NOSD presents: A or B? Okay, maybe just “B”.

Yesterday was too nice a day outside to spend time reflecting on Saturday’s Netarts-Oceanside Sanitation District /DEQ public meeting. But here’s the short version.

The NOSD board wants to move forward and wanted YOU to come help them make a decision. The literature and news reports suggested they were debating a) go forward with the current plan to build the new plant or b) make the plant last longer while they work on other issues that could bring the overall price down so long as they managed a list of risks while doing so. It took nearly the entire meeting to establish that they can not

NOSD/DEQ Public Hearing Sat Aug 16 10:30 a.m.

In the category of really important so better-late-than-never; If you’re reading this posting with your Saturday morning coffee and haven’t already gotten the word, you may have enough time to get yourself down to the Netarts Fire hall to hear the Netarts Oceanside Sanitary District and several State of Oregon agencies discuss and look for public comment on an alternative phased plan which would defer building the new plant for a number of years.

According to the news reports, this public meeting is at the request of the Department of Environmental Quality. A big high five goes to the DEQ for coming out and taking in public comment on a topic they are fully aware has been a heated one in our community for a number of years now.