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Overnight move-out requirement lifted for homeless campers
Length of stay extended to six days
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
The Seaside City Coun-
cil extended the length of
stay as part of the city’s pro-
gram for temporary home-
less camping.
Campers will now be
able to receive permits for
a six-day span, eliminating
a requirement for the daily
move-in at 8 p.m. and move-
out at 8 a.m.
“If they’re abiding by
our rules and regulations,
why should we keep making
them move in and out?” City
Councilor Dana Phillips said
on Monday.
Homeless campers at the
designated city-owned lot off
Alder Mill Avenue described
the difficulty of unpacking
and breaking down tents only
to pitch them hours later.
Having to move vehicles and
seek parking only to have to
move again proved expen-
sive and unnecessary.
There’s nothing reason-
Council
welcomes
City Manager
Kyle
able about asking people to
move their home every sin-
gle day, City Councilor Tita
Montero said.
Montero proposed a six
consecutive day stay.
“Then we can measure
who is living there in a rea-
sonable fashion,” Montero
said. “We can define what
‘doing it right’ means. Doing
it right means you throw your
garbage in the bins we pro-
vided. It means you don’t
leave garbage behind when
you check out. It means that
you don’t do drugs or alcohol.
R.J. Marx
See Campers, Page A3
RVs and campers at the city’s camping area off Alder Mill Avenue.
Fire destroys two homes
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
On Monday, Spencer Kyle, Seaside’s
new city manager, attended his first Sea-
side City Council meeting.
The meeting was the start of Kyle’s
second week in Seaside. He was greeted
by Mayor Jay Barber and city councilors.
“We have a new city manager on the
job tonight,” Barber said. “Spencer, wel-
come. We’re glad you’re here. Great to
see you sitting at that desk.”
Kyle’s predecessor, Mark Winstanley,
filled the chair for 37 years, as finance
director and city manager.
“First of all, I came back today, so that
was a success,” Kyle said. “I will say the
staff and the council have made it very
welcoming, both for myself and for my
family.”
As director of administrative services
in South Jordan, Utah, Kyle helped man-
age 16 departments, including emergency
management, parks and recreation and IT
facilities.
Kyle has a master’s in public admin-
istration from Brigham Young Univer-
sity Marriott School of Business and is
See Kyle, Page A3
City of Seaside
Seaside Fire and Rescue responded to a structure fire at 961 Fourth Ave. in Seaside. The two-alarm blaze engulfed the
neighboring home at 951 Fourth Ave. and at least five propane explosions occurred.
Fourth Avenue property suffered blaze earlier this year
Seaside Signal
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wo homes on the south-
east corner of Fourth Avenue
along North Roosevelt Drive
in Seaside were destroyed by fire
early Monday morning. The blaze,
reported at 4:19 a.m., started at 961
Fourth Ave. and spread to the house
next door, 951 Fourth Ave., Seaside
Fire Department Div. Chief David
Rankin said at the scene. The home
at 961 Fourth Ave. had suffered a fire
earlier this year and was considered
uninhabitable, Rankin said.
See Fire, Page A2
Chalk art to decorate sidewalks of the Prom Gearhart to craft
campaign sign
ordinance
By KATHERINE LACAZE
For Seaside Signal
Sunset Empire Park and Recreation
District’s Chalk Art Contest is returning
to the Seaside Promenade for the sec-
ond year this weekend.
Artists of all ages and skill lev-
els will be at the Prom — between the
Turnaround and the Seaside Aquarium
— starting at 9 a.m. Saturday to cre-
ate chalk artworks that highlight marine
life, Seaside culture and the iconic
boardwalk itself.
“It was so successful that this year
we decided to do it again,” said Melissa
Ousley, manager of marketing and spe-
cial events.
The recreation district introduced
the contest last year in conjunction with
the city’s Prom Centennial celebration.
This iconic landmark was built in 1921
and the contest was one of several dif-
ferent events and festivities put on for
the 100th anniversary.
“It went really well,” Ousley said.
“People passing by really seemed to
love it.”
They brought it back for a second
year in hopes of making it an annual
tradition.
“It captures the spirit of Seaside,”
Ousley said.
The event kicks off with a workshop
for participating artists from 6 to 8 p.m.
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Campaign signs matter.
That was the message that
came through this spring
in Gearhart as “yes” and
“no” signs advocated for
or against the city’s $14.5
million firehouse bond
vote.
These campaign signs
could be found not only
on lawns, fields, fences
and houses, but also on
trees, roadways and at
intersections.
How to regulate cam-
paign signs to maintain
public safety while permit-
ting free speech is the goal
of a new ordinance regard-
ing the signs.
“Currently, the city
doesn’t have any regulations
See Signs, Page A3
Summer school ahead
at Seaside High School
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
See Chalk art, Page A5
The Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District’s second annual Chalk Art Contest
will take place at the Promenade in Seaside this weekend. Last year, artists displayed
their skills.
The high school and
middle school campus is
in “summer mode,” Susan
Penrod, the superintendent
of the Seaside School Dis-
trict, said to members of
the Seaside Chamber of
Commerce.
“Our custodians are
waxing floors and rooms
are being switched around,”
she said.
In the library, stacks of
Chromebook laptop com-
puters lay stacked high, one
for every student, checked
in and out at the start and
finish of the school year,
at which time they are
repaired or refurbished.
Students in more remote
areas without Wi-Fi access
See School, Page A5