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PUBLIC NOTICE WARRENTON CITY COMMISSION ANNUAL RETREAT – 02/22/20 The Warrenton City Commission will hold their Annual Retreat on Saturday, February 22, 2020, beginning at 9:00 a.m., in the Fire Training Room in City Hall, 225 S. Main Avenue, Warrenton, Ore- gon 97146. The purpose of the retreat is to discuss City Commission goals and direction. The meeting location is accessible to the disabled. An interpreter for the hearing impaired may be requested under the terms of ORS 192.630 by contacting Dawne Shaw, City Recorder, at 503-861- 0823 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting so appropriate assistance can be provided. AGENDA CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WARRENTON MEETING TUESDAY February 25, 2020 – 6:00 P.M. Warrenton City Commission Chambers – 225 South Main Avenue Warrenton, OR 97146 This is a Preliminary Agenda. A final Agenda and full meeting packet will be available on the City’s website at www.ci.warrenton.or.us and at City Hall after 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 21, 2020. • • • • • • • February 21, 2020 T he C olumbia P ress 6 BUSINESS ITEMS Oath of Office – Police Officer Dan Carpenter Consideration of Surplus Public Works Equipment Consideration of Two Safe Pedestrian Routes Contract – Otak Inc. Consideration of Outside-City Water Service Evaluation Contract – Murraysmith Inc. Consideration of Fire Department FEMA Grants Consideration of Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1236; Amending WMC Section 3.21.010 - Police Officer Training Fees Consideration of Second Reading of Resolution No. 2561; Adminis- trative Fees on Police Impounds Warrenton City Hall is accessible to the disabled. An interpreter for the hearing impaired may be requested under the terms of ORS 192.630 by contacting Dawne Shaw, City Recorder, at 503-861-0823 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting so appropriate assistance can be provided. Notice of Pending Type II Administrative Decision Liz Castro has submitted an application for a two-lot partition of Map & Tax Lot 810W 27DD3200. The subject property is located on SE Honey- suckle Loop in Forest Rim, Warrenton OR. The application file is available for public review from until March 9, 2020, with an administrative decision to be made after the close of the 20 day review and comment period. Applicable Warrenton Municipal Code criteria include Chapter 16.36, High Density Residential (R-H) District, Section 16.208.040 Type II Ad- ministrative Procedures, and Chapter 16.216 Land Division and Lot Line Adjustments. All evidence to be relied upon to make a decision on this application is in the public record and available for review at the Warrenton Building and Planning Department, 225 S Main Ave., Warrenton, at no cost. Copies can be made at reasonable cost. Following the close of the public comment pe- riod, the Community Development Director will issue a Type II Adminis- trative Decision which will be mailed to the applicant and all parties who submit written comments or who are otherwise legally entitled to notice. HOW TO PARTICIPATE: All interested persons are invited to submit written comments to Kevin A. Cronin, Community Development Director, Warrenton City Hall, PO Box 250, Warrenton, OR 97146 by March 9, 2020. Failure to participate in this administrative review in writing or failure to address relevant issues with sufficient specificity may preclude your right to appeal the administrative decision on this application. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION contact Kevin A. Cronin, Commu- nity Development Director, City of Warrenton at 503.861.0920 or city- planner@ci.warrenton.or.us , Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to noon/1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Published: The Columbia Press, Feb. 21, 2020 Jetty: Work includes shoring up the dunes Continued from Page 1 service-disabled veteran who served two tours in Vietnam. The jetty augmentation and stabilization project is being supervised by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has authority over the three jetties at the mouth of the Co- lumbia River. North Jetty in Ilwaco, Wash., and Jetty A, a bit farther in on the Wash- ington side, have been rebuilt during the past few years. South Jetty, in Fort Stevens State Park, is the third and fi- nal prong. The jetties were built by the federal government between 1885 and 1939 to improve safety for vessels using the valuable commercial ship- ping channel and to minimize maintenance and dredging in the Columbia River. The last repairs to South Jetty were in 2007. Yet each winter it is pounded by waves up to 30 feet high in an aver- age of four hurricane-force storms per year. The storms take a toll on the shoals supporting the jet- ties as well as the dunes and shore. During the ‘70s, the area the agency has designat- ed the foredune had a crest of 30 to 40 feet; today it is less than 25, which threatens the narrow land strip separating the ocean from Trestle Bay in Fort Stevens State Park. So work has begun to fix it all. “It’s just fascinating to watch it,” said Carol Lam- bert of Hammond. She and her son, Kal, frequently walk Cindy Yingst/The Columbia Press Above: A ship in the river navigation channel passes by Trestle Bay on Wednesday. Mount St. Helens is visible on the far left. Below: The Army Corps’ graphic of the dwindling dune between the ocean and Trestle Bay. South Jetty begins about where the H is in high. through the construction area with her dog. “I’m very curi- ous, really, as to what they are doing – it almost looks like they’re putting in a new road through the dunes along the Columbia.” Construction of the barge off-loading facility is taking place now through July, Van- degrift said. The rocks will arrive and be placed from May to Oc- tober during this and each of the next three years. This Free Obituaries The Columbia Press publishes free obituaries of commu- nity members who pass away. These free obituaries are 7 to 12 inches long and include a photo. We’ll do the writing for you. Those who want to write their own obituaries to honor a loved one may do so. These are $7.50 per column inch and can include a photo. Please call us at 503-861-3331or send an email to office@thecolumbiapress.com. year, boulders will be trucked in from a quarry in Clatsop County. After the off-loading dock is complete, they’ll come from other parts of Washington and Oregon. A lot of rocks are required to bolster the jetty, which runs from Clatsop Spit to three miles offshore. The shoreline project to protect Trestle Bay begins in mid- to late April and runs through 2021. Through it all, Fort Stevens State Park is determined to keep the area open for visi- tors. “To the extent that cer- tain parts of the park will be closed,” Vandegrift said, “the park has plans to have the public out there as much as possible and as much as is safe.”
