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East Oregonian
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Saturday, August 13, 2016
HERMISTON
EOTEC solicits
bids on rodeo
arena, again
Board removes
“The paint’s gonna
bathrooms, lighting
be wet on the
from bid package
stalls and panels,
By ALEXA LOUGEE
but it’s going to
East Oregonian
be ready for next
The Eastern Oregon
year’s rodeo?”
Trade and Event Center
board agreed to break its
rodeo arena bid package into
smaller pieces in hopes of
getting a bid it can afford by
early September.
The board amended
the original package by
asking for separate bids for
restrooms and arena lighting.
This means a company will
have a base bid that does not
include restrooms or lighting,
and then two additional bids
with those projects sepa-
rately priced out.
At its last meeting the
board had received two bids,
one from Bothum Construc-
tion and another from Kirby
Nagelhout
Construction
Company. Both bids were
several hundred thousand
dollars over the proposed $4
million budget for the arena.
Because
interested
companies have already
seen the plans and design,
the bidding process should
be quick. Revised bids are
due Aug. 31 and the board
hopes to vote on a bid Friday,
Sept. 2.
Byron Smith, Hermiston
city manager and EOTEC
chair, is con¿dent this will
give the board the Àe[ibility
it needs to meet the $4
million budget and move
forward with construction.
Because of the timeline,
Smith said the board wasn’t
able to do much in the
way of re-design, but once
they have someone under
contract, they can work with
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Rock & Roll campers take the stage
Kylee Peck of Pendleton, center, plays violin with the band Roanoke on their song “Without You” during the
final concert for the 11th annual Pendleton Rock & Roll Camp on Friday in Pendleton.
Judge upholds rejection for coal dock
blow to their case Friday
when she ruled the state may
consider impacts to ¿shing
when issuing a permit.
Perhaps more importantly,
Webster also found the state
did not violate the Commerce
Clause of the U.S. Consti-
tution when it denied the
project. Wyoming Gov. Matt
Mead had previously argued
Oregon’s decision to block
the terminal unconstitution-
ally prevented coal producers
in his state from accessing
markets.
Environmental
groups
intervening in the case
praised the judge’s decision.
“The state of Oregon got
it right when it denied (Light-
house Resources’ coal e[port
project,” said Brett Vanden-
Heuvel, e[ecutive director
for Columbia Riverkeeper.
“We applaud state leaders for
upholding laws that protect
what we as Oregonians hold
dear — clean water and
¿shable rivers.”
Micheal Klein, general
counsel for Lighthouse
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
An administrative law
judge has sided with Oregon
on several key issues behind
the state’s 2014 rejection of a
controversial coal dock at the
Port of Morrow.
Lighthouse
Resources
— the company formerly
known as Ambre Energy
North America — wants to
build a terminal at the port in
Boardman that would ship 8
million tons of coal per year
down the Columbia River for
e[port overseas. The Oregon
Department of State Lands,
however, denied a remove-
¿ll permit for the project
over interference with tribal
¿sheries.
The company and its
supporters have appealed that
decision, including the states
of Wyoming and Montana,
which would feed coal to
the terminal. A hearing is
tentatively scheduled for
Nov. 14-23, but Judge Alison
Greene Webster dealt an early
Resources, issued a statement
that made it clear the ¿ght
isn’t over yet.
“This is a ruling on the
motion for summary deter-
mination, not a ruling on
the merits,” Klein said. “We
look forward to addressing
the merits of our appeal at
the hearing scheduled for
November.”
A remove-¿ll permit is
needed to build the Coyote
Island Terminal in the
Columbia River — part of
the Morrow Paci¿c Project,
which has spent years in
limbo hurdling environ-
mental permits while also
¿ghting uphill against the
developer’s own ¿nancial
troubles.
The project was originally
conceived by the Austra-
lia-based Ambre Energy,
though shareholders sold
off the company’s North
American assets to a private
equity ¿rm in Denver in late
2014. Ambre Energy North
America changed its name
to Lighthouse Resources
and continues promoting the
project, garnering plenty of
local support for the promise
of creating new jobs and
spurring hundreds of millions
of dollars in economic
bene¿t.
Others are more skeptical
about the long-term viability
of coal. The Sightline Insti-
tute, an environmental think
tank based in Seattle, has
pointed out coal prices are on
the decline after they peaked
around 2011. Analysts there
have also predicted the coal
bubble in China may be
about to burst.
There is one other coal
e[port project still on the
table in the Northwest.
Millennium Bulk Terminals
would send 44 million tons
of coal to Asia annually,
though one of the project
backers, Arch Coal, recently
sold its 38 percent stake after
¿ling for bankruptcy in June.
The buyer — Lighthouse
Resources, which now has
100 percent ownership in the
terminal.
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that company on cost-cutting
redesigns. The board also
has committed to reaching
out and doing additional
fundraising. If arena lighting
isn’t included in the accepted
bid, Smith said worst-case
scenario would be transi-
tioning to a daytime rodeo.
Before the motion went to
a vote, board member Kim
Puzey questioned whether
the arena would be done in
time for the 2017 Farm-City
Pro Rodeo.
“The paint’s gonna be wet
on the stalls and panels,” he
asked. “but it’s going to be
ready for ne[t year’s rodeo"”
Smith responded, “Yes,
that’s the plan.”
On
Thursday,
Jeff
Deswert from Kirby Nagel-
hout Construction sent an
email that said, “After a
great deal of thought and
consideration, I believe that
the best course of action at
this point is for us to allow
the board to consider what
is in the best interest of the
project. We will no longer
pursue the project nor will
we protest any decision that
is made.”
After Friday’s board
meeting, Deswert said the
company would be inter-
ested to see what the board
sends out, but it would likely
not persuade the company to
submit another bid.
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