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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
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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