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Vernonia council approves Salmon Festival permits, temporary Park Avenue closure
Summary
The Vernonia City Council approved a special-event permit, a temporary OLCC beer-garden application and a Park Avenue street closure for the Oct. 5 Salmon Festival; two council members declared conflicts and one mayoral abstention was recorded during the votes.
The Vernonia City Council on Sept. 3 approved permits needed to hold the Salmon Festival on Oct. 5, including a special-event permit, a temporary OLCC beer-garden application and a temporary closure of Park Avenue.
Council member (unnamed) moved to approve the special-event permit “presented by Dr. [Nahalem Watershed Council],” and the motion carried after discussion of traffic and safety access for emergency and handicapped vehicles. Mayor Hobart recorded an abstention on the special-event permit vote. Council later moved and approved the OLCC application to allow a beer garden operated by Crooked Creek/Creek Brewing, and separately approved the festival’s request to close Park Avenue for the event.
City staff said the temporary street closure would allow emergency-vehicle and handicapped access and that contractor work in the park area is expected to be completed before Oct. 5 or covered with steel plate if any work remains. “He wants to get through there as quick as he can,” a staff member said about the contractor’s schedule. Councilors discussed recusal and declared potential conflicts where council members or their family members are participating as vendors at the festival; members who declared an actual conflict were not to participate in the related votes.
The council approved the festival permits by voice vote and moved on to regular business. The items were handled in a single block of festival-related agenda time; staff and council emphasized continued coordination with OLCC rules and public-safety measures for the event.
