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Saturday, November 12, 2016
East Oregonian
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PENDLETON
STANFIELD
$45M data center
development delayed
City gets new bar and grill
East Oregonian
The
only
publicly
announced project on the
Airport Road extension has
been delayed.
Makad Corp., based in
Vancouver,
Washington,
was originally slated to
start a land lease with the
city by Aug. 31 to build a
$45 million data center on
Airport Road, but both sides
have since agreed to extend
the start date to Dec. 31,
2017.
Tawni Camarillo, Makad
vice president of operations,
wrote in an email that CyDat
Industries, a subsidiary of
Makad that will operate the
data center, is still interested
in the project.
“Pursuant to the orig-
inal lease agreement and
working with the city of
Pendleton, CyDat Industries
has extended the lease for
the data center property and
has continued working posi-
tively on the projects design
and feasibility studies,” she
wrote.
When the project was
first announced in October
2015, a Makad official said
it would take two years to
perform feasibility studies
for the site and another 18
months after that to build the
center.
Even after the lease starts,
Makad isn’t required to
begin paying rent until 2018.
City manager Robb
Corbett said he’s been in
regular contact with Makad
officials and hopeful about
the project’s viability.
“I’m optimistic that it
will go forward,” he said.
When Makad announced
the data center, city officials
touted the 45 jobs the
company said it would
create and its validation of
the airport industrial park as
a business destination.
The city offered Makad
a lucrative tax incentive
package, built a $300,000
sewer line extension and
promised to extend addi-
tional utilities to the site.
At July city council
meeting,
Corbett
said
Makad representatives had a
good meeting with officials
from Cascade Natural Gas
about extending utilities to
the project site.
Although Makad helped
develop the River Lodge
and Grill in Boardman, the
company failed to get two
other major projects off
the ground at the Port of
Morrow, spurring a lawsuit
from a co-developer during
one of the projects.
PENDLETON
Broken Barrel serves fun
in a casual atmosphere
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
Stanfield has added a new bar and
grill to its list of dining options.
The Broken Barrel features local
wine, cocktails, craft beer, milkshakes,
hand-pressed burgers, and other food. It
opened Oct. 19 at 120 W. Coe Ave.
Owner Martha McClusky said she
opened the Broken Barrel because she
loves pairing good food with good
alcohol. She said the menu is starting out
fairly simple, but she likes adding a new
twist to familiar menu items.
“I just want really approachable food,
like cheeseburgers, and then we make it
a little bit better,” she said.
An example of that is the tequila lime
burger, made with local beef and topped
with homemade guacamole. Another
current offering is mozzarella sticks
wrapped in egg roll wrappers and served
with sriracha aioli.
The cozy bar features a pool table
and multiple televisions, and McClusky
said she is working on adding lottery and
would like to add outdoor seating when
the weather warms up. She said she is
striving for an atmosphere that is fun and
casual, suitable for a business lunch or a
drink after a day in the fields.
“It’s pretty amazing to
have a police chief this
Pendleton police chief committed to all of the
Stuart Roberts’ efforts to students in our region,”
improve school security Mulvihill said in a written
earned him statewide recog- statement from the district.
“Everyone knows about
nition.
The Oregon Peace Offi- Stuart’s competency and
professionalism,
cers Association
but it was impres-
presented Roberts
sive to watch him
with its Public
navigate various
Service Award for
local and polit-
spearheading the
ical challenges
School Security
during evalua-
Initiative across
tions at 18 school
Eastern Oregon
districts,
and
through an agree-
to develop and
ment between the
implement such
InterMountain
a comprehensive
E d u c a t i o n Roberts
plan to improve
Service District
and the Pendleton Police student safety.”
Completing
security
Department. The nonprofit
association consisting of evaluations for schools
nearly 1,500 federal, state was just the first step for
and local law enforcement Roberts in a months-long
officers confers the honor on process. He also researched,
law enforcement personnel developed and trained
who “performed exemplary district staff on uniform
deeds or services on behalf emergency protocols and
of their communities,” plain language for crisis
according to the association. management, according to
Roberts received his the district, and he helped
award Nov. 4 at the associa- with behavioral threat
tion’s annual banquet at the assessments and initiated
Spirit Mountain Conference collaborations with local
Center, Grand Ronde. Mark agencies.
Roberts has been with
Mulvihill, education district
superintendent,
attended Pendleton police since
the banquet in support of 1994, serving as its chief
since 2003.
Roberts.
East Oregonian
HEPPNER — Kalie
Davis, manager of the SAGE
Center, is the guest speaker
for the upcoming Heppner
Chamber of Commerce
meeting.
The no-host luncheon
gathering is Thursday at
noon at Heppner City Hall,
111 N. Main St. Catered by
The Mustang Diner, the meal
features chicken Alfredo,
green salad, garlic bread and
dessert. The cost is $10.
To ensure there’s enough
seating and food, those
planning to attend are
asked to RSVP by Tuesday.
For more information or
to make a reservation,
contact heppnerchamber@
centurytel.net or 541-676-
5536.
