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Homeless: About 150 volunteers
will be helping during the event
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HOW TO HELP
Action, will feature services
governmental and faith-based
agencies.
The one-day, one-stop event
will offer medical screenings,
hearing testing, eye exams, im-
munizations, haircuts, personal
care items, clothing vouchers
and a hot meal. In addition,
many assistance services will
be available, including hous-
ing, mail service, food stamps,
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employment, education and le-
gal aid.
“The whole focus is to link
people up to services and we
the key agencies will be there,”
Tony DeGoede, Clatsop Com-
munity Action staff member,
said.
DeGoede said the annual
event helps an average of about
200 homeless individuals, which
is still a fraction of the overall
population. In 2014, Clatsop
County recorded 638 homeless
families and 1,038 individuals.
Records show 321 individuals
were under the age of 18.
Homelessness includes peo-
ple living with others due to
losing their own housing and are
“doubled up,” which has become
more common among the coun-
ty’s youth, according to the CCA.
DeGoede said he hopes to
see more homeless take advan-
tage of the event this year.
About 150 volunteers will be
helping out during the event and
prior to the event by handing out
Kujala: Ackley
appointed to replace
Kujala on commission
Gary Draper, Warrenton, gets a vision and glaucoma
screening from Crystal Murray, a student in the nursing
program at Clatsop Community College, Jan. 30, 2014, at
Project Homeless Connect. Draper, who served two tours
as an Army Ranger in Vietnam, believes the event does a
lot of good for people in need on the North Coast.
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Those interested in
volunteering for Proj-
ect Homeless Connect
are encouraged to
contact Tony DeGoede
or Viviana Matthews
at Clatsop Community
Action at 503-325-
1400.
Donations to Project
Homeless Connect,
which is tax-deduct-
ible, can be mailed to
Clatsop Community
Action at 364 Ninth
St., Astoria, OR
97103, or through
Paypal at http://bit.
ly/1C10Z6d. The event
relies solely on dona-
tions each year.
The City Commission
selected
Commissioner
Henry Balensifer as mayor
pro tem, who presides when
the mayor is absent.
Commissioners appoint-
ed Pam Ackley, a real estate
broker with Windermere
on the commission created
will be sworn in at the next
commission meeting on Jan.
two years of Kujala’s term
as commissioner.
-
ond to Newton in the Novem-
ber election and was the only
one to apply for the vacancy.
The City Commission
Homeless Connect seeks 100 volunteers
The sixth annual Project Homeless Con-
nect Jessica Maclay Memorial is being held
Civic & Convention Center. Numerous ser-
vices will be provided during this one-day
one-stop event including medical screen-
ings, hearing testing, eye exams, immuniza-
program has become a commu-
nitywide effort, DeGoede said.
“In this community, we have
embraced this program. We
have made it very realistic to
do,” DeGoede said. “Our main
goal is to help the homeless.”
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tion District will offer a “Rider-
ship Appreciation Day” Jan. 29
tions, haircuts, personal care items, clothing
vouchers and a hot meal.
Clatsop Community Action needs 100
volunteers for the event. Those who are
interested should contact Tony DeGoede
or Viviana Matthews at 503-325-1400 to
sign up.
during Project Homeless Con-
nect. All bus services in Clatsop
County will be free to all riders
for the entire day.
Clatsop County’s Project
Homeless Connect is put on
each year in honor of Jessica
MacLay, the originator and or-
died in 2011 from injuries suf-
fered in a fatal car accident. The
new year to revise commis-
sion rules on ethical conduct
that prohibit commissioners
from using their elected of-
event has since been named in
her memory.
Project Homeless Connect,
Dec. 8, 2005, in 26 cities across
size, content and frequency, but
has the same goals.
“We are just trying to link
people up to services to better
their situation,” DeGoede said.
Roof: Blue pyramid would cover only small part of roof
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“We have a long history of
collaboration with historical
commissions throughout our
senior vice president and re-
gional manager for Columbia
Bank, said in an email. “We
have come up with a propos-
al that maintains the integrity
of the historical district while
retaining the important brand
design components that iden-
tify Columbia Bank branches
throughout the Northwest.”
While the dispute seems
small, it speaks to a larger
challenge for the city, which
wants economic growth
downtown while still preserv-
according to city planners,
date back more than 100 years
and can be found on sever-
al buildings downtown, al-
though none are historic.
