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Astoria approves $3.2 million CWSRF loan amendment for aging sewage lift stations
Summary
The Astoria City Council authorized a Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan amendment totaling $3,204,028 to rehabilitate three lift stations the city says are more than 50 years old; staff said roughly half of the loan is forgivable, reducing ratepayer costs.
The Astoria City Council on Oct. 20 authorized a Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) loan amendment to fund rehabilitation of three city sewage lift stations.
City Manager Spence told the council the three lift stations handle between about 1,000,000 and 18,000,000 gallons per day during heavy winter storms and are “over 50 years old” and past their serviceable life. He put the project estimate at about $3,600,000 and said the loan amendment before the council would add $3,204,028 to cover the construction phase of the project.
“We were able to get a loan … $3,084,108 to bring that total to $3,204,028,” Spence said, adding that roughly half of the loan amount is forgivable so “essentially, we’ll be paying around $1,600,000.”
Councilor Adams moved to authorize the DEQ CWSRF loan agreement amendment; Councilor Mozzarella seconded and the council approved the motion (voice vote). Several councilors thanked public-works staff and the assistant city engineer for attracting funding and preparing the project details.
Nut graf: The council’s vote clears the way for construction-phase work on a multi-million-dollar lift-station upgrade the city says is required to avoid overflows during storm events; staff emphasized a mix of forgivable and repayable funding to limit ratepayer impacts.
The city did not provide a construction start date or an exact repayment schedule during the meeting. Spence said staff and the assistant city engineer are available to answer technical questions and will return with procurement and project-timeline details as the project progresses.
The council took the vote on the loan amendment during the Oct. 20 regular meeting. The motion passed and Spence said staff will continue to coordinate financing details and technical plans with state DEQ and public-works staff.
