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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015 Nursing: Clatsop is the ninth college to join the consortium Continued from Page 1A The work for a bach- elor’s degree moves be- yond the basics of nursing, Sansom said, focusing on leadership, outcomes man- agement, population-based care, epidemiology and clinical experience during a practicum. “Any clinical expe- riences are coordinated to occur in the student’s community,” Sansom said, adding students would work with local practicing nurses during their practi- cums. Sansom said Clatsop is the ninth college to join the consortium, which also in- cludes six campuses of the OHSU School of Nursing. Several of the college’s 15 nursing students being pinned June 12 have al- ready been accepted into a variety of bachelor’s pro- grams, Sansom said. In the ODVW¿YH\HDUVRQO\WZRVWX- GHQWVKDYHIDLOHGWKHLU¿UVW attempt at the state licens- ing exam, and both passed on their second attempt. Every graduate from last \HDULVZRUNLQJLQWKH¿HOG most locally. Donna Larson sop Community College. Donna Larson, the col- lege’s vice president of academics and student af- fairs, said it has had a simi- ODUDJUHHPHQWZLWK/LQ¿HOG &ROOHJH IRU ¿YH \HDUV LQ which local students can get a bachelor’s from the McMinnville institute. She said the college has articulation agreements with Eastern Oregon Uni- versity for the college’s ¿UH VFLHQFH SURJUDP 6WX- dents can transfer there with many of their classes complete and face only two years to get their bachelor’s LQ¿UHVFLHQFH “We’re working with art,” Larson said, adding the college is preparing to talk to the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, the Art Insti- Emerging tute of Portland or another partnerships institution to help students The partnership with pursing a bachelor’s in 2+68LVQRWWKH¿UVWIRUWKH the subject. “That’s in the nursing program or for Clat- brainstorming stage.” Parking: Port staff would research a parking plan replaced by Timothy Ramis at Tuesday’s meeting. Ramis Kaup said regardless of the said he hoped the Port would equipment, the Port needs to schedule a performance re- make sure it enforces a park- view for Jordan Ramis. “I ing policy, which he added would hope we do it in an ex- would be easier with the new ecutive session so we can all machines. Fick said the Port be straightforward,” Ramis should use a collection agen- said. Knight said a Port Com- cy for people who do not pay mission workshop two weeks ¿QHVIURPYLRODWLRQV from Tuesday would be the Executive Director Jim ¿UVWRSSRUWXQLW\ Knight said staff would re- • During public comment, search a parking plan and Englund reminded the Port bring a recommendation back that it is 13 months from a to the Port. deadline — June 30, 2016 6HYHUDO RWKHU VLJQL¿FDQW — to install a stormwater new items popped up at the treatment system as part of meeting Tuesday: its recent Tier II stormwater • Financial Manager Jim monitoring designation by the Grey said Moss Adams LLP Oregon Department of Envi- is working fast to reach a Fri- ronmental Quality after years day deadline to release the of high levels of copper emp- Port’s 2013-14 audit, adding tying into the Columbia Riv- it would likely come out later er. Englund asked where the in the month. It was due Dec. money is coming from to pay 31 but delayed as the Port had for the stormwater treatment. accountants comb through its Knight said he does not know ¿QDQFLDOV WR HQVXUH WKHLU DF- yet, and the Port is looking for curacy. a stormwater system to cover • The Port’s former law- the entire central waterfront, yer, Ronald Guerra from the including copper and the ¿UP -RUGDQ 5DPLV 3& ZDV needs of the Pier 3 log yard. Continued from Page 1A Flood maps: ‘What’s at stake is millions of dollars’ Continued from Page 1A inundation to areas that have QRWKLVWRULFDOO\ÀRRGHG “What’s at stake is millions of dollars,” Warrenton Mayor Mark Kujala said. “This is about ÀRRGLQVXUDQFHUDWHV,W¶VDERXW development codes in the city of Warrenton and Clatsop County as a whole. “The most important thing that a city does is public safety, so we’re very concerned about ÀRRGSURWHFWLRQKHUHEHFDXVHRI our proximity to the Columbia 5LYHU DQG 3DFL¿F 2FHDQ MXVW like anyone is in Clatsop Coun- ty. “However, we also under- stand the economic impacts of ÀRRG VWXGLHV DQG ÀRRGSODLQ mapping. And we’ve seen a lot of inaccuracies.” Kujala sent a letter to FEMA this week explaining the agen- cy’s modeling does not match a review by Coast and Harbor En- gineering, an Edmonds, Wash., consultant hired by the cities and county. Kujala offered to work with FEMA to resolve the dispute EHIRUH WKH ÀRRG PDSV DUH ¿- nalized. But the mayor also de- VFULEHGZKDWKHFDOOHGD³ÀDZHG bureaucratic process,” and said he would appeal for help from U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonami- ci, D-Ore. JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian The Astoria Mitigation Bank, a wetlands area near the airport. VXUHÀRRGLQVXUDQFHUDWHVUHÀHFW DFWXDOÀRRGULVNVWKURXJKEHWWHU mapping. But Warrenton quickly sought to counter FEMA’s new High pressure ÀRRG PDSV IRU WKH &ROXPELD The federal government has River estuary after seeing a wa- been under pressure to improve ter elevation of nearly 13.5 feet, ÀRRG FRQWURO VLQFH +XUULFDQH which Kujala called an exagger- Katrina devastated New Orleans DWHG¿JXUH in 2005. 