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Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Commissioners discuss fairgrounds, moraine plan
Drought resolution
passed; letter sent
“I left when the conversation
turned to restricting the use of peo-
ple just walking up there,” he said.
“I don’t think that’s part of the
intent of what we’re trying to do
up there.”
By BILL BRADSHAW
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE — Several
updates and routine items were
addressed Wednesday, April 20,
by the Wallowa County Board of
Commissioners during its regular
meeting.
Commissioner Todd Nash dis-
cussed a meeting that had been held
the previous evening to solicit pub-
lic input on how to spend money
available to upgrade the Wallowa
County Fairgrounds.
“We had a good meeting at the
Cloverleaf (April 19),” he said.
“We invited the public and had
some robust discussion. We had a
lot of diverse interests there on how
they want to see the fairgrounds
looking into the future. We appre-
ciated the community coming out.”
He said the primary topic of
discussion was how best to spend
$1.27 million available for various
projects being considered.
The list of projects includes the
indoor arena/show barn roof, the
food booth, replacing the ventila-
tion system in the kitchen, remod-
eling restrooms for Americans
with Disabilities Act compliance,
grounds irrigation, the outdoor
arena, new implements for the
tractor, a drainage system for the
swine barn, support replacement in
the beef barn, enclose the mainte-
nance shop under the grandstands,
upgrade the Quonset building and
its restrooms for ADA compliance.
Also on the list are projects at
the Cloverleaf Hall, part of which
will be paid with a $200,000 grant
donated by Wallowa Memorial
Hospital. Those projects include
updating the heat pump system,
remodeling restrooms for ADA
compliance, a generator to use
during power outages and movable
room dividers.
Drought
The commissioners also passed
a resolution declaring a drought
emergency for the county, follow-
ing up on action they took at their
April 6 meeting. On April 20, Rob-
erts said they had prepared a letter
in which Nash had written the nar-
rative and it was sent to Gov. Kate
Brown.
“What happens next is if it’s
approved and then we do have an
issue, then we go through Emer-
gency Management and ask for
assistance that way,” Roberts said.
“This will go to the governor and
then onto the national level, to the
Department of Agriculture. It takes
a while to get it where it’s going.”
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Wallowa County Chieftain, File
The East Moraine gives a grand view of Wallowa Lake. The Wallowa County Board of Commissioners is still working
on a management plan for the property.
But the public meeting went
beyond the list of considered
projects.
“We had one guy who was inter-
ested in ice skating in the winter
and there were people who wanted
to change out the pig barns,” Nash
said. “It was grand to have those
diverse interests there.”
No decisions were made on
projects, either at the public meet-
ing or during the April 20 meeting,
but the commissioners got some
valuable input so they can “make
better decisions,” Nash said.
East Moraine
The commissioners also briefl y
discussed the ongoing develop-
ment of a management plan for the
East Moraine.
Commission
Chairwoman
Susan Roberts said a sticking
point has been the presence of
vehicles on the property.
“We’ve had quite a struggle get-
ting that done for the East Moraine
on vehicular use,” she said.
The moraine, a parcel of land of
roughly 1,800 acres, was purchased
and moved to county ownership in
January 2020. A draft management
plan has since been worked on by
the Wallowa Lake Moraines Part-
nership — made up of Wallowa
County, the Wallowa Land Trust,
Wallowa Resources, the Oregon
Department of Parks and Rec-
reation, the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife, the Oregon
Department of Forestry and the
Nez Perce Tribe’s cultural and for-
estry divisions, as well as commu-
nity members.
A meeting was held April 19 to
take public input, but the partner-
ship still has work to do. Roberts
said a manager has been hired for
the moraine, but the plan has yet
to be fi nalized. She said it must be
completed by the end of June —
“or sooner, if possible.”
Issues remain on what the pub-
lic will accept in the plan.
“We’ve had discussions on what
we want to allow up there,” Rob-
erts said. “It’s gone everywhere
from some people don’t want dogs
at all and some people are OK
with dogs as long as they’re on a
leash and other people have other
issues. Some people want to have
an area for mountain bikes and oth-
ers don’t want mountain bikes at
all. Some people didn’t even want
walkers because it should be left
pristine for the wildlife.”
Commissioner John Hillock
had been unable to attend, hav-
ing to go to another meeting in La
Grande. But Nash was there for
most of the meeting.
In
other
matters,
the
commissioners:
• Approved a request by Wil-
liam Bagley for an easement on
Farmers Lane to install a sec-
ond culvert on the east side of his
property.
• Approved updated policies and
procedures for grant management.
“It’s a paper you have to have for
when they come in to do a review
of your grants program, you have
to have all the right pieces of paper
in your Policies and Procedures
manual,” Roberts said.
• Approved an intergovernmen-
tal agreement between Wallowa
County and Oregon State Univer-
sity, for the Wallowa County 4-H
Extension Service District.
“This contract expired on
June 30 last year,” Roberts said.
“We’ve been dealing with OSU
to get it re-done and they fi nally
sent me their fi nal copy. So, we’ll
get that agreement signed and
sent off today.”
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