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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017 ‘What is your New Year’s resolution?’ “I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. I make as-needed resolutions through- out the year.” “To have more patience for the new year.” “Didn’t make one. It never really dawned on me this year.” Connie Ballenger, Astoria LaMar Blackner, Astoria Caroline Bricheux, Vancouver, Washington THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK Local New Year’s Day closures Funding plan: Boon to In observance of New Year’s Day on Monday, all federal, state, county and city offices and services, including Astoria, Warren- ton, Gearhart, Seaside and Cannon Beach city halls, are closed. All U.S. post offices are closed, and there is no mail delivery. Astoria, Jewell, Knappa, Warrenton/Hammond, Sea- side (including Cannon Beach and Gearhart schools) and Ocean Beach School District schools and Clatsop Community College are still closed for winter break. The Astoria Library, Seaside Library, Warren- ton Library and all Timber- land libraries in Washing- ton, including Ilwaco, Ocean Center are closed. The Clatsop County Her- itage Museum, Oregon Film Museum, Flavel House and Carriage House are closed. The Uppertown Firefight- ers’ Museum is closed for the winter. Capt. Gray’s Port of Play and Lil’ Sprouts are closed. Fort Clatsop is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Columbia River Maritime Museum is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Seaside Museum is closed Sunday and Monday. Sunset Empire Transpor- tation (“The Bus”) is not running. The Daily Astorian offices are closed, but the newspaper will be printed and delivered as usual. Park and Naselle, are closed. The Port of Astoria offices and services are closed. Garbage collection through Recology Western Oregon (covering Astoria, Seaside, Gearhart and Can- non Beach) and the city of Warrenton is not affected by the holiday. Peninsula San- itation (covering the Long Beach, Washington, Penin- sula) customers whose reg- ular pickup day is Mon- day will have their garbage picked up on Tuesday. Recology Western Oregon’s transfer station and Penin- sula Sanitation’s transfer sta- tion are closed. The Sunset Pool in Sea- side and the Astoria Aquatic parks or blow to housing? Sunset Empire Park and Rec District mulls system development charges By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian LOTTERIES Tuesday’s Mega Millions: 10-12-20-38-41, Mega Ball: 25 Estimated jackpot: $306 million OREGON Tuesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 5-9-9-5 4 p.m.: 5-6-7-7 7 p.m.: 8-3-7-0 10 p.m.: 0-4-1-5 Tuesday’s Lucky Lines: 03-07-10-16-18-21- 25-30 Estimated jackpot: $36,000 WASHINGTON Tuesday’s Daily Game: 2-7-2 Tuesday’s Keno: 02-05-08-13-15-16-28-36-37- 38-40-45-47-50-56-57-61-69-71-73 Tuesday’s Match 4: 04-12-15-22 FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY 48 44 42 Cloudy with a little rain Tillamook 44/50 Salem 39/49 Newport 43/50 Last New Jan 8 Coos Bay 39/53 First Jan 16 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 2:08 a.m. 3:38 p.m. Low 2.4 ft. 1.3 ft. Burns 17/38 Klamath Falls 20/44 The Daily Astorian Lakeview 19/45 Ashland 31/51 Hi 33 46 53 51 47 43 49 44 51 53 Today Lo 21 27 41 33 44 20 27 40 43 39 W c c c c r c c r r c Hi 35 46 53 47 49 44 47 47 50 54 W r s s s pc pc pc s sh pc pc s s c pc c r pc c pc pc pc s r pc Hi 36 14 17 52 21 15 70 -15 80 22 31 67 79 37 82 38 50 23 44 26 28 46 56 47 29 Thu. Lo 29 4 12 28 8 10 36 -26 67 15 14 44 57 22 67 24 43 13 22 15 18 31 43 43 20 firm based in Seattle. The charges are one-time fees for new construction, remodels or redeveloped con- struction to help pay for exist- ing and planned infrastruc- ture to serve the development. State law authorizes local governments to assess sys- tem development charges and specifies how, when, and for what improvements they can be imposed. Charges collected may not be used for repairs or maintenance, but may be used for new facilities or to expand the parks base. “What the district needs to decide is if we want to pursue this right now,” Archibald said. The board should consider a consultant like FCS group to “make sure all the boxes are checked” before implement- ing new charges, Archibald added, estimating it would cost between $10,000 and $15,000 to finance a study. Board president Alan Evans sees a potential impact on efforts to provide afford- able housing if developers pass charges to home buyers, he said. “I’m not saying I wouldn’t listen — but I would want to hear a little more,” Evans said. Hinton agreed to the need for affordable housing, but said the district needs to get on board with a plan. “It doesn’t have to happen in such a way to discourage affordable housing,” he said. Board member Jeremy Mills asked for a comparison of charges by cities with sim- ilar demographics to Seaside’s. “I’m on board if it pans out or makes sense, but I don’t want to spend money if it doesn’t bear fruit,” Mills said. “We do need to continue to grow in a responsible fiduciary manner.” The board agreed to pro- ceed with further analysis and discussion. Homelessness task force to meet Jan. 9 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District board mem- bers Jeremy Mills, Edward Hassan, Michael Hinton, Veron- ica Russell; Community Recreation and Program Manager Grace Lee and Executive Director Skyler Archibald at the board’s December meeting. Ontario 26/35 Thu. Lo W 30 sn 40 c 46 c 44 r 46 r 22 pc 33 c 45 r 47 r 48 r City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 42 32 43 50 50 48 23 51 41 32 Today Lo 37 29 40 38 39 44 20 36 38 25 W r sn r c r r c r r c Hi 45 37 47 49 49 49 29 50 46 34 Thu. Lo 41 35 45 43 45 46 28 47 44 28 W r sn r r r r sn r r sn TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Hi 46 22 8 50 11 13 66 -8 80 13 12 65 75 32 84 31 48 26 25 29 18 42 56 40 35 Baker 21/35 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Tonight's Sky: Johannes Kepler's birthday (1571). Today Lo 30 5 5 27 6 1 34 -18 66 3 9 43 53 17 69 15 42 13 20 14 8 28 44 38 18 La Grande 29/38 Roseburg 38/49 Brookings 40/53 Jan 24 John Day 29/41 Bend 27/46 Medford 27/47 UNDER THE SKY High 9.0 ft. 6.9 ft. Prineville 25/45 Lebanon 37/49 Eugene 33/47 Sunset tonight ........................... 