School land
re-conveyance
The board voted to
receive two parcels of property in Cannon Beach from the Seaside School District
and re-convey them to the City of Cannon Beach. The properties, totaling 1.38
acres, were deeded by the county to the school district in 1948 and 1958 for use
for Cannon Beach Elementary School. The parcels contained reversionary clauses
requiring that they return to the county’s ownership if they ceased being used
for school purposes; the clauses were triggered after the district closed the
school in 2013.
The property is
conveyed to Cannon Beach at no cost, but with a new reversionary clause
requiring that it be used for a public purpose. The City of Cannon Beach plans
to use the land for the development of a community park.
Parole and Probation
remodel
The board voted to
give staff approval to continue work on a funding plan for the proposed remodel
of the county Parole and Probation office in Warrenton to house the county
Sheriff’s Office criminal and support divisions.
The Parole and
Probation facility was opened in 2006 as the county Transition Center, an
alternative form of sanction and supervision for local criminal offenders. The
Transition Center was closed in 2011 due to budget concerns.
The board’s action on
Wednesday directs the county Budget and Finance Department to work toward
securing a loan for the project, estimated at $2 million, which would relocate
the criminal and support division staff from the county jail in Astoria to the
Warrenton facility. Funding to cover the loan would come from Special Project
Fund monies freed up with the retirement this year of a loan taken out in 2007
for the remodel of the county courthouse.
Septic inspection
program
The board heard a
presentation from Public Health Director Brian Mahoney and Environmental Health
Specialist Maureen Taylor on a plan for the county to assume responsibility of
the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality program that inspects and permits
private and commercial septic systems.
The transfer to
county control, scheduled to be completed by July 1, is designed to provide more
responsive local service for both new permit applications and complaints of
failing septic systems. The board is scheduled to formally vote on the transfer
Feb. 12.
Arts
Council
The board approved a
resolution establishing the new Arts Council of Clatsop County. The group,
consisting of seven to nine members, will represent artists and arts supporters
and promote local arts-related initiatives.
The board has
earmarked $5,000 from the county’s share of state video lottery revenue to
provide a match for outside grants the council may seek.
Zoning
change
The board held the
first reading of an ordinance re-zoning an 11-acre parcel of land on U.S.
Highway 26 southeast of Elsie from Open Space, Parks and Recreation (OPR) to
Forestry-80. Community Development staff discovered last year that the land had
been given the wrong designation when the county adopted zoning for the area in
1983. The land is owned by Longview Fiber and has been managed for timber
production for several decades. Second reading of the ordinance is set for Feb.
12.
Other
Business
In other business the
board:
-Voted to hold a work
session on a proposal to provide county funding for the development of a public
park in Arch Cape. In May 2013 the county Budget Committee voted to set aside
$100,000 from the Special Projects Fund as a potential contribution to the
proposal. In December, the county’s Recreational Lands Planning Advisory
Committee, after hearing from park proponents and touring the proposed site,
voted to not support the proposal as a county park.
-Heard a presentation
from Dick Basch, vice chair of the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes on their
history and effort to gain federal recognition.
-Accepted SE Ensign
Lane and 19th Street in the county’s North Coast Business Park in
Warrenton into the county road system.
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