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Should that message fall
flat with younger voters, the
county may need to rely on
people who would not be
directly affected by the rise in
property taxes.
“I really want to see folks
that don’t own property and
that haven’t been here for a
long time to get involved and
register to vote,” Lee said.
On the other hand, young
voters may be pivotal to the
$20 million Sunset Empire
bond to expand its Seaside rec-
reation center — at 70 cents
per $1,000. The recreation dis-
trict hopes the new facility will
generate additional revenue
following a decrease last year.
Some have speculated that
younger voters would be more
likely to utilize the upgraded
facility and, therefore, more
willing to pay for it.
But, “I would hope that all
of our residents — both young
and old — can see the benefit
of this,” said Skyler Archibald,
the executive director of the
recreation district.
Seaside School District vot-
ers overwhelmingly passed a
$99.7 million bond in 2016 to
relocate schools out of the tsu-
nami inundation zone. Though
it’s for a different purpose, the
recreation district hopes for
similar support.
“I guess I’d be lying to say
we weren’t motivated by the
voters’ approval of the school
bond,” Archibald said.
While the entire county
will vote on the jail bond,
only voters within the recre-
ation district will decide on the
Sunset Empire plan. Although
the bonds would come at an
identical price, more taxpay-
ers would share the burden of
the new jail than the recreation
facility.
“The jail bond affects all
of the county obviously, so it’s
not going to be as easy for us
to market it,” Archibald said.
“We do have to be a little bit
insightful with how we mes-
sage it.”
School bonds
Seaside-area voters will
not, however, be asked to pitch
in as much as those who live
in the Warrenton-Hammond
or Astoria school districts. The
$70 million Astoria bond to
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Clatsop County wants to relocate the jail in Astoria to the former youth correctional fa-
cility in Warrenton.
right now.”
Voters in both school dis-
tricts will also decide on the
jail bond. While maintaining
that the bonds are not compet-
ing, Bergin made a case for the
relative importance of the new
jail.
“If we don’t have the secu-
rity with the jail, what good
are the other entities?” Bergin
asked.
Necessary asks
The North Coast Youth Correctional Facility sits vacant in
Warrenton.
modernize the school district’s
five campuses would cost tax-
payers $2.83 per $1,000 of
assessed property value. Those
in
Warrenton-Hammond
would need to pay $2.49 per
$1,000 to buy a master campus
and build a new middle school
outside the tsunami inundation
zone.
At a smaller price but with
a similar goal of moving out-
side the tsunami zone, War-
renton-Hammond
officials
hope their $32.4 million bond
will have as much success as
the 2016 one in Seaside. The
school district did not specif-
ically move forward with the
bond because of the Seaside
example, but it did compare
the upcoming bond to the past
one, Jeffery said.
In Astoria, the motiva-
tions are largely about tim-
ing. A bond from 2000 is set
to expire, and the school dis-
trict hopes to modernize its
campuses.
“We just want people to
know what kind of shape
our schools are in,” Superin-
tendent Craig Hoppes said.
“It works best for us to go
With nagging infrastruc-
ture needs and a steady econ-
omy, officials who will be pro-
moting the bonds over the next
few months believe the asks
are necessary.
“There’s a lot that needs
to be done right now, and we
have the opportunity to do
that. The economy is roll-
ing good right now. People
are making money,” Lee said.
“This is an opportunity for the
community to get some things
done that we might not be able
to do in 10 years or couldn’t do
10 years ago.”
But will voters choose one
bond over another after doing
the tax math?
“I think the voters are
smarter than that and, kind of,
can understand what’s going
on here,” Lee said. “It’s a coin-
cidence, but I don’t think it’s a
deal breaker to pass these.”
The proposed changes
include potential limits on
the designation of “critical
habitat” for imperiled plants
and animals; an end to a reg-
ulatory provision that gives
threatened plants and ani-
mals the same protections
as species at greater risk of
extinction; and streamlin-
ing interagency consultations
when federal government
actions could jeopardize a
species.
Collin O’Mara, presi-
dent of the National Wild-
life Federation, welcomed
the potential for the changes
to spur greater collaboration
between landowners, gov-
ernment officials and con-
servationists — even as he
cautioned against ending
automatic protections for
threatened species.
