City of Seaside, Oregon Community Survey Summary

When you picture Seaside in 20 years, what would you like to see change or stay the same?

Visioning Seaside 2034 -‐ Community Survey comments, April 2014 -‐

Community Survey Summary January-‐April 2014 Open responses to question: When you picture Seaside in 20 years, what would you like to see change or stay the same?

Parks & Outdoor Recreation

• Continue to improve parks and recreation • I've been frustrated watching the natural history park plan go from a great idea then stagnating.

Not sure why -‐-‐ a network of trails in the lovely natural areas in and around the city would be such a great asset and improvement to our community. I dream of one day being able to walk on lovely natural trails through wetlands, dunes and forests from Gearhart to Tillamook head and beyond and I know many others from in and out of Seaside would love that as well. It's a crime that we haven't taken better advantage of the natural wonders that this area has and instead concentrate so much on the coney-‐island, sbring-‐break kind of stuff. Sure those bring tourists and money, but if we could cultivate Seaside as a center for outdoor coastal wild and natural experiences it would bring a while different (and in my mind more responsible and respectful) class of people to our town.

• More park areas and better car traffic flow. Get the dock on Neawanna Creek back in Broadway Park.

• We should expand more walking, biking, and recreation areas paths.



• Improved pedestrian & bike facilities that will double as emergency evacuation routes where appropriate.

• Easy beach access, more bike trails, a clean and safe community and more parking • More walking/bike paths along our waterways and ponds. • More walking trails. • A dog park. • a well funded, thoughtfully and uniformly designed, and well maintained Park system • Better walking/cycling infrastructure. • Natural History Park, • Better bike and pedestrian trails. Improve the park system a a whole. Improve bridges and

Highway. • It's a small request but I would like to see a dog park in seaside for one. I would like to see more

shopping as well. • I would love to see a more intricate system of trails for both walking and biking safely -‐ maybe

even extending up and down coast. • Estuary,same Norway improved Trails, parks • More walking places, trails. • Natural, outside, parks, trails, information • More natural areas, walking & biking trails off the Hwy, more greenery, cleaner beach.

Public Safety

• New Hospital and new school infrastructure • A safe place for our school! • Withdraw the Seaside Public School System from common core education curriculum mandates,

use timber money to fund the school system. Set up a radiation monitoring system in Seaside to monitor radiation from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Japan. Remove Fluoride (Hydrofluoric Acid) from the water supply giving Seaside the cleanest water in Oregon. Use Nullification to bring government to the local level. Mandate all government officials research AGENDA 21 so they understand that global governance is trying to control us at a local level.

• New School/Tsunami Evacuation site • Better evacuation plan and a new school campus. • New schools. • Retain easy pedestrian access More public parking near Holladay Safer pedestrian crossing at

Broadway and Roosevelt. • excellent schools/community center up on the hill out of the Tsunami zone • I love the Beach at Seaside! I'm a runner and I really appreciate the prom where I run up and

down on my lunch the prom and the beach. So public safety is importland to me, well lit streets, signs. I think you do a great job and I like that I feel pretty safe on my daily lunch time runs.

• All of the schools moved out of the tsunami inundation zone. • That the schools will be moved out of the tsunami inundation zone. • I would like a new school campus for K-‐12. The current buildings are no longer adequate. • vast improvement of adequate school FACILITIES!



• (1) The public schools are falling apart. That should change. (2) Seaside's unofficial slogan encapsulating its attitude toward earthquake/tsunami preparedness is "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye." That should also change.

• New campus for our schools. • A school out of the tsunami zone. And a clear place for residents to evacuate to that would have

emergency amenities. • Better school system, more involved police department • Make all bridges earthquake-‐proof; add pedestrian footbridge near Avenue S [extremely

important], have supplies ready for the Cascadia tsunami [use Cannon Beach method of personal storage lockers]; REQUIRE all motels to provide evacuation literature to clients; acknowledge the hazard, adopt a tsunami scenario, and stick to it for infrastructure improvements; the wave will hit in 20 years.

