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A6 • Friday, June 21, 2019 | Seaside Signal | SeasideSignal.com School construction at Heights underway SEPRD election fi nal, Chapman confi rmed winner for Position 4 By R.J. MARX Seaside Signal Let the work begin! With the fi nal day of school Thursday at The Heights Elementary School, Hoffman Construc- tion began construction for upgrades and a new gym at the elementary school. The Heights will be shut down the entire summer with no public access. The school will be closed to staff except for critical access, Seaside School Dis- trict Superintendent Sheila Roley said during a site visit Tuesday. As part of the $100 mil- lion bond project approved by voters in 2016, students from Gearhart Elementary School and Seaside Heights will merge in the renovated and expanded building. In addition, the district is working with the city for a new reservoir and pump sta- tion to provide water for the school and nearby residents. Bids for the reservoir are expected by the end of June, project manager Jim Henry Looking out from the Seaside Middle School and High School site. said. During construction of the water tank, workers will install utilities at the mid- dle and high school, includ- ing stormwater and electri- cal systems. The reservoir location may be used as cen- ter as a clearinghouse or headquarters after a Casca- dia Subduction Zone event, Henry added. Council: Members present update on long-term goals Continued from Page A1 One of Seth Morrisey’s goals dovetailed with Wright’s, including com- munications with the pub- lic. He said he anticipates upgrades to the city web- site to increase involvement; this may include video and streaming of government meetings. “My second goal is based on workforce housing,” Morrisey said. After receiving a county housing report from consul- tants, “it’s up to the coun- cil to decide what we’d like to go after fi rst, he said. “At that point we can go over the report and decide what action we’d like to take.” Drinking water, tsunami readiness Tita Montero addressed revision and upgrade of Sea- side’s charter. Montero, Barber and convention center director Russ Vandenberg met twice and Montero consulted with the League of Oregon Cities to determine how the work is supposed to proceed. “The fi rst thing we have to do is pass a resolution by the City Council that we are going to review any city charter and form a commit- tee,” Montero said. “ We’re not doing anything wrong Chapman and Parker is just shy of that. One-hundred seven- ty-fi ve voters did not select a candidate in this race, and were recorded as under votes. In the Position 5 rec district board race, Lind- sey Morrison received 496 votes, to win with 41.75% of the vote. Pat- rick Duhachek and Rodney Roberts followed. Veronica Russell, Jer- emy Mills and Michael Hinton fi ll the other three board seats. Each of their terms expire in 2021. The rec district board will meet on Tuesday at 5:15 p.m., at the Bob Chisholm Community Center. The last day of service for the outgoing directors will be the last day of June. New board members will be sworn in at the July board meeting, at which time the board will select a board president and offi cers. By R.J. MARX Seaside Signal — we just need to bring it for essential services in the up to date.” case of a Cascadia Subduc- Randy Frank worked tion Zone event, she said. with the city’s park commit- Tom Horning asked tee to consider future devel- councilors to determine opments in the Southeast what type of scenario they Hills and near the current would plan for in the event high school site. of a Cascadia event. In his Frank also worked with status report on the 20-year the city’s emergency man- tsunami bridge replacement agement director Anne plan, He said 4,500 fatalities McBride to on the Ore- increase tsu- gon Coast nami read- may be a ‘WHAT WILL iness and result of WE DO AFTER A wayfind- the event; ing signs MAJOR DISASTER? of those, throughout 4,000 would WE HAVE A LOT OF be in Sea- town. “We have collab- because GOOD RESOURCES side, orated with of failing other juris- HERE REGARDING bridges. Ver- dictions to tical evac- RESILIENCE. HOW u a t i o n present a pic- ture of resil- structures DO WE SURVIVE iency,” he downtown wrote in his may present IN THE WORST- report. an alterna- CASE SCENARIO?’ tive. Dana Phil- lips focused How to Jay Barber school infra- fund that is structure, a matter of including future dis- ways the city has worked cussion, he said, and could with the city during con- come from an increase in struction of the new mid- room taxes. He also said a dle and high school campus. large majority of tourists and The East Hills Reservoir residents who responded to project, designed to bring a Portland State University water to the new campus and study said they would pay to neighboring residents, greater fees for safety mea- could be adapted to having sures. “The community is this be a “satellite location” aware of the issue,” he said. Horning said he also sought to identifying “infor- mation gaps” in the drink- ing water protection plan, including discussion of sus- tainable harvest of the for- est with the least impact to water quality. He said he hopes to work with land- owners and watershed coun- cil on vision, goals and strat- egies to develop a draft management plan. The offi cial, fi nal results are in from the May 21 elec- tion, and one race that was too close to call is fi nally decided. The difference between winner John Chap- man and Katharine Parker for Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District Direc- tor, Position 4, came down to eight votes. The results were certifi ed June 6 by Clatsop County Clerk Tracie Krevanko. Chapman received 332 votes, or 25.8% of the total. Parker received 324 votes; Marti Wajc fol- lowed with 317 and Shir- ley Yates received 304 votes. Less than 2 percent- age points separated all four candidates. To trigger a recount the results need to be within one-fi fth of one percent of total votes cast for the offi ce. The difference between BUSINESS Directory CONSTRUCTION B oB M c E wan c onstruction , inc . 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