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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015
North Holladay Drive to get major facelift
By KATHERINE
LACAZE
EO Media Group
What is your favorite North
Coast landmark? Why?
The museum (Columbia River
Maritime Museum) because there’s
history in there, and I think it’s
important that out of town people
get a complete view of what Asto-
ria is all about and the history it
represents.
Donna Solberg, Warrenton
I think I’d probably have to say the
column. ... There’s so much history
involved. When you’re looking at
it, it tells a story.
Audrey Williams, Astoria
Tillamook Head is my favorite. ... I
grew up in Seaside and spent a lot
of time hiking it and also staring
up at it.
Jesse Bateman, Astoria
SEASIDE — The city of
Seaside plans a major improve-
ment project on North Holla-
day Drive in coming months.
Renovations are slated for por-
tions of the road from Second
Avenue to 12th Avenue.
“We’re basically going to
take that street and take it all the
way down to the ground and re-
build it from the ground up,” City
Manager Mark Winstanley said.
The cost of the project still
is “a wild card at this point,” be-
cause the city has not gone out
to bid, Winstanley said. Overall,
he expects the project will cost
about $300,000 per block. He
said the bid will be awarded later
this month or in early September.
The total reconstruction will
include replacing all utility lines
under the road, installing a new
drainage system, laying new
pavement and sidewalks, plac-
ing new lighting for the road and
landscaping. Several years ago,
Winstanley said, it came to the
city’s attention that all of North
Holladay Drive needed to be re-
done but it was not feasible. In
2009, the city chose to rebuild
the road from 12th Avenue to
24th Avenue, because that sec-
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nancially unfeasible, they would
have to start over and it would
delay the entire process, Wallace
said. The city has a limited win-
dow of time to do the project, be-
cause of its breadth and impact.
“We need to get commit-
ted to construction in October,
after the summer crush is done
and things calm down, but early
enough that we have an extend-
ed period,” Wallace said. Come
Memorial Day, he added, the
roadway and sidewalks need to
be open to traf¿ c. By putting both
portions out to bid at the same
time, he said, “if the totals are
good, bang! We’re ready to go.”
If not, then at least the city will
not be delayed in tackling the
road from Sixth Avenue to 12th
Avenue.
Alternative to
new bridge
The North Holladay Drive
project is being done as an alter-
native to a proposed project to
install a new bridge at Avenue
U, which was the top priority
of the Seaside Improvement
Commission, also called the
Seaside Urban Renewal Agen-
cy. The numbers on the bridge
came in “staggeringly high,”
Wallace said. The city did not
have enough money to do it and
there wasn’t any outside funding
source, like the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation.
“We would have tapped our-
selves out, and nobody wanted to
go there,” Wallace said.
The commission then started
considering its second highest
priority, which was to rebuild
North Holladay Drive.
“North Holladay has been a
project people have been inter-
ested in for a long time and for
obvious reasons,” Wallace said.
While doing the project
block-by-block might be more
convenient for the public, it
would slow down the process
and increase the cost, Wallace
said.
“It’s de¿ nitely going to be
a big construction site for six
or seven months,” he said.
“There is no way around it.
We try to work hard with the
people and not leave too much
open.”
Residents should have access
in and out of their driveways
in the morning and evening,
as well as during the day for
the most part, unless crews are
working right in front of a per-
son’s house or business. Never-
theless, it will be noisy and there
will be debris and holes.
“It is what it is,” Wallace
said. “But by next spring, it will
be wonderful.”
OBITUARIES
Aug. 3, 2015
WEBB, Alda Norma (Fac-
chini), 91, of Astoria, died in
Astoria. A service will be an-
nounced at a later date.
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Tonight
Sixth to 12th
The city has de¿ nite plans
to reconstruct North Holladay
Drive from Sixth Avenue to
12th Avenue. If there is enough
money, the second section from
Second Avenue to Sixth Ave-
nue will be done. Both sections,
however, will go out to bid at
one time, Public Works Director
Neal Wallace said. Whether the
city has enough money for the
whole project will depend on the
value of the bids that come in.
