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Homelessness: ‘We must take decisive action regarding this issue’
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deal with have mental health
problems, substance abuse
addictions and-or may have
fallen on bad economic
times,” Ham said. “We do
respond to calls for service
concerning the homeless
population, but our focus
is on poor behaviors rather
than offenses that are spe-
cifi c to being homeless.”
Barber asked the city
attorney, police chief and
city manager to come back
to the council with options
of what can be done or
can’t be done to implement
solutions.
“I felt like we needed to
get it on the table,” Bar-
ber said. “I know that our
city attorney is going to
tell us our hands are tied
in many ways, but we can
talk about what other cit-
ies are doing and a little
bit about what the law is
telling us.
“We must take decisive
action regarding this issue
or we face the possibility
that Seaside will become a
haven for those who have
either been forced into this
lifestyle or have chosen to
live this way to be able to
support addictions,” Bar-
ber said.
Lou Solitske
Signs of Seaside’s homeless population can be seen along Broadway and sidestreets.
Parking: Change designed to protect cyclists, pedestrians
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Lanai Condominiums is
already painted yellow to
restrict parking adjacent
to the entrances to their
parking lots, McDow-
ell said. The east side of
the roadway has intermit-
tent sidewalks causing
walkers and bicyclists to
walk in the narrow por-
tion of the east traffic
lane, and does not allow
for parking.
At the public hear-
ing, resident Jack Mor-
gan said the amount of
traffic has increased with
improvements to Seltzer
Park and the roadway.
“There’s a lot of folks
that ride their bikes and
skateboard, pedal vehi-
cles and of course the
street car,” Morgan said.
“There’s a lot of activ-
ity and not a lot of room.
They walk on the west-
bound lane so they can
see traffic approaching.
It’s one of those situa-
tions where if you don’t
do something sooner or
later, somebody’s going to
get hurt. We’ve watched
over the years any num-
ber of close calls.”
“I’m all for it,” City
Councilor Randy Frank,
who lives in the neigh-
borhood, said.
“I’d like to hear more
comments from the pub-
lic, but I’m all for it,”
City Councilor Seth Mor-
risey added.
The public hearing
will be continued until
the Oct. 26 meeting.
City of Seaside
Overhead view of Sunset Boulevard in the Cove. Red lines indicate no parking areas.
Classes: School implemented new learning platform to deliver instruction
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through Dec. 4. The admin-
istration will review data to
see if Clatsop County meets
the state’s metrics for safely
reopening schools. In order
to resume in-person instruc-
tion, counties must have no
more than 10 positive cases
per 100,000 residents.
The district decided to
start the school year with
distance learning and has
completed the review of
data need to determine
whether to hold in-person
classes.
“Once again, we have
data in front of us that shows
we do not see declining case
counts,” she said. Between
the second week of April
and the week of Oct. 11, she
added, “We have had very
few weeks of cases below
10 per 100,000.”
Her
recommendation,
which the board approved,
was based on the available
data, combined with “the
priority of keeping our stu-
dents and our staff and our
families safe,” Penrod said.
In the memo, Penrod
noted the district’s leader-
ship team is investigating
the possibility of “limited
in-person instruction.”
According to the Ore-
gon Department of Educa-
tion’s guidelines, there is
an opportunity for schools
to host students in groups
of 10 or less for no more
than two hours per day.
This would be a valuable
resource to offer to students
who are struggling with
engagement, poor Internet
connectivity or other issues
that are negatively affecting
their distance learning, she
said.
“There are different
ways we can look at that,”
she said. “If we’re able to
do that before Dec. 4, we’re
committed to that.”
Board member Hugh
Stelson asked the admin-
istration and teachers to
share how the school year is
going with the district’s dis-
tance learning model.
Distance learning is
operating more smoothly
this fall than in the spring,
Pacifi c Ridge Elemen-
tary School Principal Juli
Wozniak said. The school
has implemented a new
learning platform that pro-
vides a consistent way
to deliver instruction to
students.
“We didn’t have all the
right tools,” she said.
Jeff Roberts, princi-
pal at the middle and high
schools, echoed Wozniak’s
observations, adding the
teachers and staff are grow-
ing more adept with the dis-
tance learning platforms, as
well as methods for assess-
ing and communicating
with students.
Although the current
system is not without chal-
lenges, he said, it’s going
“better than I anticipated.”
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