The Orcas Park and Rec District is regrouping after its loss in November.

The rec district levy received 58.75 percent (1661) of the vote, while 41.25 percent (1166) voted no. A super majority of 60 percent is needed to pass the levy. The proposed levy rate was 10 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value for six consecutive years. In November 2009, the Orcas community voted to form a rec district; it is currently unfunded.

Commissioner Ian Lister said the board is considering going for another levy on the February ballot. He would not say if the levy amount would be the same. The deadline to file is Dec. 25.

“My guess is that we will go some way into December before we reach a decision,” commissioner Martha Farish told the Sounder.

Since January of this year, commissioners Farish, Lister, Bob Eagan, Jim Bredouw, and Vicki Vandermay have been plotting a course for what the Orcas district will provide.

The levy would have funded the following programs through the Orcas Rec program (which officially closed on Nov. 1): soccer, baseball, British soccer camp, volleyball, basketball, sailing, arts and crafts, music and video, technology, swim lessons, teen nights, after school programs, senior water aerobics, Steve Braun triathlon, adult/youth music, adult/youth art, adult/youth computers, adult/youth yoga and movement, and adult/youth tennis. It would also fund and manage Buck Park, which includes the tennis courts, skate park, and playing fields.