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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 Enterprise zone maps finalized in Astoria Former Astoria planner joins state heritage commission The Daily Astorian A retired Astoria city planner is now on the Oregon Heritage Commission. Gov. Kate Brown appointed Rosemary John- son, Astoria’s former plan- ner and historic preservation officer, to a four-year term on the commission, which is tasked with securing, sus- taining and enhancing Ore- gon’s heritage. The commis- sion includes nine people, representing Oregon’s heri- tage and geographical diver- sity. There are also nine advi- sory representatives from state agencies and statewide organizations. Johnson retired in 2014 after 35 years with the city but remains involved with a number of city planning proj- ects, including overseeing the restoration of the Dough- boy Monument as well as the design and construction of the Scandinavian Heritage Park. “I am excited to be part of the Oregon Heritage Com- mission,” Johnson said about her appointment. “I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remem- By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Daily Astorian Plans to expand the Clatsop Enterprise Zone are on track, but the Sunset Empire Trans- portation District has concerns about traffic and road impacts, as well as the county’s low unemployment rate. The Astoria City Council approved final maps Monday that could expand the bound- aries of the enterprise zone to include portions of Tongue Point, downtown and the city’s western tip. City councilors voted not to be a part of the enterprise zone in 2015 when the development tool was first proposed, but interest in the zone revived this year with a change in owner- ship at North Tongue Point, an industrial dockside site on the eastern edge of Astoria. Robert Dorn, CEO of Hyak Maritime, a tug and barge building company, had Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Rosemary Johnson was appointed to the Oregon Heri- tage Commission. codes for three of the districts identified in that plan. She is working as a consultant now to wrap up work on the last district, the Urban Core. Johnson also volunteers at the Flavel House Museum. “Johnson has engaged with many of the commis- sion’s programs through her work and brings a wealth of preservation experience to the group,” said Beth Dehn, the Oregon Heritage Com- mission coordinator. “We are pleased to have her on the Heritage Commission.” ber. I believe we are a prod- uct of our past and we need to preserve the history of our state and nation to help form our future. “Preservation is not just preserving structures. It is about people, our cul- tural history and the built environment.” When she was with the city, Johnson helped com- plete the Astoria Riverfront Vision Plan, a document intended to guide devel- opment along the Colum- bia River, and implemented requested an expansion of the enterprise zone, saying the tax exemptions available will be key to his plans to cre- ate a marine fabrication and repair facility at Tongue Point — a project the City Council supports. But in a letter to enterprise zone manager Kevin Leahy, the Sunset Empire Transporta- tion District’s board asked: As new businesses arrive to take advantage of tax breaks, where will they find employees? “The tight housing mar- ket is also of concern,” the letter continued. “Where will employees find available hous- ing? As we’ve seen with the commercial development on Ensign Lane in Warrenton, the impact on the roads and high- way are significant.” The letter also noted the likely increase in demand for various services, such as tran- sit, water, sewer and pub- lic safety. “With the freezing of the tax base, where do the funds for this come from?” “The opportunity out there is just immense and not just out there (at North Tongue Point) but with the rest of the hopeful passage, it’s going to be an opportunity for our whole region,” Leahy said. He plans to speak with the trans- portation district more about their concerns, but added, “We keep working on the work- force at all levels.” Dorn is not concerned. “I’m a believer that if you create good businesses, you’ll attract good employ- ees and society will adjust as needed,” he said. The partners in the enter- prise zone — Clatsop County, the Port of Astoria and War- renton — will need to approve Astoria’s proposed boundar- ies and other modifications. Unlike these other partners, the Astoria City Council has stated that hotels, motels and destination resorts will not be eligible for enterprise zone participation in the city limits. Hundreds of chronic pain patients oppose opioid policy change FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 65 52 47 ALMANAC 65 51 Mainly cloudy with occasional rain Occasional rain Last Salem 43/71 Newport 45/62 Oct 2 First Oct 8 Baker 37/72 Ontario 49/77 Burns 33/70 Klamath Falls 33/71 Lakeview 34/71 Ashland 43/75 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 4:20 a.m. 4:17 p.m. Low 0.7 ft. 3.0 ft. Today Lo 72 62 66 61 69 63 72 45 74 69 73 74 60 74 79 71 77 68 72 68 73 56 53 49 69 City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 72 70 65 72 63 74 78 71 61 63 Today Lo 37 38 48 42 50 33 45 43 45 49 W pc s pc s pc pc s s s s Hi 72 69 66 72 63 71 76 71 62 65 Wed. Lo 35 36 50 46 54 31 45 49 49 50 W s s pc s sh s s pc pc s City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 67 73 71 73 71 65 69 72 70 73 Today Lo 45 44 49 45 43 48 45 43 47 40 W pc pc pc s s pc s s pc pc Hi 67 73 71 74 71 64 70 73 69 75 Wed. Lo 50 49 53 48 49 