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R.J. MARX/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Business Manager Justine Hill provides a
guide to the Seaside School District budget.
Seaside approves
$140 million
budget for schools
School’s out, but campus land
use plan under Seaside review
Consultants
deliver growth
boundary
package
By R.J. Marx
Cannon Beach Gazette
Bond money swells
figures
By R.J. Marx
Cannon Beach Gazette
Budgets of more than $140 million are
usually reserved for big city or suburban
schools, not 1,000-student districts like Sea-
side’s.
Combined with general fund, debt ser-
vice, special revenue and capital projects, the
Seaside School District will be working with
a grand total of $140.5 million.
“The budget amount is not a typo,” Super-
intendent Sheila Roley said at the Tuesday,
June 21, meeting of the board of directors.
“The bond proceeds are now in our budget.”
“I had to check my glasses,” board mem-
ber Mark Truax said.
The outsized figures are the result of the
passage of a $99.7 million bond by vot-
ers last fall for a new campus. Because the
school district’s bonds sold at a high rate and
with a matching grant from the state Depart-
ment of Education, capital projects reached
more than $112 million.
At $20.6 million, the district’s operating
expense is a fraction of that.
Debt service of $4.4 million and special
revenue of $2.6 million make up the rest of
the financial summary.
The budget addresses rising student tech-
nology costs, with districtwide licenses for
math and science software. A new science
curriculum will be implemented in the fall to
meet new science and technology standards.
Staff hires and facilities upgrades are includ-
ed.
This is the largest budget the school dis-
trict is likely to see, as the number will soon
be reduced as construction bills come in.
Business Manager Justine Hill anticipates
paying out $22.5 million next year in build-
ing costs and fees.
The budget was unanimously endorsed
by directors.
“The budget committee had met twice
previously, and we worked through the details
then, so this was really formalizing the rec-
ommendation,” Roley said after the meeting.
School’s out, but not for city of-
ficials.
They’ll be hitting the books with
the delivery of a 66-page compre-
hensive plan, zoning map and text
amendment request to the Seaside
Planning Department. With appen-
dices, the submitted material runs
into the hundreds of pages.
The Seaside School District
proposal aims to amend the city’s
comprehensive plan, necessary to
expand the urban growth boundary
by about 49 acres for the new dis-
trict campus approved by voters in
November.
The request, which also in-
cludes zoning amendment changes,
property annexation and rezoning,
is an anticipated step in the multi-
part process to build a new campus
out of the tsunami zone.
Prompted by hazard
The school district is one of only
four public K-12 schools in Oregon
within the tsunami inundation zone.
In 1999, the state published
earthquake hazard maps showing
Cannon Beach and Gearhart ele-
mentary schools, Broadway Middle
School and Seaside High School
would all be severely damaged in
the event of a major earthquake and
subsequent tsunami. These schools
were also identified as having a
high potential for collapse.
Cannon Beach Elementary
School closed due to financial and
safety concerns in 2013. That same
year, a $128.8 million bond for new
schools failed at the polls.
In November, a scaled-back
$99.7 million bond plan was ap-
proved by more than 70 percent of
the electorate.
Analysis by Winterbrook Plan-
ning, with relevant background in-
formation provided by the Seaside
School District, confirmed what
the district had determined in 2009
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Preliminary map of the Seaside campus plan.
— the only suitable school campus
site located outside of the tsunami
inundation zone is located on high-
er elevation land that is zoned for
forest use.
Boundary plans
A separate but similar process
to expand Seaside’s boundary
started two years ago, in order to
comply with statewide goals and
guidelines for land use planning.
The city forecast the rate of
growth in Seaside over the next
two decades and estimated how
much land needs to come into the
urban growth boundary to accom-
modate the population, with two
models, one through 2035 and the
other through 2067.
The school district’s urban
growth boundary expansion is
distinct from those discussions,
which were tabled last summer.
Unlike the city’s earlier urban
growth boundary discussions,
population, housing and growth
are not the primary factors, Sea-
side Planning Director Kevin Cup-
ples said.
