[wmm] Notes: WMM 11Mar2020 at 8am at Pizza a Fetta

[George Vetter]

MEETING NOTES

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020

Participants: 8

Attendees: Jim K., Erik O, Hannah O, Greg S, Melodie C, Marc R, Chris O,
Aaron H

Notes by Hannah Ostrander

GregS: George Vetter Estate Sale is next week. George says: The George &
Paula Vetter Family Estate Sale at 3823 Pacific in Tolovana by the CB
Academy is just a week away. Local estate liquidators Larry and Kay
Marshall say this is their biggest yet. Everything on three floors and the
garage must go. Our children grew up here plus we have accumulated lots of
stuff from El Mundo's 3 retail stores and the George Vetter FotoArt
gallery. Our smaller Bend condo came furnished so almost all our furniture,
beds, desks, cabinets, tools, toys, games, equipment, fixtures,
cameras/photos, art, collections, etc will need to find new homes. There
are over 400 albums including lots of classical, over 100 videos including
kids Disney, over 100 music CDs, hundreds of books, several TV's & stands,
an 8-post king-size brass bed, closets of clothes, two bikes, a twin baby
jogger by Racing Strollers, CityBug Electric Scooter, golf clubs, bags,
balls, net, etc, etc, etc.  The Sale is advertised as starting Thursday
(Mar 19), but Wednesday (Mar 18) from 3-6pm is Invitation-Only. You are
invited. Bring your truck. See photos at www.cbor.us/3823Pacific. Photos of
the what you will find on Wednesday will be added this weekend.

HannahO: We’ve had a few coronavirus cancellations and other such concerns.
Multnomah county has had their first case.

HannahO: Also, our trip to Israel has been cancelled due to travel
restrictions.

MarcR: Homeless camps (like in Portland) are likely hotspots for disease
transmission.  Met with the new beach ranger, Eric, who is ready to tackle
illegal beach fires with warnings and (if that doesn’t work) $400
citations.  Marc and Eric are working together to create educational flyers
for hotels about beach fires.  Recently the fire department went to Ecola
State Park to do a rope drill and the road is completely gone and there
doesn’t seem to be a plan in action for repairs.

HannahO: Ecola is normally a Whale Watching Spoken Here! location, however
the Neahkahnie Overlook and Fort Stevens will be the closest locations for
this Spring Break.  Volunteers will be placed at those sites March 21-28
from 10:00am-1:00pm.

GregS: The wayward boat that was pulled off of Arcadia Beach has torn apart
and removed from the Tolovana Wayside Parking Lot.

GregS: The Savor Cannon Beach event is this weekend, over 500 tickets have
been sold for the Saturday events.

JimK: Food for Savor will be pre-wrapped and delivered to limit any
possibility virus transmissions, festival coordinators are working to be
proactive.

ChrisO: OreGrown ribbon cutting is this Friday, they will be selling
apparel, CBD, and cannabis. The community church will be having the Season
of Lent on Friday at 12:00pm.  Business After Hours is at the Columbia Bank
on Thursday, March 19th from 5-7:00pm, Pelican will have booze.  The North
Coast Tourism Management Network had a public open house event on Monday,
March 9th and about 80 people attended, many of whom had not interacted
with the network before.  Jim Paino spoke about transportation and car free
options that visitors can take to get to the beach and once they are here.
Much of this network has been modeled after a program that took place in
the Columbia Gorge with Travel Oregon a few years ago.  Also, the Chamber
put together an “Ecola Alternatives” page.

GregS: The TAC met recently to review the final reports from grant
recipients in the 2018-2019 cycle.  Also, the City has bought the
elementary school and used TAC funds to assist, which will be repaid over 3
years.  The City is receiving ~$350,000/year through the 1% county tax
which is planned to go towards the elementary school.  Steve Sinkler has
just began his 2nd term on the committee.

MarcR: The Fire Department is looking to apply for TAC funding for Fire
Conferences in November and February that will bring rural departments
together for training, lectures, and low season revenue.

