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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2018 Port: ‘No cruise ship has threatened not to come’ this port.” The Port was one of the first to require all tours be vet- ted and sold on board, which cruise lines love, Conner told the Ethics Commission during his testimony. But people buy- ing cruises through the ship can’t see whether they are from Sundial Travel or Lor’s Tours, he said. Michael Nerney, head of the Cruise the West associa- tion the Port belongs to and assistant deputy director of the Port of San Francisco, said a similar policy is in place there allowing only buses approved by cruise lines to pick up pas- sengers on port property. “Passengers can purchase tours on their own if they wish after exiting the terminals,” Nerney said. Continued from Page 1A “One of the reasons we’ve been so successful with cruise ships is making sure tours are sold on board,” Knight said. “This is how cruise companies make money.” Cruise ships rent the entirety of open space on Pier 1, meaning they have the right to control access while ships are at berth, Knight said. Vinatieri recently testi- fied before the Port Commis- sion that the agency is creating a hostile environment in the name of protecting on-board cruise ship revenue. “Port staff are systemati- cally harassing local transport and tour providers,” he said. “These local operators provide service to elderly and disabled cruise passengers.” Conner was recently exon- erated by the Oregon Govern- ment Ethics Commission after being reported by Kulp for a possible conflict of interest. He’s paid by the Port to mar- ket the North Coast as a day stop for cruise ships migrating north in the spring and south in the summer and fall. Conner testified to the Eth- ics Commission that while he receives a benefit as a tour operator and helps strategi- cally park buses based on tour departure times, he does not serve on any decision-making body at the Port or have any say in the agency’s policies or which tours the cruise lines approve. “I’ve been doing this for about 15, 16 years, and I’m very careful at keeping those separated,” Conner said of his positions with the Port and New policy Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian The Port of Astoria restricts vehicle access on Pier 1 during cruise ship visits to tours preapproved with cruise lines, along with a bus by Sunset Empire Transportation District running between the docks and downtown. Sundial Travel. Some members of the Eth- ics Commission questioned whether Conner should declare a potential conflict of inter- est when working for the Port. But the commission found that he separated the two positions enough and voted 6-2 to dis- miss Kulp’s complaint against him. A segment of passengers Only 15 to 20 percent of passengers on average take advantage of shoreside excur- sions, Conner said. Many depart the ship and either walk along the Astoria Riverwalk or take a bus route operated by Sunset Empire Transportation District in partnership with the volunteer Clatsop Cruise Hosts. “I support more tour oper- ators, but I like that the cruise lines control it,” Conner said of tours being sold on board only. “It makes it organized.” Neither Kulp nor Vinatieri have signed the tour opera- tor agreement, although Kulp has agreements with some cruise lines. Vinatieri claims the Port’s policy, including a $100 dock access fee for every cruise ship visit, disadvan- tages smaller tour operators in favor of larger, more estab- lished operations like Con- ner’s. He has called on the Port to update policies for small- er-scale tour operators like his and make exceptions for elderly passengers and people with disabilities. Kulp, who declined to com- ment pending possible legal action, has previously called on the Port to replace Conner with an outsider not offering tours. “It is true that the cruise lines want to make a high markup on shore excursions,” Vinatieri said. “However, shutting out tour operators that don’t advertise with the cruise lines is something special to During a recent cruise ship conference in Florida, Knight said, cruise ships con- veyed how much they like the Port’s policy protecting their on-board revenue. “No cruise ship has threat- ened to not come, but Con- ner has highlighted that’s why we’re doing so well,” Knight said. The cruise ship season is almost over, with only four ships left this month. Knight is looking to craft a new operator policy he said will be non-ne- gotiable but as flexible as pos- sible to accommodate newer tour operators. “It’s going to be my role to wrestle with craft- ing a policy that will deal with the coming year that accom- modates these other operators, and protecting the cruise ship business,” Knight said. Camping: Communities and agencies need to be flexible Continued from Page 1A long letter outlining their con- cerns with the city’s approach to dealing with the camps. “What we do not want is to declare a political emergency and rush through changes to city code that do not really address the problem of being homeless and seem more to be addressing the problem with homelessness,” Moffett said, reading from the letter Monday at LaMear’s request. “Our desire is for Asto- ria to support all the people involved while finding lon- ger-term solutions,” she con- tinued. “For example, instead of telling people where they can’t live, tell them where they can live, at least until there are better options.” They suggested marking areas where camping could be allowed, providing trash cans or dumpsters and por- table bathroom facilities and involving the homeless in the discussion of possible solutions. LaMear also asked Elaine Bruce, executive direc- tor for Clatsop Community Action, to discuss the agen- cy’s work and a 10-year plan to end homelessness in Clat- sop County first executed in 2011. “Certainly plans can change over time,” Bruce said. She believes they are achieving some of the goals outlined in the plan, like establishing relationships with private landlords to pro- vide housing for people or working with cities and the county to change develop- ment codes. But homelessness is “incredibly, incredibly com- plex,” she said. Communities and agencies need to be flexi- ble. The camping that is hap- pening in the woods is a new challenge. “We didn’t have that five or six years ago,” she said. 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