Homeowner Groups Say They Will Appeal City's Dune
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Business owners hope for help from city Inside VOL. 44, ISSUE 9 FREE CANNONBEACHGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2020 Homeowner groups say they will appeal city’s dune management plan ment. Caleb Whitmore, president of the board Kathleen Stinson of the Breakers Point Homeowners Associa- For The Gazette tion, offered the following statement: “While we appreciate the efforts of the arly this week, the Breakers Point city on its new foredune management plan, EHomeowners Association filed a notice we believe it does not do enough to protect of Intent to appeal the City of Cannon Beach’s the town, beach, and dunes - it falls short of land-use decision regarding its foredune man- allowing the dune ecosystem to be restored to agement plan update. a more natural state that achieves these impor- The appeal is to the Land Use Board of tant objectives and then maintain(s) them for Appeals for the State of Oregon. future generations of residents and visitors to At the same time, the Chapman Point treasure. Homeowners Association filed a similar “As residents living literally next to the appeal. dune system, we recognize and appreciate the The city is represented by William K. importance and value of this part of our coastal Kabeiseman, whose offices are in Portland, the ecosystem. We have advocated over the last according to the legal pleading. years for a science-led, fact-based update to Breakers Point is represented by Timothy V. the city’s ordinances about dune grading to Ramis and Jordan Ramis, PC, located in Lake allow restoration of a healthy, natural dune Oswego. ecosystem. Chapman Point is represented by Allison “Rather, the final plan departs significantly J. Reynolds, whose office is reported to be from key points of science, such as how sand in Portland. Again, the city is represented by Viewed from the Fir Street bridge, sand is piling up next to Breakers Point, Kabeiseman. n See , Page 6 The Gazette contacted all parties for com- PLAN which some of the homeowners say is blocking their views. Gazette file photo. THE MASK PROJECT Food offered to those in need The pantry is located in the Kathleen Stinson former Cannon Beach Ele- For The Gazette mentary School library, open on Wednesdays from 2-5 p.m. he Cannon Beach Food It prepares a box for each TPantry and the Cannon person or family and delivers Beach Chamber of Com- it to their car, Knop said. merce are working together to Each box contains proteins provide food for local people such as peanut butter, tuna, in need. milk and eggs, as well as Barb Knop, the pantry’s canned goods such as soup treasurer, said a number of plus a loaf of freshly baked businesses have had to close bread from the Christian Cu- because of the ongoing coro- linary Academy. Local restau- navirus pandemic, which has rants donate fresh produce. meant many people who were “We have people who laid off from work have come never, ever thought they to the pantry for food. would have to go to a food Four weeks ago, 86 family pantry,” she said. “Customers units applied for food, Knop have been very gracious, very said. That increased to 94 the grateful. And there have been following week, then 96 the some emotions.” next. The pantry also accepts Buddie Anderson, the food donations at the chamber chamber’s executive assistant, office from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on said the chamber is facilitat- Tuesdays, and at Columbia (Top) Kathy Fauver started the Classop County Face ing online monetary dona- Bank in Cannon Beach. Mast Makers and to date the group has made 1,300 tions to the pantry through its “(Cannon Beach) is not masks. (Right) The group donated 580 of those to online event page. the Coast Guard. Courtesy photos just an affluent community,” And, Knop said, the re- said Anderson. “We also have sponse has been “overwhelm- a vulnerable population. ing.” The chamber collected “It has been an absolutely THEY’VE MADE online $30,080 in donations heartwarming response. for the pantry from March 16 We’re so happy we were able 1,300 MASKS ... AND to April 27, she said. to facilitate that.” COUNTING and I’d been looking for a Hilary Dorsey way to be involved and help,” For The Gazette Fauver said. The group currently is Street Market in Warrenton or “I really wanted to make working on getting 700 masks at Astoria Co+op. Fauver said athy Fauver, who sure it was effective.” to Georgia Pacific Mill in her group has donated masks Kowns Fitted Stitches To date, more 1,300 Wauna. to the staff members at the LLC, started the Clatsop masks have been delivered “It was very important markets. County Face Mask Makers on to nursing homes, schools for me that we help elderly “That first week, I was March 26, a Facebook group and teachers, and food banks, people who are high-risk, doing it all by myself,” has since made 1,300 face including 580 to the United but we couldn’t deliver to Fauver said. She was coor- masks to combat COVID-19 States Coast Guard. them individually, so we have dinating and meeting people in Clatsop County. “There was a daycare two central locations where in the Joann Fabrics parking Fauver said people at her facility that started at the they can go pick up a mask,” lot to get finished masks and church had created a Face- beginning of April to serve Fauver said. provide any supplies needed. book group to take care of the needs of the healthcare “All of our masks are sani- Fauver said a woman donated each other and were looking providers, and so we got tized and in bags.” a sewing machine for the for someone to take the lead masks to those teachers,” The elderly can pick up David Kinhan, Charles Bennett and Rock Wickham on making face masks. “They Fauver said. masks from a tote at the Main n See , Page 6 line the tables with produce at the food pantry in asked if I would consider it, MASKS Cannon Beach. Gazette file photo GET A FREE MOVE! 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My of Cannon Beach is depen- the hardest-hit sector,” Paino shop is really three in one; dent upon saving its small said. “They are closed for florist, beach gifts, espresso businesses, said James Paino, everyone’s safety.” bar. executive director of the The city is also considering “I would describe this Cannon Beach Chamber of establishing a grant program situation as bleak,” she said in Commerce. to assist small businesses, and an interview. “To keep the character of has formed a Business Relief The store’s doors are the community as it is,” said Committee to work out the closed, but Nelson said she Paino, it’s important to keep details, he said. Barb Knop, is “allowed … to sell flowers the local businesses in oper- Carolyn Propst and Paino are over the phone with a no- ation. “We want to keep our on that committee. touch delivery.” quaint little beach town.” Paino said the purpose She said her business To that end, the City of of the grants would be to volume right now is “mini- Cannon Beach is considering provide Cannon Beach busi- malistic” compared to normal how to help its businesses, nesses with enough money to times. The small size of Can- including the numerous hotels “bridge the gap until they can non Beach means she has not and motels, to financially get a government loan. We’re recently had a lot of orders. survive the coronavirus pan- a tourist town and without “Mother’s Day is coming demic. tourists, it’s a downward spi- up (May 10th) and my shop The City of Cannon Beach officials are considering how to help its businesses, The council was expected ral with no end in sight.” is depending on local orders including the numerous hotels and motels, to financially survive the coronavi- to vote on business assistance rus pandemic. The council formed a Business Relief Committee to work out the Asked by The Gazette to to help out the situation at Photo by Hilary Dorsey programs during a special describe the situation busi- hand,” she said in an email. details. meeting near the end of this nesses are facing in Cannon “I seem to fall through the businesses going through He said Cleanline Surf since March 15. week. Beach, Paino said, “It’s not the cracks on most of the Proposed was a plan to the company’s e-commerce contacted the Small Business She said it is difficult to good. Pretty dire, across the grants/loans available. “Like end of the operation. Development Center for ad- know when Cannon Beach defer, until a later date, a per- board.” others, we are waiting it out.