Cape Lookout Public Meetings

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) will invite public discussion on Cape Lookout State Park and its eroding shoreline Dec. 7 in Netarts and Dec. 8 in Wilsonville. The meetings will be the first step in developing a new master plan for the park's future.

The Netarts session will run from 6-8 p.m. in the Netarts-Oceanside RFD Community Hall, 1235 Fifth Street Loop. OPRD will hold the Dec. 8 meeting at the Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 S.W. Wilsonville Road from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

OPRD will use the first round of meetings to seek ideas about how to offer safe, diverse recreation in the future while adjusting to the park's shoreline changes. Comments received from attendees and during a 30-day written comment period will help planners develop a first draft of the new plan to present in a second round of meetings early next year. Written comments can be sent to OPRD master planning coordinator Ron Campbell at 725 Summer Street N.E., Suite C, Salem, Oregon 97301; or by e-mail to Ron.Cambell@state.or.us.

An advisory committee with members representing recreation and natural resource interests also will hold its first meeting Dec. 7 at the Netarts-Oceanside RFD Community Hall. The session, from 2-4 p.m., will be open to the public, but discussion will be limited to committee members and OPRD staff only.

The meeting sites are accessible to people with disabilities. Special accommodations may be arranged up to 72 hours in advance by calling 503-986-0655.