July 20, 2018 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 3A
District seeks bond for expansion
Bond from Page 1A
Expansion plan
If approved, voters would
fund construction of a rec-
reation center featuring an
indoor gym space, indoor
walking track, group fitness,
weight room and cardiovas-
cular rooms. The funds would
expand preschool and youth
program space.
The measure addresses
construction of family chang-
ing rooms, redeveloping cur-
rent district space, parking an
site improvements.
The estimated tax rate
for the bonds is 70 cents per
$1,000 property value, or $140
annually for a home with an
assessed value of $200,000.
Construction could start in
“really late 2019 or early in
2020,” with about a year-and-
a-half building period,
With a 20-year payoff
period and an $18 million
expansion scenario, the tax
impact to the owner of a
$200,000 property would be
about $126 per year. The im-
pact for a $400,000 property
would be about double that.
The district will submit fil-
ings with the county to place
the ballot measure on the
November ballot, according
to David Ulbricht, director
of advisory services of the
Special Districts Association
of Oregon, which provides
SUNSET EMPIRE PARK AND RECRETION DISTRICT
A four-year historical comparison of rec district revenue. The
district rough in about $2.16 million in 2017-18.
legislative representation to
special districts throughout
the state.
Ulbricht participated in
Tuesday’s meeting via phone.
Election paperwork must
be filed by mid-August, he
added.
Revenue, tax
concerns
The bond will be decided
in November by voters of the
independent taxing district,
who include most residents of
the Seaside School District,
excluding Cannon Beach and
Gearhart.
The recreation center bond
is among several bond re-
quests that will go before vot-
ers in November.
Bond financing will be
sought for school improve-
ments in Warrenton and Asto-
ria and an expanded Clatsop
County Jail.
Seaside School District
voters approved a $99.7 mil-
lion bond measure for a new
campus in the Southeast Hills
in November 2016.
Skyler Archibald, execu-
tive director of the recreation
district, presented a revenue
comparison showing total
funds from aquatics, the Bob
Chisholm Community Cen-
ter, recreation, special events
and youth centers totaling just
under $2.16 million in 2017-
18, down from more than
$2.17 million the previous
year.
Archibald attributed the
dip to several factors, includ-
ing an extended pool closure
for upgrades.
Seaside resident John
Morrison said revenue num-
bers were “flat” and “not sus-
tainable.”
“My concern is this will
fail, given the need because
the perception of $20 million
on the back of $100 million,”
Morrison said, referring to
the Seaside School District
bond issue.
Morrison said he sought
projections of district growth,
numbers of visits and other
metrics. “In order for it to
pass, there’s got to be a little
better story, if you will.”
Mills said he would like
the public to understand the
board’s process in selecting
the terms of the bond propos-
al.
“When we looked at all
the options from a 30-, to a
25-, to a 20-, to a 15- and a
10-year bond, how it would
impact their taxes, we found
this to be the least burden-
some to them with the great-
est amount of gain,” Mills
said. “Our goal at the end of
the day is to better the com-
munity.”
Food trucks could be coming to Seaside
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Seaside resident Matt Rose
said he and his girlfriend love
the idea. “They’re more of an
experience for us,” he said.
Seaside Yoga’s Kristin Ka-
banuk said food carts offer
opportunities for young en-
trepreneurs and could provide
more choices. “For me as a
business owner, we have very
few health and wellness re-
lated businesses and eateries
in this town,” she said. “It’s
very hard to find a really good
salad, a healthy smoothie. I’d
like to see more options than
fish and chips and chowders.”
Restaurant owners who at-
tended the workshop largely
opposed the prospect.
Doug Wiese of Dooger’s
Seafood said there are already
75 food service establish-
ments in Seaside. “I would
suggest to this body that the
restaurant pool in the city is
stretched pretty far,” Wiese
said. “Every person that stops
in there and eats is one more
meal that does not get taken
sitting down in one of our
restaurants.”
Tsunami Sandwich Co.
owner David Posalski said
employee shortages, limited
housing and the short tourist
season put brick-and-mortar
businesses at a disadvantage.
“Would it be great to have
more varied businesses?” he
said. “Yes. Would it be great
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Food cart owners Cindy Mendez and Gustavo Martinez
opened Astoria Express in Astoria after a denial in Seaside.
to have more varied food op-
tions? Yes. Am I for it? No.”
He said opening food carts
would be “destined to fail”
and would not only hurt local
businesses, but prove discour-
aging for cart operators. “For
those of us foodies who want
to see more options, let’s put
more food festivals in the
shoulder season,” Posalski
said. “This is not about not
wanting competition — it’s
about preserving the resourc-
es the community has invest-
ed and supporting our neigh-
bors, kids and charities with
businesses that are going to
give back.”
Wayne Poole, owner of
Pig ’N Pancake, said that
food carts drew people for the
“short duration.”
“The rest of us are trying
to make it on a year-round ba-
sis, and the rest of us need the
busy times to make the mon-
ey, to make it viable,” Poole
said. “My concern would be a
level playing field.”
Teri Carpenter of the U
Street Pub was a dissenting
voice among the restaurant
community.
“I really don’t think food
carts are going to put me out
of business,” Carpenter said.
“If they siphon off business,
then maybe I’m not doing
such a good job. My idea is
if we make our town a better
town, we’d do a better job.
Let’s make Seaside a better
town and the problems will
take care of themselves.”
Morrisey said he sought a
highly regulated framework
like those in other cities,
with a pod formula that could
house a number of well-main-
tained and regulated food op-
tions.
“It would be year-round
infrastructure,” Morrisey said.
“If a private business owner
wanted to put in a pod, that’s
what I’d be looking at.”
Carts can succeed without
taking business from sit-down
restaurants, he added. “There
are hundreds of people in
town who would love to see
food carts — under the right
structure,” he said.
Reactions from other city
councilors were mixed.
Mayor Jay Barber said any
new rules should be crafted
with input from existing busi-
nesses.
City Councilor Randy
Frank, a former restaurateur,
said he was “not a fan” of
having food carts in Seaside,
while Councilor Tita Montero
looked to delay the discussion
until after the busy summer
season.
“It’s incredibly popular
with the general public,”
Morrisey said after the meet-
ing. “Obviously restaurant
owners are concerned, which
I understand, but we’re just
going to move forward and
continue with a vote. But first
we’re going to craft an ordi-
nance that basically addresses
all the concerns people have.”
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Anderson said. “When you
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sand, it’s a little difficult, but
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Anderson asked the city
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