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.
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February 21, 2020
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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
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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
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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.”