• NEW SCHOOLS,Public Safety Buildings, and Daycare • Schools in a safe zone. • I think the schools need to be fixed up and hire more people in the schools. • I believe the school system and programs are strong-‐-‐the school facilities are extremely weak • People first. Excellent safe life/family quality. • I would like the school bldgs to improve as that would attract more things like PBLs • Our area has beautiful natural features which most people cannot or do not take advantage of.

We have two beautiful rivers with no walking trails. There should be a paved bike path that follows the Necanicum River through town

• A 4-‐lane hyway and more parking are needed, and a larger all-‐event center would be a plus. • Hyway bypass. Ave S widened. Tsunami proof education facilities

(Public Safety)Traffic/Roads/Bridges

• Better traffic control & pedestrian safety on 101 • One way streets out and one way streets in Clean up eyesores around the city. • In 20 years I would hope Seaside has a Truck Bypass to reduce the traffic congestion on 101 in

the Summertime. It is already working for Cannon Beach and similar coastal towns. Also -‐ Updated bridges, able to handle earthquakes and natural disasters. Bridges are vital to maintaining safe evacuation routes for the town in the event of a catastrophe.

• Rosevelt st becomes a Business Rt and a bypass is developed. We do not benefit from logging and other commercial traffic rolling through town. A center turn lane also needs developed through town and pedestrian crossings with lights in the street. I can't believe you still have to run across the street after shopping at Safeway. Also, turn lanes with lights at Ave T and Roosevelt, Broadway and Roosevelt, 12th and Roosevelt.

• Road improvements for the tourism • new schools, secure bridges, alleviate Hiway 101 congestion in summer • Improved highway structure through Seaside • 101 south fixed no more flooding. • Better maintenance of the Prom. Safer pedestrian crossing of 101 [Roosevelt]. Better

maintenance of City Streets.



• Improved traffic movement. • Widening 101 • Bypass • Improved traffic flow at intersections along the highway and cross streets; • More updated bridges to withstand earthquakes. • A By-‐Pass around Seaside to lessen the impact of traffic on Roosevelt • More sidewalks, bike paths and increased vehicle space on Hwy 101 and other access to/from

City to reduce traffic and increase safety. • Improved pedestrian and vehicle traffic patterns along HWY 101 to access in and out and around

downtown Seaside . . . it's getting too congested. • Parking enforcement and better signage Sidewalks repaired/Hwy 101 bypass or change or light

rail from Portland to Seaside • More pedestrian friendly, especially crossing Hwy. 101. • A new highway, it's nuts here in the summer time. Also very unsafe for pedestrians crossing 101 • An alternate highway 101 around Seaside as done in Cannon Beach • Better traffic patterns during the summer, but not with a split in Hwy 101 on the south end.

Better adjustment of the traffic light at Hwy 101 and Avenue U during the summer. • Traffic control driving through Seaside, North -‐ South. This city needs a by-‐pass. • Transportation system to bring more groups from airport to Seaside for conventions, etc.

Highway Bypass -‐ Seaside is a destination and should be a haven. Visitors come here and want to be able to walk or bike, often out of necessity. We should be capitalizing on the beauty of nature that is only offered in this area.

• Traffic flow, school systems, tsunami emergency routes

Arts & Culture

• I hope it is still a small town but without a "shadow" population of Hispanics • I'd like to see a solution to the deteriorating schools in the tsunami zone. I'd also like to see

more people of color and more young people. • Natural History Park • , better entertainment at the convention center • More Native Arts & Culture. • An active library and community center. • I would like to see a balance maintained between the park like surroundings and the

commercial, tourist draw to the area for entertainment. • Keep the same borders and update what we have. Add more entertainment outlets. • A year-‐round farmers' market, or somewhere to get fresh local produce, or just another option

for groceries other than Safeway. • Move ahead in Tourism increase, art, community appeal for visitors and locals. • A small movie theater downtown with independent movies. :) • Circled (remain the same) Public Safety, Environment, Arts through other Rec skg, Our SS Library

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• Progress with the beauty of the city such as nicer buildings, landscaping, attractive and clean city.

• A focus on community development for residents rather than such a focus on tourism.

