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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018
Bond: School district is preparing
for another round of phone surveys
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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-
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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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mance space and event venue,
Hazen said, hosting weddings
and performing arts events
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fundraising and operates the
building.
“We operate the building
on a nonprofit basis, but we
have to make enough money
to cover the costs,” she said,
adding the cultural center
breaks even.
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Josi’s total. But the case
management
coordinator
for the state Department of
Human Services has since
raised her haul to more than
$92,000.
Her top donor — more
than $20,000 — is the
Oregon League of Conser-
vation Voters. 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.
County commission
In the race for three seats
on the Clatsop County Board
of Commissioners, half of
the eight candidates have
received more than $1,500
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