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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2019
IN BRIEF
Commercial crab season delayed
until end of December
Commercial crabbers will have to wait until at least
Dec. 31 after testing found crabs are still too low in
meat.
The testing was done in late November and early
December in Oregon, Washington state and California.
The state had delayed the traditional Dec. 1 opening
of the commercial season because of low meat yield.
Recreational crab harvesting is open.
Homeless camp cleared near Alderbook
A homeless camp near 40th Street and Lief Erikson
Drive in Astoria was removed Wednesday by a con-
tractor for the city.
Police say the camp, which was reportedly aban-
doned, was constructed of wood and had windows.
It took two dump-truck loads to haul away what
was left at the site. Police said when the contractor
returned to his excavator, which was used to clear the
camp, a log was thrown into it, damaging the seat.
No suspects have been identifi ed.
Kujala takes on new role
at hospital foundation
Mark Kujala stepped down as membership direc-
tor for the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Com-
merce in November.
Kujala is now the director of the Columbia Memo-
rial Hospital Foundation.
He also serves on the county Board of
Commissioners.
Astoria seeks to fi ll board positions
Astoria is trying to fi ll several board positions
that become vacant next year with the end of terms.
Appointments to the boards are the responsibility of
the mayor.
Jennifer Cameron-Lattek will not seek another term
on the Planning Commission, nor Paul Caruana on the
Historic Landmarks Commission or Hilarie Phelps on
the Design Review Commission.
“Generally, when a term is up I ask whether the
member desires another term,” Mayor Bruce Jones
said in an email. “Then, I query the staff to ensure the
member is a productive member … and if warranted,
I offer them another term.”
On the Astoria Parks Board, Jim Holen has indi-
cated his willingness to serve another term, or to step
aside, Jones said. He will decide whether to appoint
someone else to Holen’s position after seeing the
applicant pool.
Applications are available on the city’s website and
in the city manager’s offi ce on the third fl oor of City
Hall at 1095 Duane St. Applications are due by Dec.
17. Applications from a previous appointment cycle
are still valid and remain on fi le.
For more information, call 503-325-5824 or email
jbenoit@astoria.or.us
— The Astorian
DEATHS
Dec. 4, 2019
BIGGS, Timothy, 69,
of Seaside, died in Sea-
side.
Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
DORNING, Doreen,
67, of Warrenton, died in
Warrenton. Hughes-Ran-
som Mortuary is in charge
of the arrangements.
Criminal
trespass
• Giovanni Guz-
man-Santiago, 30, was
arrested Thursday on
First Avenue and N.
Columbia Street in Sea-
side for criminal trespass
in the fi rst degree.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Youngs River Lewis &
Clark Water District Board,
6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway
101 Business.
Cannon Beach Rural Fire
Department Board, 6 p.m.,
Fire-Rescue Main Station,
188 Sunset Ave.
Seaside City Council,
7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broad-
way.
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Planning
Commission, 10 a.m., Judge
Guy Boyington Building, 857
Commercial St., Astoria.
Lewis & Clark Fire De-
partment Board, 6 p.m.,
main fi re station, 34571 U.S.
Highway 101 Business.
Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
Clatsop Community
College Board, 6:30 p.m.,
Columbia Hall Room 219,
1650 Lexington Ave., Astoria.
Astoria Planning Commis-
sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall,
1095 Duane St.
Gearhart City Council and
Planning Commission,
6:30 p.m., work session on
county housing study, City
Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way.
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Standard is two
spaces per unit
By R.J. MARX
The Astorian
SEASIDE — To spur
downtown and workforce
housing, the Planning Com-
mission is considering a
new zoning amendment to
reduce the required num-
ber of parking spaces for
studio, one-bedroom and
two-bedroom apartments .
In future meetings, com-
missioners will also con-
sider a reduction in parking
regulations in all zones.
