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SUMMER CONSTRUCTION
Roadwork along Roosevelt Drive, throughout town
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Seaside Signal
A contractor working
for the Oregon Department
of Transportation will be
removing and replacing the
traffi c separator island on
Roosevelt Drive (U.S. High-
way) 101 between 10th Ave-
nue and 12th Avenue in Sea-
side. The project is expected
to begin May 22.
The project also includes
the installation of temporary
traffi c control.
According to ODOT, the
contractor will be conduct-
ing concrete pours at night
with single lane closures
from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m., Sun-
day night through Friday
morning. During the day-
time, when demolition takes
place, the travel lanes will be
shifted to accommodate traf-
fi c Monday through Thurs-
day, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Message signs will be
posted to warn travelers of
the construction and poten-
tial delays, a spokesman for
ODOT said.
Access for pedestrians,
including those with disabil-
ities, will be available and
identifi ed through or around
the work zones.
A new center turn lane
from Avenue A to K is also
under design, Seaside’s
public works director Dale
McDowell said Wednesday.
A project from Dooley
Bridge to U.S. Highway
26 at the Junction is under-
way, to alleviate some of the
uneven roadway surfaces.
Work will be done during
night hours.
Other road projects
in town, McDowell said,
include pouring and repav-
ing the Second Avenue
sidewalk near the conven-
tion center and “putting the
First Avenue sidewalk back
together.”
“We’re
scheduling
around different events so
we’re not having too much
commotion,”
McDowell
said.
A Mighty Thai, End of the
Trail win liquor permits
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
City of Gearhart
Aerial view of the High Point Station on North Marion Avenue.
Gearhart fi re committee
zeroes in on High Point site
By CARA MICO
For Seaside Signal
High Point — a pri-
vately owned location on
13th Street and North Mar-
ion — is the leading con-
tender for a new fi rehouse
in Gearhart. Members of
the city’s fi rehouse com-
mittee met May 14 con-
sider the location the most
likely choice, although
Mayor Matt Brown empha-
sized the need to “keep an
open mind through the
process.”
“Things can change
even though the public
comment period is closed,”
Brown said. “I think it’s
very important that we take
the due diligence seriously.
We need to follow the pub-
lic’s lead.”
Negotiations to acquire
the land are in process,
with the city is reaching
out to private donors to
support the project. A geo-
technical study and fi nal
cost estimates will take
place before any bond
measure is put forth, both
of which will require city
resources. The council will
have to vote to allow funds
for a geotechnical study
and the request will be on
the agenda for the June 5
council meeting.
If the council makes a
decision to move forward
at the High Point location,
City Administrator Chad
Sweet said, the city would
need to meet an Aug. 17
deadline to put a bond
measure on the ballot for
November.
The High Point loca-
tion, selected after a mul-
tiyear process and evalu-
ation of sites throughout
the community, is consid-
ered safe from 95% of tsu-
nami events at 50 feet in
elevation.
Of the 423 register vot-
ers who responded to a
citywide survey, 52% sup-
port the High Point site,
compared with 31% sup-
porting the Pacifi c Way site
and 17% supporting a fi re-
house and resiliency sta-
tion at Gearhart Park.
A station at High Point
could potentially be one of
the highest and safest evac-
uation and gathering loca-
tions, Brown said. “It’s
already in a place where
we’d recommend people
to evacuate and assemble,
and if there happens to be a
station there that’s a pretty
big plus.”
The
latest
plan
calls for an 11,000- to
13,000-square-foot build-
ing, possibly double level
because of site geol-
ogy. There are no plans
to include a new city hall,
administrative offi ces or
council chambers.
“The goal would be to
get that bond down to as
low as possible,” Brown
said.
Current cost estimates
are sitting between $6 mil-
lion and $9 million dollars,
including land acquisition,
but the fi nal cost estimates
will be conducted once a
design is completed.
Estimates are based on
the size of the building
and the type of construc-
tion, Sweet said, and fac-
tor in the estimated project
start date since prices go
up with time and fl uctuate
with the market.
A fi nal design won’t be
feasible without a signifi -
cant city investment.
