Astoria City Council Meeting – including Goals for 2021-2023 – March 1, 2021

The City Council recently held a goal-setting work session. Staff captured the salient items discussed and at this meeting are presenting them to council for their review. With the Council’s consent the goals are now available for public comment before formal adoption.

An automatically generated transcript is available here. Click on each link below to open a new browser tab/window.

• Welcome & (close public meeting for) Executive Session
• Welcome Back, Roll-call
• Merina and Company — financial audit
• Reports of Councilors
• Changes to the Agenda
• Consent Calendar
• 8.a Consideration of River Barrel Brewing (Buoy Beer Co.) Enterprise Zone Application
• 8.b Consideration of SDYBO Opco Enterprise Zone Application
• 8.c Sewer Video Inspection Equipment Replacement – Authorization to Purchase
• 8.d Authorization to Solicit Proposals – Automated Meter Reading Project
• 8.e City Council Goals 2021-2023
• 8.f Land Use Board of Appeals Remand for Appeal Case AP20-020 – Hollander Hospitality
• 8.g, 8.h & 8.i [New agenda items] carryover from executive session
• New bussiness and public comments
• Andy Davis — Clatsop County Democratic Party Resolution

Astoria adds Buoy Beer, Scoular to enterprise zone – March 2, 2021

The Astoria City Council on Monday approved applications by Buoy Beer and Pilot House Distilling’s parent company, River Barrel Brewing Inc., and fishmeal company Scoular to join the Clatsop Enterprise Zone.

Entry provides five years of property tax breaks on new investments.

Read the Astorian article here (behind a paywall).

Astoria City Council & Planning Commission – Housing – February 18, 2021

This appears to be a join work session discussing the recommendations from the Clatsop County housing study. See https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/studies/. An automatically generated transcript is available here. The following are approximate timestamps within the video:

• Welcome: 0:00:00 (hour:minute:second)
• Strategy #1: Adopt Supportive and Inclusive Comprehensive Plan Policies 0:24:39
• Strategy #2: Establish Minimum Density Standards 0:25:35
• Strategy #3: Revise Maximum Density, Height or Bulk Standards in Higher density Residential Zones 1:01:59
• Strategy #4: Support High Density Housing in Commercial Zones 1:36:40
• Strategy #5: Streamline and right Size Minimum Off-Street Parking Requirements 1:44:23
• Strategy #6: Facilitate “Missing Middle” Housing Types in All Residential Zones 2:01:02
• Strategy #7: Encourage Cottage Cluster Housing 2:16:05
• Strategy #8: Promote Accessory Dwelling Units 2:19:42
• Strategy #9: Incentivize Affordable and Workforce Housing 2:27:37
• Strategy #10: Limit Short Term Rental Uses in Residential Zones 2:31:22
• Astoria Land Supply 2:38:24
• Public Comments 2:45:40
• Councilor/Commissioner Discussion 2:48:55

Astoria looks at denser housing: City pursuing ideas from countywide study – February 19, 2021

The Astoria City Council and the Planning Commission appear supportive of a suite of measures from a countywide housing study to encourage denser and more affordable housing, with several caveats to preserve livability and historic character.

The council and commission met Thursday to find commonality on which policy and development code strategies in the 2019 housing study to pursue….

Read the Astorian article here (behind a paywall).

Community Impact of Behavior In and Around 9th Street Park

Chief Spalding will provide information to Council on the declining quality of life conditions occurring in and around 9th St. Park (910 Astor Street). The Chief will preview an upcoming report providing data to note citizen’s and officer’s observations and offer possible strategies to address the growing concerns. An automatically generated transcript is available here. The Astorian article is here (perhaps behind a paywall).

• Introduction – 0:32 min:sec
• Chief Spalding – 2:20
• Ami Baker – 16:36
• Viviana Matthews – 20:20
• Business owners’ problems – 22:26
• Roger Rocka – 31:8
• Tom Hilton – 33:15
• Bruce Jones – 34:02
• Dot Olsen – 37:58
• Sarah Lu Heath – 40:30
• Theresa Barnes – 44:00
• Joan Herman – 50:10
• Roger Rocka – 53:28
• Tom Brownson – 54:06
• Tom Hilton – 59:41
• Bret Estes – 1:00:50 hour:min:sec
• Chief Spalding – 1:02:45

Astoria Planning Commission (including Emergency Shelters) – August 25, 2020

This is the meeting where the continued work on a proposal to update the Development Code regarding temporary Shelters was tabled. An automatically generated transcript is available here. The unapproved minutes are in the September 22, 2020 agenda packet and are extracted here. The audio recording only covers the discussion of Emergency Shelters.