Business Development

• No more outside development. • Empty buildings will be filled. Properties will be updated and presentable. Community will take

pride in the appearance of our town to others. • More hotels more people. • I would like to see no neglected and run-‐down properties. I would like to see a cap on the

density of short-‐term rental properties in residential neighborhoods. No more ocean-‐front, high-‐rise condos or hotels. Establish a maximum building height restriction on new buildings between 101 and the beach.

• small town feel, technologically advanced with mainstream technology. • Economic development infrastructure • Affordable prices in stores during off seasonal times for locals. • More shopping such as another grocery store and more shops for the residents rather than for

tourists. I do my shopping either in Warrenton or online. • It would be nice for the restaurants to do more local discounts in slow seasons, for instance the

pizza places do a 20% local discount, McKeown's has steak night but no other local discounts they offer, Doogers does Senior night, 80's night, Norma's does Senior night. Restaurants cater to the Visitors but not locals and local business is what keeps them open during the winter. Safeway needs to go or another grocery store added to this City. Safeway prices are rediculous and during the summer they raise the prices even more and that is sad because people who do not have the ability to shop elsewhere have to pay those prices. My favorite event is Hood to Coast and the City should NEVER get rid of the event.

• Better quality restaurants and shopping; better traffic management on 101; a decent gym • Better housing options for people in service industry. Some type of industry that would not be

seasonal. • More affordable housing to keep young people around Some form of manufacturing to keep

young people and families around More focus on keeping small business successful by increasing year round population somewhat New college (Clatsop County) Would love to see Broadway as a walking street with outdoor sidewalk dining, music, SATURDAY OR SUNDAY MARKET....things for people to do other than just going to the beach...

• excellent schools/community center up on the hill out of the Tsunami zone • A Target. Update all the old areas. Keep small city feel. Keep control of the city locally in the

local government. Develop Seaside as the clean drinking water capital of Oregon. Develop more community space for greenhouses and gardening.

• Limit building



• While tourism is our (only) industry, we need better pay for locals. I've worked as many as 3 jobs during the winter but still had fewer than 30 hes/week. Affordable housing is scarce & much of that is subpar. We need to make Seaside a place where the working locals can do more than live paycheck to paycheck.

• More jobs or more pay for the jobs that exist. Keep the beach the same-‐-‐no pier, no cars or commercial clutter.

• less empty store fronts and better traffic/roads for getting into/around/out of seaside. better cell service

• Less drugs and unkempt housing in the community • More diversified economy with family wage jobs. • More community building activities (not centered on school children) • Monitor vacation rentals -‐ need to follow the rules and they need to be enforced. • Begin to open up new development lands in the foothills east of town. Continue to see

improvements to Roosevelt (Hwy 101), Holladay, & Wahanna Road. Improve public water access points along Neawanna Cr. & Necanicum R.

• Less visual blight. • Strong economic base with affordable housing and excellent educational facilities and

employment opportunities. • New schools, underground power, emergency center • Extended business presence along the promenade, but no more high-‐rise buildings on the

beachfront, at least not in the downtown/Broadway core. Pedestrian only zone in the downtown core from the Necanicum river (e.g., at the bridge) to the Promenade along Broadway; there is little parking on Broadway anyway and there is seemingly no point in allowing cars down Broadway, despite the wonderful monument/turnaround. I do think that the parade route should remain the same, however despite the pedestrian only zone idea.

• Continued support for events bringing visitors to Seaside. A more diversified work force, manufacturing jobs/timber jobs in addition to tourism.

• Keep small town feel but since tourism is main source of revenue, Seaside needs to constantly update and upgrade.

• 21 century economy jobs for my kids • New Wastewater treatment plant at a safe location • Cleaner entry into the City from the South • Create a Port District in South County where funds are used for Tsunami awareness and other

Tsunami type preparation. This would keep the current funds going to Astoria here in south county as well.

• More huge hotel/timeshare buildings • Hwy 101 corridor as you leave hwy 26 and get into the city is awful. Buildings in disrepair,

vehicles parked that do how run and is a poor entrance/ impression for our city. • Downtown less expensive shops more family recreations expand land • Higher wage jobs via new business growth that doesn't just focus on tourism. • Keep the small quirky town feel, but incorporate more tourist activities and attractions for year

round enjoyment.



