city/area news
january24
2012
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OSU Extension Service Offers Trees to be Cut and Hydrant
Woodland Management Course Moved Near New School
The OSU Extension Service will be
offering “Woodland Management 101”,
a six-session shortcourse for individuals
who own forested property. The course
will be held Wednesday evenings,
February 1st – 29th in St. Helens. The
class provides a basic introduction
to planning, growing, and caring for
a small woodland. Tree and shrub
identification, planting and maintenance,
fish and wildlife, tax and business basics,
harvesting and marketing and other topics
will be covered. Registration deadline
is January 25th and space is limited.
For more information, contact the OSU
Extension Service, 503-397-3462.
The Columbia County Fair
Board has announced that it is conducting
a public contest to determine the theme
for the 2012 Columbia County Fair and
Rodeo’s 97th annual event. The contest
is open to all residents of the county.
The Grand Prize for the winner
of the theme contest is a VIP prize
package including one unlimited family
season pass to the Columbia County Fair
& Rodeo, a free season parking pass, and
other special fair prizes to be determined.
The 2012 Columbia County
Fair and Rodeo runs from July 18th
through the 22nd. To contact the Fair
Board, call 503-397-4231 and leave a
message. Theme entries can be mailed
to Columbia County Fair & Rodeo, P.O.
Box 74, St. Helens, OR 97051. For Event
Complex reservations call 503-397-
2353.
Columbia County Announces 2012
Fair & Rodeo Theme Contest
On the Shelves: What’s
Happening at the Vernonia Library
Vernonia Public Library has
received a $1,000 grant to improve
public library services to children. The
Ready to Read Grant funds will be
used for supplies, incentives and paid
performances for Summer Reading 2012.
The Ready to Read Grant was
established by the State Legislature in
1993 to assist local libraries in helping
to achieve the Oregon Benchmarks for
childhood learning and development.
This annual grant, funded by the
General Fund of the State of Oregon,
is administered by the State Library.
Oregon libraries may use these funds for
the statewide summer reading program
for children ages 0-14 and early literacy
services for children ages 0-5.
The impact of the Ready to Read
Grant program is measured annually by
the percentage of libraries adopting “best
practices” in their services to children.
The State Library has identified three
best practices in youth services at public
libraries: summer reading programs,
training for parents and childcare
providers in research-based early literacy
curriculums, and outreach to children
and teens who face barriers getting to
the library. Vernonia’s library provides
an entertaining, educational reading
program each summer for youngsters of
the community. This grant helps make
this program possible.
Upcoming Vernonia City Hall
Closures and City Council Meetings
City Hall will be closed:
February 20, 2012 President’s Day
Upcoming City Council Meetings are scheduled for:
Monday February 6, 2012
Tuesday February 21, 2012
Monday March 5, 2012
Dates and Times subject to change due to conflicts of schedules
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The City of Vernonia and the
Vernonia School District are coordinating
the development of the Bridge Street
Improvement Project that is unfolding in
conjunction with the new construction
of the K-12 school campus on Missouri
Avenue . In December 2010, then Governor
Ted Kulongoski made an announcement
at the site of the new school that Oregon
Department of Transportation had found
grant resources to allow an award of $3.8
million toward road improvements on
Bridge Street between Texas Avenue and
Spencer Avenue and along the length of
Missouri Avenue to the then proposed new
school campus.
Over the next few months, in
advance of the road improvements, two
projects will unfold: (1) a tree removal
project and (2) a hydrant relocation project.
ODOT is in the process of putting out a
small contract for tree removal. In advance
of that project, they will mark all of the
trees to be cut. “I know in advance that
this change will cause some chagrin, and
I am hopeful that we can find a way to
accept this modification in the landscape
as a sign of progress,” says Vernonia City
Administrator Bill Haack.
The required movement of the
fire hydrant is specifically to allow for the
realignment of Bridge Street. However
the City also intended to realign it to allow
for the eventual modification of Lakeview
Terrace to line up with Missouri to make a
true intersection. “This future modification
will also allow for better access for the
Vernonia Rural Fire Protection District
trucks to enter their fire station off of
Lakeview in the future,” says Haack.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
For Sentry Market on February 2, 2012
This is a proposed variance request by Gordon Smith to construct on overhead
awning for Sentry Market in the sidewalk right-of-way along Jefferson Avenue and
Maple Street, City File # VAR 12-01
SITE LOCATION: The subject site is an existing building at 735 Jefferson Avenue.
The parcel is Tax Lot 1800, Map 4N 4W Section 4 CB.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Vernonia Planning Commission will conduct a
Public Hearing in accordance with the following provisions of Vernonia Zoning Code
Title 9 and can be found on the city’s website www.vernonia-or.gov:
Applicable Criteria:
Section 9-01.08 Variances
Section 9-01.03-50 Downtown Zone
Section 9-02.10-40 Type III Review Procedure
Information about the application can be obtained by contacting Joann Glass at City
Hall 503-429-5291 ext. 106. The Vernonia Zoning Code requires that if you receive
this notice in error promptly forward it to the owner or purchaser.
The Public Hearing will be on February 2, 2012 at 6:00 PM in the Council
Chambers of City Hall, 1001 Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR 97064. Public testimony
and written statements are welcome at the hearing. A staff report will be available to
the public at City Hall one week before the hearing, and may be copied for a nominal
fee. Failure to raise an issue, in person or in writing, with sufficient detail to afford
the hearing body and parties to the hearing an opportunity to respond to that issue,
precludes appeal to City Council or LUBA, or to seek damages in circuit court due to
a condition of approval.
All meeting locations are accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an
interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with
disabilities should be made at least 48 hours prior to the public hearing to the City
Recorder at 503-429-5291 ext. 106; TTY 1-800-735-2900 or at City Hall, 1001 Bridge
St., Vernonia, OR 97064.
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