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Buoy 10: Deaths in 2001 triggered stronger patrol
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A couple years ago, Hilburg-
er said, one ¿sherman avoided
by a foot getting run over by a
barge being towed downriver.
“He wasn’t even aware of the
danger, and that’s what’s scary,”
Hilburger said. “The only two
people on board who had life jack-
ets were the two kids. It wouldn’t
have done them much good.”
On the docks
“Next weekend, this place
will be organized chaos,” said
Corey Deck, an auxiliarist
watching over the boat ramp at
Hammond Marina.
Each Friday, Saturday and
Sunday morning, Deck and
about 12 other auxiliarists station
themselves at local boat launches
on either side of the lower Co-
lumbia. There rests the bulk of
the auxiliary’s preventative ef-
forts to keep boaters safe, provid-
ing information on safe boating
and scanning for potential issues
before people ever enter the river.
“When people get ¿sh fever,
sometimes the sense is in the
back seat,” Deck said, shortly
after noting one angler driving
his draining boat back to the
parking lot, after backing it into
the marina without putting in his
boat plugs.
Recently, Deck said, the
Warrenton Police Department
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U.S. Coast Guard auxiliarists say that the Warrenton Police Department posting an officer, in this case Robert Wirth, on
scene helps defuse any potential conflicts.
started placing of¿cers on the
boat ramp at the Hammond Ma-
rina, which he added immedi-
ately improves how people car-
ry themselves when launching.
Police Chief Matt Workman
said placing an of¿cer there and
facilitating traf¿c helps reduce
the number of chippy argu-
ments between ¿shers.
Some of the auxiliarists are
also commercial vessel safety
inspectors in addition to work-
ing during Buoy 10. They offer
free inspections of commercial
vessels, Wood said, but because
of budget constraints can’t
extend the service to the pro-
digious number of “six pack”
charter boats taking up to six
¿shers apiece.
Some auxiliarists also share
their opinions that life jackets,
currently required only for peo-
ple 12 and younger, should be
required for everyone, along
with VHF radios.
Reserve unit
“They’re a force multipli-
er for us,” said Capt. Daniel
Travers, commander of Sector
Columbia River, of the job the
auxiliary does for the active duty
Coast Guard.
With his units often occu-
pied with searches and rescues,
Travers said the auxiliary, along
with all the other state, county
and local agencies, play an im-
portant role in keeping ¿sher-
men safe and the waterway clear
for ship traf¿c.
He estimated about 160 ac-
tive-duty Coast Guardsmen,
along with the auxiliary, patrol
Buoy 10, along with county
sheriff’s of¿ces, state police and
local agencies from both sides
of the river.
The Coast Guard’s strength-
ened Buoy 10 operation is par-
tially a response to 2001, when
seven people died during the
¿shery. Since then, fatalities
have been reduced to at most
one in a given year, but usually
none.
By the halfway point of Hil-
burger’s patrol Saturday, as he
is pulling into the Warrenton
marina, a report comes over the
radio of a vessel taking on water.
By the end of the weekend, the
Coast Guard had responded to
19 cases, mostly minor except
for two capsizings, six people
in the water and 12 searches and
rescues. The people in the water
were rescued by fellow ¿sher-
men and the Washington De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife.
Last weekend was only the
beginning. Travers, Workman
and the auxiliarists all expect
Buoy 10 to heat up over the next
few weekends.
Gearhart: Motion to waive fee charge passed by a 3-2 vote
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“They want to get their house
back legally on their property,”
Connell said. “They believe it
was a surveyor’s error and noth-
ing more than that. This piece
would be the beginning to cor-
rect the rest of the properties on
Ocean Avenue between D and E
and get everybody squared.”
A similar street vacation oc-
curred in 1999, when the city
vacated a 10-foot portion of D
Street east of South Ocean Ave-
nue for one block, Connell said.
Neighbors attending the
meeting, including South Ocean
Avenue and Marion Avenue
property owners, said they sup-
ported the street vacation.
City Councilor John Duncan
pointed to potential concerns.
With the street vacation, a park-
land dedication by a previous
owner could be considered void,
and heirs to the previous owners
could seek that property back,
now valued at $3 million.
In addition, since state laws
say the city must retain a supply
of 20 years of buildable lots, the
street vacation could block po-
tential development mandated
by law.
“We went through work that
said we had about 20 years’ sup-
ply right now,” Duncan said.
“Based on the number of per-
mits that have gone out, we’re
approaching 20. How many
years at 20 years does it take to
use up the 200 lots we have right
now? Ten years.”
Retaining an easement
Duncan proposed retaining
an easement over the property
being vacated by the city, which
would protect the city should
sidewalk or street improvements
be required. “I can support a va-
cation if we keep an easement
that allows existing home struc-
tures to stay in place,” he said. “I
can’t support vacating that with-
out retaining that easement.”
City Councilor Dan Jesse
supported the street vacation.
“It’s helping a whole block of
property owners,” he said.
Councilor Sue Lorain said
the city received land because of
the error.
“Without all the science,
without the ‘what if,’ what I
heard happening was somebody
screwed up the surveying way
back when,” she said. “The city
lucked out. We got 10 feet of
land we really shouldn’t have
gotten because of this mess-up. I
Carole
Connell
John
Duncan
don’t think we should go laugh-
ing, ‘Look what we got.’ I think
they deserve to keep that 10 feet,
as long as they are working with
the rest of the neighborhood.”
Mayor Dianne Widdop
called it “a major screw-up.”
“These people deserve to
have the right to sell their prop-
erty if they so desire and give
clear title,” she said.
Dianne
Widdop
Fee waiver
Councilors approved the
street vacation and easement
unanimously, which triggered
the second part of the request, a
waiver of the street vacation fee.
Based on assessed value of the
Ocean Avenue land, the fee was
determined to be at least $86,000
and possibly much more.
Councilors Duncan and Jes-
se said they were concerned that
a fee waiver could set a prece-
dent for future applicants.
“They’re getting a lot of
high-dollar property for noth-
ing,” Duncan said. “Do we have
to do this for all our citizens?
Give all of our citizens $100-
plus thousand dollars?”
“I take exception, I don’t
think these folks have come
up with a story,” said Lorain.
“Maybe in the future someone
will ‘come up with a story,’ but
this group is one of the most
prepared I’ve seen. I don’t think
they should have to pay for
something we’re controlling.”
The motion to waive the fee
charge passed by a 3-2 vote,
with Lorain, Jesse and Widdop
voting on its behalf. Councilors
Duncan and Kerry Smith voted
against the proposal.
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