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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2018
Third bond’s a charm
V
County Jail bond earns broad support on third attempt
Voters passed a $20 million bond earlier this month to relocate the Clatsop County
Jail from downtown Astoria to the now-closed North Coast Youth Correctional
Facility in Warrenton. The relocation will expand jail capacity from 60 inmates to
148 with room for future growth. Two previous bonds, in 2002 and 2012, have
failed. Only five out of 33 county precincts approved the 2012 bond. This year,
only five disapproved.
Vote tally by precinct, 2018 vs. 2012
2018
Yes
No
Precinct/location
1 Astoria
2 Astoria
3 Astoria
4 Astoria
5 Astoria
6 Astoria
7 Astoria
8 Astoria
20 Cannon Beach
21 Chadwell
22 N. Clatsop
23 S. Clatsop
24 Elsie
25 Gearhart
26 Hamlet
28 Jewell
29 John Day
30 Knappa
31 Lewis & Clark
35 Necanicum
36 Olney
37 Seaside
38 Seaside
39 Seaside
40 Seaside
43 Stanley Acres
44 Svensen
45 Arch Cape
46 Walluski
47 Warrenton
48 Warrenton
50 Westport
52 Hillcrest
Total
272
345
450
235
434
234
414
219
424
277
320
494
82
587
93
143
168
473
412
113
181
396
399
353
400
61
239
89
175
991
375
137
194
10,179
194
320
336
199
332
160
307
208
385
197
244
427
84
397
129
146
130
359
326
113
146
323
302
293
276
67
227
77
156
797
268
139
146
8,210
2018 precinct results
2012
Yes
No
103
150
171
222
157
222
171
253
124
178
153
141
130
201
79
104
206
252
133
183
153
207
272
324
25
46
215
237
43
57
58
86
75
107
190
322
158
181
57
74
62
130
135
167
130
128
120
132
324
279
46
40
99
159
41
53
87
111
410
459
133
181
86
78
71
151
4,417 5,615
PACIFIC
m bia
2
1
3
29
5 6 7
Astoria
48
Warrenton
Tied
r
Rive
Hammond
47
Voted no
h.
Was e.
Or
401
101
Col u
Voted yes
WAHKIAKUM
Chinook
4
8
4
30
44
Knappa
30
46
409
30
50
31
22
P a ci f i c
Ocea n
Westport
52
202
101
23
21
Gearhart
39
25
38
Seaside
43
36
40
CLATSOP
37
28
202
35
Jewell
101
26
20
103
Cannon Beach
26
Tolovana Park
45
24
26
53
2 miles
TILLAMOOK
Daily Astorian graphic
Source: Clatsop County
Jail: ‘Once the revolving door stops, these people can get help’
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the previous attempts lacked
proper research and organized
promotion.
Discussions of a new jail
began a few months before the
youth facility closed in 2017.
The sheriff’s office discussed
several options with DLR
Group, a Portland-based archi-
tecture firm.
The sheriff also consulted
a number of people with pre-
vious jail bond experience,
including engineers and project
managers.
“We had so many — dif-
ferent, I guess — styles, peo-
ple with so many backgrounds
that were able to help us do this
right,” Bergin said. “We really
did our homework.”
Helping the sheriff were two
of his deputies — Chief Dep-
uty Paul Williams and Lt. Matt
Phillips, the jail’s commander
— and Assistant County Man-
ager Monica Steele. As county
employees, they could not
advocate for the bond. But they
appeared at city council meet-
ings and with private organiza-
tions to provide information.
Part of the pitch for a new
jail was deputy safety, wider
access to mental health and sub-
stance abuse treatment.
“I think the mental health
issue is big and, just, the huge
opiate problem,” Bergin said.
“Once the revolving door stops,
these people can get help.”
Recent crime trends were
also difficult to ignore.
The 2017 Oregon Uni-
form Crime Report ranked
the county first in behavioral
crimes and crimes against peo-
ple and fifth in property crimes.
In 2012, the county ranked third
in the behavioral category and
11th in the people and property
slots.
“I think it’s just educating
people, making sure they know
we’re not trying to pull the wool
over their eyes,” Bergin said.
Potential land mines
But the bond campaign
still faced a few potential land
mines, including two local
school bonds that were also on
the ballot and at a steeper price.
“I would say the common
theme was that everybody saw
the need for the jail. Every-
body sort of wonders why the
cost was so high,” Steele said.
“We reiterated that remodeling
the (Warrenton) facility would
keep the costs down.”
Another stumbling block
could have been Bergin’s let-
ter, co-signed by several other
sheriffs throughout the state,
supporting state Measure 105,
which would have repealed
Oregon’s sanctuary law.
The measure failed, but
Commissioner Scott Lee, the
chairman of the county com-
mission, criticized Bergin’s
decision. The sheriff’s let-
ter forced the commissioner to
reach out to like-minded pro-
gressive groups to assure them
that the jail bond is not related
to immigration enforcement,
Lee said.
“Folks are really shy about
the industrial prison com-
plex,” Lee said. “I told every-
body, particularly on my side of
the fence, that this facility was
not going to be used for (U.S.
Immigration and Customs
Enforcement) detainees.”
Still, Lee praised Bergin and
other county officials, includ-
ing Circuit Court Judge Cin-
dee Matyas and Commissioner
Sarah Nebeker, for publicizing
the jail bond.
Moving process
Now, the moving process at
the jail begins. County commis-
sioners will decide next year
how to underwrite the bonds
and finalize a design.
At some point, the county
will need to figure out what
to do with the jail building in
Astoria. But, for now, the focus
remains on the new one.
“While there may be a num-
ber of ideas, we’re going to
continue using the current jail,”
Steele said. “We’re looking at
two years at the earliest before
we begin to move into the new
jail.”
The sooner, the better, for
law enforcement.
“I think we’re going to have
a much more positive conver-
sation about public safety in
December 2020 than we’re
having right now,” Marquis
said.
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