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New playground bids
bust city’s estimate
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Costs for a playground in
downtown Gearhart came
in a bit higher than the city
anticipated.
“Three options came in
and were almost double our
price-point,” City Admin-
istrator Chad Sweet said at
City Council meeting earlier
this month.
The proposals, deliv-
ered by Buell Recreation
for a playground struc-
ture at Centennial Gar-
dens/Trail’s End Park along
Pacifi c Way, ranged from
$62,000 to $85,000, includ-
ing installation.
Option A, the least expen-
sive of options received,
comes with a $36,000 play
structure and a user capac-
ity of 62. With installation,
it reaches a cost of $62,000.
Option B, which can
accommodate 96 users on
a 48-foot-by-70-foot play-
ground, is estimated at
about $85,000, including
installation.
The third option, with a
smaller footprint and 73-per-
son capacity, is estimated at
$75,000.
When the former Gear-
hart Elementary School was
shut down, the playground
equipment was transferred
to the new Pacifi c Ridge
Elementary School.
Ten-year-old
Berkley
Sturgell launched a Quar-
ter Mile Challenge to raise
funds for the city’s Play
Equipment Fund. The goal
was to collect enough quar-
ters to stretch the length of
one-quarter mile. According
to Sturgell’s estimate, that
was about 17,160 quarters,
or roughly $4,290.
Sturgell’s eff orts brought
three times that, more than
$12,000. With outside dona-
tions large and small, a total
of $31,000 has been raised
so far.
“Staff requested revised
quotes from Buell to better
suit our budget,” Sweet said.
Additionally, city staff
has had talks with another
vendor, but no numbers yet.
Upon ordering, equip-
ment delivery is expected in
about eight weeks.
BCI Burke Co. LLC
Basic plan for proposed Centennial Gardens/Trail’s End Park playground.
Firehouse: Construction costs volatile
Continued from Page A1
Costs, considerations
A geotechnical report
delivered in July from Foun-
dation Engineering Inc. said
that while there are hazards
building on the Oregon Coast,
these hazards do not neces-
sarily preclude building at
the proposed site. The prop-
erty, owned by Cottages at
Gearhart LLC, is considered
able to survive an extra-large
tsunami, as measured by the
state’s Department of Geol-
ogy and Mineral Industries.
“Risks from these hazards
will need to be accepted for
the construction of the pro-
posed facilities,” the engi-
neering company wrote.
They recommended addi-
tional drilling, engineering
analysis and seismic hazards
study.
While construction costs
are estimated at $10.2 mil-
lion, the city is seeking voter
authorization based on the
building cost and a contin-
gency of approximately 20%,
City Attorney Peter Watts
said at the special City Coun-
cil meeting earlier this month
to approve authorization of
the bond measure.
“Like everything else,
construction costs have been
pretty volatile,” Watts said.
“We want to make sure that
we’re covered.”
The project budget work-
sheet from PIVOT Archi-
tecture presents a design fee
of $1.5 million. Building
and site construction is esti-
mated at $6.4 million, which
includes the 13,200-square-
foot fi re station, access roads,
sidewalks, sewer system and
other elements. The project
has a $1.3 million estimated
contingency.
“This isn’t going to be
a Taj Mahal at all,” City
Administrator Chad Sweet
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Jeff Gage’s RV-12 was built by a group of teenagers — with expert adult supervision — as
part of TeenFlight, a STEM program at Airway Science For Kids in Hillsboro.
Hangars: No hangars have sold for a while
PIVOT Architecture
Conceptual site plan for a fi rehouse and police station on land
north of Gearhart.
said. “It’s going to be a basic
fi re station with the basic
needs of the fi re department,
nothing fancy inside of it.”
The city intends to use a
portion of the property for a
city park.
A southwest vehicle access
road could add an additional
$500,000 to the project.
Boundary change
The city is working with
planners to bring the 30-acre
Cottages at Gearhart subdi-
vision off Highlands Lane
into the city’s urban growth
boundary.
To that end, conversa-
tions with the state’s Depart-
ment of Land Conservation
and Development have been
“very positive,” Watts said.
“It’s our intent for the city
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to get the property whether
the bond passes or not,” Watts
said. “That way we would
have a place to put a fi re sta-
tion if funding became avail-
able in the future.”
If the city is unable to bring
the property into the urban
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Gage’s RV-12 was built
by a group of teenagers —
with expert adult super-
vision — as part of Teen-
Flight, a STEM program at
Airway Science For Kids in
Hillsboro.
Hangars are individually
owned in a condominium
arrangement on airport land
leased from the city, Hen-
derson said.
New hangars could be
privately built and owned
similar to the existing han-
gars, or the city could apply
for a Federal Aviation
Administration grant for
hangars.
But the Seaside airport
is not on the list for new
FAA funding, and even if
they were, grants for han-
gars are a very low priority
for them, Henderson said.
A private eff ort is proba-
bly the most likely for any
future project.
Airports that have suc-
cessfully developed new
hangars have noted a rise
in airport gross revenues,
increased local economic
impact, and increased
employment opportunities,
according to the Airport
Support Network survey.
No hangars have sold for
a while or are currently for
sale at the Seaside airport,
Henderson said. Typically
sales are private, advertised
on the aviation websites
and word-of-mouth.
New hangars would
most likely be placed along
the western edge of the
existing tie-down ramp,
clear of the fl ood zone.
Along the northern edge is
also a possibility.
If the airport could
accommodate 10 aircraft,
whether through added han-
gars, shared space or out-
door tie-downs, that would
get them moved up from
“unclassifi ed” to “basic” in
the National Plan of Inte-
grated Airport Systems,
making the airport eligible
for federal grant funding.
While the airport could
accommodate many more
aircraft now with existing
tie-downs, and many peo-
ple park outside when vis-
iting, year-round outdoor
storage in Seaside is unfea-
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potential for wind damage
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“At most airports there
are some based aircraft
that are tied down outside,”
Henderson said. “But in our
coastal climate, few people
want to leave their planes
outside long-term, which is
why hangars are the key to
getting more based aircraft
here.”
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