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6A • June 16, 2017 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com ‘Right where we want to be’ Contractor considered one of ‘three main’ project groups BUSINESS DIRECTORY By R.J. Marx H EATING & C OOLING Cannon Beach Gazette Three bids entered From January to April, Dull Olson Weekes-IBI final- ized the educational specifica- tions and functional program- ming for the district. DAY CPM, a Beaver- ton-based owner’s represen- tative consulting firm, was contracted in January to ad- minister construction man- agement services on behalf of the district throughout the project. The target budget is ex- pected to exceed $112.5 mil- Expert Service, Repairs & Installation Residential & Commercial Gas, Oil & Electric Furnaces Ductless Systems • Fireplaces Locally Owned & Operated Water Heaters • Heat Pumps & AC Commercial Refrigeration Cannon Beach, Oregon 503-440-6975 SUBMITTED PHOTO coastheating@gmail.com The firm Day CPM submitted a target budget of more than $112 million at the district’s May budget meeting. lion, of which more than $82 million is expected to fund construction. Of the total cost, an additional $8.2 million is targeted for design costs and engineering services. Bids were requested April 10 and three proposals re- ceived on May 9. Hoffman Construction, which built the Portland State University Research and Teaching Center and the Sandy High School, had “an excellent written proposal and presentation and we were re- ally impressed by their qual- ifications,” Roley said. “They have built some excellent schools already in the state of Oregon and they have a lot of coast experience. Overall, we feel they’re a great team to go with the team we already have going.” Logging underway In a letter last week, Su- perintendent-emeritus Doug Dougherty said Weyerhae- user Co. will start on the far east end of the Southeast Hill property and move west. Af- ter tree and stump removal, site development will begin. Logging at the top of the hill began this week, Roley said, with material going through main logging roads. Logging will not begin in the vicinity of Seaside Heights Elementary School until after the school year. Weyerhaeuser, which do- nated 80 acres to the district to house the campus, will re- ceive profits from the harvest of the wood, part of the agree- ment’s terms. Architect, project manager and construction management teams plan to meet next week at the district office, Roley said. Concurrently, the dis- trict will appear before the city seeking an expansion of the urban growth bound- ary, she said, referring to the process of linking school property to city services. Along with the Weyerhaeuser timber removal, the district plans to contract out logging of an additional 12 acres adja- cent to Seaside Heights, part of a 19-acre parcel, Roley said. AKS Engineering and Forestry is the logging con- tractor. The district anticipates paying out $22.5 million next year toward the project, en- dorsed by voters in approval of a $99.7 million construc- tion bond last November, Business Manager Justine Hill said in April. The budget number swelled with the addition of $4 million from the state, along with favorable bond sales and rates, Hill said. According to the district’s project timeline, heavy site work is scheduled to begin in the first and second quarters of 2018. “We are right where we want to be,” Roley said. “We don’t anticipate any actual construction until the summer of 2018 but we will be very busy with the preparation up until that time.” Completion of campus construction and opening for classes is anticipated by fall 2020. Seaside graduates look to the future Ninety seniors reach major milestone CCB#199205 The Seaside School Dis- trict awarded a contract to construction manager/gener- al contractor Hoffman Con- struction, a Portland-based company with government and school construction expe- rience. “We felt they were the best suited firm for the job,” Superintendent Sheila Roley said. The board made the offer at a special meeting at the high school Tuesday, June 6. 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Thaddaeus Stapleton, orig- inally from Washington state, is ready to leave the Oregon Coast. He will attend South- ern Oregon University to study business administration. After completing his under- graduate degree, Stapleton plans on pursuing a master’s. “I was a little unsure if I’d make it but I’m here now,” Stapleton said. The valedictorians each gave an address highlight- y ou ou r r w ep alk ut o at n io n Flooring JEFF TER HAR/FOR EO MEDIA GROUP Installation Carpet Cleaning 3470 Hwy 101 Suite 102 • Gearhart, Oregon 503.739.7577 • carpetcornergearhart.com The Seaside Civic and Convention Center was packed with family and friends. ing the impact Seaside High School had on them, what they are looking forward to in the future, and advice for their fellow classmates. Summer Spell’s speech acknowledged that the labels each one of them had do not define them anymore, wheth- er that be a positive one like “successful” or a negative one like “lazy.” Dania Nolazco Luna, the first member of her family to graduate high school, said: “Whatever it is you do from here on out, you only get back what you put in.” Caroline Kotson’s goal for her fellow classmates is to break away from their gener- ation’s stereotype as entitled. Kotson said no matter what each student’s future will look like, “go out and change the perception of our genera- tion.” After three valedictorian addresses, a slideshow of the graduates played. Students’ baby pictures and senior pic- tures along with group photos were shown. Once the slide presentation completed, the fourth valedic- torian gave his speech. Carson Schulte said he spent his first three years at Seaside High going through the motions in fear of what others might think of him for standing out too much. 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