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Friday, December 27, 2019 | Seaside Signal | SeasideSignal.com • A3 YEAR IN REVIEW SUNSET EMPIRE PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT After celebrating anniversary year, is expansion ahead? Seaside Signal R.J. Marx Jeremy Mills administers the oath of offi ce to Katharine Parker. 50 years! Hot dogs, burgers, danc- ing, races and a bouncy house for the kids. Even some of the senior set were seen kicking it up on the swings. The message was fi t- ness as Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District cel- ebrated its 50th anniversary with a party at Broadway Park. During the past fi ve decades, the district has evolved from its original pur- pose of providing a public pool to offering an expand- ing suite of services and pro- grams for the community. Starting in 1965, a group of community members began devoting efforts to build a community pool and gathering funds from the PTA, baked food sales, and private donors. When it became clear more fund- ing was needed, the commu- nity decided to form a spe- cial district. The anniversary celebra- tion marked a season that included board changes, pool repairs and a series of new policies. It also included the dis- trict’s signature events, Eas- ter Egg Hunt on Broadway Field, Meals on Wheels, the Daddy-Daughter and Moth- er-Son Dances, Turkey Trot, preschool education, adult classes and activities at the Sunset Pool. Five-week pool closure The potential for “cross-contamination” led to a fi ve-week shutdown of the Sunset Pool, from Sunday, Oct. 20, to Monday, Nov. 25. The district’s learner pool is in violation of the Ore- gon Health Authority code for public water systems, which states decks shall be Katherine Lacaze Rodney Roberts, John Chapman, Marti Wajc and Katharine Parker at a spring board candidate forum. SEPRD The learner pool after reopening in late November. sloped to perimeter, and that the drain has to be a certain width and depth. During a bathing load, water overfl owed the gutter system and can spill over to the drains for the main pool. If the drains clogged, the potential for cross contam- ination of the two bodies of water increased. Along with replastering the learner pool, upgrades included an underwater lighting upgrade to LED lights. Drainage in the spa also saw improvements. Project work was estimated at about $90,000. Tight board race In Position 5, Lindsey Morrison held about 42% of the vote, ahead of two challengers. After board member Veronica Russell announced she was leaving the board, the district appointed Rod- ney Roberts to the Position 1 seat. Roberts had served on the board during an interim period after the departure of Hassan. A new vacancy came up after Lindsey Morrison resigned in September. Katharine Parker was installed as the newest board member at the rec district’s December meeting. As rec board members Alan Evans and Edward Hassan stepped down, fi ve candidates stepped forward to fi ll the vacant seats in the district’s May election. John Chapman took a narrow victory for Position 4, with less than a percent- age point separating Chap- man and runners-up. After a bond for a reno- vated and expanded Sunset Pool was defeated by voters in the polls in 2018, the rec district is looking to expand in other ways, which could include new facilities at Broadway Middle School or Gearhart Elementary School. New space? Broadway Middle School, at about 73,000 square feet on 3 acres, is zoned partially residen- tial and partially commer- cial. The school comes with two gyms, a cafeteria and kitchen, along with the one- story school building. This fall, members of the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District Board of Directors considered the possibility of pursuing a purchase of all or part of the property. With Gearhart Elemen- tary School on the market at $1.9 million, Archibald shared options to redevelop the 32,000-square-foot ele- mentary school build- ing, which includes a main school with gymnasium, cafeteria, four modular buildings and covered out- door basketball courts. The property is not zoned for residential or com- mercial use, which would require a zone change. The only caveat is that Gearhart residents would need to join the district fi rst before any investment could take place, a move they have rejected in the past. “The district is under- serving our population because we don’t have enough indoor space to meet the needs of our commu- nity to give them healthy and safe places to play and to move and to be active year-round,” Archibald said in June. “I’m not sure how we’ll do it, but I know it will still be a priority.” Persistence pays off for rec district’s new board member Katharine Parker fi lls vacancy By R.J. MARX Seaside Signal For Katharine Parker, the fourth time proved a charm. Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District fi lled Position 5, naming Katha- rine Parker as board mem- ber at the Tuesday, Dec. 17, board meeting. She joins board president Jeremy Mills, treasurer Michael Hinton, John Chapman and Rodney Roberts. “I’m excited for the opportunity,” Parker said. “Persistence pays off.” This was Parker’s fourth bid for the board, after interviewing twice for a vacant board seat, an election, and a third inter- view in November, which led to her selection. Parker is head secretary for Seaside High School. In a tight four-person race in May for the dis- “ON THE BOARDWALK” EMERALD CAT SHOW A CFA ALL BREED & HOUSEHOLD PET Rec District: Unanimously vote to adopt ordinance Continued from Page A1 Archibald said the new ordinance “will be applied reasonably and in a nondis- criminatory and non-arbi- trary way,” and provides an opportunity for appeal. According to the new pol- icy, a person found to have engaged in prohibited conduct may be excluded from enter- ing district property or partic- ipating in any district-spon- sored programs or events for a period of time determined by the executive director. Patrons who violate the policy will have an oppor- tunity to appeal a notice of exclusion within seven days of the board decision. An individual may be trespassed from district prop- erty for one year, a duration that may be extended at the determination of the board. “I think what you have in there is solid,” John Chap- man said before the board vote. “I think we need to enact this emergency policy ASAP.” Board president Jeremy Mills, treasurer Michael Hinton and board mem- bers John Chapman, Rod- ney Roberts and Katharine Parker unanimously voted to adopt the ordinance. fi eld and causes additional maintenance and resources by the district, the district’s board of directors deter- mined at the November meeting in unanimously voting for Resolution No. 2019-09. That policy was formalized with a vote Dec. 17. The new rules mandate a walk-through of the fi eld by staff after athletic events. “While it is diffi cult to ascertain if an individual wore metal cleats after the fact, this process will help to determine if any sig- nifi cant damage occurred as a result of the rental,” Archibald said. 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