The Hood River City Council authorized staff to pursue an alternative being put together by Bell Design for phase 3 of the Waterfront stormwater relocation project.  Bell Design put together three alternatives after contractor Tetra Tech’s plans were estimated to cost $2.7 million, well over what City officials had planned for.  The alternative Councilors opted to pursue moves ahead with providing treatment through bio-retention beds and filtration catchbasins as planned by Tetra Tech on the west and middle outfalls, and provide a similar bio-retention bed on the east outfall, at a cost of $1.369 million.  Stoner Bell of Bell Design says they were able to reduce costs by centralizing the system’s operation. More specific design work will now be done before getting approval to go out for a bid process.