The zone designation “institu-
tional-campus” will be applied to
the entire school campus site. The
district meets the seven criteria
necessary for expansion of Sea-
side’s urban growth boundary for
schools, according to the report:
location adjacent to city limits;
size; topography; access; soils;
safe from the tsunami inundation
zone; and capable of being served
by utilities.
About 31 acres of an 80-acre
land gift will remain zoned as
county forest.
Planning process
The Planning Commission will
be the first to review the request,
most likely in August at the earli-
est, Cupples said.
The commission’s action
would be then reviewed by the
City Council, the county Planning
Commission and the county Board
of Commissioners.
If the application is approved,
the school district will apply for
a conditional use plan approv-
al. More detailed plans showing
buildings, athletic fields, parking
and circulation will be provided at
that time.
“None of those processes is
rapid,” Cupples said.
A decision by the new year, as
anticipated by the district’s time-
table, could be possible, Cupples
said.
Report highlights
• Traffic generated from the
proposed school campus will
have no significant impact on U.S.
Highway 101.
• The cities of Seaside, Gearhart
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JUNE 2017
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MEETINGS
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Open House for Citizen Input
re: City Manager Profile
City Council Special Meeting
& Work Session
Design Review Board
City Council Special Work Session
Planning Commission
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING,
June 6, 2017
• Adopted Ordinance 17-07, for the
Purpose of Enforcing a Construction
Excise Tax for the Purpose of
Accumulating Funds to Support
City of Cannon Beach Affordable
Housing Initiatives;
• Adopted Resolution 17-11, for the
Purpose of Authorizing the City
of Cannon Beach to Apply for a
Transportation Growth Manage-
ment Grant from the Oregon
Department of Transportation for
the Development of a Local Trans-
portation System Plan (TSP) and
Delegating Authority to the City
Manager to Sign the Application;
• Held a Public Hearing and upheld
the suspension of the short-term
rental permit for 3523 Pacific
Street;
• Confirmed the City Manager’s
signing of a Conditional Use Per-
mit application and allow him to
begin negotiations with the Can-
non Beach Academy regarding
the use of the former Children’s
Center building;
• Awarded retirement compensa-
tion for the City Attorney;
• Authorized staff to solicit for a firm
to provide City Manager recruit-
ment services. The Council will
then select a firm from the list of
proposals;
• Appointed Police Chief Jason
Schermerhorn to serve as the Interim
City Manager beginning July 1, 2017
during the recruitment process.
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION and
SPECIAL MEETING, June 13, 2017
• This season’s lifeguards and Parking
Information Aides were introduced;
• New Building Official, Al Butler and
Public Works Director, Jim Arndt were
introduced;
• Discussed the Tourism & Arts Com-
mission recommendations for the FY
2017-18;
5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
Manager to sign the FY 2017-18
Agreement with the Cannon Beach
Chamber of Commerce for Visitor
Information Services;
• Authorized the City Attorney to begin
negotiating a contract with Jensen
Strategies for City Manager Recruit-
ment Services
• Authorized the Mayor and City
Manager to sign the SEIU Local 503
agreement with the City;
• Authorized the Mayor and City Man-
ager to sign the Police Guild agree-
ment with the City.
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING,
June 26, 2017
• Met with Jensen Strategies to discuss
the City Manager recruitment sched-
ule;
• Approved Emergency Management
Consultant contract for FY 2017-18
• Approved contract with the Cham-
ber of Commerce for Promotions
Program;
• Approved IGA with Sunset Empire
Transportation District for shuttle bus
service.
• Discussed the Tourism & Arts Com-
mission recommendations for the FY
2017-18;
• Adopted Resolution 17-12 Adopt
FY 2017-18 City of Cannon Beach
Budget;
• Adopted Resolution 17-13 to Accept
State Revenue Sharing;
• Adopted Resolution 17-14 to Repeal
Resolution 16-09 Establishing Water,
Wastewater and Storm Drain Utility
Rates;
• Authorized the Mayor and City
and Cannon Beach are expected to
grow at an average annual rate of
about 1 percent.
