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Newberg resident urges county not to sell Yamhill trail corridor, asks board for full accounting
Summary
At the Oct. 23 Yamhill County board meeting a longtime resident urged commissioners to disclose financial and legal consequences before considering sale of a 12.48-mile trail corridor the county bought from Union Pacific in 2017.
Melody McMaster, a Newberg resident, told the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 23 that the county should not consider selling the 12.48-mile rail corridor purchased from Union Pacific without first publishing the financial and legal consequences.
"The corridor has deep roots in our history," McMaster said. She told commissioners the county acquired the corridor in 2017 using a mix of grant funding from the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation plus private donations and framed the corridor as a shared public asset that could connect towns and provide safe routes for walking and biking.
McMaster asked the board to direct the county administrator to provide…
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