>From Karen at City Hall: Reminders regarding the revised city ordinance
about not feeding wild animals in Cannon Beach are currently  being
distributed.  The printed reminder comes as a 5"x7" post card type hand out
that will go to all hotels, restaurants and retailers.  A poster is also
available should the business not desire the hand out cards.  A sample of
the poster can be seen in each of the kiosk locations around town as an
additional reminder to visitors.  Please begin distributing the reminders
to visitors coming to Cannon Beach beginning immediately.  The Chamber will
have additional quantities should you run out. This is a one time
communications blast to help get the word out on this important ordinance
change this spring/summer season. Should you have any questions, please
contact the City Public Works Director, Karen La Bonte at 503-436-8068.


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Wednesday, March 4th, 2020

Participants: 8
Attendees: JimK, ErikO, HannahO, GregS, MelodieC, MarcR, ChrisO, RickH
Notes by Hannah Ostrander

MelodieC: She nominates bunnies as the official CB critter.

HannahO: Nominates Roosevelt Elk as the official mammal.

JimK: There’s a community that sells shares of installed solar panels,
electricity goes to emergency management needs and those that purchase the
shares receive savings due to the renewable energy.  Also, they save by not
paying for the installation and upkeep costs.

JimK: Asked about local investments for the common good

MarcR: Invalid fund that was started by Mrs. Moon and collected donations
to be used for things like walkers and wheelchairs.

Jim: Coined the phrases: ‘anarchy of democracy’ and ‘positive externality’.

ErikO: Looks like due to coronavirus, we may be seeing less international
travel and more local visitors

RickH: If you have an infection at your business, call the City and Chamber
to help handle containment.  It requires a deep clean and recertification
by the county public health.  This could cause a shut down of operation for
1+ days.  City and Chamber has protocols to help assist.  To find
additional information, visit the ‘City of Cannon Beach’ website and go to
‘Current Topics’ page.  County information can be found here:
https://www.co.clatsop.or.us/publichealth/page/coronavirus-what-you-need-know
.

ChrisO: Cutting the ribbon this Friday at Prestige ONE Realty.  Oyster &
Fish Dinner on Saturday, March 7 at the American Legion.  Day light savings
is on Sunday.  Food pantry presentation will be at the Chamber Hall on
Monday from 5pm-7pm.  Chamber breakfast meeting will be at the Pig ‘n’
Pancake on Tuesday at 7:45am, with speaker Chief Marc from the CB Fire
Department.

GregS: The City has moved forward with the purchase of the elementary
school with a $102,000 from TAC.

ChrisO: The City has created hand-outs regarding the new laws about feeding
wildlife.  They are being distributed to local businesses and available at
the chamber.

GregS: Mentioned the boat on Arcadia Beach, a couple and their dog was
rescued by Coast Guard after a distress signal on Friday.  The boat later
washed ashore.

ChrisO: Oregrown is opening soon with a Chamber ribbon cutting.

GregS: He visited Pie Guy & Gal which has recently opened above Mi
Corazon.  It is a pie shop that has a Facebook presence and good pies.  A
two person pie is about $10 and they have a good selection.

JimK: Irish Table is planning to move to the Harding Trading Company
building soon so that they can serve lunch and dinner and then Sleepy Monk
plans to expand their bakery.

MarcR: Discussed the possibility of bringing Firemen Conferences to Cannon
Beach which would save the department money by not requiring that
firefighters travel elsewhere to train and would also be a good way to
increase the off-season in CB.

HannahO: We just returned from a birding festival in San Diego and lots of
people were interested in CB and Tufted Puffins.  We also recently released
a podcast episode all about the Haystack Rock Tufted Puffins, available
here:
https://www.gobirdingpodcast.com/podcast-1/episode/48009795/the-puffin-protectors
.

MarcR: There is a fireman scholarship that was started in the 1970’s for
furthering education and training, but has been lacking in donations.
Would like to use the sand castle booth and/or golf fundraiser to add to
the scholarship fund.

