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12A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2015 Boatyard: Facility’s needs discussed during meeting Continued from Page 1A • Kurt Englund, president RI (QJOXQG 0DULQH ,QGXV WULDO6XSSO\ %LOO +XQVLQJHU D 3RUW FRPPLVVLRQHU DQG FRPPHU FLDO¿VKHUPDQ • Steve Fick, owner of )LVKKDZN)LVKHULHV 0DUN&RYHOODERDWRZQ HU DQG IRUPHU GLYHU DQG PD ULQHVXUYH\RU • Liz McMaster, whose family owns and operates a FRPPHUFLDO¿VKLQJYHVVHO 7RP %URZQVRQ D ERDW owner and representative IURPWKH$VWRULD<DFKW&OXE 0DUN0HDGHDERDWRZQ HUHQJLQHHUIRUPHU3RUW&RP mission candidate and owner of Cascade Yacht Works and 0HDGH(QJLQHHULQJ 7LP+LOORZQHURI-+ %RDWZRUNV DW 1RUWK 7RQJXH 3RLQW .HYLQ (DWRQ D -+ ZHOGHU • Pat O’Grady, owner of Warrenton Auto & Marine 5HSDLU 1RWDEOH H[FHSWLRQV WR the committee membership brought up at the meeting LQFOXGHG$VWRULD)RUHVW3URG ucts’ (AFP) Yard Manager Dave Daggett, who in August VDLGWKHORJ\DUGZRXOGHYHQ tually need all of Pier 3, and %LOO &RRN WKH IRUPHU GHSX ty director of the Port who KHOSHGFUHDWHWKH3LHUERDW \DUGDQGWKH3RUW¶V&HQ WUDO:DWHUIURQW0DVWHU3ODQ Cook tried to join the committee but was told it ZDVIXOO+HFDPHWRWKH3LHU RI¿FHV :HGQHVGD\ IRU WKH meeting, but said later that he was told his presence would EHGLVUXSWLYH,QDODWHULQWHU view, Knight said Cook could SURYLGH VRPH LPSRUWDQW LQ formation to the committee, but that has a controversial SDVWZLWKWKH3RUW+HGLGQ¶W HODERUDWH JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian The Astoria boatyard opened in 2004. 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A six-year extension to complete the project by 2028 could enable the city to contain surcharge rate hikes. 200 percent Surcharge rate by percent 150 Before extension After extension (Comparison based on a household that uses 7,500 gallons of water a month) Basic charge: $21.81 Consumption: $36.45 Surcharge: $87.97 Total billing: $146.23 Basic charge: $20.96 Consumption: $35.03 Surcharge: $69.42 Total billing: $125.41 151% 124% 107% 100 50 110% 86% Basic charge: $19.56 Consumption: $32.70 Surcharge: $44.94 Total billing: $97.19 Basic charge: $20.96 Consumption: $35.03 Surcharge: $61.58 Total billing: $117.57 Source: John Snyder, Astoria finance analyst 0 Basic charge: $21.81 Consumption: $36.45 Surcharge: $62.34 Total billing: $120.60 Derrick DePledge and Alan Kenaga/EO Media Group 2014-15 2021-22 A better way Astoria used to discharge The bad news for water wastewater into the Columbia ratepayers, however, is that River before a treatment plant they likely will have to endure was built in 1975, three years a new round of rate increases after the Clean Water Act, one DVVRRQDVQH[W¿VFDO\HDU of the nation’s environmental -RKQ 6Q\GHU D FLW\ ¿QDQ milestones, became federal law cial analyst, told the Astoria LQ City Council at a work session The city’s sewer system can in March of the “agony” in KDQGOHZDVWHZDWHUDQGVWRUPZD balancing the charge for water ter during sunny weather or light and sewer and the surcharge UDLQ0RRUHWROGWKH&LW\&RXQ to help keep the $40 million FLO%XWLQKHDY\UDLQVVWRUPZD to $50 million sewer project ter from streets and roof drains RQ¿QDQFLDOWUDFN combines with wastewater and The city must pay debt overwhelms the system, sending service on the loans used to ZDVWHZDWHULQWRWKHULYHU ¿QDQFHWKHSURMHFWDQGPDLQ Moore estimates the city WDLQ D FDVK UHVHUYH $ VXU has contained about 90 percent charge will be imposed on — or about 300 million gallons ratepayers until the loans are D\HDU²RIZKDWXVHGWRÀRZ paid off, which could be a few LQWRWKHULYHU decades after the Combined Unlike decades past, most of 6HZHU 2YHUÀRZ SURMHFW LV the wastewater that now reaches FRPSOHWHG WKH ULYHU LV GLOXWHG ³6R ZH¶UH WELCOME BACK! 2025-26 Sewer: City must pay debt service RQORDQVXVHGWR¿QDQFHWKHSURMHFW Continued from Page 1A Paul John Hayner, MD spending a lot of money for a little bit of gain,” City Councilor 5XVV:DUUREVHUYHG The city has sought to satisfy WKHUHTXLUHPHQWVRIWKH&OHDQ:D ter Act while not overburdening UDWHSD\HUV7KH FRQVWUXFWLRQ WKDW remains over the next decade — after the 16th Street phase this \HDU²LVDPRQJWKHPRVWGLI¿ cult and costly, including outfalls QHDUWKH3RUWRI$VWRULDDQGLQ8S pertown, where stormwater runs RIIKLOOVLGHVUDWKHUWKDQVWUHHWV Even when the project is completed in 2028, the city ZLOO QRW IXOO\ VHSDUDWH ZDVWH water and stormwater and some ZDVWHZDWHUZLOOVWLOO¿QGWKHULY HUDIWHUKHDY\GRZQSRXUV “Keep in mind, the ORZKDQJLQJIUXLW²RUWKHHDVL est projects — have been done,” Ken Cook, the city’s Public Works director, cautioned the FRXQFLO Columbia Memorial Hospital would Dr. Paul John Hayner like to welcome Dr. PJ Hayner back to Internal Medicine Astoria! Dr. Hayner, who specializes in internal medicine, has opened a new primary care clinic, Renaissance Health, at 1406 Marine Drive, Astoria. Dr. Hayner previously practiced in Astoria from 2003- 2010. Then he and his wife have worked and lived in California for five years, but the Columbia-Pacific region stayed in their hearts. We are happy he chose to return to Astoria. At Renaissance Health, Dr. Hayner cares for adult patients with a focus on preventative care. To contact Renaissance Health, call 503- 325-0505. ([FKDQJH6WUHHW$VWRULD2UHJRQ÷ ZZZFROXPELDPHPRULDORUJ÷$Planetree Designated ® Hospital