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T he C olumbia P ress 2 April 20, 2018 Projects: Improvements coming to a street, park or marina near you Continued from Page 1 licensing, technology imple- mentation and online public access to look up books and reserve them ($20,178). “This is one of the promises we made to the voters” when they approved the library levy in September, City Man- ager Linda Engbretson said. “This is about all we need,” site manager Nettie-Lee Ca- log said. “We’ve been in the dark ages for so long. This is about all the technology I can handle.” s treet improvements •Southwest Fourth Street from Main Avenue to Robin- son Community Park would get sidewalks, plus power lines would go underground, a new water line would be in- stalled and the road repaved ($836,000). •Anchor Avenue south of Harbor would get a new wa- ter line and minor street pav- ing ($100,000). •Bring the sewer system to an unserved area that includes North Main Ave- nue and Northwest Seventh Place and rebuild the road ($867,000). •Widen and improve the in- tersection of South Main Av- enue at Ninth Street, where buses and other large vehi- cles headed to Warrenton Grade School have difficulty passing ($867,000). p arks • Replace tennis court fenc- ing fabric ($25,000). • Replace Carruthers Park viewing dock. The old struc- ture would be removed and replaced with a picnic table or bench and interpretive signs ($7,000). •Improve Carruthers Dog Park drainage ($30,000). “We’ve been having some issues with mud,” said Kyle Sharpsteen, Public Works operations manager. “We put bark out there and it seems to be doing pretty well.” But it’s an ongoing main- tenance issue that requires installation of catch basins, base rock, landscape fabric and pea gravel. •Install water service to Fort Stevens Parade Grounds. A water line would be extended to the expansive grassy park between the officers’ houses at the former military com- pound. ($5,000). e quipment •Two 2018 patrol vehicles for the police department to replace aging vehicles ($110,000). •A 2018 tanker tender for the fire department, which will replace a 1978 water ten- der that can no longer be re- paired ($375,000, of which 95 percent is funded by a grant). “We may end up buy- ing in this fiscal year. We got a FEMA grant for $350,000 and our portion is $17,000,” Fire Chief Tim Demers said. • Other equipment pur- chases include a side-loading garbage truck and a fork- lift for the water treatment plant. m arinas • Bank stabilization be- tween a dock and the old fuel dock at Hammond Marina ($75,000). • Dredging at Hammond Marina ($700,000). p uBLiC works • Remodel of the public works office, a fuel depot spill control area and an automat- ic gate out front ($35,000).