• The capacity of the new
school campus is 1,690 students,
an increase of 0.97 percent over
the next 13 years.
• The school district will en-
croach on nearly 40 acres of big
game habitat.
• Plans call for bypass of a wet-
land and two fish-bearing streams.
• Access to the campus will
come on the existing Spruce
Street. Additional street improve-
ments may be necessary.
• There is no land within the
cities of Cannon Beach, Gear-
hart or Seaside which could meet
the specifications for relocating
schools.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
MAYOR: Sam Steidel
COUNCILORS: Mike Benefield,
Nancy McCarthy, Brandon
Ogilvie and George Vetter
CITY MANAGER: Brant Kucera
Of Interest...
JULY 2017
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SUBMITTED PHOTO
Spruce Drive is the only en-
trance to the new campus at this
time, according to the docu-
ment provided by Winterbrook
Planning on behalf of the Sea-
side School District.
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD – The Design
Review Board met June 15, 2017 and
discussed:
• DRB 17-04, Haystack Gardens LLC,
application for major modifications
to an existing commercial building at
3115 S. Hemlock. Approved
PLANNING COMMISSION - The Plan-
ning Commission met June 22, 2017 and
discussed:
• CU 17-02, Cannon Beach Academy
request for a conditional use permit to
allow a public charter school at 3781
S.Hemlock. Approved
The Cannon Beach Recycle Center is open Tuesday - Sunday,
8am - 4pm for residential and commercial use.
OPEN HOUSE
For Citizen Input to Help Define
the City Manager Profile
You are invited to the City Hall Council Chambers on Thursday,
July 6th, 5:30pm – 7:30pm to provide input to representatives of
Jensen Strategies, the company who is guiding the City of Can-
non Beach City Manager recruitment process. Your opinions are
important.
Cannon Beach Farmers Market
Tuesdays 1:00 – 5:00pm
Fresh produce, natural meats, wild-caught seafood, cheeses,
baked goods, honey, artisan food products & flowers Lunch and
live music, wine tasting & local community groups
NOTICE OF VACANCIES
CITY COMMISSIONS, BOARDS
& COMMITTEES
The City of Cannon Beach is seeking applications for the fol-
lowing vacancies:
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE: TWO (2) vacancies to fill four-
year terms. The primary responsibility of the Public Works Com-
mittee is to review all public works projects and make recommen-
dations to City Council. The Public Works Committee holds its
regular meeting on the third Tuesday of each month at 9:00am.
To be eligible to serve on a City committee, applicants must
have resided within the city or its urban growth boundary dur-
ing the one year immediately preceding appointment; or at the
time of appointment, shall have owned real property located
within the city or its urban growth boundary for at least one year
immediately preceding appointment. Council has implemented
an interview process consisting of a set of questions particular to
each committee/board or commission and written answers must
be submitted with the application. Applications with questions
are available at City Hall, 163 E. Gower Street, Cannon Beach,
by email addressed to riggs@ci.cannon-beach.or.us, or online
at . For consideration at the June 6, 2017 City Council meeting,
applications must be returned to Colleen Riggs, Assistant City
Manager, Cannon Beach City Hall, at P.O. Box 368, Cannon Beach,
OR 97110 by 4:00 p.m., June 28, 2017. Late applications will not
be accepted. For more information, please contact Colleen Riggs
by email or phone at (503) 436-8052.
HAYSTACK ROCK AWARENESS
PROGRAM
BEACH VOLUNTEERS WANTED!
Do you enjoy being outside and sharing your love of Haystack
Rock and Cannon Beach?
Please volunteer! http://www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us/hrap/
page/hrap-2017-beach-program-schedule. Please contact:Lisa
Habecker, Education & Volunteer Coordinator, 503.436.8064,
habecker@ci.cannon-beach.or.us