T he C olumbia P ress
May 25, 2018
County, cities approve FEMA maps
Clatsop County, Warren-
ton and most other area
cities have approved a new
flood insurance rate map,
study and development
rules issued by the Federal
Emergency
Management
Agency.
Each of the governmental
bodies held public hearings
on the rules.
FEMA is set to put the
Flood Insurance Rate Map
and Flood Insurance Study
into effect June 20, and the
county and cities had to
adopt them to remain eligible
for the National Flood Insur-
ance Program.
In addition, the county and
cities also had to adopt new
rules for development with-
in designated Special Flood
Hazard Areas, which will
require permits for a list of
land-use activities that cur-
rently are exempt.
Had the county or the cit-
ies chosen not to adopt the
FEMA rules, property own-
ers would be ineligible to
obtain or renew flood insur-
ance coverage through the
program.
Oregon National Guard members can get tuition help
Gov. Kate Brown recent-
ly signed into law a bill that
authorizes state tuition assis-
tance for service members in
the Oregon National Guard.
The bill, passed by the leg-
islature March 3 and signed
by Brown a month later, de-
tails the requirements that
will qualify Oregon National
Guard soldiers and airmen to
receive state-funded tuition
assistance toward an associ-
ate’s or bachelor’s degree at
Oregon public universities
and community colleges.
The Higher Education Co-
ordinating Commission will
administer the grant pro-
gram, scheduled to begin in
the 2018-19 academic year.
“I’m proud to sign a bill
into law that deepens Ore-
gon’s commitment to our Na-
tional Guard service mem-
bers,” Brown said. “Whether
they’re fighting on the front
lines, fighting wildfires or
helping prepare our state for
the influx of eclipse viewers,
our Oregon Guard members
are always ready.”
Service members cite
money for education as the
No. 1 reason they join the
military.
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County approves facility for household
hazardous waste at transfer station
Clatsop County has ap-
proved a contract with
Helligso Construction for
development of a household
hazardous waste collection
facility next to Recology’s
transfer station on Williams-
port Road in Astoria.
The new facility will allow
residential and commercial
users to bring hazardous
waste to the site, where it will
be temporarily stored until
transferred to an off-site dis-
posal center.
The contract is for $1.5 mil-
lion. The opening is targeted
for January 2019.
The initial cost estimate
of $600,000 didn’t include
added requirements such as
structural piling and meth-
ane mitigation, Public Health
Director Mike McNickle told
the Board of Commissioners.
Construction and operation
Public Safety Calls
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and booked at Clatsop County
Jail, where here blood-alcohol
content was recorded at 0.12
percent. She also was cited for
driving while suspended and
driving without insurance.
• Speeding, 4:52 p.m. May 20,
Ridge Road at the soccer fields.
Driver was cited for going 64 in a
45 mph zone.
• Hit and run, 5:41 p.m. May 20,
Fred Meyer.
• Drunken driving, 6:01 p.m.
May 20, Youngs Bay Plaza. John
Andreas Owen, 49, of Scappoose
was arrested on suspicion of
driving under the influence of
intoxicants and refusing to take
a breath test. He was booked at
Clatsop County Jail.
• Speeding, 11:55 p.m. May 21,
Northwest Warrenton Drive at
Northeast Fifth Street. Driver
cited for going 55 in a 45 mph
zone and for driving without
insurance.
f ire Calls
• Provide mutual aid to Astoria
for smoke from burn, 7:36 p.m.
May 14.
May 15, 400 block South Main
Avenue.
• Smoke from neighbor’s burn
pile, 1:20 p.m. May 19, 900
block Fifth Avenue.
• Dense gray smoke from neigh-
bor’s burn pile, 4:15 p.m. May
20, 100 block North Main
Avenue.
• Very intoxicated female, 8:31
p.m. May 15, 90900 block High-
way 101.
• Female with fainting spell,
12:31 p.m. May 16, 1400 block
Southeast Discovery Lane.
• Male who fell in parking lot,
1:15 p.m. May 16, 1600 block
South Main Avenue.
• Female who needs a transfu-
sion, 2:58 p.m. May 16, 90900
block Highway 101.
• Male who fell in yard, 12:09
p.m. May 17, 700 block North-
west Warrenton Drive.
• Male who fell and hit head,
6:33 p.m. May 18, 400 block
South Main Avenue.
• Female assault victim, 7:10
p.m. May 18, 800 block South-
east Marlin Avenue.
• Female with high blood pres-
sure, 8:46 p.m. May 18, Clatsop
Behavioral Respite Center.
• Female with seizures, 7:05 a.m.
May 20, 1300 block South Main
Avenue.
m ediCal Calls
• Male with difficulty breathing,
3:36 a.m. May 14, 1100 block
Northwest Warrenton Drive.
• Female having seizures, 4:02
a.m. May 14, 1300 block South
Main Avenue.
• Female with high fever, 9:39
p.m. May 14, 100 block South-
west 14th Place.
• Male with possible dislocated
hip, 1:50 p.m. May 15, 90500
block Birdie Drive.
• Female slumped over steering
wheel, 4:16 p.m. May 15, 1600
block East Harbor Drive.
• Male who’s vomiting and has
chills, 4:40 p.m. May 15, 1000
block NW Warrenton Drive.
• Male not feeling well, 8:24 p.m.
• Female needs help off floor,
9:51 a.m. May 20, Clatsop Be-
havioral Respite Center.
• Male with difficulty breathing,
5:27 p.m. May 20, 1400 block
South Main Avenue.
costs will be covered by user
fees paid at the transfer sta-
tion.
The board also recently ap-
proved the sale of a 14.46-
acre tax-foreclosed property
in Hammond. Proceeds will
be used to provide money for
a fund to address homeless-
ness in the county.