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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017
Astoria council backs airport bond measure
Money for
Life Flight
hangar, other
improvements
By KATIE
FRANKOWICZ
The Daily Astorian
The Astoria City Coun-
cil gave its support to a Port
of Astoria bond measure for
infrastructure improvements
at the airport industrial area in
Warrenton, including the con-
struction of a Life Flight Net-
work hangar.
The bond would raise $1.96
Danny Miller/The Daily Astorian
An explosion in October at
Higher Level Concentrates
left a man with serious burns.
Change
of venue
sought in
fire suit
Worker filed in
Multnomah
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Richard Delphia is seek-
ing to move the lawsuit over
an explosion and fire in a mar-
ijuana processing facility at
his building in Uniontown last
year to Clatsop County Circuit
Court.
Jacob Magley, a contrac-
tor working for Higher Level
Concentrates, was burned in
an October explosion in the
basement of Delphia’s build-
ing at the corner of Portway
and Industry streets. Magley’s
lawyer alleged the owners of
Higher Level, William “Chris”
West and Jason Oei, were mak-
ing and “dabbing” butane hash
oil, touching off an explosion
and fire that gutted the build-
ing and left him with serious
burns on his upper body.
Magley filed suit in Mult-
nomah County against three
people and 11 businesses for
damages of $8.9 million. In
Magley’s original complaint,
his lawyer, Gregory Zeuthen,
argued the venue was correct
because West and Oei’s com-
panies each have agents that
receive court processes in
Multnomah County.
West, Oei and their compa-
nies Higher Level, High Tide
Biological and Astoria Trading
Co. are being sued for prem-
ises liability and violations of
the Oregon Safe Employment
Act.
Delphia and several of his
companies are also being sued
for premises liability and vio-
lations of the employment
law. One of his companies,
D&D Gas Inc., was recently
removed from the case.
“The actions giving rise
to this case all occurred in
Clatsop County,” John Bar-
houm, Delphia’s lawyer, said
in a motion to move the case.
“Moreover, many, if not all
witnesses reside in Clatsop
County. Finally, the parties
reside in Clatsop County.”
Sweet Relief Natural Med-
icine, a local marijuana store
owned by Oscar Nelson and
Gary Reynolds that leases
space in Delphia’s building
above Higher Level’s space,
is being sued for premises lia-
bility. Another of their com-
panies, G.O. Enterprises, was
recently added as a defendant
in the case.
Under the Bridge Ciga-
rettes and UTB Investments,
both owned by local tobacco
and marijuana store financier
John Harper, were sued for
violations of employer liability
law, products liability and gen-
eral negligence.
million and be used in conjunc-
tion with money the port has
already received in the form of
a ConnectOregon grant.
All five councilors voted in
favor of supporting the port’s
bond, with several citing per-
sonal experience and crediting
Life Flight with saving family
members’ lives.
Even while the hospitals
here expand, many patients
still require trips to Portland,
Councilor Cindy Price said.
“I certainly support it,” she
said.
Councilor Bruce Jones
said he also liked the fact that
the bond will provide for fur-
ther growth and expansion at
the airport property, making it
more attractive to other com-
mercial entities.
In other business Monday
night:
• Mayor Arline LaMear
declared May Historic Preser-
vation Month. In the procla-
mation, the mayor called his-
toric preservation “an effective
tool for revitalizing neighbor-
hoods, fostering local pride,
and maintaining commu-
nity character while enhanc-
ing livability.” Instructors and
students from Clatsop Com-
munity College’s Historic
Preservation and Restoration
Program were present, and
several events are scheduled
throughout the month to cele-
brate their craft.
tax revenues and a $36,000
grant reimbursement.
• The council awarded a
$174,500 trestle repair con-
tract to Bergerson Construc-
tion to begin critical repair
work on trolley trestles on
First and Second streets and
Columbia Avenue. City staff
asked the council to consider
using funds from the Promote
Astoria fund to pay for the
project initially, reimbursing
the fund after the anticipated
revenue outlined in the supple-
mental budget comes in.
• The council approved
a liquor license for the new
Mo’s Restaurant set to open
at the base of 15th Street this
summer.
Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
A plane flies over the Astoria Region Airport. The pro-
posed Life Flight hangar would be built to the left of the
row of white buildings.
• The City Council
approved a supplemental bud-
get, adjusting for $88,000 in
additional, unanticipated room
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