EO-14080 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

EO-14080
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
UMATILLA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION &
UMATILLA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED of public hearings to be held before the Umatilla County Planning Commission on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM in the Justice Center Media Room, 4700 NW Pioneer Place, Pendleton, OR. Virtual hearing options are available by contacting the Umatilla County Planning Department at Room 104 of the Umatilla County Courthouse, 216 SE Fourth Street, Pendleton, OR, 97801 or by calling 541-278-6252, the day before the scheduled Planning Commission hearing date. A subsequent Public Hearing before the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM in Room 130 of the Umatilla County Courthouse 216 SE Fourth Street, Pendleton, OR. Virtual hearing options are available by visiting the Board's website at
https://co.umatilla.or.us/departments/bcc/agendas

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP AMENDMENT #P-140-25, and ZONE MAP AMENDMENT #Z-327-25: CITY OF HERMISTON, APPLICANT / UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., JB LAND LLC & UMATILLA BASIN PROPERTIES, OWNERS. The City of Hermiston requests the County co-adopt a proposed change to the city's Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). The proposed change would add approximately 810 acres of land to the UGB which would then be rezoned from Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) to City Heavy Industrial with Hyperscale Data Center Overlay and a Comprehensive Plan Designation of Industrial. The properties would subsequently be annexed into the city. The properties are identified as Map 4N28; Tax Lots 1800, 1900 and 2500, Map 4N2827; Tax Lots 200, 500, 600 and 700 and Map 4N2828A; Tax Lot 100. The criteria of approval are found in Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 197.610-626, Umatilla County Development Code 152.750-152.755 and the Joint Management Agreement between the City and County.

For further information please contact Tierney Cimmiyotti, Planner II/GIS; telephone 541-278-6252; email tierney.cimmiyotti@umatillacounty.gov or Megan Davchevski, Planning Division Manager; telephone 541-278-6252; email megan.davchevski@umatillacounty.gov. at the Umatilla County Community Development Department, 216 SE 4th Street, Pendleton, Oregon 97801.

Copies of all documents pertaining to the hearing listed above, and all relevant criteria are available for inspection at no cost and will be duplicated at printing cost. A copy of the staff reports will be available for inspection or duplicated at least seven days before the hearings. A complete hearing packet will also be posted on the county website at www.umatillacounty.gov. Hearings are governed by Section 152.772 of the UCDC.

Opportunity to voice support or opposition to the above proposals, or to ask questions, will be provided. Failure to raise an issue in a hearing, either in person or by letter, or failure to provide statements or evidence sufficient to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to that issue, precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals based on that issue.

DATED THIS 10th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025
UMATILLA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT