A6 • Friday, August 23, 2019 | Seaside Signal | SeasideSignal.com SEPRD names new board member to fi ll vacancy Second rec district board appointment for Roberts By R.J. MARX Seaside Signal The Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District selected Rodney Roberts to fi ll the vacant board Position 1 seat on Tuesday. This is the second appointment this year; in February, Roberts temporarily fi lled the Position 5 seat left vacant by Alan Evans. Roberts said, “I am thankful to have been chosen! I really believe in SEPRD. They provide a much needed service to the community.” He’s “looking forward to working with the board and staff at the district.” Roberts was one of three candidates inter- viewed at the district’s Aug. 14 work ses- sion, along with Patrick Duhachek and Katharine Parker. The Position 1 seat Rodney had been held by Veron- Roberts ica Russell, who stepped down in June. SEPRD Executive Director Sklyer Archibald said, “I’m excited to work with Rodney again. It was nice to see so much interest from people about serving on the board, which can be a pretty thankless position.” Close race With a close race for Sunset Empire Park SEPRD BOARD OF DIRECTORS District 1: Rodney Roberts, term expires June 30, 2021 District 2: Jeremy Mills, board presi- dent, term expires June 30, 2021 District 3: Michael Hinton, board sec- retary, Term expires June 30, 2021 District 4: John Chapman, term Ex- pires June 30, 2023 District 5: Lindsey Morrison, term expires on June 30, 2023 and Recreation District board director set- tled with a difference of only 2 percentage points between four candidates, a new board seat has become available. Russell served as board secretary. Her term would have expired on June 30, 2021. On June 6, the Clatsop County Board of Elections fi nal results confi rmed a win for John Chapman, who edged out Katharine Parker, Marti Wajc and Shirley Yates. Twen- ty-eight votes separated the four candidates. Lindsey Morrison won the Position 5 race. Morrison received 496 votes, to win with 41.75% of the vote. Patrick Duhachek and Rodney Roberts followed. Chapman and Morrison were sworn in at the July meeting. Along with Chapman and Morrison, Jer- emy Mills and Michael Hinton fi ll the other two board seats. Their terms expire in 2021. A former sheriff, Roberts is now retired. Add your voice to the chorus Seaside Signal The Cannon Beach Cho- rus will begin rehearsals for their fall performance season on Monday, Sept. 2, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Cannon Beach Commu- nity Church, 132 S. Wash- ington, in Cannon Beach. The 55-60 voice chorus will perform on Decem- ber 6, 7, and 8 at different locations. New members are wel- come; visit www.cannon- beachchorus.org or contact 503-436-0378 for more information. BUSINESS Directory FLOORING CCB# 205283 Luxury vinyl planks and tile. you walk on our reputation Photos by R.J. Marx Phase one work underway at the emergency department. 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Hospital: Providence Seaside unveils plans for new emergency rooms, reception areas Continued from Page A1 able to provide the people who use our services here,” Lemmon said. As he spoke, the pound- ing of hammers and buzz of power tools could be heard from work underway in the project’s phase one. The project began in August 2017 when the foun- dation and community part- ners determined there was support and capacity to move forward. In December 2017, the foundation board launched the beyond 911 to expand emergency care at Provi- dence Seaside Hospital, to raise $1.5 million toward a $5 million rebuild. The campaign was success- ful by December 2018 and announced at the Festival of Trees gala. On Thursday, Josh Kol- berg of PKA Architects described the process of drawing and redrawing plans before construction. The new waiting area will have “nice big windows,” new furniture and specialty ceilings, Kolberg said. The reception area will serve as an after-hours entrance, with a security room, nine treatment rooms Firehouse: Vote delayed Continued from Page A1 With an elevation of between 62 feet and 65 feet at the building site, cost is estimated at between $6 mil- lion and $9 million. The cost per $1,000 of home value would be $0.66-$0.99. A $400,000 home would be assessed $264-$396 per year if a bond were to pass. Negotiations with the property owners and with the Pacifi c Palisades Homeown- ers Association, which owns an easement necessary for access, are ongoing, Mayor Matt Brown said. “No price has been presented, but talks are continuing.” Potential private donors are also being sought. “We will continue to reach out to folks who will potentially fund the fi re station,” Brown said. Geotechnical studies and soil reports at the site are in, City Administrator Chad Sweet added. “This is a good site. It has all the attri- butes we need.” Firehouse committee members are seeking state and federal grants, Brown said, however, many of those are contingent on pri- mary funding fi rst before grants can kick in. “We’re kind of in a holding pattern with that,” Brown said. and triage space, including an airborne infection isola- tion room. Two rooms are designed as “enhanced patient safety rooms” for patients described as diffi cult or needing special care. Two of the rooms will be double occupancy. The department is now in phase one of construc- tion, building out the triage room, reception area, secu- rity offi ce, waiting space and a portion of the nurse’s station. When phase one is com- plete in November, the pri- mary activities of the emer- gency department will move into that space, and they’ll starting building out phase two, Kolberg said. Phase three includes completion of a treatment room. Completion of all three phases is expected mid-June 2020. 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