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By Michele Smith
The Times 

Dayton March City Council Update

 

March 21, 2019

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As part of the 2020 Comprehensive Plan Update, the Columbia County Planning Department is proposing a near-even swap of Urban Growth Area acreage from land that is largely unusable to land that is prime for development.

Urban Growth Area land swap proposal moves forward

DAYTON-City of Dayton Mayor Craig George will pass his gavel to Mayor Pro-tem Zac Weatherford on April 30. George read a letter of his resignation to the Dayton City Council during last week's council meeting.

"It has been a pleasure and an honor to have served as your Mayor, and I want to thank the council for their great work and support these past years. We have all worked very hard for the betterment of Dayton," he said.

George and his wife, Kathy, are in the process of moving to Tucson, Az.

Trees

Mayor George also said Pacific Power and Light Co. helped fund Trees, Inc., the company that trimmed the trees on Main Street earlier this month.

"I know there's a lot of sawdust around and the reason for that was when they got done it was snowing, or rainy, and wet. It will be cleaned up over time," George said. "They did a good job."

City Administrator Trina Cole said the city has received a $13,500 grant from the Main Street Solution Management Program to inspect the root systems of some of the trees on Main Street, to see if the trees are salvageable. The grant will also help the city establish a tree management program, she said.

Cole said the grant requires a $10,000 match, and the city has $10,000 in the budget. There are also in-kind donations through the Main Street Tree Committee and Dayton Development Task Force, she said.

Planning Department

The Dayton City Council approved a request from Planning Director Meagan Bailey to forward an application concerning amendments to the Urban Growth Area for Dayton, to the County

Commissioners for their consideration. The amended UGA for Dayton will be included in the

Comprehensive Plan Update for 2020.

"This is mainly a formality. The changes we are proposing are the changes we have been discussing for quite a while," Bailey said.

The proposals would remove land in the northwest area, which is unusable and almost entirely in the floodway, and land in the northeast area, which has an existing rock quarry on it, in exchange for land in the southwest area owned by the Port of Columbia, and land in the east area, which is under common ownership.

Bailey said the proposal creates a near-even swap in regards to acreage. Five parcels are affected by removal and five parcels are affected by addition, encompassing about 39 acres in each, she said.

Historic Preservation

The council appointed Rusty Figgins to the Dayton Historic Preservation Commission, effective March 14, with a term ending February 28, 2022. This leaves two more open positions on the Commission, Bailey said.

The council tabled a resolution adopting Residential Historic Design Guidelines, as recommended by the DHPC, pending further analysis.

The next regular meeting of the Dayton City Council is April 10, 2019 at 6:00 p. m. at Dayton City Hall, 111 S. 1 st St.

 

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