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T he C olumbia P ress 2 The week ahead Public Meetings Groups & Events M onday t uesday • Warrenton City Com- mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. • Earth Day. This worldwide celebration promoting a clean environment has been held on April 22 each year since 1970. W ednesday W ednesday • Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., 857 Commercial St., Astoria. • Children’s Storytime, “Celebrating Dr. Seuss,” 10:30 a.m., Warrenton Community Library, 160 S. Main Ave. t hursday • Sunset Empire Trans- portation District Board, 9 a.m., Astoria Transit Center, 900 Marine Drive. • Clatsop County Recre- ational Lands Planning Advisory Board, 1 p.m., 800 Exchange St., Fourth Floor, Astoria. • Kiwanis Club of Warren- ton, 1 p.m., Arnie’s Cafe, 1609 S. Main Ave. • Warrenton Rotary Club, 6 p.m., Dooger’s, 103 S. Highway 101. s aturday • Children’s Storytime, “Celebrating Dr. Seuss,” 10:30 a.m., Warrenton Community Library, 160 S. Main Ave. April 19, 2019 Warriors varsity baseball team riding a 5-2 season Warrenton High School’s baseball team walked away with a double-header win last week. In two games against Taft High School in Lincoln City, the Warriors came away with 7-5 and 3-2 wins. Then on Monday against Willamina, the team breezed to a 21-1 win. There have been two losses so far this season, 1-7 against Knappa on March 13 and 1-8 against Santiam Christian on March 29. Debbie Morrow/for The Columbia Press Devin Jackson waits for the pitch while Jake Morrow prepares to come home. County Commission seeks citizens for advisory panels The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners made some appointments to the Com- prehensive Plan Update Citi- zen Advisory Committees on March 27, yet more members are needed. Representatives are need- ed to serve on six advisory panels as part of a 33-month project to update the county’s six community plans and the comprehensive plan. “We’re looking for county residents, property owners, business owners and/or em- ployees from the unincorpo- rated areas of the county to join representatives from oth- er county boards and commis- sions in recruiting stakehold- er input, advising staff and providing recommendations regarding the update of Clat- sop County’s guiding planning documents,” county spokes- man Tom Bennett wrote. The application period clos- es May 3. Applications can be found on the county website, co.clatsop.or.us, or at the coun- ty manager’s office, 800 Ex- change St., Suite 410, Astoria. Clear Lake: Site borders wetlands on three sides Continued from Page 1 Pam Ackley, Broker “Significant clearing and grading of the site occurred last year prior to any approv- als for such activity,” Commu- nity Development Director Kevin Cronin wrote in a staff report. The property owner/appli- cant was warned and activity ceased. “There are locally signifi- cant wetlands out there and they need to be protected,” Caplinger said. “That’s an ex- tremely long dead-end road and a promise of some vague future road doesn’t satisfy due diligence.” The eight-acre site is bor- dered by wetlands on three sides, with Clear Lake, a nat- ural area owned by North Coast Land Conservancy, to the south. Fort Pointe, a fu- ture planned development, is to the north with wetlands be- tween them. There’s a gravel access road on the west end that could connect to Ridge Road in the future. Gil Gramson has completed two other subdivisions along Kalmia, one of them 17 lots and one 11 lots. Because each project was completed separately, there were no triggers that prompt- ed the city to require parkland to be set aside or other sec- ondary access roads to go in. “A lot of this seems very gray and subjective and I’m very black and white,” Com- missioner Ryan Lampi said. “While I don’t like to delay processes, but there’s a lot here that needs to be revisited by me.” The project returns to the Planning Commission at its 6 p.m. April 25 meeting.