• Family friendly atmosphere w/more cultural available and recreation. • Continue to improve infrastructure to accommodate our citizens • Redemption of the older buildings in town, downtown area, south side of town on 101. • I think the walkability of the city west of 101 is excellent. The sidewalks, promenade, and many

crosswalks on the west side of 101 are all pedestrian friendly. This is good for residents and visitors. I think that there should be more pedestrian points to cross 101. I don't think 101 between U Street and 12th street is very safe for pedestrians at this point. I would also like to see a better pedestrian connection between Seaside and Gearhart. If I want to job or ride my bike from home to Seaside I have to ride along the highway and the bridge. This feels unsafe during dark days and bad weather. I drive and we own vehicles, but outdoor recreation is one of the best aspects of our community and I try to take advantage as much as possible.

• fewer run down properties • Incorporate vital services between Gearhart and Arch Cape. Police, Fire • More housing • I would like to see the Cove and Tillamook head stay the same as it is with the wonderful forest

and Ken's Market and the U Street Pub. We love those 2 businesses! Also, I filled out this survey because although we live in Portland, we have a home in Seaside and we spend at least 2 days every week down here... sometimes more.

• I feel it's important to keep the mixture of homes/neighborhoods and the larger "living" complexes in balance. Also, appreciate the city's interest in the beauty of the downtown with its plantings.

• A small population that lives a sustainable life without an emphasis on more, more, more. We should have a goal of what our quality of life looks like and work to maintain it at a healthy level.

• I would like to see Seaside remain a vital coastal destination for all visitors. • MORE EVENTS LIKE HOOD TO COAST; MORE CARNIVAL ATMOSPHERE. A FERRIS WHEEL. MORE

SURREYS AND BIKE RENTALS • Some restraint on the vacation home rentals, not every block, every neighborhood should be a

commercial enterprise. We are selling the livability of communities to serve the interests of the wealthy

• Increase tourism • Small-‐town feel Can walk or bike around town Less problems with traffic • Keep downtown "walkability" with maybe more parking away from core. • I would like to see new leading edge opportunities for employment • Skyscrapers and Casinos... • If Seaside wants to conitue to host events and utilize the convention center they need to expand

the hotels, and maybe bring in some larger, nicer hotels. Why are we not expanding the and upgrading along the rivers? We continue to watch all these fishermen drive their boats from all over the Northwest (including idaho) to watch them launch from hammond to get out to the Ocean. We should capitalize in boat launches and marinas for them to launch here and head strait out to the ocean. People come here from Portland, Seattle, and other big cities. What are these cities doing for their people that we aren't doing? outdoor activities, disk goolf, soccer, etc. restruarnts and food they enjoy, (we can only have so many local seafood joints) Currently Seaside is a great place to come visit once every couple of years or so, we should look at



sustainable activities poeple will wnat to come back here to enjoy more often, expand on the day trippers.

• Shopping is a poor site here. Tourists want to come spend money, bring in stores people are already spending money at or want to spend moeny at in other areas.

• Better capabilities for handling the great amounts of people who come for the big events: 4th of July, Hood to Coast etc.

• Less arcade and bumper car type activities and more cultural and personal enrichment opportunities and activities. Would love to get a young, single/couple, outdoor adventure type crowd. Less focused on families and more on the Young, hip, PDX demographic.

• A bigger town with more fun things to do. • More things to do for adults besides bars!!!!! • More parking • I will like us to maintain the small beach town feel, that continues to allow families affordable

housing. • I would like to see the town cleaned up. I would like to see safer streets for all types of traffic. • I hope Seaside will become a more popular destination (year Round) to help the local economy. • Smaller, intimate less timeshare on the beach • I would hope Seaside would retain it's quaintness and small town atmosphere.

Family Features

• Additional family activities -‐ if the kids have a good time they will come back for a lifetime and the parents will bring them

• Focus on family activities • More arts and culture • A new museum • More activities for families and children. • we need to do more for family business they are the future business customers to seaside. • More activities/facilities for teens • more indoor family activity places. • Keep it family friendly for all ages. • More cultural events • Small town feel, paid fire department, decreased social problems, increase programs for kids to

get them out doors. • Lastly I see Seaside becoming a family fun recreation area again that families want to come to

time and time again..