“Sixth to 12th is the main
project, and Second to Sixth
is the bid alternate. If the num-
bers are good, we’ll do the
whole thing,” Wallace said.
If the city puts the project out
to bid as a whole and the bids
came in so high as to make it ¿ -
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tion was worse at the time than
the section from Second Avenue
to 12th Avenue, he said.
Now the city is in a position
to do the second half. Since the
water and sewer lines under the
road need to be replaced, “we’d
want to repave anyway,” Win-
stanley said. “But we think it
would be very advantageous and
make a huge improvement for
the city by redoing the lighting
and sidewalks on that road at the
same time. It’s going to make
that section look a lot nicer.”
Frances M. Moss
Svensen
Jan. 11, 1924 — July 22, 2015
Frances (aka Mom, Gramma, Franny, fish and fowl were cut and packaged, clams
Fran, Gramma Moss) was born in Naselle, cleaned, and fruit/vegetables canned in her
Wash., to Arthur Moss and Bessie
favorite room of the house — her
kitchen.
Anderson in the “old house” at the
Mom had a secret sense of ad-
family homestead. Here she lived
venture and was “up for anything”
until her graduation from Naselle
at the drop of a hat. This spirit took
High School with the class of
her to family, friends, garage and
1941.
rummage sales, travel (in the U.S.
After high school, Frances
and abroad), sporting events and
left Naselle for a job in Olympia,
to “play the machines” to name a
Wash. There she met Kenneth H.
few.
Moss, a World War II soldier in
Mom was a woman of
the U.S. Army. They were married
Frances
great inner strength and beau-
on Sept. 1, 1942. After briefly liv-
Moss
ty, was more than a role mod-
ing in Missouri, both returned to
el — she was a best friend and
Naselle, and eventually set their
a loving mom — the best mom to all she
roots in Svensen, Ore., in 1955.
In her 91 1/2 years, as a daughter, sister, met.
Frances was preceded in death by both
wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and home-
maker, Frances was always in your corner, parents; sister, Jeanette; brothers, Earl, Del-
and selfless in her commitment to those bert “Buddy,” and Curt; husband, Kenneth
she met. She was a happy person, humble H. Moss; son, Kenneth A. Moss; and daugh-
to a fault, presided over a happy house- ter, Kim E. Snider. She had to leave behind
hold with doors open to all, and always had to carry on her spirit with daughter, Phyllis
a full cookie jar. Mom shared the magic Ann; sister, Earlene Mattson; daughter in
of life and taught us the hidden beauties, law, Katherine Moss; grandchildren, Brian
and to understand that life wasn’t always Moss (Holly) and Jennifer Cullers (Justin);
three great-grandchildren, Maloree and
fair.
As her last child entered the first grade, Kody Moss and Bryce Cullers; plus numer-
mom decided to take a “paying” job at ous cousins, nieces/nephews, and longtime
Ocean Foods cannery in Astoria, Ore. There friends and extended family members.
A special thank you for their support,
she worked tirelessly for 23 years and made
love, and care for my mom to the employ-
many lifelong friends.
Community involvement was endless ees and friends at Astor Place and the staff
and very important. A few examples include at Columbia Memorial Hospital.
Ocean View Cremation and Burial Ser-
the KSB volunteer Fire Department Auxil-
iary, Pinochle and Bingo Nights, Mealsite, vice in Astoria is in charge of the arrange-
Bunco, the Auxiliary “Club” Events, 4-H ments. Please sign the online guest book at
and County Fair (she won many awards, www.oceanviewastoria.com
Private family burial at Pleasant Hill
but her grand champion afghan was the best
and was selected “Our Fair Lady” in 1993), Cemetery in Naselle, Wash., takes place
and Knappa School Events — especially Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, at 10 a.m., offi-
sports (with the last event of the Knappa vs. ciated by Andy Mattson, and is followed
by an open house celebration of Frances’
Gaston Boys Baseball game this April).
Hunting, fishing, clam digging, garden- life at mom’s love and joy — her house
ing, cooking and baking, and canning were in Svensen (92713 Simonsen Road) — on
abundant through her years. Many animal, Aug. 22, 2015, from 2 to 5 p.m.
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