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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2016
Shooting: -ones Rails: 7ask force beinJ orJanized
pleaded not Juilty
to 15 charJes
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-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’
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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
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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
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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.´