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DailyAstorian.com // WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017 145TH YEAR, NO. 13 ONE DOLLAR Wanted: Long-term rentals in Seaside City could develop downtown buildings By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — Members of the Planning Commission and City Council agree there is a shortage of long-term and workforce rent- als in the city. They convened Tuesday night in a joint workshop to discuss ways to make rentals more available. “The scarcity is driving people who want a two-bed- room into a one-bed- room, and people into a one-bedroom into a hotel room,” Plan- ning Commissioner David Posalski said. “It’s people in all areas from professionals to minimum -wage work- ers who can’t fi nd a place to live.” Planning Commission Vice Chairman Bill Carpenter suggested modifi cations to off-street parking, with a reduction of park- ing requirements for certain apartment units. See SEASIDE, Page 4A A HELPING HAND Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Hundreds of pounds of mulch was shoveled by volunteers into wheelbarrows before being transported down a hill at Tapiola Park in Astoria on Tuesday to expand the footprint of the playground to include a playhouse . Hispanic community volunteers to clean up Tapiola Park playground By COLIN MURPHEY The Daily Astorian T he playground at Tap- iola Park received a makeover on Tuesday. Volunteers organized by the Lower Columbia Hispanic Council and the Astoria Parks and Recreation Department cleaned up debris around the park and expanded the foot- print of the playground. The new landscaping con- nects a playhouse that was separated from the rest of the playground. Jorge Gutierrez, the coun- cil’s executive director, said the effort came about after the Astoria City Council adopted an inclusivity resolution in March recognizing the con- tributions of the Hispanic community. See VOLUNTEERS, Page 4A Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Volunteers in Astoria on Tuesday, seen through the windows of a playhouse, spread mulch on a new patch of the playground at Tapiola Park . The event was a joint venture between the Astoria Parks and Recreation Department and the Lower Columbia Hispanic Council. Charter crews suspected of ‘high-grading’ prized halibut Disposing of small ones can harm fi shery By NATALIE ST. JOHN EO Media Group ILWACO, Wash. — Pacifi c Salmon Char- ters got an unexpected publicity boost ear- lier this month, when the crew of the Pacifi c Dream rescued passengers from a sunken boat. Last week, the company received not- so-welcome attention from state and federal game wardens. O ffi cers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Washing- ton Department of Fish and Wildlife served a search MORE warrant Thursday at the c Salmon offi ce at the INSIDE Pacifi Port of Ilwaco. Steelhead According to the war- runs hit lowest rant, Pacifi c Salmon crews number in are suspected of habitually decades. “high-grading,” or catch- Page 3A ing more than the legal limit of fi sh, and keeping only the most desirable specimens. Inves- tigators say they have evidence that Pacifi c Salmon crews high-graded on at least two trips during the short spring halibut season. Pacifi c Salmon Charters is owned by Milton Gudgell, of Ilwaco, a veteran fi sher- man who has often been active on fi sheries See CHARTER, Page 4A Republicans stumble on Obamacare repeal Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday dropped leg- islation to repeal and replace the federal Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, throwing the future of health care into uncertainty. The GOP drafts of the bill had been unpopular nationally. Demonstrators from the group, In- divisible North Coast Oregon, gathered in downtown As- toria Tuesday afternoon for a rally to protest the Trump administration on health care.
