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Hines receives tentative DEQ approval for forgivable loan for lagoon project; grazing lease missing

Hines Common Council · May 26, 2026
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Summary

City reported tentative DEQ approval for a forgivable loan to add a fourth lagoon project and complete an emergency plan; staff could not locate a grazing lease for lagoon property and will prepare a new agreement.

Administrator Worley said the city received tentative approval from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a forgivable loan that would add a fourth lagoon project to the facilities plan, complete an emergency plan, and conduct a user-rates survey. Staff are gathering required documents for final agreement before presenting it to council.

Worley also said a public-records request for the grazing lease on the lagoon property returned no results; neither staff nor the lessee could locate the lease. Worley said staff will prepare a new lease agreement for council consideration.