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Hermiston approves purchase of 140 acres near airport runway protection zone with federal and state grant support
Summary
City council authorized the city manager to buy roughly 140 acres east of the airport runway to establish a runway protection zone; the purchase is mostly funded through FAA and Oregon Department of Aviation programs, council voted unanimously.
Assistant City Manager Mark Morgan presented the council with a long-running airport land-protection proposal and asked the council to approve a purchase agreement. Morgan said the city had negotiated a price based on an appraisal and independent review and recommended the city acquire approximately 140 acres east of the airfield to protect a future runway protection zone (RPZ) if the airport runway is extended.
"RPZ protection has been on the adopted airport master plan for the past 50 years," Morgan said, noting the…
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