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Agreement:
Kyle to start on
or before Aug. 1
16 departments, including
emergency management,
parks and recreation and
IT facilities.
Before moving to South
Jordan, he served as assis-
tant city manager for Sara-
toga Springs, Utah.
Kyle spoke to the coun-
cil via Zoom.
“I am so excited,” he
said. “I’m glad this moment
has come. As far as I can
tell, the city’s been going
in the right direction for
some time. I’m excited to
be able to step in and con-
tinue on that trajectory.”
The Kyles are returning
to Seaside this week for
house-hunting.
“We’re excited to get
out there as soon as we can
and get going,” he said.
“As I’ve said. to the mayor
and council, I really appre-
ciate the opportunity and
the trust you are putting
in me and I look forward
to being able to work with
you further.”
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Mary Roberto and Aiden Ousley at Seaside High School.
Podcast: Each one is around 15 to 30 minutes long
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Seaside 101 is a podcast
which aims to provide an
easily accessible look into
some of the work done by
Seaside’s departments.
Each podcast is about 15
to 30 minutes long, he said,
giving a behind-the-scenes
look at city government.
“Not only do we include
questions which off er insight
about the inner workings of
Seaside, but we also wanted
to make it clear how easy it
is to get involved with the
community and local gov-
ernment,” Ousley said.
In early 2021, Rahl con-
nected with Verhulst about
the idea of working with stu-
dents to help create a pod-
cast. Verhulst told Rahl
he’d see if he could drum
up some interest among stu-
dents, serving to tell the
story of a local government
through the eyes of students.
“Jon Rahl has wanted
to do creative partnerships
with Seaside High School,”
Verhulst said. “He was
really interested in trying to
put together a podcast to be
able to help educate the pub-
lic on the inner workings of
local government and how
to get more involved.”
The students received
assistance from Tyson Fer-
ris, a Portland-based pro-
Mary Roberto and Aiden Ousley at the June 13 City Council meeting.
ducer, to enable them to
interview, record, edit and
put the series together.
Episodes include an inter-
view with Visitors Bureau
director Joshua Heineman,
Police Chief Dave Ham,
Kevin Cupples, former Sea-
side Planning Director, and
Esther Moberg of the Sea-
side Library. Seaside Civic
and Convention Center Gen-
eral Manager Russ Vanden-
berg, Public Works Direc-
tor Dale McDowell and Fire
Chief Joey Daniels are also
featured. Building director
and code compliance offi cer
Bob Mitchell is interviewed
in the fi nal episode.
Ousley will attend Ore-
gon State University in the
fall with plans to study biol-
ogy. Roberto is taking a gap
year before making a deci-
sion. She is considering a
career in marine science.
They said they were sur-
prised by the rapid success
of the podcast series.
“It’s kind of weird to
get all the attention,” Ous-
ley said Friday. “When we
started it was just a school
project. So we weren’t really
expecting anything like this.
It’s really cool to see.”
Ousley and Roberto
expect future Seaside High
School students will con-
tinue to record podcasts
at the school as part of the
business program.
“It defi nitely was an
experience,” Roberto said.
“I want to encourage other
people to continue this proj-
ect — thinking of interview-
ing local businesses.”
Council President Steve
Wright said he had listened
to all eight podcasts.
“You guys did a great
job,” Wright said. “You
were kind of nervous in the
fi rst ones. But as time went
on, you just came up with
some great questions. And
you know for any, any of us
councilors, you want to get to
know one of the department
heads a little better. It’s great.
I’m so proud of you guys.”
“These two make make
my life pretty easy,” Ver-
hulst said. “It’s pretty fun
to be an advisor when you
have students like this,” he
said. “It’s pretty fun to be an
advisor when you have stu-
dents like this that you can
really kind of turn loose and
let them do their thing but
huge appreciation with Jon
reaching out to us to be able
to provide this opportunity.”
Astoria sets conditions for homeless camping ordinance
By NICOLE BALES
The Astorian
place and manner someone
can sleep outdoors.
