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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2016 Shooting: -ones Rails: 7ask force beinJ orJanized pleaded not Juilty to 15 charJes Continued from Page 1A Continued from Page 1A -ones is beinJ charJed with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, felon in possession of a ¿re- arm, two counts of tamper- inJ with a witness by physi- cal force or threat and use of a ¿rearm durinJ a crime of violence. 7he charJes were announced by the 8.6. Department of -ustice after a two-month, multi-aJency investiJation into the Jun used in *ooddinJ’s death. 7he case is beinJ pros- ecuted by Assistant 8.6. Attorney Leah .. Bolstad. -ones was in custody in Clatsop County -ail 7hurs- day awaitinJ arraiJnment in Portland. 7he Clatsop County Dis- trict Attorney’s Of¿ce ¿led similar charJes aJainst -ones. District Attorney -osh MarTuis said someone can be prosecuted for the same crimes in state and federal court. -ones has pleaded not Juilty to 15 charJes in Clat- sop County Circuit Court and is scheduled for a status hear- inJ later this month. *ooddinJ was shot and killed in February while attemptinJ to arrest Ferry on a felony assault warrant. Ferry, a 6easide man with an extensive criminal his- tory, was shot and killed by another 6easide of¿cer. An investiJation found that the police shootinJ of Ferry was justi¿ed. Parks: µLil’ 6prouts is really important’ Continued from Page 1A fund, a hotel-room tax fund, for parks-and-rec projects. “Maybe not (for) mainte- nance but, potentially, way- ¿ndinJ siJnaJe and add- inJ trails,´ she said. “7hose are essentially creatinJ new products to promote $storia.´ Other priorities In addition, most of the advisory committee mem- bers believe the plan should reÀect as priorities reducinJ or elimi- natinJ expenditures that don¶t support the “core´ parks-and-recreation assets and services — a move that may include sellinJ, leasinJ, repurposinJ or scalinJ back maintenance on underused parkland; creatinJ a parks main- tenance plan that estab- lishes standards for levels of care at each site, and priori- ti]es the backloJ of deferred maintenance tasks; JettinJ involved in city initiatives, such as Heri- taJe 6Tuare and the 5iver- front Vision Plan, that would involve the department and draw time and resources away from existinJ parks services; devisinJ a master plan for Ocean View Cemetery in :arrenton that includes ¿J- urinJ out how much of the 50 undeveloped acres on the 100-acre site is actually developable; and implementinJ the 2013 trails master plan. the responsibility of the schools.´ “/il¶ 6prouts is really important,´ 1emlowill said, “and we have a responsi- bility to keep it JoinJ riJht now.´ %ut, with the city facinJ minimum-waJe increases over the next few years — which parents will have to pay for throuJh increased user fees — “the day care’s JoinJ to Jet touJher and touJher to staff and run,´ she said, “and it’s JoinJ to take the focus away from keepinJ the ATuatic Center open and hirinJ lifeJuards, which, to me, seems like more of a core service.´ DiscussinJ whether a new business could address the community’s day care needs, Parks Director AnJela Cosby said, “:e currently have 70 children on our wait list, so there’s a massive demand.´ 6cott 7ucker, a committee member and superintendent of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, said day care should remain a core service “until a comparable service becomes available.´ “It just seems as thouJh, potentially, somebody else could take the reins,´ Nem- lowill said. “It doesn’t nec- essarily need to be the city. Maybe somebody who’s more focused on child care and not havinJ to deal with a pool, and a cemetery, and 300 acres of parkland, and Astoria Column, a Chinese park and all that stuff.´ Community input Lil’ Sprouts 1emlowill Tuestioned whether /il¶ 6prouts $cad- emy, a parks depart- ment-run day care cen- ter, should be considered a “core service.´ 7he ¿nal master plan, she said, should explore ways the department miJht encouraJe other entities, whether public or private, to take over day care in the future. 'ulcye 7aylor, a commit- tee member and president of the Astoria Downtown His- toric District Association, aJreed “I never understood why day care and kids pro- Jrams were under parks. I mean, that does seem like 6isson will present a master plan update at a City Council work session Mon- day niJht. 7he community will also have the opportunity at three open houses next week to Jive feedback on the draft master plan a public meetinJ from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Fort *eorJe Lovell 6howroom; • a drop-in public input session from 7 to 10 a.m. 7hursday at 6treet 1 Coffee; • a drop-in public input session from 5 to p.m. 6at- urday at Old 7own FraminJ durinJ the 6econd 6aturday Art Walk. Pelican Brewing Company is coming to Cannon Beach and we want YOU on our TEAM! N OW HIRING Saturday, April 2 nd & April 9 th • 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Pelican Pub & Brewery, 1371 SW Hemlock, Cannon Beach Monday, April 4 th • 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Clatsop Community College South Campus 1455 N. Roosevelt Dr., Seaside Tuesday, April 5 th • 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Clatsop Community College, 1651 Lexington Ave, Astoria (Towler Hall Rm. 310) Fill out an application, interview with a manager, meet our Team Pelican! Assistant Kitchen Managers, Line Cooks, Dishwashers, Front of House Managers, Servers, Bartenders, Hosts, Bussers. Don’t Wait! Apply today: Employment@Pelicanbrewing.com www.yourlittlebeachtown.com/employment Questions? Call Stephanie 503-965-7779 ext. 307 6heridan’s class, which has lonJ partnered with .amp- pi’s on school projects, takes over after the fabrication, paint- inJ the railinJs blue and dec- oratinJ them with plants and sea creatures.