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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2017 Warrenton changes Warrenton swears in new police officer code to encourage more local housing By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Daily Astorian By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — The Warrenton City Commission voted 3-1 Tuesday to allow multifamily housing develop- ment in commercial zones. Acting Mayor Henry Bal- ensifer was the sole “no” vote. He said after the meeting that the amendment to the munic- ipal code chips away at the code without a comprehen- sive, overall plan for how the city could and should develop into the future. “This does not keep in line with current plans, particularly our community vision plan,” he said. At a prior commission meeting, Balensifer indicated he was not against the amend- ment in general, but was con- cerned about allowing this development in certain down- town corridors along Harbor Street and South Main Avenue. At the meeting, he asked the commissioners to consider amending the language of the amendment to exclude a por- tion of this downtown corri- dor. No other commissioner seconded and the amendment passed as presented by city staff. The amendment will allow multifamily housing devel- opment in commercial zones, with the exception of land along U.S. Highway 101, SE Mar- lin and SW Dolphin avenues. Multifamily dwellings could be neighbors with various types of shops, storage or distribution facilities, clinics, rental busi- nesses, churches or commercial buildings with residences on the second floor, among others. In other business: • The City Commission approved a lease with the War- renton School District, tem- porarily moving the Warren- ton Community Library from its current location in a deteri- orating building in Hammond to the old Serendipity Cafe at 160 SE Main. The city will put $15,000 it had planned to use to recarpet City Hall toward the lease and the library’s moving expenses. “We believe this to be more than adequate to finance the relocations, and any remain- ing balance will fall to begin- ning fund balance for next fis- cal year,” stated a memo to the commission from City Man- ager Linda Engbretson. WARRENTON — War- renton Police Chief Mathew Workman joked that if you looked up “local” in the dic- tionary, you’d find a picture of acting Mayor Henry Bal- ensifer. But right below it, he said, would be a picture of the police department’s new- est hire, Joshua Hollaway. Hollaway, who was born in Astoria and raised in War- renton, was sworn in as the city’s newest police offi- cer at a City Commission meeting Tuesday. Balen- sifer administered the oath of office. “We’re really proud to have him and very excited,” Workman said later. When he hires officers who grew up in the area “you want to be sure they’re the right fit because that can present challenges in a small town where you know everyone and everyone knows you,” Workman said. But Holla- way: “He’ll be fine.” “He’s a good fit for our community.” The department now has nine police officers and three reserve police officers. Work- man still hopes to fill two additional police officer spots the city approved recently. Katie Frankowicz/The Daily Astorian Warrenton Police Department’s newest officer, Joshua Hollaway, is sworn in by acting Mayor Henry Balensifer Tuesday. Recruitment is difficult at small, rural departments and the Warrenton Police Department has worked with a skeleton crew for years. Now, said Workman, “We’re playing catch up.” Hollaway officially started at the Warrenton Police Department in April and began his field training with another officer. Since he came to the department with no law enforcement experience and has months of training ahead of him, he probably won’t be a full police officer, on the road by himself, until the start of next year, Workman said. Hollaway is scheduled conceal carry permit classes May 3 rd 1pm and 6pm BEST WESTERN 555 Hamburg Ave, Astoria, OR Long Beach razor clam dig good to go State gives OK after tests show safe domoic levels EO Media Group OLYMPIA, Wash. — State shellfish managers on Tuesday gave a green light for six days of razor clam digging on the Long Beach Peninsula after tests found the clams are safe to eat. The peninsula’s daily limit is being increased to 25 clams. This means the Long Beach Razor Clam Festival will be able to proceed as planned this weekend, start- ing with clam-digging les- EO Media Group/File Photo Seattle resident Bradley Sweek came to Seaview to dig clams last spring. A large crowd is likely to do the same this coming weekend. sons Saturday at 6:45 a.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m. at the Bolstad Pavilion near the north end of the boardwalk. Many other events are planned, including clam-re- lated contests 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Long Beach Dennis Co., clam chowder contests for amateurs and professionals from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Long Beach Elks Lodge and a clam fritter cook-off from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park just east of the police station between Pacific Avenue and Oregon Street. State shellfish managers agreed to increase the daily limit to 25 for the digs at Long Beach, which has been closed much of the razor clam season due to elevated marine toxin levels, said Dan Ayres, Washington Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife coastal shellfish manager. “We wanted to provide diggers with some addi- tional opportunity at Long Beach since we know there are plenty of clams there for harvest,” Ayres said. 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