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EASTER
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tos with the Easter bunny.
There is a suggested dona-
tion of $5 for pictures,
which helps with purchas-
ing specialized equipment
for the Boardman Rural Fire
Protection District. The egg
hunt starts at 10:30 a.m.
and features thousands of
eggs hidden in the park.
(541-481-3014).
ECHO
Community Easter Egg
Hunts
•Downtown Echo
•Saturday, 9 a.m.
The Echo Community
Church and Echo Volun-
teer Fire Department are
teaming up to organize Eas-
ter egg hunts. The hunts are
divided up by age groups
with infants through age 4 at
the church, 21 N. Bonanza;
ages 5-7 at George Park,
North Dupont Street; and
ages 8-12 on the Echo High
School football fi eld, 600
Gerone St. (541-376-8108)
IRRIGON
Irrigon Marina Park
•430 Eighth St. N.E.
•Saturday, 11 a.m.
The Community Eas-
ter EGGstravaganza offers
fun for infants and chil-
dren through fi fth grade.
(541-922-3054)
STANFIELD
Coe Park
•West Coe Avenue
•Saturday, 10 a.m.
Kids up to age 12 are
invited to a community Eas-
ter egg hunt. Coordinated
by Stanfi eld Moose Lodge
#920, the event features
lots of eggs and some spe-
cial prizes. Volunteer oppor-
tunities are still available.
(541-449-3304)
UMATILLA
Nugent Park
•725 Eighth St.
•Friday, 8 p.m.
A Flashlight Easter Egg
Hunt will offer kids ages
12-and-under a chance to
search in the dark. Be sure to
bring a fl ashlight and an Eas-
ter basket. (541-922-3226).
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
File photo
With fl ashlights in hand, children scatter in the darkness to fi nd Easter eggs. Flashlight Easter Egg Hunts are planned Friday in
Hermiston and Umatilla.
Umatilla County looks to stay
afl oat in next budget
By PHIL WRIGHT
STAFF WRITER
Umatilla County offi cials
anticipate a 3.2% bump in
value in the coming fi scal
year, but don’t expect to
see new programs.
The county’s 2018-19
budget totaled $78.7 mil-
lion and runs out June 30.
County
Commissioner
George Murdock said pre-
paring the budget means
dealing with the “bow
wave” of annual increases
for personnel, services
and pensions. The Public
Employee Retirement Sys-
tem alone, he said, cost the
county about $1 million a
year.
The increase in the val-
uation is not enough for
the county to add any pro-
grams, he said, but will
keep the county’s head
above water.
“That’s a good thing,”
he said. “A lot of coun-
ties would love to be in our
position.”
One chunk of change
will come from the Stra-
tegic Investment Pro-
gram deal the county has
with Vadata, Inc., big data
centers that are part of
Amazon.
The program gives
Vadata a 15-year break on
property taxes as an incen-
tive to build. The county
gets to tax the fi rst $25 mil-
lion in real market value
of the project, and Vadata
pays a community service
fee of $500,000 per year.
Taxing districts divvy up
the revenues.
County assessor Paul
Chalmers said his offi ce
won’t know for a few
months just how much
money the increase in value
will bring. He said the state
handles that assessment
and provides the fi gures to
the county in late summer.
The county also contin-
ues to seek state funds for
two major capital improve-
ment projects: $550,000
for security enhancements
to the front of the court-
house and $1.6 million to
renovate the jail to accom-
modate inmates suffering
from a mental health or
drug addiction crisis.
Outside of that, Mur-
dock said, the county is
maintaining the buildings
it has and does not see a
need for new construction.
The county last spring paid
off the debt on the Staf-
ford Hansell Government
Building in Hermiston and
has no outstanding bond
debt.
The county starts bud-
get work in October. Mur-
dock said that lead time
helps to get a good sense of
what the fi scal scene looks
like. But the ongoing work
of the county’s Charter
Review Committee could
play some role in budget
preparations. The com-
mittee continues to meet
and could decide to rec-
ommend a new leadership
structure, such as a full-
time county manager and
part-time commissioners.
Until then, the steps in
the process are the public
budget hearings April 24
and 25 at the courthouse in
Pendleton.
Staff photo by Jade McDowell/East Oregonian
Construction is underway for Hermiston Family Housing, a new 48-unit apartment complex on
Southeast Sixth Street across from the Cottonwood Apartments in Hermiston.
APARTMENTS
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In order to make the
Hermiston Family Housing
complex pencil out, NHA is
building the project in con-
junction with a new com-
plex in Portland to create
greater economies of scale
and open up better fi nancing
options for the Hermiston
project. Both projects are
being designed and built by
MWA Architects and Walsh
Construction.
“Northwest
Housing
Alternatives is thrilled to
pilot this innovative proj-
ect that will allow rural
communities to access new
funding models by pair-
ing it with an urban proj-
ect for scale,” NHA execu-
tive director Trell Anderson
said in a statement. “We
hope this effort will pave
the way for more projects
like this that are desperately
needed in Oregon’s rural
communities.”
According to an NHA
news release, funding for
the Portland and Hermiston
projects came from Oregon
Housing and Community
Service’s LIFT program and
the Multifamily Energy Pro-
gram, Metro’s Transit Ori-
ented Development Pro-
gram, and private funding
from Chase Bank and Ray-
mond James Tax Credits
Funds.
Northwest
Housing
Alternatives already owns
and operates the Cotton-
wood Apartments in Herm-
iston, located adjacent to
the construction site. The
nonprofi t, which works to
increase affordable hous-
ing options around the state,
will have the managers of
Cottonwood manage the
Hermiston Family Housing
project once they open.
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