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The Columbia Press 1 Clatsop County’s Independent Weekly www.thecolumbiapress.com King tides damage city’s marinas The Columbia Press Warrenton’s marinas took a hit over the winter with damage from the weather and several king tides. The tides – the highest predicted during the year – occur when the or- bits and alignment of the earth, moon and sun combine. “We’ve had kind of a wet and windy winter and a lot of king tides,” Harbor- master Jane Sweet told city commis- sioners Tuesday night. “We’ve had a lot of power issues this year.” The walkway to A Dock, the one clos- est to Seafarers Park, washed away during one of the storms, and king tides caused some of the shortest pil- ings to get caught up on other docks, damaging them. Sweet reported on the state of the marinas at the request of Commis- sioner Mark Baldwin. “I don’t ever want to see our docks look like that,” Baldwin said. “That’s a lot of money and safety and liability. … I’d like to see us do a better job.” And problems were caused by a lack of maintenance, he added. Unfortunately, the pandemic forced See ‘Marinas’ on Page 4 50 ¢ Vol. 5, Issue 11 March 12, 2021 City eyes options for ‘al fresco’ dining on the town Design selected for city’s food pod By Cindy Yingst The Columbia Press Restrooms A: Open seating, B: covered seating, C: storage, E: trash, F: utilities, H: Car access Photos and schematic courtesy city of Warrenton The vision for Warrenton’s new downtown food truck pod includes a cozy outdoor dining room surrounded by trees and protected by a can- opy and encircled trucks. The city will use the empty lot it owns just south of City Hall. Once set aside for the Fire Department, city offi- cials have decided best use of the lot is to make money there through space rentals and to help other business- es succeed by drawing more people downtown. Greenworks PC of Portland developed three designs that were reviewed by food truck owners, the city’s Urban Re- newal Advisory Board, and dozens of city agency direc- tors and staff members. Two of the designs were given high marks, while a third, which had all carts near Main Avenue and forced drivers to pass be- tween them to park, was re- jected for safety reasons. Warrenton city commis- sioners, in their role as See ‘Food court’ on Page 4
