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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2016
Room tax hike could pay for convention center upgrades
Councilors don’t
want to compete
with school
bond vote in
November
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — With a Sea-
side School District bond vote
likely in November, city offi -
cials steered away from bring-
ing another capital project to the
voters.
At a City Council and Sea-
side Civic and Convention
Center Commission workshop
last week, City Manager Mark
Winstanley provided options to
bring a nearly $15 million con-
vention center upgrade to frui-
tion. By the end of the evening,
councilors recognized the need
and appeared to be leaning for
an increase in hotel room tax to
fund it.
“If 1 or 2 percent would
cover it, and we think the hotel
properties are on board with
that, why would we go with
anything else?” Councilor
Randy Frank asked.
With a land gift of 80 acres
from Weyerhaeuser Co., the
school district is planning a
bond referendum to create a
new high school campus east
of South Wahanna Road in Sea-
side. While a previous bond
R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian
Submitted Graphic
Steele Architects rendering of the Seaside Civic and Convention Center’s southeast corner.
vote of $128.8 million failed
with voters in 2013, the district
is considering a project on the
donated land. Costs have not
been presented.
Center needs
more space
At this week’s convention
center workshop, the center’s
General Manager Russell Van-
denberg said without center
expansion the city risked los-
ing convention traffi c. “It’s not
so much about bringing larger,
bigger groups, as it is about
keeping the groups we have,”
he said.
The No. 1 reason a group
does not return to Seaside’s
convention center, Vandenberg
said, is because of insuffi cient
space. He said there are groups
now using the facility — includ-
ing the Oregon Chess Federa-
tion, Sectional Bridge Tourna-
ment, and American Fisheries
— requiring more convention
space. The expansion, he said,
will meet the needs of 60 per-
cent of the organizations within
a 300-mile radius of Sea-
side.“By building this renova-
tion, we’ll increase our mar-
ket penetration by 20 percent,”
Vandenberg said.
The Steele Associates Archi-
tects’ plan seeks to bump out the
existing Necanicum Ballroom
and support larger, more diverse
events. Drawings also call for
mid-size meeting room size
increases and quality improve-
ments. The renovation would
be confi ned to the existing prop-
erty. The center would remain
open during construction.
The project would be done
in phases, Vandenberg said, to
allow operation of the facil-
ity with “the least amount of
impact” to visiting groups.
The ultimate price tag is
$14.6 million, he said. “That
would be the out-the-door facil-
ity renovation.”
Who will pay?
Funding of the project is not
only fi nancial, Winstanley said.
“It’s also political.”
Winstanley
provided
options including a bond sale,
formation of an urban renewal
district, a voter referendum to
raise property taxes or room
Councilors Tita Montero
and Don Johnson listen
during a presentation on
renovations to the conven-
tion center. Seaside City
Manager Mark Winstanley
is in the background.
tax. “There are downsides to
this,” he said. “You’re telling
people you’re going to raise
their taxes.” Convention center
costs could raise taxes $195 per
year on the cost of a $250,000
home.
“You have a school dis-
trict that’s going out on the
ballot in November to build a
new school,” Winstanley said.
“You’re going to be compet-
ing for tax dollars with them.
It probably won’t be very pop-
ular with the school district,
and you may be having some
impact on the psyche of the
voter at that time also. Some
voters may look at that and say,
‘Jeez, everybody’s looking for
money for something,’ or oth-
ers might say, ‘This one’s a lot
cheaper than that one.’ Voters
make decisions for all kinds of
reasons.”
The convention’s last
expansion in 1991 was funded
by an increase in the room tax
from 5 to 6 percent, and later,
6 to 7 percent, Winstanley said.
“Part of that was for the cost of
expansion,” he said. “Room tax
is also an integral part of the
convention center.”
“I don’t see why we
wouldn’t want to use an
increase in room tax,” Coun-
cilor Dana Phillips said. “Those
are people coming to use the
convention center. Then we are
not competing with the schools.
Why wouldn’t it be a win-win
to go after the room tax?”
“I would not want to be on
the ballot with the school dis-
trict,” Councilor Jay Barber
added. “I would be in favor of a
combination of revenue bonds
and a room tax increase.”
A 2-percent increase would
be “about the most” hotel
owners could afford, Vanden-
berg said, perhaps phased in
incrementally.
A future workshop will
determine the council’s fi nal
direction. The council will
return in a workshop “to nar-
row this down,” Winstanley
said. “I need you to say, ‘I like
this,’ or ‘we don’t need this
at all.’ I’m not sure there are
many people who would say,
‘By golly, I’m not staying in
Seaside because of a 2 percent
room tax increase.’”
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
68
55
56
Partly cloudy with a
shower in the area
69
55
Times of sun and clouds
ALMANAC
Partly sunny
Mostly cloudy
Tillamook
52/66
New
Newport
52/64
Coos Bay
55/68
Full
July 11
July 19
Ontario
67/99
Bend
54/87
Burns
51/91
Klamath Falls
52/90
Lakeview
54/89
Ashland
59/91
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REGIONAL CITIES
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
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2:16 p.m.
Low
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Brookings
Eugene
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Klamath Falls
Medford
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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Tonight's Sky: Low in the southeast is Antares of
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56/91
Lebanon
53/86
Medford
61/93
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High
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55/90
Salem
56/86
Eugene
53/86
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PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
p.m., Astoria Public Library Flag
Room, 450 10th St.
Warrenton City Commission,
6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
Astoria Planning Commis-
sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
DEATH
June 25, 2016
VIRGILLO, Marietta Ann, 73, of Astoria, died in Hillsboro.
Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge
of the arrangements.
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10 p.m.: 6-7-7-3
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Normal month to date ....................... 2.32"
Year to date .................................... 39.22"
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