Informational Town Halls

Below you will find the recorded presentations and town halls created to assist community members in educating themselves about land use issues.

The Neskowin Citizen Advisory Committee hopes you will find this information useful in forming your input to our next Neskowin Community Plan.

Here is an outline of the topics presented in the above video and some helpful links to find out more:

This Town Hall will cover State Planning Goals 8 and 9, Recreational Needs and Economic Development and features the speakers:

  • Michelle Jenck: Director, Community Well-Being

  • Arica Sears, Deputy Director: Oregon Coast Visitors Association

  • Josh Venti from TORTA: Tillamook Off-road Trail Alliance https://www.tortamtb.com

Here are links to the State Planning Goals 8 & 9:

Click HERE for Goal 8

Click HERE for Goal 9

 

This Town Hall covers State Planning Goal 10:

Housing - “To provide for the housing needs of citizens of the state.”

The town hall will feature the following speakers and panelists:

  • Brenda Freshman with a Welcome Message from the NCAC

  • Sarah Absher, Director of Tillamook Community Development

  • Melissa Carlson-Swanson, Director of Tillamook Food Bank

  • Erin Skaar, Tillamook County Commissioner

  • Susan Amort, Local Realtor

 
 

This Town Hall will cover two State Planning Goals:

 Goal 11 - Public Facilities and Services: “To plan and develop a timely, orderly and efficient arrangement of public facilities and services to serve as a framework for urban and rural development.”

Goal 14 - Urbanization: “To provide for an orderly and efficient transition from rural to urban land use, to accommodate urban population and urban employment inside urban growth boundaries, to ensure efficient use of land, and to provide for livable communities.”

 
 

This Town Hall will cover two State Planning Goals:

Goal 16 - Estuarine Resources:

“To recognize and protect the unique environmental, economic and social values of each estuary and associated wetlands; and to protect, maintain, and where appropriate develop and restore, the long term environmental, economic and social values, diversity and benefits of Oregon’s estuaries.”

Goal 17 - Coastal Shorelands:

“To conserve, protect, and where appropriate, develop and restore the resources and benefits of all coastal shorelands, recognizing their value for protection and maintenance of water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, water-dependent uses, economic resources and recreation and aesthetics. The management of these shoreland areas shall be compatible with the characteristics of the adjacent coastal waters; and to reduce the hazard to human life and property, and the adverse effects upon water quality and fish and wildlife habitat, resulting from the use and enjoyment of Oregon’s coastal shorelands.”

Click HERE to read about Goal 16

Click HERE to read about Goal 17

The panelists speaking on these topics will be:

  • Heather Wade - Coastal Policy Specialist

  • Lisa Phipps - North Coast Regional Representative

  • Kristi Foster - Executive Director, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership

  • Guy Sievert - Board Director, Nestucca-Neskowin-Sandlake Watershed Council

  • Garshaw Amidi-Abraham - Council Coordinator, Nestucca-Neskowin-Sand Lake Watershed Council

  • Sarah Absher - Director Tillamook County Community Development

 

This town hall will present information and expert knowledge on

State Land Use Planning Goal 18: Beaches and Dunes

Panelists who will be speaking on this topic:

  • Meg Reed - Coastal Shores Specialist, Dept of Land Conservation and Development

  • Peter Ruggiero - College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University

  • Jonathan Allan - Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

  • Trevor Taylor - Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

  • Doug Olson - Tillamook People's Utility District

  • David Yamamoto - Tillamook County Commissioner

This town hall will present information and expert knowledge on State Land Use Planning Goals 3 & 4: Agricultural and Forest Lands

Panelists will include:

  • Hilary Foote - Farm/Forest Lands Specialist, Department of Land Conservation and Development

  • Jim Johnson - Land Use & Water Planning Coordinator, Oregon Department of Agriculture

  • Sarah Absher - Tillamook County Planning Director

  • Chuck Willer - Executive Director, Coast Range Association

Introducing Neskowin Watershed Acquisition Basics and Overview for the Citizens of Neskowin:

1.    The Story

a.     What is the need?

b.    What is the issue?   

c.     What are the solution(s)? 

2.    How is acquisition achieved?   

3.    Lessons From Arch Cape

a. Ben Hayes - Springboard Forestry LLC

b. Phil Chick - Arch Cape Water District Manager

4.    Next Steps/What Community Members can do? 

5.    Q&A

Panelists who will be speaking at this Town Hall:

  • Jon Wickersham - North Coast Land Conservancy

  • Phil Chick - Arch Cape Water District Manager

  • Ben Hayes - Springboard Forestry LLC & Author of Arch Cape Plan

  • Troy Trute - Neskowin Water District Manager

  • Alex Sifford - Watershed Council