Astoria Planning Commission (including Emergency Shelters) – July 28, 2020

The unapproved minutes are in the August agenda packet and are extracted here. The pages related to the proposed shelter code update in the agenda packet are here. Planner Barbara Fryer’s PowerPoint slide set is available here.

And finally, the Astoria staff submitted a supplemental report that was perhaps geared toward the ADU discussion, however, the report addresses Astoria’s “relationship” to Statewide Planning Goal 10. The report is available here. Goal 10 is important because it states “Plans should be developed in a manner that insures the provision of appropriate types and amounts of land within urban growth boundaries. Such land should be necessary and suitable for housing that meets the housing needs of households of all income levels” (emphasis added). Note the Goal does not say middle income or low income — it says all income levels. More information about Goal 10 can be found at https://www.oregon.gov/lcd/OP/Pages/Goal-10.aspx. A copy of Goal 10 is available here.

Astoria Planning Commission (including Emergency Shelters) – January 28, 2020

An automatically generated transcript is available here. The latest version of the proposed code (as of the start of the meeting) can be found here. As of March 11, 2021 the official minutes have not been posted on the city website. However, the August meeting agenda packet contains the January minutes for approval. Those minutes can be found here. Click on each link below to open a new browser tab/window.

• Call to Order, Roll Call, Election of Officers
• Review of Minutes
• Public Hearings
• Temporary Conditional Use Request CU19021 by Pacific Seafood
• Work Session – Columbarium
• Work Session: Temporary Warming Shelters

Astoria Planning Commission (including Emergency Shelters) – December 10, 2019

The prior work session on this issue was May 22, 2018 (over a year and a half pause). An automatically generated transcript is available here. The shelter related pages from the agenda packet are here. The latest version of the proposed code (as of the start of the meeting) can be found here. The minutes of the meeting, extracted from the January 28, 2020 agenda packet, are here. Click on each link below to open a new browser tab/window.

• Call to Order, Roll Call, Minutes
• Work Session: Accessory Dwelling Units
• Work Session: Temporary Warming Shelters
• Work Session: Columbarium
• Work Sessions: Small Cell Wireless
• Report of Officers, Staff, Public Comment, Adjournment

Astoria City Council – Work Session on Homelessness – April 25, 2019

An automated transcript is available here.

• Welcome by Mayor Jones
• Brett Estes, City Manger – Welcome
• Geoff Spalding – Setting the Stage (HOST, focus on behavior)
• Dan Crutchfield, Fire Chief
• Jeff Harrington, Public Works Director
• Tim Williams, Parks & Recreation
• Jimmy Pearson, Library Director
• Geoff Spalding, Chief of Police – HOST recommendations soon, Policing
• Brett Estes – Heritage Square (remove picnic tables)
• Brett Estes – Property Watch
• Geoff Spalding – Working with Business Owners
• Geoff Spalding – Urban Camping (in the woods)
• Follow-up Questions & General Discussion

Astoria Planning Commission (including Emergency Shelters) – May 22, 2018

An automatically generated transcript is available here. The shelter work session related pages from the agenda packet are here. The May 15, 2018 version of the proposed code can be found here. The minutes of the meeting are here. Click on each link below to open a new browser tab/window.

• Call to Order, Roll Call, Minutes
• Election of Officers
• Minutes
• Public Hearings
• Conditional Use (CU18-03) Trevor Alaine, Bread and Breakfast
• Work Session – Proposal of code amendments to address emergency shelters

Astoria Planning Commission (including Emergency Shelters) – April 24, 2018

An automatically generated transcript is available here. The pages of the agenda packet related to the shelter discussion are here. The March 2018 version of the proposed code is available here. The minutes of the meeting are here. Click on each link below to open a new browser tab/window.

• Call to Order, Roll Call, Minutes
• Public Hearings
• Amendment Request (A17-03)
• Conditional Use (CU18-02) Terry’s Plumbing
• Work Session on Proposal of Code Amendments to Address Emergency Shelters

Astoria Planning Commission (including Emergency Shelters) – February 27, 2018

An automatically generated transcript is available here. The proposed development code is here. The minutes from this meeting are here. Click on each link below to open a new browser tab/window.

• Call to Order, Roll Call, Minutes
• Public Hearings
• Variance Request (V17-04) Cannery Loft Condominium
• Reports of Officers (there were none)
• Break (5-minutes)
• Work Session – Proposed code language for emergency shelters