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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018
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Astoria may update its code to regulate emergency
homeless shelters.
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Elaine Bauer of Astoria checks out some blueberries in the organic produce section at Natural Grocers Tuesday.
Store: Chain now has more than 140 locations
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health coach with a bache-
lor’s in health promotion and
education from the University
of Utah. Larsen offers nutri-
tion classes and free hourlong
health-coaching sessions.
“I had first worked in a
health food store in 1998,
so I’ve been doing this a
long time” Larsen said. “I
have celiac disease, so I
really understand the dietary
restrictions.”
Vitamin Cottage Natu-
ral Food Markets was started
in Golden, Colorado, in 1955
by Margaret and Philip Isely.
The couple’s children took the
business over in 1998 shortly
after Margaret Isely’s death
and in 2008 changed the name
to Natural Grocers by Vitamin
Cottage. The company went
public on the stock exchange
in 2012 and now has more than
140 locations with at least 10
more planned to open this year
in Colorado, Iowa, Oregon
and Texas.
Warrenton is the compa-
ny’s 10th location in Oregon,
and comes as Astoria Co-op
Grocery is planning a sim-
ilar-sized location at 23rd
Street and Marine Drive by the
end of the year. Another Natu-
ral Grocers will open soon in
Coos Bay.
Port: Several potential solutions have been presented
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Over the years, contami-
nants have been pumped out,
pipelines
decommissioned,
underground storage tanks
removed and the Port’s storm-
water system rerouted to avoid
the main areas of pollution.
Booms were placed at the base
of Pier 1 to catch hydrocarbons
leaching into the river. The
measures have led to a general
decrease of petroleum in the
groundwater.
Several potential solutions
have been presented to address
the main area of pollution.
The Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality initially
proposed venting contamina-
tion out of the ground, remov-
ing surface soils and capping
the area of pollution with a per-
meable layer of sand, gravel
and Organoclay to leach out
contaminants in the slip. The
project was estimated to cost
nearly $4 million.
The Port challenged the
cleanup option and proposed
an asphalt dock and sheet pile
wall to better withstand winter
weather in Astoria. The project
was estimated at $6.5 million.
The state hired Hart
Crowser, an environmental
consulting firm, to compare
cleanup options.
Hart Crowser found the
Port’s proposal excessive
and unsuitable for withstand-
ing earthquakes. The consul-
tant ultimately recommended
a series of marine mattresses
composed of fill material in a
high-strength fabric to be laid
along the slip. The mattresses
would be covered with rock
riprap to further protect against
weather and waves. The entire
project is estimated at nearly
$3.2 million.
The Port’s dilemma is
another reminder of the risk
from Astoria’s industrial past.
A recent oil spill from an
underground tank used to fire
the boilers of historical can-
neries soiled the river near
the Cannery Pier Hotel. The
owner of Astoria Marine Con-
struction Co., meanwhile, has
said a costly, state-mandated
cleanup will likely close his
shipyard.
Coates has overseen other
cleanup projects along the
Astoria waterfront from for-
mer fuel operations, includ-
ing a former manufactured
gas plant and bulk fuel facil-
ity between Second and Third
streets near the Columbia
House Condominiums, and a
former Chevron bulk petro-
leum plant near the Wilcox &
Flegel Oil Co. fuel dock.
“They have to be pro-
tective,” Coates said of the
cleanup projects. “They have
to meet all the standards.
There’s an objective ranking.”
The marine mattress was
“the most sustainable alterna-
tive with minimal construction
activity, no treated water dis-
posal requirements and does
not impact Port operations,”
Hart Crowser wrote.
Once the state makes a
decision, the public can weigh
in on the cleanup plan, Coates
Shelters: New draft
coming in April
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Moore’s proposal “would
not allow (the Astoria Warm-
ing Center) to continue
in its present location and
would preclude any warm-
ing center to be located in
any church in Astoria,” he
said. “Since only churches
have an interest in donating
the use of their basements or
unused space … his amend-
ment would just about elim-
inate any chance of a warm-
ing center in Astoria.”
Renting a commercial
building is expensive and a
difficult proposition for an
organization that is only open
to serve clients for 90 days in
a four-month period, board
members said.
The
commissioners
agreed to remove a require-
ment to report all guns to
the police and changed lan-
guage about “crime watch”
to “neighborhood watch.”
City staff plan to look
over the document Moore
created and return to the
commission in April with a
draft that incorporates Tues-
day night’s discussion.
Though the draft code
was intended to address
emergency homeless shel-
ters generally, the discussion
often referenced the Astoria
Warming Center operation
specifically.
“Remember this isn’t for
a specific location or spe-
cific organization,” Commis-
sioner Kent Easom reminded
the commission, a statement
Sean Fitzpatrick, the com-
mission’s chairman, echoed
at the end of the meeting.
Astoria Fire Chief Ted
Ames gave his take on the
proposed code language in
a letter to city planners. He
noted confusing or contra-
dictory language that Moore
corrected in a later version.
Ames also wrote that the
fire department has been
“very much involved” with
the warming center since it
began operations in 2014.
While there were a number
of problems before, this sea-
son has been very different,
Ames said.
The fire chief now
receives an email every day
informing him if the shel-
ter will be open or not. He
knows exactly how many
days the warming center has
been opened, and how many
days of operation remain.
The fire department has not
had to respond to any inci-
dents at the shelter so far this
season.
Consult a
Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian
Some of the most contaminated areas lie underneath the former offices of the Port of
Astoria, pictured here in the background.
said. A record of decision is
issued, followed by design and
construction.
“It’s up to them how they
want to negotiate payment,”
Coates said of the Port and the
oil companies.
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