“If you want to mod-
ify things or adjust things
and be more specifi c about
what this is applying to,
then you’ve got latitude to
do that,” Planning Director
Kevin Cupples said at Tues-
day’s meeting.
The current standard
specifi es two parking spots
per dwelling unit, regard-
less of the number of bed-
rooms. Commissioners con-
sidered language to bring
those numbers down, possi-
bly to one parking spot for
studios and one-bedroom
apartments and 1 1/2 spaces
for two-bedroom units.
Vacation rentals , con-
dominiums and townho-
mes would still require two
parking spaces per unit.
Stuart Emmons, an Asto-
ria resident, architect and
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Astorian
The state Occupational
Safety and Health Division
fi ned Bornstein Seafoods
$7,600 for unsafe working
conditions in the wake of an
employee’s death in May.
Magdalena
Blandina
Ramon Guzman, 63, of
Seaview, Washington, lost
HP Inc. plans to build a
new facility in Vancouver,
Washington, the city said
Thursday, with potential to
expand into an enormous
corporate campus.
Initial plans call for
330,000 square feet of offi ce
space in two buildings, part
of the city’s broader effort to
encourage economic devel-
opment on Vancouver’s
eastern edge. Intriguingly,
public documents indicate
HP’s project could expand
to 1.5 million square feet in
research and manufacturing
space on nearly 100 acres
over 15 years.
However, the news
comes as HP prepares to cut
up to 9,000 jobs company-
wide and works to fi ght off
a hostile takeover by rival
Xerox Corp. It’s unclear
why HP would want to qua-
druple its Vancouver opera-
tions at a time its profi ts are
falling and it is cutting back
nearly everywhere else.
“We are exploring oppor-
tunities that support our
long-term presence in Van-
couver but have no immedi-
ate plans to change our exist-
ing real estate footprint,”
her balance while standing
on a platform shoveling left-
over fi sh into a hopper and
fell about 5 feet to a con-
crete dock. She later died
at Oregon Health & Sci-
ence University Hospital in
Portland.
The state claimed Born-
stein Seafoods did not
ensure employees 4 feet or
more above a lower level
HP spokeswoman Camelia
Gendreau said in an email.
She declined to describe the
company’s plans in detail.
The Columbian newspa-
per fi rst reported HP’s news
Wednesday.
Plans submitted to the
city call for the Silicon Val-
ley company to use the new
site for research and devel-
opment and related activ-
ities. Construction would
begin in 2023, with HP
moving in late in 2025 or
early 2026.
That fi rst phase would be
modestly bigger than HP’s
current Vancouver facility,
but city documents indicate
the company is considering
a massive expansion in sub-
sequent years to a full cam-
pus of 1.5 million square
feet.
HP and its corporate pre-
decessor,
Hewlett-Pack-
ard Co., have operated in
Vancouver for nearly four
decades and once employed
more than 3,000 there.
After years of downsizing
HP now has 1,000 workers
there, according to the city,
including more than 300
contractors.
Hewlett-Packard sold its
174-acre east Vancouver
campus in 2009 and moved
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planner, said Seaside has
the most stringent parking
rules on the North Coast .
“If we want to bring in more
affordable housing, parking
is really an issue that can
hold up unit count on site,”
he said. “I am very sup-
portive of reducing park-
ing ratios for especially stu-
dios and one bedrooms, and
I would even consider two
bedrooms.”
Public Works Director
Dale McDowell said he is
in favor of using underuti-
lized spaces in the down-
town core.
McDowell warned, how-
ever, that more cars on the
street may make it more dif-
fi cult to clean because of the
turning radius of the street
sweeper. “My only com-
ment is how we are going to
keep it clean,” he said.
Erick Zuber, a commer-
cial mortgage banker in
Seaside, said he has looked
at properties in the urban
core . “There are some
underdeveloped units,” he
said. “The people I speak
with on a daily basis, the
urban feel is, people don’t
need cars. They want to
walk to work, to shops or
restaurants, whether by
bike or walking.”
