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ticipants the opportunity
to use all of the station’s
pivots and equipment on
site at the extension cen-
ter.
“We won’t have to pay
for equipment costs,” she
said. “We are only paying
construction costs, which
is about $3.2 million.
That is a pretty big deal.”
HAREC Director Phil
Hamm said he couldn’t
be more excited about the
possibilities that the fa-
cility would entail if the
bond is passed by voters.
He said the opportunity
would provide HAREC
staff with student help
on projects at no cost to
them, while they are able
to aid in the training and
preparation of the next
generation of precision
irrigated agriculture spe-
cialists.
“It will train students
to be able to move out
into one of these irrigated
SPECIFICS OF BOND PROJECTS
Hermiston Precision Irrigated
Agriculture
Cost of whole project: $3,229,470
Pendleton agriculture center
A renovation of the agriculture center on the Pendleton
campus would allow for an expansion of BMCC’s agriculture
program, allowing for a veteran assistance program and addi-
tional opportunities in soil, horticulture and animal sciences.
Cost of renovation: $2,250,000
Cost of whole project: 4,782,360
Boardman workforce training and
early learning center
A partnership with the Port of Morrow would place a
workforce development and early learning center behind
the SAGE Center if the bond is approved. The facility would
house programs in advanced manufacturing — much needed
training for local jobs at the Port of Morrow and in surround-
ing communities, and early learning in partnership with
InterMountain ESD and Head Start. The program would also
provide students in BMCC’s early childhood programs a chance
to learn and gain experience in the field.
Cost of construction: $3,582,360
Cost of whole project: $4,782,360
Other projects
Also included in the bond is money that would protect the community’s
investment in BMCC facilities, which are 53 years old. A front entry
renovation in Milton-Freewater would improve safety at the facility,
while updated technology infrastructure and classroom technology at
the Pendleton Campus and Milton-Freewater, Hermiston and Boardman
centers would improve students’ learning environments and potential
for distance learning opportunities. Improved security and surveillance,
including lighting, ADA access and surveillance cameras, would also
take place at all BMCC locations in Umatilla and Morrow counties. The
Pendleton campus would also receive a secondary access road to the
facility for use in emergency situations. The HVAC and electrical systems
would also be upgraded if the bond was to be approved.
farms in our region, not
only just in Hermiston,
but in the Columbia Ba-
sin, to be trained in things
that growers need done,”
he said.
Hamm said he is also
excited about the fact the
facility will not only wel-
come local students to the
center, but also interested
individuals from all over
the world.
“Precision
irrigated
systems are being de-
veloped in other places,
as well, but there is no
place for students to be
trained,” he said. “There
isn’t anything negative
to this whole project. It
is saving taxpayers’ dol-
lars and providing kids
the opportunity to learn
first hand about precision
irrigated agriculture and
farming.”
Hamm said students
will have access to an
array of equipment at
HAREC, ranging from
center pivots that are con-
trolled wirelessly, to GPS
equipment that can pin-
point a location to within
a few inches.
Hamm said the exten-
sion center will also reap
bene¿ts from the facility.
He said, with a large con-
ference room included in
the design, staff will be able
to utilize the space, which
will accommodate more
than 60 people. The current
extension center conference
room, he said, holds about
30 people. He said they will
also bene¿t from having
the students do small tasks
around the station they oth-
erwise would need to pay
staff to complete.
“(Students) can work
through the details. They
can help us with some of
the maintenance and in-
stallation of some of the
GPS equipment that we
don’t have, some of the
equipment that we do
have,” he said. “It saves
taxpayers dollars from
what BMCC would spend
for equipment, while
also allowing us to get
These are two-dimen-
sional drawings of
what the precision
irrigation ag center
could look like.
more done because we
have more hands working
with precision irrigation
equipment.”
Hamm said he doesn’t
see any negative aspects
to passing the bond.
“This approval of hav-
ing this facility on this
experiment station comes
clear from the top — the
president of the university,
Ed Ray, to Becky Warner,
who is vice provost, to
Cam (Preus), president of
BMCC.”
Hamm said once the
bond passes, he and Preus
will determine exactly how
the program will operate,
from the structure of the
classes to the types of labs
and class sizes.
“I was really pleased
when the idea came up
that Cam jumped on it,” he
said. “She saw the instruc-
tional opportunities and
how it could bene¿t stu-
dents at BMCC and grow-
ers in this area and how it
is a concept that could ac-
tually save (money).”
The two other main
projects that the bond will
fund is the renovation of
an agriculture center in
Pendleton and a work-
force training and early
learning center in Board-
man. Like the Hermiston
facility, no land will need
to be purchased. The Port
of Morrow has agreed to
donate up to four acres
of land for the Boardman
project.
For more information
about the proposed BMCC
bond, visit www.bluecc.
edu/about-bmcc/bond-mea-
sure. Questions and con-
cerns may also be emailed
to bondinfo@bluecc.edu.
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