Training highlights
landlord protection
PENDLETON — A
workshop geared for
landlords is being offered by
the Oregon Rental Housing
Association
The training will cover
how landlords can protect
their investments. The event
is Monday at 6 p.m. at
The Hermiston City
Council will consider an
agreement with the Confed-
erated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation for a free
public bus system during its
Monday meeting.
Under the proposed
agreement, recommended by
a city transit committee after
public input, the CTUIR —
through its Kayak Public
Transit system — would
run the bus from 9 a.m. to 4
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estimates of ridership are
correct, staff estimate it will
cost the city about $150,000
per year to subsidize both
the bus system and the
taxi tickets for senior and
disabled riders. Currently the
city spends between $90,000
and $140,000 per year on the
taxi program alone.
On Monday the council
will also consider re-adop-
tion of its financial and
investment policies, which
it must reconsider once each
year. The mayor will also be
asked to read a proclamation
marking Nov. 26 as “Small
Business Saturday” and one
recognizing the “I Love My
City” campaign started by
Hermiston Assembly of God.
After the bus route
discussion the council plans
to discuss possible partici-
pation in the Portland Rose
Festival.
The city council meeting
will be Monday at 7 p.m. at
City Hall, 180 N.E. Second
St. in Hermiston. Public
comment is allowed at the
beginning of the meeting and
before each agenda item.
New bike pit deal in the works to cover liability
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Pilot Rock City Council
will look over the draft
of a deal Tuesday night
for managing the city’s
off-highway vehicle park.
Mayor Virginia Carnes said
the real sticking point for
keeping the park remains
Oregon’s recreational immu-
nity problem.
Pilot Rock considered
handing over its motocross
park to Pilot Rock OHV
Inc., the nonprofit that over-
sees events and races at the
“Bike Pit.” Concerns about
splitting costs and responsi-
bilities sidelined the move.
The city held a work
session Monday night to
discuss the Bike Pit. Under a
Roosters Restaurant, 1515
Southgate, Pendleton. The
cost is $40 for members and
$45 for non-members.
For more information or
to RSVP call 541-215-1770.
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SKI SWAP
SNOWBOARD SALE
Outdoor + Winter
Clothing, Boots & Gear
SALE Friday, Nov. 18
5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
John Groupe
Becky Waggoner
Rick Steber
p.m. Monday through Friday
starting Jan. 2.
The bus would be free
and open to any member of
the public. The CTUIR and
transit committee created a
route through town featuring
29 stops that will be visited
by the bus once each hour.
The stops are spaced so that
almost all Hermiston resi-
dents living inside city limits
will have less than a quarter
of a mile walk to a bus stop.
If the city gets the
$115,000 in grant funding it
expects from the state, and
PILOT ROCK
Consignment Check-in,
Friday Nov. 18 • 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Tremendous Trio Book Signing!
November 19th from 5-7pm
on the East Coast.
“I’ve been everything — dishwasher
to waitress to manager,” she said.
So far she has four employees and
said that things have been busier than she
expected during her first three weeks.
She said she has been grateful for the
support of the community and hopes that
the Broken Barrel will help contribute to
Stanfield’s growth.
The Broken Barrel is open 11 a.m. to
midnight seven days a week.
Adding bus service could cost $10-$60k annually
BRIEFLY
SAGE Center
manager to speak
in Heppner
“We want people to be able to come
straight from work and not feel uncom-
fortable,” she said.
She said she moved to Hermiston about
three years ago and had been looking for
the right place to open a restaurant. When
the space on Coe Avenue and Main Street
opened up she felt like it was the “right
place at the right time.”
McClusky said she has exten-
sive experience in the food service
industry, including several restaurants
HERMISTON
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
School safety work nets
award for police chief
Staff photo by Jade McDowell
The Broken Barrel is now open for business at 120 Coe Avenue in Stanfield.
Saturday, Nov. 19
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 20
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
new draft agreement, the city
would maintain the property,
including the track, fencing,
and parking lots, and the
Bike Pit board would pay for
the maintenance and upkeep
of the track, as well as for
monthly inspections.
The Bike Pit board would
have to carry liability insur-
ance for all events, naming
the city as the second
insured. And the board
would agree to reimburse
the city $1,000 per year for
insurance costs, according to
the agreement, “which may
be subject to increase.”
Carnes said the city has
been trying to let go of the
park for a decade, maybe
longer. Turnover on city
council has hobbled the
effort, she said, and with
four new councilors coming
on in January, she wants to
get something done this year.
The city’s major concern
is the change in Oregon
law regarding recreational
immunity. The Oregon
Public Use of Lands Act
protected
cities
from
lawsuits that resulted from
parks and recreation use, but
that changed in March due
to an Oregon Supreme Court
decision.
Carnes said that cities
throughout Oregon are
closing parks and play areas
in reaction to the ruling.
Pendleton in June closed
three city playgrounds,
and Carnes said Pilot Rock
adopted
an
aggressive
schedule to check its parks
and equipment. But that
might not be enough to
protect against a lawsuit.
Carnes said the Legis-
lature needs to address the
immunity law, but that would
not happen until 2017.
Pilot Rock councilors,
though, are not voting on
the deal when they meet
Tuesday at 7 p.m. at city
hall. And Carnes said any
deal would be interim and
could depend on whether
state lawmakers take on
recreational immunity.
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