52 45 47 51 42 W s r pc s t pc s c pc s s s s s pc s pc t s t s s pc pc t Hi 91 68 81 86 88 76 88 54 90 87 92 98 81 95 90 92 92 78 90 81 95 82 71 67 83 Wed. Lo 72 58 71 59 74 65 66 40 76 70 74 71 62 74 78 71 77 63 72 64 75 49 54 54 67 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s pc r t pc c t c s pc s s s s pc s pc pc s pc s s pc pc s heroin users first use prescrip- tion opioids. Only 4 percent of prescription opioid users start using heroin within five years. Additionally, Oregon had a more than 5 percent spike in drug overdose deaths in the 12-month period ending in April, according to the fed- eral Centers for Disease Con- trol and Prevention. DUII • At 7:40 p.m. Sunday, Holly Jean Stevens, 45, of Warrenton, was arrested by Astoria police on the 200 OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 1-8-6-1 4 p.m.: 8-2-8-9 7 p.m.: 8-3-1-6 10 p.m.: 2-8-4-0 Monday’s Lucky Lines: 3-7-9- 15-17-21-26-31 block of Marine Drive and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving, hit and run, refusing to take a breath test and driving while suspended. She allegedly struck a parked pickup truck, which then hit two other cars parked in front of it. reation District, 5:15 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A., Seaside. Astoria Historic Landmarks Commission, 5:15 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Seaside School District Board of Directors, 6 p.m., 1801 S. Franklin. WEDNESDAY Seaside Tourism Advisory Com- mittee, 3 p.m., 989 Broadway. Estimated jackpot: $29,000 Monday’s Megabucks: 9-17- 18-27-36-47 Estimated jackpot: $7.2 million Estimated jackpot: $190,000 Monday’s Keno: 01-02-07-16- 17-18-19-21-24-28-29-31-32- 41-50-55-57-58-61-64 Monday’s Lotto: 04-26-33-42- 46-47 Estimated jackpot: $3 million Monday’s Match 4: 04-09-14-19 WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 1-4-3 Monday’s Hit 5: 04-10-15-34-37 OBITUARY POLICY APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON 503-861-0929 Mattresses, Furniture & More! ON THE RECORD LOTTERIES PACKAGE DEALS YE TSOP C LA NTY C OU Dr. Dana Hargunani, the Oregon Health Authority’s chief medical officer, has said the proposal is intended to reduce the risk of addiction and overdose among chronic pain patients. Proponents of the policy cite statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse show- ing that nearly 80 percent of Sept. 17, 2018 SOLT, Russell Eugene, 70, of Gearhart, died in Gearhart. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary & Crema- tory in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. TUESDAY Port of Astoria Commission, 2:30 p.m., executive session, 4 p.m., regular meeting, Port offices, 10 Pier 1, Suite 209. Sunset Empire Park and Rec- APPLIANCE IN Capital Bureau Chronic pain patients protest outside of the Oregon Health Authority office in Salem in July. PUBLIC MEETINGS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 3 A 0 RS The public will have another chance to speak Thurs- day on a controversial, first-in- the-nation proposal that would end coverage of opioids for chronic pain patients enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan — the state version of Medicaid. Hundreds — even thou- sands — of chronic pain patients would see their opioid prescriptions phased out over a 12-month period beginning in 2020. Officials with the Oregon Health Authority have already received more than 400 emails from patients and 14 from pro- viders largely opposing the policy change. The state Chronic Pain Task Force will convene from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Wil- sonville Holiday Inn to review emailed comments, consider refinement of the policy and take additional public comments. DEATH W pc pc pc s pc pc pc s pc pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Over By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 REGIONAL CITIES Tonight's Sky: Moon at apogee at distance of 251,034 miles of the Earth. Hi 92 77 84 94 86 85 92 56 87 90 91 100 82 93 89 92 94 80 90 82 94 88 66 67 81 La Grande 37/70 Roseburg 45/74 Brookings 49/69 Oct 16 John Day 40/70 Bend 38/69 Medford 45/76 UNDER THE SKY High 6.4 ft. 7.0 ft. Prineville 36/71 Lebanon 44/72 Eugene 42/72 New Pendleton 44/73 The Dalles 48/74 Portland 49/71 Sunset tonight ........................... 7:21 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 6:58 a.m. Coos Bay Moonrise today .......................... 4:14 p.m. 48/64 Moonset today .......................... 12:36 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 with a shower in the afternoon Tillamook 44/64 SUN AND MOON Time 10:51 a.m. 10:08 p.m. 63 52 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 47/65 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.00" Month to date ................................... 1.91" Normal month to date ....................... 1.04" Year to date .................................... 38.19" Normal year to date ........................ 39.14" Sep 24 SATURDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 65°/45° Normal high/low ........................... 68°/49° Record high ............................ 86° in 1991 Record low ............................. 36° in 1965 Full 64 53 Some sunshine giving way to clouds Partly cloudy FRIDAY HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 * SATURDAY * SUNDAY 10-4 We Service What We Sell The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a flag symbol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 10 a.m. the business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. 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