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JUNE 26, 2013 | WEDNESDAY
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LINCOLN CITY, OREGON
Talk, but no action on VRD rules JEREMY C. RUARK The News Guard
The debate over regulating Lincoln City’s vacation rental dwellings (VRDs) will continue for at least a few more weeks following public discussion June 24 before the Lincoln City City Council. At its regular session Monday, the City Council opened a public hearing to review a proposed VRD Yes/ No Zone ordinance.
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The proposed ordinance amends the City’s Comprehensive Plan by adding the Rental Overlay Zone. The ordinance addresses lawfully established, pre-existing VRDs in areas adopted as “no” zones. The ordinance amends the comprehensive plan and zoning maps to add the VROZ designation to specific parcels. Several people testified before the council saying the proposed overlay zone would not allow them to
either continue, or have the option to operate, a vacation rental dwelling in their neighborhood if they choose to do so. Dick Spray owns a home in Lincoln City and was concerned that his property would not be in the zone allowing the VRDs. “Why is my property on both sides of the street in the red zone?” Spray asked the Council. “When I bought
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Lincoln City City Planning and Community Director Richard Townsend outlines a proposed Yes/No overlay zone for vacation rental dwellings during the Lincoln City City Council See VRD, Page A6 session June 24.
Hospital switches to electronic records
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Welcome to the electronic age! After a year of preparing for the change from paper to electronics, Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital activated its new patient record-keeping system called Epic on June 24. “Samaritan is adopting a new system-wide electronic medical record system as part of our mission to provide seamless, high-quality health care,” said Liz Bardon, Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital marketing and public relations director. Throughout the Samaritan system 700,000 records will be transferred into the Epic system. Samaritan’s two acute care hospitals began using Epic earlier this year and the three critical access hospitals – Lincoln City, Newport and Lebanon – went live on June 24. Converting to a single electronic medical record system for all of Samaritan Health Services also meets the requirements and deadlines set forth by the Health Information Tech-
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Weekly Rainfall: 1.66 inches Yearly Rainfall: 32.33 inches
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Emergency crews work on their skills during an exercise at the Taft Fire Station training facility. The drill involved a school bus crash with multiple injuries and death.
Emergency crews enact fatal crash situation
WEEKLY OUTLOOK
JIM FOSSUM The News Guard
Showers the last week of June will make up for the lack of rain the first week. With a little luck, the weekend should improve to partly sunny.
If you’d have just happened upon the scene, you would have sworn they were filming a major motion picture action/drama.
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Simulated smoke billowed from a burning tower. Imaginary steam burst from a crashed school bus engine. Delirious, gasping and wobbly fire and accident victims emerged from extreme emergency situations with the
help of dedicated first responders. It was “lights, camera, action” at the Taft Fire Station’s training facility at 4520 S.E. Highway 101 on Monday, June 24, when North Lincoln Fire & See DRILL, Page A8
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Agnes Creek Open Space logging launched JEREMY C. RUARK The News Guard
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Specialized logging equipment is being used to thin the Agnes Creek Open Space Park.
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Work is under way to create a forest demonstration at a portion of the Agnes Creek Open Space Park in Lincoln City. The project involves a logging operation to thin the dense forest park. “We estimated that we will remove about 150,000-board-feet of timber,” said Mark Miller with Trout Mountain Forestry, the logging company contracted by the City of Lincoln City to perform the project. “We believe the city will net about $30,000 through this project.” Miller said as part of the Lincoln City Park system, the goals for the logging project include protecting open space in close proximity to the city, preserve stream and wetland areas,
provide public recreation opportunities and perpetuate high-quality maturing forest habitats. The Agnes Creek forest reseeded naturally following clear-cut logging in the 1960s. The resulting secondgrowth forest became very dense and uniform, with little understory vegetation or wildlife habitat, and was becoming susceptible to damaging winds. “The desired future condition is for a diverse forest comprised of a variety of ages and species of native trees and understory vegetation, which providers rich wildlife habitats, and is resilient to weather, insects, and disease,” said Miller. A selective thinning approach will be used to speed the growth of large trees. Spruce will be favored
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