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OCEANSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
(www.oceansidefriends.org)
October 4, 2003
Minutes
Vice President Kathie Norris called the Oceanside Neighborhood Association meeting to order at 10:07 a.m. Saturday, October 4, 2003. There were 34 Oceanside members listed on the attendance sheet. A quorum has been set at 15 persons for this year. The minutes of the August 2, 2003, meeting were accepted. Treasurer Chuck Wall reported that there is $1,713.35 in the ONA bank account. Kathie announced that the next ONA meeting would be at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 6, 2003, in the Oceanside Community Center. She also announced that the Netarts-Oceanside Sanitary District Facilities Plan would be the subject of a public meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 18, 2003, in the Netarts Fire Hall.
Kathie read a road report from Joanne Jene that detailed various improvements on Maxwell Mountain roadways. Joanne's report is available on the ONA web site: Road Report
Lenora Lawrence reported that the state Land Use Board of Appeals had heard arguments on Sept. 25 on the appeal of the county’s approval of an illuminated sign at Bilyeu and Netarts Bay roads. She said the land use board is scheduled to decide by Oct. 27 whether the county had enough discretion in permitting the sign to constitute a "land-use decision." Lenora cited Jeannette Brinker’s statement that the lawyer for the appellants believed the board of appeals would rule in the appellants’ favor against the sign.
Kathie introduced Lisa Phipps, a coastal resource planner with the Tillamook County Community Development Department who is Oceanside’s liaison person. Lisa listed several geologic hazard reports that have been approved.
Lisa opened a discussion of the reported pending sale of the Shiloh property that abuts Oceanside’s community growth boundary by saying that her department is not privy to any information that was not in the Headlight Herald story on Sept. 17, 2003. She said the department has contacted the prospective buyer, Forum National Investments, Ltd., of Vancouver, B.C., and asked its representatives to contact the county department.
Lisa said the property is zoned for forest use, and if there were a change to that use, any new owner would have to obtain an exception to statewide land-use planning goals. The prospective buyer has said it intends to create an "eco-tourist destination resort," which Lisa said may require an exception to the land-use goals before it could apply to establish a "coast resort overlay zone." She said obtaining an exception is difficult and would require a public process before the Tillamook County Commission and the state Land Use and Conservation Commission, which would be the ultimate decision authority.
She added that Short Creek, which flows through the property and supplies Oceanside’s drinking water, could be protected through riparian rules, which may require a 25-foot buffer on either side of the creek, or through state Department of Environmental Quality rules.
Lisa said it appears that four statewide planning goals could be involved in an exception, including Goal 4 (Forest) and Goal 5 (Natural Resources). [The statewide land-use goals can be viewed at http://www.lcd.state.or.us/goalhtml/goals.html ] She added that she would keep the ONA informed if the new owner begins pre-application conferences with the county department.
Asked about the proposed links golf course on Whelan Island near Tierra del Mar, Lisa said the county is waiting for a possible signed waiver of the developer’s right to a land-use decision in 150 days. If no waiver is forthcoming, the golf course issue will be before the county planning commission on December 11, she said.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:05 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Judson Randall, secretary.