrounding neighborhood. Therefore, sufficient on-street parking will be available with the proposed development. “This is a beneficial development in our community that will attract new people and events to our town which will lead to a better quality of
life for everyone.” Nathan George, Tillamook city manager said. According to the plans from Green Light Development in partnership with Home First Development, the property will allow for all 46 units to qualify for Federal and State affordable housing programs, addressing the local affordable housing crisis. The company hopes to appoint a local property management company and is in search of
a suitable option. Green Light Development’s Tim Lawler said, “We are honored and proud to bring new, safe, and affordable housing to Tillamook. Nestucca Ocean Apartments will offer stability and community for residents.” Comments to : headlightreporter@countrymedia.net
‘A Night in Greece Chamber celebrates community at 2022 banquet T
Tillamook County weekly COVID-19 update
Mallory Gruben Tillamook Chamber
he Tillamook Chamber of Commerce on Saturday raised nearly $75,000 for community programming, introduced the new Tillamook Chamber Community Foundation and honored the 2022 Community Award recipients at “A Night in Greece,” the 80th Annual Tillamook Chamber Community Awards Banquet and Auction. The event brought 350 community members together in-person for the Chamber’s largest fundraiser of the year. “The money raised through the banquet and auction allow us to continue to support the community throughout the year with programming like the June Dairy Parade, Mornings on Main Street, Sip + Shop and so much more,” said Chamber Executive Director Justin Aufdermauer. “A large portion of the funds raised at the banquet will also serve as the financial basis for
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Dressed in theme as a Grecian soldier, Brett Hurliman, auctioneer extraordinaire, scans the banquet hall for bids during the 2022 Chamber Community Awards Banquet and Auction. The fundraiser is the Tillamook Chamber’s largest of the year. Photo courtesy of Natalie Travis/Natalie Kait Images the Tillamook Chamber Community Foundation, a new 501(c)3 that will build and coordinate leadership, fundraising and capacity for projects and programs that enhance the vitality of communities in Tillamook County.” The Foundation will act as a “convener, catalyst and champion,” by bringing together local agencies, funding projects and programs and improving the quality of life in Tillamook County for everyone. One of the first Foundation initiatives is Young Pros Tillamook, a young professionals program set to launch in February. “Young Pros Tillamook will provide a network of like-minded young professionals who can work together to grow personally and
professionally while they connect and engage with each other and the broader community,” Aufdermauer said. “We expect this group to help develop and keep talented, up-and-coming leaders in our local workforce.” The highlight of the banquet, though, is always the announcement of the Community Award recipients. The Chamber distributed awards in five categories: Development Project of the Year, Program of the Year, Small Business of the Year, Business of the Year and Citizen of the Year. The Community Awards Committee, a panel of past award
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Ashley Tike Staff Writer
n the weekly Tillamook County community update meeting, Eric Swanson from Adventist Health Tillamook said, “Over the last two weeks, cases have remained high, so the current hospital bed situation is dire.” Region 1 (Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, Tillamook and Washington counties) has 310 adult ICU hospital beds occupied out of a total of 338 beds. This leaves 28 adult ICU beds in the region available. In addition, there are a total of 29 non-ICU hospital beds available. Swanson follows the COVID-19 updates from Peter Graven, Ph.D., director of the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Office of Advanced Analytics. According to Graven, all regions across the state are showing a rapid increase in hospitalized patients. As of January 18th, out of all
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hospital patients occupying ICU beds, 25% of them are there battling COVID-19. The latest data from OHSU now predicts peak hospitalizations in Oregon to be hit February 1st. In Tillamook County, 18,430 people have already been vaccinated and 8,100 people in the county have yet to get their vaccines. If you’d like to get your COVID shot be sure to visit the health department’s vaccine clinic at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays. Vaccines, pediatric vaccines, flu and pneumonia vaccines are also available. Adventist Health Tillamook is also providing vaccines from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays at the Tillamook Medical Plaza and Women’s and Family Health. Send comments to: headlightreporter@countrymedia.net
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Chart according the the updated COVID-19 dat afor Tillamook County from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) dashboard updated jan. 26, 2022.