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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018 Bond: School district is preparing for another round of phone surveys Continued from Page 1A Lewis and Clark Elemen- tary School, constructed with money from the 2000 bond, would receive $420,000 to fix exterior issues and upgrade technology. The improvements add up to $75 million between the five campuses. The dis- trict will receive a $4 mil- lion match from the state if the bond passes. The facili- ties committee recommended using $1 million in inter- est earnings from the bond to cover the remainder of the project. The 2000 bond, expir- ing next year, originally cost voters $2.53 per $1,000 of assessed property value. Because of property value increases and bond refinanc- The Daily Astorian A proposed $70 million school bond would include a $44.9 million modernization of Astoria Middle School. ing, the tax rate has decreased to $1.83 per $1,000 of assessed property value. A $70 million bond spread over 30 years would bring the district’s tax rate back to $2.53 per $1,000 of assessed property value, Bates said, the same rate voters supported in 2000. Shortening the bond to 25 years would increase the tax rate to $2.83 per $1,000. The district could also insert steps into a 30-year bond, lowering the tax rate paid after 20 years in anticipation of another bond, Bates said. The school district is pre- paring for another round of phone surveys after the May election, said Astoria Super- intendent Craig Hoppes. The survey will focus more on specific project amounts and what voters are comfortable paying, he said. A final recommendation will be brought to the school board next month, and the board will likely decide in July whether to pursue a bond. Venue: ‘We have to make enough money to cover the costs’ “What we learned is we’re able to get that much in grant funding, but we needed that buy-in from the local commu- nity,” said Deborah Hazen, the former publisher of The Clats- kanie Chief newspaper, who serves as vice president of the foundation and facilities coor- dinator for the cultural center. The Clatskanie Founda- tion received much of the capital from larger founda- tions while gathering numer- Continued from Page 1A Odd Fellows Hall in the mid- dle of town. The foundation bought the dilapidated property in 2008 using a $500,000 donation from the late C. Keith Birken- feld, an educator and descen- dant of regional pioneers, and eventually began a four-year capital campaign that raised more than $3 million for renovation. 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Cash contri- butions account for $13,000 of those donations. Oregon AFSCME Council 75 — a public employees union — gave $10,000. Orr, an attorney, has raised less than $3,000 in the past three weeks, bring- ing his total to more than $16,000. His largest dona- tions have not exceeded $1,000. Vineeta Lower, the only Republican candidate who has filed, has raised more than $8,000. Her donors include the Clatsop County Republican Central Commit- tee — $300 — and Oregon Right to Life PAC — $500. Independent candi- date Brian Halvorsen has not established a candidate committee. 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