A 2-to-1 parking ratio
per unit is a “little bit exor-
bitant,” Zuber said. “As a
developer, I think it’s in
good interest to have some
safeguards for people who
want to live within their
community without a car.”
Planning Commissioner
Teri Carpenter said she is
“absolutely in favor” of
adopting the amendment
in the downtown core,
but said she is concerned
about parking limitations
in other parts of the city . “I
have found, in my opinion,
lack of parking can lead
to larger problems down
the road,” she said. “B ut
I’m still excited about this
downtown.”
The ordinance will
return for refi nements at
the Planning Commission
work session on Dec. 17,
and could be referred to the
City Council at the com-
mission’s January meeting.
“ It’s a lot easier to
ratchet things slowly than
doing it in one fell swoop
and realizing, ‘O h gosh,
we’ve got an error,’” Cup-
ples said. “With the push
for affordable or workforce
housing, the goal is to get
something designed and put
on the plate.”
were protected by guardrails
at least 3 1/2 feet above the
walking surface, safety nets,
or other personal protection
systems. The fi nding came
with a $6,000 fi ne.
The state also cited Born-
stein Seafoods for not hav-
ing wide-enough walkways
or guarding protruding
shafts, and for not inspect-
ing workplace safety or con-
vening a safety committee
quarterly.
“The company corrects
any defi ciencies whenever
we are notifi ed about them,”
co-owner Andrew Bornstein
said in a statement.
Bornstein
Seafoods
received the citation Nov.
19. The company has 30
days from that date to pay or
appeal the fi nes.
HP fl oats major new site in Vancouver
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The Seaside Planning Commission is considering a parking amendment.
State fi nes Bornstein Seafoods after worker death
By MIKE ROGOWAY
The Oregonian
ON THE RECORD
Assault
• Krystle Lee Walker,
37, of Warrenton, was
arrested Thursday on
Windswept Road in War-
renton for assault in the
fourth degree, strangula-
tion and interfering with
making a police report.
Seaside looks to ease parking
regulations to spur housing
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into leased space nearby.
That company split up four
years ago and the new HP
inherited the trailblazing
company’s fading printer
and PC businesses.
Hewlett-Packard’s Van-
couver site originated as a
printer factory but the cur-
rent facility is focused on
research to develop 3D
printers, which HP hopes
could reduce its dependence
on the fading market for
printed documents.
City documents say HP
looked at “various loca-
tions” for future develop-
ment beginning in 2018
and considered two sites in
Vancouver before settling
on the new development in
east Vancouver last sum-
mer. The documents say
HP was seeking “fl exibil-
ity for future development
options.”
HP also employs an
unspecifi ed number at a
major research site in Cor-
vallis. It’s unclear if a Van-
couver expansion would
affect operations there.
In the city’s agreement
with HP, Vancouver agreed
to spend $10 million for
public infrastructure, includ-
ing streets and trails. It also
agreed to waive $1.25 mil-
lion in business license fees
over 20 years and reduce
traffi c impact fees by up to
$200,000. Vancouver may
also defer water and sewer
development charges.
The new HP offi ce would
sit among 553 acres Van-
couver annexed in 2008.
The city has classifi ed 440
acres as having commercial
development potential in the
coming decades.
HP announced in October
it hopes to save $1 billion
by cutting between 7,000
and 9,000 jobs worldwide
amid declining demand for
printers and PCs. That rep-
resented up to 16% of its
global workforce.
HP’s sales were roughly
fl at in its last fi scal year at
$58.8 billion. But profi ts
fell from $5.3 billion to $3.2
billion.
Amid that backdrop, HP
quietly began talking to
Xerox last summer about
a deal to combine the two
companies in hopes of sav-
ing costs. When HP walked
away, Xerox moved in with
a hostile bid offering $33.5
billion, or $22 a share.
HP rejected that offer,
saying it undervalued the
company. HP shares closed
Thursday at $20.32.
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