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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016 Affordable housing proposal makes headway in House Bill would expand urban growth boundary onto farmland By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Bureau SALEM — A bill aimed at increasing afford- able housing by easing Oregon’s land use require- ments within two pilot projects is making head- way in the state House. Under House Bill 4079, the process for expanding “urban growth boundaries” would be expedited by exempting local governments from certain land use rules or goals on two 50-acre par- cels — one next to a city with fewer than 25,000 residents and the other with more. On Wednesday, the House Committee on Rules passed an amended version of the bill 5-3 and referred it to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. The committee’s amendment changes the size threshold of the pilot project cities to 25,000 resi- dents, down from 30,000 residents. Pilot projects are excluded from Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties under the newest version of the bill. Previously, the pilot projects were also barred in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties, as well as a portion of Jefferson County, in addition to the Portland metropolitan area. The bill previously won the unanimous approval of the House Committee on Rural Com- munities, Land Use and Water last week. The Oregon Farm Bureau and conservation groups have opposed HB 4079, arguing that new housing developments should occur within existing urban growth boundaries where roads, powers and water are more readily available that in rural areas. Another proposal to expedite urban growth boundaries more broadly across Oregon — Senate Bill 1575 — while allowing limited “inclusionary zoning” of housing tied to local incomes has died in committee. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Center: Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare will operate it Continued from Page 1A The Astoria City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to urge the partnership behind the respite center to incorporate secure beds. Warrenton City Commis- sioner Henry Balensifer had warned that he would with- draw his support if secure beds were not a component. “This is welcome news. I am very grateful for Mr. Mays getting these assur- ances and I am relieved to hear our concerns were lis- tened to,” Balensifer said in a text message. “If our police chief deems this to be accept- able, I will renew my support for this facility.” The partnership, made up of Clatsop County, Colum- bia Memorial Hospital, Prov- idence Seaside Hospital and Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, discussed secure rooms at a meeting Wednes- day. Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare, the county’s mental health contractor, will operate the respite center. “I think that serves the best interests of public health, public safety and the needs of Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian A new crisis respite center in Warrenton will have up to four secure rooms. our acute and chronic men- tally ill residents,” said Asto- ria City Councilor Cindy Price, who wanted the addi- tional security. The respite center is under construction and it remains unclear why the partner- ship waited until this point to commit to secure rooms. Johnston said cost and a philosophical difference with law enforcement were factors. City leaders in Astoria and Warrenton had believed that a certain number of secure rooms was part of the initial pitch for the project. In their letter, city coun- cilors in Astoria implored the partnership to “look at this project from the perspective of those responsible for pro- viding public safety services to the community, and take the steps necessary to include secure beds within the respite center. “They are a necessary ser- vice to the community.” Suit: Ferguson’s complaint was the ¿rst of two ¿led recently Continued from Page 1A Ray said Ferguson’s com- plaint failed to establish that she was forced to return to work early after an injury, or that she was retaliated against as a whistleblower. In the memo, Management and Training Corp. said Fer- guson was terminated for vio- lating fraternization rules by giving a key to her house to a student when she was out of town, as well as giving a gift to another student. Management and Train- ing Corp. said Ferguson didn’t report any gender discrimina- tion until the possibility of her termination arose. The com- pany also provided evidence of seven other employees pre- viously ¿red for fraternization, three male and four female. “This is exactly what my attorney told me was going to happen,” Ferguson said, declining further comment. Eric Fjelstad, Ferguson’s lawyer, was not immediately available. 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Loretto Jones, a seamanship instructor, alleges she was retaliated against and eventually terminated for reporting unsafe work condi- tions, poor treatment of stu- dents, unTuali¿ed staff and other issues with Tongue Point’s seamanship program. A report by the company in response to Jones’ allega- tions found almost all of them unfounded. Jones filed claims with the Bureau of Labor and Industries against both Man- agement and Training Corp. and the Inlandboatmen’s Union, which sponsors the school’s seamanship pro- gram and employed her as an instructor. Collision cleared Katrina Gasser, the busi- ness and community liai- son for Tongue Point, said an insurance claim related to a minor collision with the sea- manship program’s training vessel, the Ironwood, had also been closed, with no payout by Management and Training Corp. Thomas Lloyd, captain of the ¿shing vessel Miss Emily, claimed the Ironwood scraped his outrigger while he was towing another boat upriver near Point Adams in July. A report by Management and Training Corp. main- tained the Ironwood was not LISTINGS A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach at fault based on navigation regulations, video of the acci- dent and radio conversations during the incident recorded by the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard had declined to investigate the incident because of the minor nature of the damage. Gasser said Len Tum- barello, head of the seaman- ship program, had also earned his master’s license in order to operate the Ironwood with- out the supervision of another captain. Evening listings THURSDAY F EBRUARY 18 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 Jeopardy! 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