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December 21, 2018
County Commission honors outgoing directors
election this year.
Outgoing county com-
“This has been the
missioners Lisa Clem-
most
difficult and the
ent and Scott Lee were
most
rewarding
job I’ve
honored last week for
had,”
Lee
said.
“I’m
their service on the
proud
to
have
been
part
Clatsop County Board
of
this
board,
and
work
of Commissioners.
with so many wonderful
It was the final meet-
people.”
ing for each.
“I’m grateful for this
Board Vice Chair Sar-
experience
of the past
ah Nebeker presented
few
years,
and
hope the
the two with plaques
board
continues
to have
recognizing their ser-
confidence
in
the
county
vice.
staff,”
Clement
said.
Lee was elected to
Former
Warrenton
the board in 2009 and
Commissioner
Sarah
Nebeker
(left)
presents
Mayor
Mark
Kujala
was
served two terms as
plaques
to
outgoing
members
Scott
Lee
and
elected
to
Lee’s
seat
and
commissioner for Dis-
Lisa Clement.
Pamela
Wev
of
Astoria
trict 1, which represents
will take over Clement’s
Clement was elected in 2013
Warrenton and the
seat.
They’ll be sworn into
western part of Astoria. He to the District 3 seat, which
office
at the board’s Jan. 9
was chosen board chairman represents much of Astoria.
meeting.
Both chose not to seek re-
for five years.
County Commission extends property sale
Clatsop County’s Board of
Commissioners made a number
of decisions last week that af-
fected Warrenton projects and
residents.
The board approved a 120-day
extension to the due-diligence
period on the sale of 67 acres in
the North Coast Business Park
to Agile Design LLC.
The $1.2 million sale origi-
nally was approved in August.
Agile Design President Mark
Cox plans to develop a technol-
ogy center in three-phases. The
project would include data cen-
ter facilities, a conference cen-
ter, a technology incubator, re-
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n ew jail
The board also voted to ap-
prove issuing $20 million in
general obligation bonds to fund
development of a new 148-bed
county jail at the former Oregon
Youth Authority juvenile deten-
tion facility in Warrenton.
County voters approved the
bond measure for the project in
November.
R estoRation land
Commissioners also approved
an ordinance rezoning 193 acres
of marshland south of Astoria.
The land, located at the conflu-
ence of Youngs River and Wall-
ooskee River, is the site of a res-
toration project undertaken by
the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.
The tribe acquired the former
farm tract in 2015 as a way to
enhance fish and wildlife habi-
tat. The move changes the prop-
erty’s plan expectations from
rural agricultural to natural and
the zoning from exclusive farm
use to aquatic natural.
The redesignation was re-
quired as a condition of the per-
mit granted to the Cowlitz tribe
for the project in 2015.
A Clatsop College automotive student uses diagnostic equip-
ment in class.
Right: (L-R) Mill
manager Jere-
my Ness; Kristin
Wilkin, CCC’s dean
of workforce edu-
cation; Kristi Ward,
Wauna public
affairs; and Thad
Nolan, automotive
program instructor.
Wauna funds automotive program
Georgia-Pacific’s Wauna
paper mill this month pre-
sented Clatsop Communi-
ty College with a check for
$5,000 to support the col-
lege’s Automotive Program
and Safety Training.
Students in the college’s
automotive program learn
to use diagnostic tools in
class and learn to look at
data, interpret it, and then
troubleshoot
problems,
which is what the compa-
ny is looking for as their
systems become more and
more automated, a mill of-
ficial said.
The technical connection
between the college and the
mill means promising jobs
for automotive graduates.
Take homeless survey online
Clatsop County, like the
rest of Oregon and the na-
tion, is grappling with the
problem of homelessness.
The county Board of Com-
missioners, in response, has
made housing and home-
lessness priority issues and
earlier this year voted to es-
tablish a fund to support lo-
cal efforts to combat home-
lessness.
In order to identify both
the best revenue sources and
uses for the fund, the county
is encouraging the public to
take part in an online poll.
The 10-question survey
aims to provide insight into
the factors that lead people
to be homeless, as well as
gauge community opinions
on potential solutions.
The survey asks participants
if they’ve been homeless
and what services they have
used, as well as asks partic-
ipants to identify the best
ways to help.
The survey is available at
the Clatsop County website,
www.co.clatsop.or.us.