4:36 p.m. Sunrise Thursday ........................ 7:58 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 1:07 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 1:15 a.m. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Cloudy Pendleton 29/37 The Dalles 34/41 Portland 40/47 SUN AND MOON Time 8:36 a.m. 9:43 p.m. Considerable cloudiness with a bit of rain Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 42/48 Precipitation Tuesday ............................................ 0.00" Month to date ................................... 4.66" Normal month to date ....................... 8.34" Year to date .................................... 80.97" Normal year to date ........................ 65.71" Jan 1 49 35 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Tuesday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 39°/32° Normal high/low ........................... 48°/37° Record high ............................ 64° in 1980 Record low ............................. 19° in 1924 Full SUNDAY 50 37 A soaking rain; breezy in the afternoon Periods of rain ALMANAC SATURDAY 51 41 SEASIDE — The Sun- set Empire Park and Recre- ation district faces some big expenses in years to come, with a potential new building, facilities and expansion. In May, Executive Director Sky- ler Archibald pointed to a need for more indoor recreation space for fitness participants and youth programs. A potential funding mecha- nism may be available, impos- ing system development charges on new construction. “It would be a smart fis- cal move,” said board mem- ber Mike Hinton, who brought the matter to the agenda at the district’s Dec. 19 meeting. “It takes a while to build up any kind of capital in this way, but it’s another tool in our toolbox when we come down to finan- cial questions of how do we do an expansion, how do we build a gym? This is one thing we can do.” The question of putting new system development charges in place first came before the district board as a discussion topic in July with a presen- tation from consultant John Ghilarducci, principal of FCS Group, a financial consulting The city of Astoria’s Home- lessness Solutions Task Force will hold a second meeting at 10 a.m. Jan. 9 to flesh out con- cepts the group started discuss- ing in December. The meeting is sched- uled for the emergency med- ical technician classroom in Patriot Hall on Clatsop Com- munity College’s main campus at 1651 Lexington Ave. Coffee and snacks will be provided. At its first meeting, the task force began to lay the ground- work for how to define home- lessness in Astoria specifically and Clatsop County generally. Members spoke about several issues around homelessness seen by social workers, busi- ness owners, soup kitchens, shelters, police officers, edu- cators and residents. Mayor Arline LaMear has said she hopes to see concrete actions and partnerships result from the meetings. A previous task force led by former police chief Brad John- ston identified a strong need for more public restrooms and established portables along the Astoria Riverwalk to keep people from defecating or uri- nating in public areas, city parks or near businesses. Saturday by the Seaside Police Department on one count each of fourth-degree assault and strangulation after police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at 1703 12th Avenue. • Braddly Ryan Lundberg, 22, of Warrenton, was arrested Sunday by the Sheriff’s Office on one count each of fourth-de- gree assault, harassment and strangulation. Lundberg had been brought in for question- ing regarding an earlier alleged assault of a woman at 92294 Whiskey Lane in Warrenton. • Edna M. Viles, 51, of Sea- side, was arrested Sunday by the Sheriff’s Office on one count each of fourth-degree assault, harassment and vio- lation of a release agreement. Viles was originally arrested for assaulting a roommate at 1111 Broadway in Seaside, and later re-arrested for vio- lating a no-contact order after returning. • Layna Ashley Scarbor- ough, 28, of Seaside, was arrested Sunday by Seaside Police on one count each of fourth-degree assault and harassment. Scarborough had allegedly been in a physi- cal disturbance and caused an injury to her mother’s arm. • Justin Jose Escalante, 24, of Portland, was arrested Tuesday by Seaside Police on one count each of fourth-de- gree assault, felony hit and run, reckless endangerment, third-degree robbery and unauthorized use of a vehi- cle. Escalante allegedly stole a vehicle, knocking down the owner in the process, and later surrendered in the parking lot of the West Lake Chinese Restaurant. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c s sn pc sf c s pc pc c c s s pc s pc r s pc pc c pc s r pc ON THE RECORD DUII Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Need a Lift? Roby’s can help. Lift chairs starting at $599. Side pocket to keep remote control handy at all times Battery support ensures lift mechanism works for one cycle without electricity. 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For more information, call 503- 325-3211, ext. 257. • Kathleen Sue Graham, 75, of Beaverton, was arrested Fri- day on U.S. Highway 26 near milepost 14 by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office on one count of driving while under the influence of intoxicants. • Esther Larita Charlotte Morton, 39, of Seaside, was arrested Sunday near 5th Ave- nue and Necanicum Drive by the Sheriff’s Office on one count of driving while under the influence of intoxicants. • Andrew Edward Rich- ardson, 30, of Astoria, was arrested Sunday on U.S. High- way 30 near milepost 88 by the Oregon State Police on one count of driving while under the influence of intoxicants. Assault • Urian Lewis Robinson, 43, of Seaside, was arrested The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. 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