Upcoming Online Marketing Workshop by OCVA - April 6 -
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oregon-coast-marketing-workshop-north-tickets-97348671497

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Wednesday, February 19th, 2020
Participants: 12
Attendees: JasonS, JimK, ErikO, HannahO, GregS, MelodieC, MarcR, ChrisO,
Mary BethC, KenC, JeneeP, RickH
Notes by Hannah Ostrander

Note: Erik and Hannah will not be able to attend the next Wednesday morning
(2/26) as we will be guiding at the San Diego Bird Festival (!), will
someone please take notes and get them to George?

ChrisO: Membership Awards at the Chamber on 2/20 from 6-9pm, please RSVP -
chamber at cannonbeach.org.  There will be a surprise AND a reveal.  Laura is
updating the Spring Break schedule, so look for a new copy soon.  The 2020
Chamber magazines are in with Beth’s beautiful elk picture on the cover!
GregS: Beth’s elk video has gotten over 5 million views online so far.

JeneeP: A classical concert will be held this Friday, 7pm, Feb. 21st, at
Cannon Beach Community Church. Baron Fenwick, a "Rising Star" will perform
an all-classical concert, featuring music by Haydn, Chopin, Prokofiev, and
Rachmaninoff. Mr. Fenwick has won many national and international piano
competitions and is as fine a professional pianist as you will hear on the
big stages of downtown Portland. THIS CONCERT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC.

JeneeP: SOLVE spring beach clean-up is scheduled for March 28th with
supplies available at City Hall from 10am-1pm.  Drop off sites are the City
Hall and in Tolovana.  PLEASE bring buckets, gloves, additional safety gear
for picking litter off the beach.  Red Cross meeting is coming up on
February 25th, if anyone would like to join contact Jenee.

GregS: Sea Turtles Forever and several partner orgs did a clean-up at Fort
Stevens State Park recently with over 200 volunteers participating.

Mary BethC: There is a “Emergency Go Bag Presentation” coming up on
February 29th from 9-11am at the City Hall in which Tonquin Trading’s,
Jason Johnson, will discuss creating kits, community resilience, and more.

RickH: The city is relaunching the barrel caches.  They plan to provide
access twice a year, which will be the third Saturday in April and
October.  In addition, CERT training exercises will be planned in
coordination with the cache dates.  The priority focus for training and
coordination of emergency strategies is with residents and then move into
the business community.

Mary BethC: There is a ham radio course coming up: March 6 & 7  6-9
(Friday) 9-4 (Saturday) at Warrenton City Hall- Training Room.  The course
is free and the licensing test costs $15.  Contact instructor, Mike Gore (
slowgunboat at gmail.com), to register.

RickH: The city has been working with partners for several years to
coordinate the installation of a new radio tower.  A site has been approved
and the plan is for the radio tower to handle ham operations, KMUN, MedNet
Radio, CERT systems, GMRS, etc.  The city has had some funding budgeted for
this since the 2007 storm and donations have come into KMUN for its
installation.  Now a plan is in the works!

Mary BethC: A countywide communications plan is coming up.

JasonS: The lack of a countywide plan has prevented emergency services in
CB from obtaining grants.

GregS: Are there any communities on the West Coast that we could look to
that are doing emergency response right? RickH: Short answer: no.  Some
communities can handle certain emergencies correctly, but not everything.
Oregon is behind in communication, access, egress due, in part, to
mountainous terrain.  Everyone should get on Clatsop Alerts to receive
emergency information, this can be accessed through an app called:
Everbridge App.  This alert system should be fully functioning in 3-4
months.

MarcR: Did everyone know that the cow alarm system is funded by CB Fire
Department?  A 5-year levy will be placed on the May ballot to increase tax
rates for the CB Rural Fire District, a fact sheet is available with more
detail.

Note: The George & Paula Vetter Family estate liquidation at 3823 Pacific
will take place the weekend of March 19 (Spring Break). Because of the
large amount and variety of "stuff" to liquidate, liquidators Larry & Kay
Marshall have suggested a Wednesday, March 18th 3-6pm invitation-only
option for those of you on this WMM list. Mark your calendar.

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