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Oceanside Action Partnership

Trails Team

March 14, 2024 Meeting (3/18/24 v.1)

A small group met to share and exchange information on initiatives and efforts identified by our Oceanside neighbors.

 

Dan Haag, Director of Trails, Outdoor and Accessibility for the Tillamook Coast Visitors Association (TCVA) joined us to share his work and perspectives. He thanked Oceanside for their support of the recently passed SB 1576. The bill affirms immunity protections for keeping parks and trails open and provides for a two-year timeframe for legislators to make additional changes and updates to existing statutes. He encouraged us to thank our legislators for their quick action in addressing this issue. Both Short Beach and Tire Trails in Oceanside are affected.

 

Information on activities and funding opportunities with the TCVA:

·     Accessibility tool-kits for trails and availability and placement of “David’s Chair”

·     Volunteering opportunities for youth groups that have included the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts

·     Trail Ambassador Program

·     Scholarships through Tillamook Bay Community College

·     Support and connection with trails organizations including the Oregon Trail Keepers, Sisters Trail Alliance and Tillamook Bay Trails Coalition

·     Wilderness First-Aid Classes

·     DeGarde Brewing Tillamook – May 4th fundraiser with special “Trailkeeper” beer created for TCVA

 

Chris Laity, Public Works Director of Tillamook County, shared updates:

·     Short Beach – A grant has been submitted for the design of a new trail to replace the current one. Additional funding will be identified for the build and completion. Chris expects effort to begin this fall.

·     Tire Trail – Bruce Jaeger shared that there is an interest and effort to identify ownership of the property over which the trail and bridge fall. Chris shared that he did not believe that the trail falls on county property. The trails group shared their overall concern about the integrity of the trail and options to repair and/or replace it.

 

Craig Child and Mapping Oceanside

·     As part of the effort of the Trails Team, Craig shared a map that he worked on with Gill Wiggin to identify trails in the Oceanside area that included: Trails in use and located on public land, trails in use on private land and county trails. All acknowledged that this is a great visual and tactical tool to help us better focus attention and efforts to connect our neighborhoods and provide safe access for public use.

5-20-Update Signage Team

20 May, 2024
Well we have the final revised entry sign submitted to TCVA's design team. In June/July once the TCVA funding goes through, Stephen Schlott Partners in Design team will work to produce the draft of the final design. The signage team will then provide a final review and return it for production. The OAP now has placed a copyright on the lovely design by Kim Green, shown here. Some have compared it to a WPA poster, interesting. Following on the team's outlined agenda from 2023, last Monday Bruce and Kris met in Oceanside with the Grand Ronde Tribe's cultural protection specialists Chris Bailey and Cheryl Pouley. We discussed the considered signage locations and structures in the upper and lower OSP parking lots. Chris will take the discussion to Jason Elkins, Oregon State Parks. An eligibility review will occur within the G.R. Confederated Tribes on potential culturally sensitive locations. This begins the integrated process with related agencies. Sally T. has had an initial discussion with our USFW partnership on marine ecology subject matters +, related to the lower parking lot signage. Kris has met with the researcher at Grand Ronde on material related to the Tillamook People, specifically related to the Netarts People of the Netarts Sandspit Village. Also Kris has begun a draft on historical geology, thanks to Tom Horning, Seaside Geologist. This will be a compatible side panel to a native peoples history panel in the upper parking lot. As previous, it would be a good project for a team member to target revisions to the signage at the Y, where Pacific Ave. meets Cape Meares Rd. Addressing the No RV parking signs is still an issue. Our team also is flirting with the idea of some kind of mural on the north side of the OCC, with artist Andrew R. in mind. Kris is also continuing consideration of photos that could accompany establishment history on panels between Roseanna's and the OCC. The centennial exhibition and Marilyn Rossnick's photo sources have been most helpful. At some point this summer there will be a Wayfinding Strategy Meeting with the TCVA. It will further support our signage and messaging work. As always, any thoughts, considerations and information are welcome, please share! Kris Woolpert, Team Coordinator
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