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A8 • Friday, September 13, 2019 | Seaside Signal | SeasideSignal.com Rentals: permit moratorium is sought Continued from Page A1 Jeff Ter Har Seaside Civic and Convention Center General Manager Russ Vandenberg cuts the ribbon celebrating the offi cial reopening after a renovation and expansion Remodel: Convention center celebrates Continued from Page A1 Renovations and upgrades to ballrooms, offi ces, the lobby, light- ing, storage and more are among the major changes unveiled, as the facility grew from 46,000 square feet to 55,000 square feet, an increase of nearly 19 percent. Vandenberg offered credit for the on-time, under budget project to convention center staff and commissioners, contrac- tors, management team and city partners. Throughout construction, the center remained active and booked: Of 420 con- struction days, the center was occupied for 290. “To keep your staff working with 300 or 400 bridge players who don’t even like to hear someone sneeze is a very diffi cult task,” he quipped. The renovation and expansion is to be paid for BY THE NUMBERS Construction budget $15 million Expansion increase 46,000 square feet to 55,000 square feet Planning Commission Chairman Chris Hoth said the commission had dis- cussed a possible morato- rium at previous meetings, buton the advice of the city attorney Dan Van Thiel determined that “doing what we’d like to do isn’t neces- sarily what we can do.” “We’re not entirely free to say, ‘It’s a big problem, let’s cut the whole damn thing off until we fi x it,’” Hoth said. “We might like to do that ... but will it stick?” A cap on total num- bers for homes currently and historically sitting empty is “counterproduc- tive to fostering economic growth,” property manager Mark Tolan said during the meeting’s public comment Todd Van Horne seeks a moratorium on vacation rental dwelling permits. period. “The current sys- tem works, but lacks teeth when property managers are not local and invested in the well-being of the neighbor- hood above all else.” In continuing this item until the commission’s Octo- ber meeting, planning com- missioners sought to have participation from appli- cants, and will hear the mat- ter on Oct. 1. “We can all see that there are problems and we’re attempting to deal with it,” Hoth told the Van Hornes. “What you’re saying is help- ful to us in learning to deal with things. At the same time, it’s a complex issue.” A Planning Commission work session on vacation rental dwellings is scheduled for Sept. 17, and a joint City Council and Planning Com- mission workshop planned for Monday, Sept. 30. “It’s front of mind — it’s what we’re talking about right now,” Planning Com- missioner David Posalski added. Total increase in meeting space 21% Complete interior renovation 100% Work completed local contractors 70% Lewis and Clark: Expedition returns Construction days 420 Continued from Page A1 Event usage days 290 by Lyle Gleason, Sid Stof- fels, John Orthmann and DeWayne Pritchett. “We have to rebuild the salt cairn every year,” Fedje said. The city is gra- cious enough to provide some heavy equipment. to do that.” Building the cairn means digging a pit, restacking the rocks and fl attening the area “as we can. we also have to build the shelter, which is always interesting. They said build a comfortable structure but didn’t give us any more explanation other that that.” New events contracted 10 Economic impact 2018 $36.3 million Transient room tax to fund project 2% by an increase in the city’s transient room tax, from 8 percent to 10 percent, which went into effect last summer. The center has already booked 10 new events because of the expanded space, Vandenberg added. “In 1970 the council and the commission brought this plan together to build a convention center,” Mayor Jay Barber said at the event. “A lot of people said, ‘A convention center in Sea- side? Who would come to a convention in Seaside?’ And here it is all these years later, two other ren- ovations and this $15 mil- lion one. This is the facil- ity in our community that drives the city’s economic engine.” R.J. Marx “More of a wigwam than a teepee” is how historians described this. The historians were prop- ping up a shelter as we spoke, with a squarish shape more of a “wigwam than a teepee,” Fedje said. The historians travel with a crew of seven, plus two interpreters guiding visitors. Members come from all over the United States, Fedje said. “I happen to come from Utah. these guys are from Washington. The lady right there is from Oregon.” Clouds hung over the scene on the beach near U Street early Friday afternoon — perfect Lewis and Clark weather. “They spent a little over three months here, closer to fi ve, probably, it didn’t rain 12 days and they saw the sun six days,” Fedje said. “This would be perfect if it would stay this way.” I got screened. Now, I’m talking about it. Seaside Police ‘Viable’ explosive device found on beach Screening can prevent colorectal cancer or catch the #2 cancer killer early when it’s highly treatable. Most people get screened because they’re encouraged by someone they know and trust. So if you’ve been screened, please talk about your experience. And encourage others to get screened too. By R.J .MARX Seaside Signal Downtown Seaside reopened to traffi c after an incendiary device found at the beach led to the closure of Avenue A between South Columbia and South Edge- wood midday Thursday, Sept. 5. Seaside Police say the object, described as plastic tubing capped at both ends with duct tape, was a via- ble device fi lled with black powder substitute. The fuse appears to have burned out before initiating the powder. After fi nding the item on the beach Thursday morning, an individual called police to turn it over for disposal. When an offi cer arrived on scene, the item was placed on the ground by the person who found it, the area was secured, and the Oregon State Police Explosives Unit was requested. Avenue A and neighboring streets were closed to protect the public and fi rst responders. COLORECTAL CANCER The cancer you can prevent. 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