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November 30, 2018
T he C olumbia P ress
Properties: City considers changing status
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The value is needed not only
to determine a sales price,
but to find out whether it will
require a vote of the people.
Measure 4-181, which vot-
ers approved in 2016, amend-
ed the city charter to require
voter approval before the city
could transfer or dispose of
large tangible assets valued
at $100,000 or more in 2014
dollars.
If the value is less than the
vote trigger, the sale would
return to the City Commis-
sion. If greater, the sale would
be put before all city voters.
n inTh s TreeT
For the second property
item on the agenda, commis-
sioners set a public hearing
for Jan. 8 on the county’s re-
quest to vacate, or abandon,
platted streets within unim-
A car coming
from Warren-
ton Grade
School drives
past coun-
ty-owned
property on
Ninth Street.
Cindy Yingst
The Columbia
Press
proved property it owns in-
side the city of Warrenton.
The property is off Southwest
Ninth Street west of Warren-
ton Grade School.
The county plans to turn the
land over to the North Coast
Land Conservancy, meaning
it would be preserved in its
natural state in perpetuity.
There are no streets running
through the property, but be-
cause they’ve been platted for
future development, the va-
cate action is required.
The land ultimately will be
used to offset wetlands that
would be impacted by a proj-
ect Fort George Brewery has
proposed on land within the
county’s North Coast Busi-
ness Park near Costco.
Test: County alert ensures system works
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Messages can be sent out
countywide, or targeted to a
specific, affected area.
The Nov. 30 test is intend-
ed to identify areas for possi-
ble improvement, familiarize
citizens with the system and
help distinguish it from oth-
er alert systems, as well as
increase the number of cell
phones registered by Clatsop
County residents.
Those
with
landlines
through a standard phone
company such as Qwest or
CenturyTel already are in-
cluded in the database.
To receive alerts on your
cell phone, pager or by email,
however, you must register.
Sign up at co.clatsop.or.us.
Seaside has beach wheelchair lockers
Sunset Empire Park & Rec-
reation District received one
of 23 Travel Oregon Grants
from the state to purchase
and install weatherproof
beach wheelchair lockers in
downtown Seaside.
The district began its beach
wheelchair program earlier
this year, but found recurring
issues with rolling the wheel-
chairs on concrete.
The grant will allow storage
of the wheelchairs closer to
the beach.
The lockers will be ready for
use in the spring.
Historic highway
section reopens
A six-mile section of the His-
toric Columbia River High-
way reopened last weekend.
The stretch between Bridal
Veil and Ainsworth State Park
closed due to the Eagle Creek
Fire in September 2017.
The recovery included re-
moving 9,000 trees in danger
of falling on the road and in-
stallation of more than 3,000
feet of protective fencing.