The Historic Landmarks
Commission wants to steer
building owners away from
standing seam metal roofs,
which some believe look
cheap, preferring tile or oth-
er material. Commissioners
worried that a blue metal
seam roof on the Columbia
Bank pyramid would be used
later as an example by other
builders.
were not thrilled by the hue
— one observer has dubbed
commission is barred by
code from considering color
in its review. Commissioners
can weigh whether the scale,
style, height, architectural de-
tail and materials of a project
are compatible with nearby
historic buildings.
Commissioners
urged
Columbia Bank to use tile.
But the bank countered that
— corporate branding aside
— tile would bring a Mediter-
with the rest of the building.
Columbia Bank’s logo col-
or is the model for the pro-
posed pyramid part of the
roof.
The rule changes are
meant to clarify what had
been informal practices,
according to City Manag-
prompted in part because
the city had done business
with Newton’s auto parts
store before he was elected
to the commission.
The new rules specify
that commissioners may seek
closed bid, open competitive
awards for city goods and
services.
Commissioners
or their immediate family
members are not eligible,
however, for city contracts
for professional services
such as legal, engineering or
architectural expertise.
The city may turn to
commissioners that have
retail or wholesale busi-
nesses for smaller purchases
that do not require bids or
quotes, but will make an ef-
fort to ensure that such pur-
chases are equitably shared
with other vendors.
The city will not solic-
it quotes or informal bids
DERRICK DEPLEDGE — The
Daily Astorian
Warrenton Mayor Mark
Kujala, left, is sworn
in by City Manager
Kurt Fritsch at Tuesday
night’s Warrenton City
Commission meeting.
with commissioners or their
immediate family members
who own businesses.
The City Commission,
meanwhile, directed city
staff to accept a $16,880 bid
from P&L Johnson Mechan-
ical to install a new walk-in
freezer at the Warrenton
Community Center. A new
freezer has been a longtime
priority for the center.
At a work session prior
to the commission meet-
ing, commissioners offered
guidance to city staff on
how to proceed with Ore-
gon LNG’s proposed ter-
minal.
After a conference call
a Portland attorney who is
advising the city on the con-
gas project, commissioners
agreed that Oregon LNG’s
proposed comprehensive
plan amendment and zon-
ing change would go before
the Planning Commission,
while the development ap-
plication would be reviewed
Under the city’s charter,
Oregon LNG has the right
to a consolidated process
for the city’s review of the
project.
Decisions by the Plan-
ning Commission or hear-
to the City Commission.
STEVE MORGAN — via Wikimedia Commons
The proposed roof under discussion in Columbia Bank
building plans is a standing seam metal roof, like the ones
on the Astoria Riverfront Trolley stop shelters. This one is
near the Astoria Riverwalk Inn in Uniontown.
“It just doesn’t feel like
it’s in keeping with the rest
of the fabric of downtown,”
said LJ Gunderson, the pres-
ident of the Historic Land-
marks Commission and the
Management.
Gunderson cited the exam-
ple of Leavenworth, Wash.,
the Cascade Mountain city
where corporate chains such
as McDonald’s have con-
formed to an old Bavarian vil-
lage theme.
Tile or another alternative
for the Columbia Bank’s pyr-
amid roof seemed like a small
concession to some commis-
sioners.
“We’re just asking them to
work with us and try to blend
in to the historic downtown
better,” Gunderson said.
In Columbia Bank’s appeal
Trolley stops, and part of a
commercial property just west
of the new branch, Hockman
noted.
The blue pyramid, he
maintained, is an accent that
would cover only a small per-
centage of the roof.
While many in the city are
vigilant about protecting his-
toric character, there is some
apprehension about becoming
-
utation for overly restrictive
building standards.
The overall design for
Columbia
Bank’s
new
branch
was
otherwise
praised as attractive by the
Historic Landmarks Com-
mission. The bank wants to
replace the existing one-sto-
handling the project, argues
that the branch is new con-
struction, not a remodel of a
historic building.
about 10,000 square feet,
with a smaller, more dis-
tinctive two-story branch of
about 5,200 square feet with
a drive-through teller win-
dow and parking at the back.
“We are proud to be devel-
oping a beautiful new branch
roofs, while not on any his-
toric buildings downtown, are
features on portions of nearby
said. “This is truly an exciting
addition for both the bank and
for our community.”
Hockman, a project manag-
-
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A shot of Duane Street shows Columbia Bank along with several other businesses. Co-
lumbia Bank hopes to build a new two-story branch to replace its existing building.
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