Environment

• I would like to see more activities in the natural environment • More emphasis on environmental sensitivity and less on rinky dink go carts, etc. • protection of natural areas; improved infrastructure. • The Core business confined with more access to natural areas. • Clean water, clean air, clean town



• Better commitment to the environment • protect the coast and natural areas • The climate. • Moving on to #10: I would like to see us enjoying, living easily with, and conserving our beautiful

area. • Same: Beautiful natural environment, importance of being stewards of the land and waters,

clean water system • More concern for the natural environment, perhaps as part of education • I would like to see a community taking better advantage of its great assets, especially

capitalizing on a clean, attractive natural environment to draw professional-‐level employment and visitors with strong attachments to the local community -‐ in the process, reducing poverty and low-‐wage work, crime, the neglect and abuse of the natural environment, and businesses geared toward people who simply pass through the community without enduring interest or concern.

• Enhanced sense of community in balance with its unique natural history and environment-‐an exemplar of an ecological community

• A cleaner city. Especially the Prom and the streets. • I hope the city wide natural resources concept is developed. I'd like to see river activities for the

visitors continue. • A great appreciation at the level of city leadership for the natural world.

Multiple Topics

• Better quality restaurants and shopping; better traffic management on 101; a decent gym • Bypass actually started Schools and hospital above the inundation zone Residents and locals

actively shop and recreate in downtown -‐ keeping money local Clean beaches Strong sense of community

• Better graduation rates, more diversity in population and restaurants, more non-‐seasonal jobs • Schools safe from tsunami. Adequate low income housing. Good traffic flow with bike trails.

Preservation of wetlands and beaches. • I would like to see dense development and expansion of the dowtown core; a resolution of

traffic congestion on Highway 101 (via a bypass or addition of lanes); new school facilites constructed outside of the tsunami inundation zone; stricter building code enforcement (including ordinances aimed at curbing blighted/abandonded homes and properties particularly along Highway 101 an expansion of the South County Clatsop Community College campus. I would like Seaside to remain a small, family friendly community, with a thriving downtown core that relies on small, family owned businesses.

• I hope the convention center continues to attract year-‐round activities. I'm fairly new here but I like the town. I wish it were more supportive of its schools.

• The schools moved outside tsunami zone. More vibrant downtown. Adequate low-‐income housing.

• When I invision Seaside in 20 years the things I would like to change are: Ensure a sustainable economy, good land use planning and have the quality of life for the environment long term.



Continue updating emergency preparations and notifying public Have strategic planning in place and a unified vision for population and economic growth and the increase demand for services and programs in education, employment, transportation, affordable housing, homeless, low income, youth and senior friendly elements. Continue to strengthen tourists attractions through arts, culture, parks, beach events, shopping, outdoor recreation. Better technology! the things I would like to remain the same are: the quality of life and 'small town' feel of Seaside where the community comes together and tourists feel safe and want to come.

• A bypass highway, more parks, an economy not entirely tourist based • 1) Higher quality city planning that make Seaside a place i'm proud to live adjacent to. The

downtown is a dark tourist trap (thanks Wyndham and the city planners who let them take over the turnaround) . 2) a bike/ walking path/ trail along highway 101 from gearhart to tillamook head with improved greenery. Highway 101 is a bit of a dismal concrete strip mall jungle with very little curb appeal . 3) The high school is a derelict building that needs to be solved. 4) power lines underground. 5) better zoning that doesn't let pot stores and rehab centers be the first thing visitors see when they come to town.

• Would like the grass off the beach. Would like downtown upgraded to look more beachy like C.B.

• New schools. More and steady businesses • New schools better road system better job opportunities • The (current education) facilities need moving, updating, and repair-‐so that's poor. The

(educational) system is good to excellent given the funds available. It's a very capable staff. I would like to see a person with the job of keeping tabs of all the terrific outdoor groups working in our area,one who could have the time to facilitate cross germination of ideas and projects to help visitors and locals to have even better experiences outdoors. I would like to see our schools and public buildings moved out of the tsunami zone-‐a similar project to the ideas they're pursuing in Cannon Beach. I would like to see a good mix/variety of shops, restaurants, and indoor activities (for those rainy days for tourists and locals. Part of what made the Hawthorne phenomena in Portland was a hired project manager who tried to get a good mix, so there weren't all Mexican restaurants, clothing stores, and antique places...

