November 17, 2017
T he C olumbia P ress
Chamber of commerce director to retire
Chamber of Commerce
Director Skip Hauke an-
nounced this week that he
plans to retire from his posi-
tion next year.
“I have been blessed with
the greatest staff and board
of directors that one could
ever imagine, plus more than
640 wonderful and support-
ive members, making the
Astoria-Warrenton Chamber
the largest and best on the
Oregon Coast,” Hauke told
the board. “I am very proud
of what our chamber has
accomplished during my 13
years, but 98 percent of the
credit goes to the staff.”
Hauke joined the
chamber staff in Jan-
uary 2005, after 40
years of operating his
family’s Sentry Mar-
kets in Astoria. The
markets had been in
the Hauke family for
110 years.
David Reid, who
with his wife owns Lu-
cy’s Books, has been
named Hauke’s re-
placement. The Reids
moved to Astoria in
2002 when he took
a new job as district
sales coordinator for
Aflac.
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instead of in phases.
The large parcel is being
viewed by the city in its en-
tirety, with houses, roads
and utilities grouped along
Ridge Road on the west side
and most of the property left
undeveloped as wetlands and
other natural areas.
When the Planning Com-
mission approved the project
in August, it placed 29 condi-
tions on the developer before
construction can begin.
The conditions include
building one or more neigh-
borhood parks, assessing
storm water drainage, mak-
ing a video inspection of
the sewer system, widening
some streets proposed in the
project and building a safe
crossing from the project to
Fort Stevens State Park.
“This appeal has cost our
client quite a bit of time,” said
Adam Dailey, an engineer
representing Fort Pointe.
When the project was ap-
proved, one of the partners
said they want Fort Pointe
built as soon as possible “giv-
en the immediate need for
housing.”
Also on Tuesday, the com-
mission grappled with Mayor
Henry Balensifer’s proposal
to ban ministorage facilities
from the city’s main entry-
ways: Main Avenue and Har-
bor Drive, plus Pacific Drive
in Hammond.
A change to the city’s devel-
opment code, which would
have banned new storage
units west of Highway 101,
was rejected by the Planning
Commission as too broad.
“I don’t have anything
against ministorage facili-
ties, I just want to keep them
off the frontage roads of en-
trances to downtown corri-
dors,” Balensifer said.
Reid has been a
chamber ambassador
since 2003 and board
member since 2011.
He has served on the
downtown
associa-
tion’s Business Devel-
opment
Committee
Hauke
since 2012 and was
president of the Ro-
tary Club in 2008-09.
He was honored with
the chamber’s George
Award in 2014.
In 2016, Reid be-
came lead adviser for
Clatsop Community
Reid
College’s Small Busi-
ness Development Center.
Fort Pointe: Commission denies appeal
Commissioner Pam Ackley
agreed that keeping the city’s
entrances visually appealing
is important.
“I think we definitely need
to revisit this,” she said. “I
don’t think we put enough
thought into this.”
The commission agreed to
form a committee to craft a
more specific ordinance or
code change that wouldn’t af-
fect existing ministorage fa-
cilities, but would make new
ones subject to additional
conditions, such as setbacks
from main roads and land-
scaping.
5
Seaside author to speak Sunday
Author Gloria
of Seaside Museum
Linkey will share
& Historical Society
research from her
and a member of
just-released book,
the Lewis and Clark
“A Town Called
Trail Heritage Foun-
Seaside,” at 1 p.m.
dation. Her previous
Sunday, Nov. 19,
books are “Native
in the Netul River
American Women:
Room in the Fort
Three Who Changed
Linkey
Clatsop Visitor
History” and “Abby
Center.
Rescues Animals.”
Her talk is part of the
“A Town Called Seaside”
monthly “In Their Foot-
will be available for pur-
steps” free speaker series
chase at the event.
sponsored by the parkw.
Linkey’s earlier history
Linkey’s book looks at
book is available at the
Seaside’s progression from
park’s bookstore. There will
a summer resort in the
sign books following her
1940s to the thriving tourist presentation.
attraction and community
For more information,
it is today.
call the park at 503-861-
Linkey is past president
2471.