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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
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FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
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Cloudy with a little rain
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44/50
Salem
39/49
Newport
43/50
Last
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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
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Burns
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Klamath Falls
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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.
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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Brookings
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Jan 24
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Medford
27/47
UNDER THE SKY
High
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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.
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40/47
SUN AND MOON
Time
8:36 a.m.
9:43 p.m.
Considerable cloudiness
with a bit of rain
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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
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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
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A soaking rain; breezy in
the afternoon
Periods of rain
ALMANAC
SATURDAY
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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.
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• 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
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