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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 16,2011 -Continuedfrom PAGE SEVEN approval include Morrow C o u n ty S u b d iv is i o n Ordinance Article 5 Land Partitioning. Conditional Use Permit CUP-N-290: Mariah Wind LLC and Orem Family Wind LLC, applicants and Bert Mason, Janet Switzer and Eric and Brandi Orem, owners. The property is described as tax lots 4300 and 4400 o f A ssesso r’s Map IN 26. The property is located in central Morrow County, south of Highway 207, between Sand Hollow and Kilkenny Roads The property is zoned EFU. The request is to site community wind power facilities with a nam eplate ag gregate capacity of approximately 20 MW and would include the turbines, collection and transm ission lines, and a collector substation. C rite ria fo r a p p ro v a l include MCZO Article 3 Section 3.010 and Article 6 Conditional Uses. Conditional Use P e r m it C U P -N - 2 9 0 : 2M orrow Energy LLC, applicant and Ruby Rohde, V ictor Rietm ann Trust, Betty Rietmann, and Crum Enterprises, owners. The property is described as tax lots 2000 and 2100 of A ssessor’s Map 2N 24, tax lot 2400 of Assessor’s Map IN 25, tax lot 300 of Assessor’s Map IS 24 and tax lots 301,400, 402,403, 404, 2001, 2002, and 4600 of Assessor’s Map IN 24. The property is located in central M orrow County north of the City of lone and Highway 74. The property is zoned EFU. The request is to site a wind energy generation facility with a nameplate capacity of 104 MW and would include the turbines, collection lines, a substation, meteorological tower(s), and an operations and maintenance facility. C rite ria fo r a p p ro v a l include MCZO Article 3 Section 3.010 and Article 6 Conditional Uses. Opportunity to voice support or opposition to the above proposal or to ask questions will be provided. Failure to raise an issue in person or by letter or failure to provide sufficient specificity to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals based on those issues. Copies o f the staff report and all relevant documents will be available after November 25, 2011. For m ore in fo rm atio n , please contact the Planning Departm ent at 541-922- 4624 or 541-676-9061 extension 5506. DATED this 16th day o f November 2011 M ORROW COUNTY P L A N N I N G DEPARTMENT Published: November 16, 2011 Affidavit PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF T H E STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MORROW Probate Department In the Matter of the Estate of: K E N N E T H W ESL EY GREEN, Deceased. No.l 1CV024 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS Notice is given by William J. Kuhn, Attorney for the Personal Representative, that the Betty Voss has been appointed and has qualified as the personal representative of the estate. All persons having claims a g a in st the e sta te are required to present it, with proper vouchers, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below, to the personal representative at the offices of Kuhn Law Offices, 410 E. Hurlburt Ave. Hermiston, Oregon 97838, or they may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional in fo rm a tio n from the records o f the court, the personal representative or the attorney for the personal representative. DATED and first published November 9, 2011 William J. Kuhn, OSB# 762075 A tto rn ey for P erso n al Representative To be published for three consecutive weeks. P E R S O N A L REPRESENTATIVE: Betty Voss 19519 Ivywood Ln Mankato,MN 56001 507-995-2947 A T T O R N E Y F OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: William J. Kuhn Kuhn Law Offices 410 E. 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Super good cents! 541-928-1471, J and M Homes. t PUBLIC NOTICE THE PORT OF MORROW, OREGON N O T I C E OF ADOPTION OF BOND RESOLUTION The P o rt o f M orrow , Oregon (the “Port”) hereby gives notice pursuant to ORS 777.565(1) that the Board o f Commissioners o f the Port will consider a Bond R esolution (the “Resolution”) at a special m eetin g to be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at the Riverfront Center, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman, Oregon 97818. The Resolution will authorize the issuance, s a le , e x e c u tio n an d delivery of Port of Morrow T ransm ission F acilities Revenue Bonds (Bonneville Cooperation Project No. 1), in one or more series (the “Bonds”), approve the Bonds and other documents to be executed and delivered or distributed in connection therewith; and certain other matters related thereto. Com plete copies o f the Resolution may be obtained without charge from the General Manager of the Port located at the Riverfront Center, 2 Marine Drive, P.O. Box 200, Boardman, Oregon 97818 telephone: 541-481-7678. THE PORT OF MORROW, OREGON G a ry N e a l, G e n e r a l Manager Published November 2, 9, and 16, 2011. Affidavit PUBLIC NOTICE M ORROW COUNTY LAND USE HEARING THE MORROW COUNTY COURT w ill hold the following hearing