TD Council Denies Protest Over Airport RFP

The Dalles City Council denied a protest from Gorge Aviation Services over the request for proposal for fixed based operator services at the Columbia Gorge Regional Airport in Dallesport.  One allegation was that the lease agreement between GAS and the City and Klickitat County was wrongfully terminated, and another involved posting of the RFP on the City website, which is optional under City’s local contract review board rules.  Mayor Steve Lawrence says the Council agreed with City Attorney Gene Parker’s recommendation.  The initial date to open the RFP’s was October 5, but notice had not been placed in The Dalles Chronicle until its October 8 edition, which pushed back the opening to October 19.  In other business…the Council approved an Enterprise Zone Tax Abatement Agreement with Columbia Phytotechnology, otherwise known as Powderpure, that Wasco County approved last week, and extended the exclusive negotiating agreement with Tokola Properties for the redevelopment of the Tony’s Town and Country building downtown for 120 days.

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