“Planning for this type
of building could cost hun-
dreds of thousands of dol-
lars,” said Sweet.
Some residents have
indicated they want to
donate or indicate they
know someone who will
donate,” Brown added.
The city is also looking
into what types of funds
might be available to fund
the project, including fed-
eral and state grants.
Two Seaside busi-
nesses won liquor permits
at the May 13 City Coun-
cil meeting.
Jake Shipman, repre-
senting owners Tanya and
Tim Mune-At, A Mighty
Thai PIzza and Seafood at
2490 Highway 101 North,
asked councilors for a full
on-premises sales license,
allowing the sale of dis-
tilled spirits, beer, wine and
cider for consumption at
the business.
Owners, with a restau-
rant in Manzanita, opened
at the former location of
BJ’s Pizzeria and are in the
process of remodeling the
south end of the building.
“The family has done
10 years of Asian business
in Portland,” Shipman said.
“They’ve been running the
Manzanita Mighty Thai for
four years, and are excited
to be part of the commu-
nity and happy to be part of
a beautiful place.”
After a review from Det.
Cpl. William Barnes of the
Seaside Police Department,
councilors
unanimously
approved the application.
End of the Trail
Sean McKeown, a mem-
ber of a longtime restau-
rant family in Seaside,
asked councilors for a full
on-premise sales license at
the End of the Trail Public
House at 723 Broadway.
McKeown was the
R.J. Marx
Sean McKeown of End of
the Trail received a full on-
premises commercial sales
liquor license .
owner/operator of the
Irish Pub which used to be
across from this location
from 2012-17 as back bar
to McKeown’s Restaurant.
“The idea behind the
place is to have a pool
table, darts, shuffl eboard,
cornhole,” McKeown said.
“Really a place for people
to have something to do
other than sit at a bar and
drink.”
He said he plans to serve
pub-style food. The restau-
rant’s name is derived from
“End of the Trail” statue at
the turnaround, erected in
1940 to salute the two-year,
4,000-mile expedition of
Lewis and Clark.
While the restaurant
won’t theme “too much”
with the explorers, some
history will be displayed
along the walls.
Barnes, in his report,
said there are no disquali-
fying factors with McKe-
own or the location.
Councilors voted to
approve the license.
He said he hopes to open
within the next 30 days.
DINING
on the
NORTH COAST
Great Restaurants in:
GEARHART • SEASIDE
CANNON BEACH
WANNA KNOW WHERE THE LOCALS GO?
HISTORY AND HOPS
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Series looks at the
history of gillnetting
Seaside Signal
Former Seaside munic-
ipal judge Robert Moberg
will share some of the 150-
year history of gillnet fi shing
at 6 p.m. on
T h u r s d a y,
May
30,
during Sea-
side Muse-
um’s His-
tory
and
Hops series
held at the Robert Moberg
Seaside
Brewing Co. He will discuss
the work, that was their joy,
is now “A Way of Life — All
but Gone.”
In the mid-19th century,
men in boats powered only
by sail or oar, fi shed with nets
at the mouth of the Colum-
bia River. Facing great dan-
ger, the gillnetters had to
contend with fi sh traps,
horse seiners and numerous
adverse conditions. During
1880, more than 200 fi sher-
men drowned. By the 1950s,
dams, pollution and nega-
tive effects of fi sh hatcheries
severely reduced returning
salmon runs in the Columbia
River. As the fi shing industry
declined, many fi shermen
left for Alaska and some left
the industry, altogether.
Moberg was born and
raised in Astoria. He started
gillnet fi shing with his father
on the Columbia River at
age 10 and continued for
some years in Bristol Bay,
ultimately putting himself
through college and law
school by fi shing.
History and Hops is a
series of local history discus-
sions hosted by the Seaside
Museum on the last Thurs-
day of each month, Septem-
ber through May, at Seaside
Brewing Co., 851 Broadway.
The museum is located
at 570 Necanicum Drive,
Seaside and is open Mon-
day through Saturday from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More
information can be found
at www.seasideoregonmu-
seum.com
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