o f p u b lic in te re s t on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner, Oregon. Comprehensive Plan A m endm ents AC- 050-11 and AC(M)-051-11: Wade Aylett applicant and owner. The property is described as Tax Lot 800 of Assessor’s Map 4N 27 28. Request is to amend the Comprehensive Plan to include a locally significant aggregate site to Morrow County’s list of significant ag g reg ate sites and to amend the Comprehensive Plan map to include the aggregate site location. Criteria for approval are fo u n d in th e M o rro w County C om prehensive Plan Review and Revision Process. Opportunity to voice support or opposition to the above proposal or to ask questions will be provided. Failure to raise an issue in person or by letter or failure to provide sufficient specificity to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals based on those issues. Copies o f the staff report and all relevant documents will be available after November 25, 2011. For m ore info rm atio n , please contact the Planning D epartm ent at 541-922- 4624 or 541-676-9061, extension 5506. DATED this 16th day of November 2011 M ORROW COUNTY CITY COUNCIL -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE service,” Ryan Miller said ies have to o f fer,” the AMI plan said. “The growing trend in this economy is the ‘daytrip’ or ‘staycation.’ Consumers are spending less on long-term, extravagant vacations and opting for the weekend getaway.” Heppner Chamber director Sheryll Bates was in attendance at the meet ing and she urged the city to participate with the other cities in the advertising campaign. “The only way we are going to get this size o f campaign is to do it as a group,” she said. The council voted to use money from a recent ly sold HUD home in Hep pner to fund the campaign. The city has $18,000 from the sale of the home to use for community betterment. It opted to use $5,000 from the HUD sale rather than take the money out o f the city ’s contingency fund. The campaign is set to be gin in 2012 and last for one year. lone and Lexington will also be included in the marketing but will not be required to contribute any funding, the council was told. In other business the council heard from brothers Adam and Chad Doherty, who asked that the council use some of the HUD money to help fund the Colt Football program. Adam said the Colt pro gram had 27 kids last year and is expected to have 30 next year. He asked the city to help fund the program so he would not have to turn kids away who can not afford the $25 sign up fee that normally covers insurance costs. He also said the program needs new helmets, which cost $100 to $125 each. Doherty said the Colt program ’s main funding now comes from running the O ’Ducky race during St. Patrick’s Day, donatiQns from the Hepp ner Booster Club and other small fundraisers. “I think this is a good idea (to help out the Colt program),” said coun- cilm em ber Cody H igh, “but I would like to see the kids do some work for the money, maybe clean up the park or something.” B oth Adam and Chad Doherty agreed and said the kids would do that. The council instructed the two to come back with a specific amount the Colt program is requesting. On a related mat ter, the council discussed how it might spend the rest of the HUD money. So far, of the $18,000, $5000 was used on the advertising campaign and an unspeci fied amount will be given to the Colt Football program; however, council members debated how they should spend the rest o f the money. The Heppner senior center has asked for some fund ing to help fix the heating and AC unit there, but no amount from the city has been given. Garbage collection fees to increase In o th e r actio n the council voted to allow M iller & Sons Disposal, LLC to increase garbage collection rates under its P L A N N I N G franchise agreement with DEPARTMENT the city. Garbage collection Published: November 16, will be going up to a flat $20 2011 per month for everyone, an Affidavit increase of $8 for most peo ple. Miller said the increase is necessary because o f the increased cost of fuel, and the need to have standard Deadline for legal ized garbage containers for everyone in the city. and classified “I propose supply advertising ing all 450 plus residential Mondays at 5:00 pm customers with 65 gallon roll carts for a flat $20 per month for the same weekly I now be issued for one year. in a letter to the council. The fee charged for an open He said the increase would bum permit will be $5 for cover the cost of the new one year for each location garbage cans and the au of the burning during burn tomated equipment on the ing season as set by the fire truck to handle the cans. He chief. pointed out that one o f his Sheriff’s Report for workers had injured himself October hefting the cans around by Traffic- hand and it was “time to There was one traf join the 21“ century,” and fic stop, resulting in one install automatic can lift citation. ing and dumping into the M CSO received