• Preserve natural spaces, offer shopping for basic needs, have schools not in the tsunami zone, have a healthy economy with jobs for those who want to live here.

• More easy-‐to-‐walk trails; more cohesive land use along the highway to improve the city's appearance; a solution to the school district's tsunami/deteriorating building problem; a specialty foods grocery store (such as Trader Joe's, New Seasons or Whole Foods).

• new schools, the homes and businesses abutting the highway cleaned up, better maintenance of streets and sidewalks and city buildings

• I would like Seaside to have a focus on sustainability and livability. I would like to focus on youth and support for mental health issues.

• Clean up property, fix roads, fix the schools, find more areas for kids and families to be involved in recreational activities.

• Schools outside inundation. Earthquake safe pedestrian bridges. Better tsunami Assembly areas. • -‐-‐bypass for traffic -‐-‐need emergency management system and coordinator



• I see a new safe and environmentally friendly and self sustaining schools on the hill. I see the parks and rec and public facilities improving and expanding. I see the area being a destination for LARGE youth sports events. Events like ball tournaments, camps, wrestling events and much more. We just need a facility to hold the events

• Hwy 101 traffic improvement; places sit/dine and enjoy the spectacular ocean and river views (inside and outside seating for old folks like me!); more cultural events

• Hwy 101 should look nice, sidewalks, storefronts, planters etc..A new school campus should be up the hill that has an auditorium, sports facilities, and an emergency relief area for after the tsunami. No more high rises in Seaside. Better zoning of residential/commercial land uses.

• Traffic pattern changes More walkable areas, city and recreational More oversite of the appearance of buildings along thoroughfares, both business and residential. More affordable housing for service industry workers, already there is a shortage of people to do the work necessary in a resort town.

• New/improve Schools, local facilities(movie theater, aquarium, restaurants, etc.) • Keep old buildings and history! Maintain boardwalk and all the family friendly offerings. • Less crime, More variety in shopping, dining, etc., Less blight, Better road conditions, better

enforcement of smoking regulations, better parks and trails, wilderness conservation • I hope to see the empty stores (places that have closed business) filled again. Seaside REALLY

needs other fast food options. McD's and Taco Bell get REALLY old. The tsunami practice drill needs to be louder. I work at an ocean front inn and cannot hear the drill with door and windows closed. If I have doors and windows open on a sunny day I can barely make out what it's saying. For questions 9 & 10 I selected moderate because there was no option for those who have kids in other districts.

• Change: New, safer school for the children, bigger/better convention center for economic stability, more events for visitors and residents.

• A sports and entertainment complex, a movie theater complex, an overpass foot bridge, another grocery store.

• Replace aging school buildings and facilities A strong pool and rec center. Sidewalks and lighting along Hwy 101.

• Change to public education and recreation • Same beach front with limited high rise condos. Four lane road thru seaside as planned

previously • Enhanced convention center with an indoor recreation facility to host sporting events and

activities. Parking structure for downtown. Continual improvement on current services. Remain the same = family friendly, clean, positive community involvement & services, as well as keeping the small town feel.

• Change: more family wage jobs, safe zone, safe zone for schools, more grocery shopping options Stay the same: beach, green space, livability, safety, family friendly, community support

• Strong economic base, well maintained infrastructure, livability(good parks & open spaces) Family wage jobs.better maintained school buildings.

• Prom remain the same. Property crime and drug use decrease. • -‐-‐schools moved to new location -‐-‐public safety (police and fire out of flood zone and keep

growing -‐-‐more nice affordable housing for the working class



• Get a better handle on traffic. Relocated post office. • i would like to stop big development in the core west side of 101 and start moving the city to

focus on 101 bypass to basically preserve broadway and seaside as an "old town" that is dominantly pedestrian and start building furthur east from the beach and increase livability in that zone so that more residents arent living in the tsunami zone. Seaside is too dangerous to escape in the aftermath of an earthquake tsunami. The sewage plant needs to go to high ground. Trendwest needs to be torn down. Entering seaside should not look dilapidated. We should be the greenest and cleanest town on the coast.