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FEMA has tried to en- Brett Estes, the city man- “We want to just get it right,” Kujala said. “We want to make sure that what’s done is based in science.” ager in Astoria, said the pro- SRVHGÀRRGPDSVZRXOGFRY- er areas of the city that have not historically experienced ÀRRGLQJ He also said calculations for so-called “velocity zones,” areas ZKHUH ÀRZ RU FXUUHQWGULYHQ waves could push water over the riverbank, “could have impacts on existing development along the waterfront with regards to rates and the ability to continue WR KDYH ÀRRG LQVXUDQFH LQ DG- dition to impacts on any future development along the water- front.” Tongue Point: Multiple parties interested Continued from Page 1A was more than $6.2 million. The property has attracted interest from multiple pri- vate parties. The Port would need private support for the hundreds of millions of dol- lars Executive Director Jim Knight and others have esti- mated are needed to modern- ize the site. Most recently, Huy Ying Chen, the head of a federally approved immigrant inves- tor group based in Kirkland, Wash., was trying to put to- gether a deal to buy North Tongue Point. But he and the 3RUW PDGH FRQÀLFWLQJ VWDWH- ments about the nature of their talks, which have not advanced. Knight said he has not heard from Chen since he came to Astoria in March. Lease to buy The Port last seriously looked at buying the proper- ty in 2008, trying to get loans from the county, revenue bonds and lobbying the federal government. But the Port ended up in a lease, for which it pays Mon- tana-based Washington Devel- opment Company $350,000 a year through 2019, with an option to buy at the end. 7KHOHDVHWKH3RUW¿QDOL]HG in October 2009 stipulated that to buy the property before the ¿UVW\HDUWHUPLVRYHUWKHUH would be an early termination fee equaling 50 percent of the remaining lease value. The lease also stipulated that if Port makes capital improvements worth more than $50,000 to O u r cu sto m ers experien ce so m e o f life’ s grea test a ssists o ff the co u rt. Tru st yo u r lo ca l S ta te Fa rm ® a gen t fo r help fin d in g the right co vera ge a n d sa vin gs o n yo u r in su ra n ce so yo u ca n en jo y m o re o f w ha t yo u lo ve. CONTACT A LOCAL AGENT TODAY. W E EX IST TO ASSIST. the site, the investment will be deducted from the purchase price. The 2014 appraisal showed about $1.7 million in improvements by the Port and/ or Washington Development Company. Another appraisal of the fair market value of the property would be required before the Port can buy the property, according to the lease agreement. The ap- praisal would include the revenue generated from the site, former Port Director Jack Crider said in 2009 af- ter signing the lease. A fair price Knight concurred with Hunsinger’s assessment of it being the right time. “I need to go in as ful- ly armed as I possibly can,” Knight said, adding that the Port needs to convey the short- comings of North Tongue Point to Washington Develop- 201 4 RAM 15 00 ment Co. and itemize all the development costs. The Port would likely have to go out for a bond of some type to buy the facility. Port Commissioner Robert Mushen said it would likely take another year or two for the Port to gain credit with bonding agencies. The agency is relatively in WKHGDUNRQLWV¿QDQFLDOVVWLOO waiting for its 2013-14 audit from Jim Lanzarotta of Moss Adams, LLP. Ironically, Lan- zarotta was last reviewing the 3RUW¶V¿QDQFLDOVLQZKLOH it was discussing the purchase of North Tongue Point. Commissioner Stephen Fulton said the Port also needs to look at whether North Tongue Point is in a coast- al high hazard zone subject to high velocity water, also known as a VE zone, which could restrict development. “I think Bill has a good point about it being key for development, but this VE zone SLT, Crew Ca b, 6’4” box, 5.7L H em i, 8-speed a u tom a tic Stock #394097 201 4 RAM 15 00 SLT, Crew Ca b, 5’7” box, 5.7L H em i, 8-speed a u tom a tic Stock #394067 SALE PRICE SALE PRICE $ 34 , 846 * could preclude it,” Fulton said, adding that he wonders where the money is going to come from to buy Tongue Point. Scott McClaine, owner of Clatsop Coin, attended the meeting and during public comment said that if he won the lottery, he would also like to buy North Tongue Point. He asked why, if Washing- ton Development Company is such a huge company with the infrastructure to make North 7RQJXH 3RLQW SUR¿WDEOH LW had not already developed the property. “At one point we thought it would work well with one of our Canadian companies as a foothold into the U.S.,” Karl Swanson, general counsel for Washington Corporations, had said in a March interview. Hunsinger said the proper- W\GLGQRW¿WZKDWWKHFRPSDQ\ wanted to do and was too far from its other operations in Canada. 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