“7he only thinJ we reTuest is no sea lions,´ .amppi joked, creditinJ 6heri- dan’s class with the national and international news exposure. .amppi estimated his weldinJ classes and 6heridan’s artists can ¿nish 00 feet of railinJ a week, hopefully lin- inJ the docks by -une. 6heridan said her students will be plenty busy, paintinJ the railinJs, about 25 larJe-scale, space-themed murals for the school’s upcominJ prom and a larJe, mountainous backdrop her students were recruited to make for the Astoria 6candina- vian Midsummer Festival. Budding partnership .nappa students were ¿rst introduced to the Port when commercial property devel- oper 7erry LowenberJ bouJht and donated two larJe metallic salmon siJns the students had made for the annual .nappa 6chools Foundation auction. 7he ¿rst went up at the West (nd MoorinJ %asin in May. 7he east end siJn went up 7hursday after students and Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Students from Knappa High School were followed by a small media contingent from KOIN 6 as they and Port of Astoria staff installed rails at the East End Mooring Basin Thursday. Port staff ¿nished installinJ the ¿rst portion of railinJs. 7he Port had been Tuoted as much as $500,000 by the National Oceanic and Atmo- spheric Administration to install similar railinJs, which the Port had heard was a successful sea lion deterrent at other marinas on the West Coast. %y workinJ with the stu- dents, the Port’s Permit and Project ManaJer 5obert (vert estimated the aJency could fence off all the docks at the east end for $15,000, includ- inJ a $2,000 donation from Columbia 6teel co-owner 7im Hill, who also runs -H %oat- works in a hanJar at the Port’s North 7onJue Point facility. 7he students provided free labor to fabricate the rails, while JaininJ real-world weld- inJ experience. Northward migration (ven if the railinJs success- fully clear the Port’s docks, sea lions are still expected to crowd the Columbia 5iver foraJinJ for smelt, salmon and other locally abundant ¿sh runs. 5obin %rown, head of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Marine Mammal 5esearch ProJram, said biolo- Jists are workinJ on a Juess- timate of 0,000 sea lions miJratinJ north to OreJon, WashinJton state and %rit- ish Columbia from rookeries in California this sprinJ and summer. Earlier this month, Brown said, the state counted 3,800 sea lions at the East End MoorinJ Basin, an all-time hiJh, alonJ with more than 700 in 5ainier. 7he animals are miJratinJ north as their traditional for- aJinJ Jrounds in California are JoinJ fallow amid warm El Nixo waters devastatinJ nearshore species such as sar- dines and sTuid. 6ince they were covered under the fed- eral Marine Mammal Protec- tion Act in the early 1970s, the population of California sea lions has catapulted from an estimated 10,000 to more than 300,000. 7he population Jrowth, alonJ with the predation on endanJered salmon runs, has spawned a debate on whether they should still be protected under federal law. Port Commissioner Bill HunsinJer has been orJani]- inJ a sea lion task force made up mostly of ¿shermen to lobby for thinninJ the animals’ numbers. • Online: Check out a video of the sea lion railinJs at httpswww.youtube.com watch?v=Q2zlcfIewfo Housing: It has not Jrown with population Continued from Page 1A Cronin described a trou- blinJ disparity between the income of homeowners versus renters he called the “Astoria *ap.´ AccordinJ to his research, the averaJe annual income for Astoria homeowners is $58,000, while Astoria renters have an annual income of $25,000. While the Jap is siJni¿- cant, some pointed out the Joal should be about providinJ more places for people to live, rather than creatinJ more homeown- ers. Many homeowners do not live in the county anyway, some added. As the population Jrows in Clatsop County, housinJ has not. “We are not producinJ enouJh units. Period,´ Cronin said. Hansen said she has heard stories about employers havinJ to put new hires up in hotels, or people turninJ down jobs because they could not ¿nd a place to live. Ideas to curb the housinJ issues are beinJ developed, she said. One option is for cities to create a reJional coalition that works with the private sector. “We really need the elected of¿cials to buy in on this because it will reTuire political will,´ she said. Homelessness When the topic of home- lessness was brouJht up, many complimented Astoria City Councilor Drew Her]iJ for his work helpinJ to launch a warm- inJ center downtown. Her]iJ admitted the warm- inJ center should not be consid- ered a solution by any means. He wishes he could work him- self out of a job by the commu- nity ¿ndinJ ways to keep people off the streets. “We know we are just a temporary ¿x, and we are not addressinJ all the needs,´ he said. County Commissioner 6arah Nebeker suJJested local leaders lobby the state LeJislature for assistance. 7he Tuestion then became what exactly does the community need from the state to address the homeless prob- lem" 6ome answers included more help for the mentally ill and more affordable housinJ. 7he community leaders did not leave the meetinJ with any concrete solutions, but felt they could build on the open dialoJue movinJ forward. Mays, who retires when the new county manaJer Cameron Moore takes over, was applauded at the end of the meetinJ for coor- dinatinJ the event. “I hear out in the community a lot a tremendous appreciation and respect for 5ich Mays, and that he is JoinJ to be very much missed,´ Astoria City Councilor Cindy Price said. “I thank you very much for suJJestinJ this meetinJ.´