truck. complaints about a vehicle Miller said the rate without any taillights. The increase would go into ef deputy was unable to locate fect with the January bill the vehicle. ing. The council requested A d e p u ty c o n that the new garbage cans tacted two owners o f ve be the color green to match hicles which were illegally the to w n ’s Irish theme. parked. Miller will come back later Code Enforcement- and negotiate a new 10- Ten loose dogs year franchise agreement. were reported. The present agreement is Two barking dogs expiring. were reported. Sperry St. Bridge Eight cats and one In other business, dog were transported to Pet the council heard that Rescue. an agreem ent had been One person was reached with the Christian contacted regarding code Life Center to lease part of enforcement follow-up. the church property for use A person called as a temporary street while MCSO and reported, con the Sperry St. Bridge is tractors were blocking the either being fixed or decom sidew alk while they in missioned. stalled gutters on a house. The O regon D e A deputy made contact and partment of Transportation the situation was adjusted has said that the bridge must by contact. be either replaced or taken A deputy contacted out o f use, and the city is residents who had chickens still studying what is best and turkeys. They were ad to do. If the bridge is taken vised to get a permit from out, then another road ac the city. cess is needed on the other Theft Complaints- side o f the creek to access A deputy investi Sperry St. One land owner gated a reported ID theft. said the city could use her A person contacted property, and the church a deputy and reported fire agreed to lease part of their arms were stolen from a parking lot to the city for a parked vehicle six months road easement for $7,000 ago. for three years. If the city A vehicle was en and ODOT decide to not tered and change was taken replace the bridge, then the from within the vehicle. church has said the lease A person reported money would apply to a a telephone call they re purchase of the street ease ceived, which was deter ment by the city. mined to be a scam. Lovers Lane A robbery occurred Bridge at a business. An Oregon * The council also State Police Trooper locat discussed what to do about ed the suspects on Highway Lovers Lane Bridge, the 207, south o f Hermiston. popular foot bridge that Two suspects were arrested runs from behind the Stable in relation to the robbery o f Youth across Willow and booked into the Uma Creek to Court Street. A tilla County Jail. replacem ent bridge has There were three already been purchased drive-offs from the gas and is stored at the city station. yard. Ferguson Engineering All Other- estimated that it would cost A deputy located $115,000 to remove the old decorations which had been bridge, which is unsafe, and taken apart at a local busi replace with the new one ness. The deputy was able (which is actually used and to put them back. was purchased from the city A juvenile was is of Pendleton). sued a citation for pos Public Works Di session o f marijuana and rector Brian Harmon said arrested for Assault 4-do the actual cost could be mestic violence. reduced to about $97,000. Deputies investi He also said the city could gated a possible restraining cut the cost even more if order violation. the city crew did a lot of A deputy was called the installation work, but to a business regarding an “that would take us off all intoxicated person who other projects for at least a was throwing items. The in month.” toxicated person was trans Harmon estimated ported to his residence. that the bridge could be in MCSO responded by the fall of 2012. “The to two burglar alarms which end result is going to be were found to be a false very nice. People are going alarm. to like it,” he said. Shots were report In other business, edly heard by a citizen. A Harmon reminded people deputy checked the area that it is time to insulate and was unable to locate their water meters so they the source. do not freeze. He said elder A person reported ly people who have trouble they received a threaten insulating their meters can ing piece o f mail. It was call the city for assistance. determined the mail did not Harmon also said constitute a crime. there has been a problem A person was re with increased dog waste portedly peering into wid in the city park. He guessed ows o f a business. It was that hunters may have been determined to be an em walking their dogs in the ployee. park, but asked residents to A person called remember that they have MCSO and reported they doggie bag stations and were being followed on foot that people should try to by an unknown while they keep the park clean, espe walked one early morning. cially for the kids who play The unknown person kept there. walking towards downtown when the caller turned a dif Burn permits The council ap ferent direction. proved a new burning or Found ammunition dinance. Bum permits will was turned over to MCSO. I