“This is not all good or all
bad,” he said.
O’Mara said crafting case
by case species manage-
ment plans is an appropri-
ate alternative to the blanket
protections now given auto-
matically to threatened and
endangered species. Until
those plans are completed,
he said, broad protections
against harming plants and
animals should stay in place.
More than 700 animals
and almost 1,000 plants in the
U.S. are shielded by the law.
Hundreds more are under
consideration for protections.
Fewer than 100 spe-
cies have been taken off
the threatened and endan-
gered lists, either because
they were deemed recovered
or, in at least 10 cases, went
extinct.
President Donald Trump
and Interior Secretary Ryan
Zinke have been strong advo-
cates for oil and gas drilling
and other types of develop-
ment, frequently criticizing
environmental policies they
say hinder economic activ-
ity. Zinke also has sought to
portray himself as a conser-
vationist in the vein of Pres-
ident Teddy Roosevelt who
will protect the nation’s nat-
ural resources.
The administration’s pro-
posals follow longstanding
criticism of the Endangered
Species Act by business
groups and some members of
Congress. Republican law-
makers are pushing legisla-
tion to enact broad changes
to the law, saying it hinders
economic activities while
doing little to restore species.
One of the chief archi-
tects of that effort, U.S. Sen.
John Barrasso, a Republican
from Wyoming who chairs
the Environment and Public
Works Committee, said the
administration’s proposals
were “a good start” but indi-
cated more work was needed.
“The administration is
limited by an existing law
that needs to be updated,”
Barrasso said. “The changes I
have proposed will empower
states, promote the recovery
of species, and allow local
economies to thrive.”
The Pacific Legal Foun-
dation, a conservative law
firm headquartered in Cali-
fornia, lobbied for some of
the changes.
Foundation attorney Jona-
than Wood said the proposals
would relieve apprehensions
among property owners who
in the past have been reluc-
tant to get involved in species
conservation efforts.
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and whittled the recommended
ask down to $70 million.
The bond would help
finance a five-year, $75 mil-
lion school improvement plan
focused on school security,
modernizing learning areas and
improving building systems. If
the bond passes, the district will
receive a $4 million match-
ing grant from the state. The
remainder of the improvements
would be funded by an esti-
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mated $1 million from interest
earnings from the bonds.
The centerpiece of the
school district’s improve-
ment plan is a nearly $45 mil-
lion modernization of Asto-
ria Middle School, including
the reconstruction of a dated
classroom wing into a three-
story academic hall with iden-
tical learning communities on
each floor. Support areas of the
school would also be modern-
ized, and the track resurfaced.
Astoria High School would
receive nearly $20 million
in security and moderniza-
tion improvements. Outdoor
corridors around the campus
would be enclosed to improve
security. Shop, art and science
classrooms would be modern-
ized; new music areas would
be added; and the track would
be resurfaced.
John Jacob Astor Elemen-
tary School would receive $9
million worth of improve-
ments. An old cafeteria down-
hill from the main build-
ing would be remodeled into
a multipurpose cafeteria,
kitchen and activity room with
improved access uphill. Kin-
dergarten classrooms would be
added, along with more cov-
ered play areas.
Lewis and Clark Elemen-
tary School and Capt. Rob-
ert Gray School — home of
administrative offices, pre-
school and the district’s high
school credit recovery program
— would receive more minor
building improvements.
Jennifer Holen, co-owner
of Baked Alaska and a member
of the facilities committee, said
Monday that the amount of
safety and accessibility needs
warrant a bond.
“It would be irresponsible
for us not to ask for it at this
point,” she said.
Loran Mathews, a former
school district employee of
more than 30 years and a facili-
ties committee member, said he
started with the district when it
passed a bond in the 1960s to
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build the middle school. The
district could have justifiably
asked for more money to fix its
aging schools but was respect-
ful of what the community can
afford, he said.
The only way the school
district can afford to signifi-
cantly improve its facilities
is through a bond, said David
Oser, a board member. While
healthy, safe buildings don’t
make a good school district, he
said, the lack thereof can make
it an uphill battle.
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