• An extra elementary school. Class numbers are wayyyyy to high. More housing, more parking, easier access to the beach at the Cove (the rocks are dangerous and since that is a popular parking spot, a permanent walkway down to the beach would be great for disabled people), more library drop boxes, a discount program from area businesses for people who live here at least 6 months out of the year

• Highway bypass and family wage jobs needed. • More diversity in business. Better transportation and travel in and out of town • Safe school out of tsunami zone. More reinforced bridges, pedestrian bridges, • Same: Prom, beach, west of 101. Change: Network infrastructure, school's location, expand

sunset empire offerings to include infrastructure. • Change: Highway 101 bi-‐pass, something more than tourism. Remain the same: the Prom, and

the beach • More businesses and better schools • Better infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc.) Better and more diversified jobs. Better schools. More

help for the indigent and homeless More diversified shopping (another grocery store) Stop or change our involvement with the Port of Astoria

• 1. An ever increasing tourist draw through community events and through the convention center. 2. An increase in activities geared towards youth, especially indoor activity options (though this matters to me now, my kids will be grown and gone in 20 years) 3. More ethnic restaurant options 4. Increased retail variety. 5. Same clean beach!

• Better streets without potholes, Section Line paved

Other comments

• I'd like to see the petty, bad mouthing and selfish behaviors around major projects stop. • I would like seaside come together as a whole and think as a whole, rather that what benefits

the few. It could be a great city • SPD needs serious staff changing very uneducated and trained. • I would like to see the city manager be forced to be neighbors with the people who are affected

by the decisions he makes. It is ridiculous he be allowed to live in Gearhart. • One thing that needs to be gotten rid of right away is the convenience store across from Seaside

High. Convenience stores can be included in the list of things that have led to the decline of American society. The store should be zoned OUT of the school area. It is dangerous for students crossing 101 and it is not a healthy environment in terms of food, nutrition, or a gathering place or "hang out."

• Visioning processes



• The top priority should be to make Seaside a cleaner, more family friendly and community involved city. Helping Hands (Thugs off Drugs) MUST GO. Seaside is too small of a city-‐ it does not have the proper facilities or economic environment to actually help these people succeed in life. If anything, it is only hurting local businesses and families, making them feel uncomfortable and threatened. Seaside's homeless and drug junkie population has never been as saturated as it is now-‐ thanks to the truck loads of drug addicts that Helping Hands bring in. The majority of people who find this organization a worthy cause, live work no where in sight of the problem they are funding, leaving the majority of average families and workers in Seaside to deal with the problem first hand. Working in retail I have seen and heard first hand that tourists are tired of the "carnival-‐town" "ghetto" "trashy" "crack head" feel that has been created in Seaside (these are actual comments that I have heard numerous times). Being born and raised on the coast I love the sleepy, coastal town feeling-‐ but this feeling should be upheld in a manner that provides locals and visitors with a safe, supportive, and active place to live in and visit.. The highway which visitors go through town on travels through the least attractive part of town-‐ no sidewalks, no landscaping or maintenance and lots of run-‐down and abandoned buildings and lots. Looking past these flaws, Seaside harbors so much potential which most locals are aware of. However, the people who visit, spend money and economically support the city do not see that, and in order for them to keep returning-‐ they need to.

• Change with regard to drug users and sexual offenders who live in our city. • Behind the state in support of education • Do the things we decided to do the last Visioning 20/20 plan. We never seem to do the things

we decided to do, with a few small exceptions • Help those less fortunate and not always revolve its decisions base in the tourism industry • Remain the same (or go back to a kinder-‐gentler time) • More to control the homeless on the prom • Twenty yrs is ridiculously out there. A 2 yr/ 5 yr & 10 & 15 & 20 yr plan is more engaging &

allows for chg to be seen & embraced & promoted across the country • More input from community before major expenditures are done. We need a food bank not a

football field. Park and Rec is out of control -‐ thinking globally while tax money is coming from Seaside only.

• Do more for the locals. They are here year 'round and pay your wages.

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