The ordinance allows
people to set up tempo-
rary camps overnight from
9 p.m. to 7 a.m. with bed-
rolls or sleeping bags, tarps,
or small tents.
City Manager Brett Estes
said city staff expects to
present a fi nal proposal for
the place component on July
18. The council would con-
sider a resolution at a future
meeting.
The
City
Council
reviewed a draft map in May
that showed proposed areas
where camping would not
be allowed. All other areas
would be on the table, with
certain exceptions.
“Staff have been work-
ing to refi ne that but it is still
a work in progress,” Estes
said.
The City Council was
supportive of excluding
camping in all city parks,
city owned and main-
tained parking lots, public
restrooms and primary res-
idential zones. The coun-
cil may, however, permit
camping in certain locations
within the excluded areas.
Sidewalks would also
be off -limits unless there
is enough room to leave 6
feet of space. The council
was also in favor of prohib-
iting camping in doorways
and adding buff ers around
excluded areas.
People would be allowed
to sleep in commercial dis-
tricts, some other publicly
owned properties and rights
of way.
There are also plans to
include a temporary camp-
ing program to allow camp-
ing on private properties,
with owner permission.
Churches, for exam-
ple, could allow camping in
parking lots after notifying
the city. Homeowners could
allow a tent in their back-
yard or one vehicle in their
driveway.
‘I AM SO EXCITED. I’M GLAD THIS
MOMENT HAS COME. AS FAR
AS I CAN TELL, THE CITY’S BEEN
GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
FOR SOME TIME. I’M EXCITED
TO BE ABLE TO STEP IN
AND CONTINUE ON
THAT TRAJECTORY.’
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Kyle
will
receive
$150,000 per year, plus a
car allowance, relocation
reimbursement, temporary
housing allowance and
additional health and vaca-
tion benefi ts. The city pays
all employees insurance
and benefi ts through the
standard insurance retire-
ment plan.
A relocation reimburse-
ment is included, Barber
said. “We recognize with
Spencer moving from Utah
there will be signifi cant
expenses with that.”
With
Winstanley’s
retirement this week,
councilors unanimously
appointed Assistant City
Manager Jon Rahl interim
city manager until Kyle’s
start on or before Aug. 1.
Kyle and his family are
relocating from South Jor-
dan, Utah, where as direc-
tor of administrative ser-
vices, he helped manage
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Armitage: Housing supply needed throughout state
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R.J. Marx
State Sen. Rachel Armitage
at Seaside City Hall.
after Johnson announced her
bid as an independent candi-
date for governor.
Armitage, a Democrat
who lives in Warren, will not
pursue the state Senate in
the Nov. 8 general election.
Melissa Busch, a Democrat,
is running against Suzanne
Weber, a Republican.
Housing was at the fore-
front of her short session in
Salem, she said. In addition
to tenant protections and a
homeless response program,
she pointed to the promise
of pilot housing programs in
eight rural counties.
“The idea will be to
assess what we learn from
coordinating these eff orts to
fi gure out what’s working
across the state,” she said.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if
some of the tactics coming
out of our more rural pilot
counties were very diff er-
ent than what comes out
of Multnomah County, for
example.”
As for improving or add-
ing to housing stock, she
said, the Legislature gets a
failing grade.
“There was one bill about
housing supply and it died
in the House,” she said. “It
didn’t even make it out of
committee. I think that the
Legislature’s sorely lack-
ing good ideas to help pro-
mote housing supply across
the state. We’re fi nding our-
selves in a situation where
middle-class people can’t
aff ord homes. Firefi ght-
ers are not able to serve as
volunteers in rural districts
because they can’t fi nd hous-
ing. It’s really bad.”
She looked back at her
term in the Senate with pride.
“I absolutely put the
needs of this district fi rst,”
she said. “That was at the
top of mind every single day
I was in Salem. I really kept
this district at the forefront. I
feel really good about that.”
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