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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017
Moberg: Excited
about honoring those
in the industry for
exemplary work
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Photo courtesy of the Clatsop County Historical Society
The property where the Astoria Co-op Grocery will move was part of the employee-owned Astoria Plywood Mill for more
than 120 years. After the mill closed in 1989, the city redeveloped the site in the 1990s from a brownfield into a neighborhood.
Co-Op: Several potential sites were surveyed
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Stanley said the co-op
looked at several sites and tried
to find a downtown location
that would work, but couldn’t
find enough space to accom-
modate the store expansion and
ample parking.
Lots of prep
Stanley said the co-op’s
10-year lease with develop-
ers Paul Caruana and Brian
Faherty in the Shark Rock
Building runs out at the end of
2018, by which point the store
hopes to open in the new loca-
tion. But the project faces sev-
eral permitting and design hur-
dles before construction can
begin.
The new site is zoned
attached housing-Mill Pond,
intended to “provide an area of
intensively developed mixed
uses, incorporating housing,
limited commercial uses, rec-
reation and open space with
a strong orientation to the
Mill Pond and the Columbia
River.”
The zone allows outright
artist studios, in-home day care
centers, single- and multifam-
ily dwellings and other resi-
dential facilities. Conditionally
allowed are bed and breakfasts,
commercial day care centers,
public use and retail spaces no
larger than 6,000 square feet,
meaning the co-op’s larger
project needs a zone adjustment
and conditional use permit. The
project will also need approval
from the Mill Pond Village
Owners Association.
Helping the co-op design
the store and get approval is
Don Vallaster, a Portland archi-
tect and one of the partners in
Astor Venture. The company
acquired the property a decade
ago from Wauna Federal Credit
Union, which attempted to
put a new branch there. Over
the years, the site has played
host to a number of proposals,
including workforce housing
and a care center.
Astoria Plywood Mill
The employee-owned Asto-
ria Plywood Mill occupied
the area around Mill Pond for
more than 120 years, until the
mill closed in 1989. The city
redeveloped the site in the
1990s from a brownfield into
the 16-acre Mill Pond Village
neighborhood, mostly devel-
oped except for the vacant land
where the co-op could build.
Despite all the hurdles,
Vallaster said, it feels good to
finally have something tangi-
ble happening with the prop-
erty. “It seems like a good use
for the property, and certainly
a good thing for the city,” he
said.
Port: Life Flight is ‘committed to Astoria’
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“It hasn’t been budgeted,
because Life Flight will take
the responsibility for these
upfront design and permit-
ting costs,” Port Executive
Director Jim Knight said. “It’s
because of the bond measure
failing. We had the discussion
… between our staff and Life
Flight, and recognize that it’s
on their shoulders now.”
Port Financial Director
Will Isom added, “Our goal
is to look for any grants we
can to help out with that, but
we’ve kind of told them that
if we find these grants, they’re
going to have to be the ones
coming up with the match We
just don’t have the money in
our normal operating budget
to pay for that. That’s why we
went out for a bond.”
ria,” he said. “We want to try
and build a permanent home
out there.”
Dalstra said Life Flight
is hoping to stick to its origi-
nal timeline for construction,
which he did not disclose. He
said there are options to extend
the timeline, which Life Flight
would like to avoid.
Scott Turnoy, a manager of
the ConnectOregon grant pro-
gram for the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation, said
there are options for awardees
to extend a timeline in the case
of unforeseen circumstances.
“Generally, we expect proj-
ects to be completed within
five years of the award,” he
said.
“I think I read through the
entire children’s section of
the Astoria Library,” Moberg
laughed.
The former library direc-
Early childhood
tor Bruce Berney offered her
literacy
a job as a page because “he
She also said she hopes
was seeing me in
to focus on her
the library every
longtime passion
week anyway,”
of supporting
“I get the early childhood
she said.
Her experi-
literacy. Moberg
ence in working great job has been a main
with rural librar-
in the
of being player
ies will end up
Libraries Read-
being an asset as
the one ing Outreach in
president, cur-
Clatsop County
rent president who gets program
that
Elsa Loftis said.
helps rural kids
to say
“She knows
get access to
the
dynam-
public library
‘thank
ics. We like to
cards for free.
you.’ ”
have broad geo-
She also hopes
graphic
rep-
to develop ways
resentation of
to help libraries
Esther
communities
be
more proac-
Moberg
outside the Port-
tive about secur-
director at
land and Salem
ing more mod-
Seaside Library
corridor
and
ern technology
we’re
always
resources, she
trying to find
said.
ways to support rural and
But what Moberg is
special libraries,” Loftis said. most excited about is what
“I know she’s passionate she finds the most reward-
about all libraries, and that’s ing aspect of the job: honor-
what it takes.”
ing people in the industry for
Some of Moberg’s goals exemplary work.
as president are tackling
“I get the great job of
lack of funding for libraries being the one who gets to
across the board, as well as say ‘thank you,’” she said.
making the needs of small, “(Libraries) do a lot of things
rural libraries like Warren- well, but we’re not great
ton — which runs with only about always telling peo-
one paid staff person — a ple about it. It’s my job to let
priority.
everyone know.”
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Port staff had recom-
mended a location at the south-
ern end of the airport to take
Life Flight away from conges-
tion near the main entrance at
12th Place. The location was
supported by Life Flight, the
Federal Aviation Administra-
tion and the Airport Advisory
Committee. But the move,
which would have also cre-
ated a new southern entrance
to the airport and made several
nearby acres shovel-ready for
development, included $1.92
million in development costs
the financially strapped Port
could not afford.
Port Commissioner Ste-
phen Fulton, who had opposed
the bond measure because of
the added development beyond
Life Flight and sought several
cheaper alternatives unsup-
ported by staff, asked Knight
whether there was any way the
budget committee could con-
sider earmarking money to
accommodate Life Flight.
“It’s something that you
could consider, but I wouldn’t
advise it at this point, with Life
Flight willing to fund those
costs themselves,” Knight
said. “I don’t think it would
be wise at this stage of the
development to allocate any
money toward the Life Flight
project. It’s kind of the hard
approach, but I think it’s the
right approach.”
Jacob Dalstra, regional
director for Life Flight, said
the nonprofit is working with
the Port to find alternatives for
development.
“We’re committed to Asto-
“Sometimes people don’t
realize how critical these
grants and resources are to
libraries like these,” Moberg
said.
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