Mold Remediation in Hillsboro, OR

Hillsboro and North Plains residents, this is your last chance to comment on the future of the farmlands on the edge of town—in fact, land far outside our City. Watch the Video here is you want a great short summary of all the facts.

As we have all been busy trying to keep our rising utility bills paid and our schools from falling even further below the State averages, outsiders have planned to change our cities forever. There have been NO public hearings here in our City of Hillsboro about the 373 acres Governor Kotek intends to bring into our town. Her staff had a meeting here on October 10th- it wasn’t a hearing because a hearing has rules, and there are legal avenues for any land use process that happens in a hearing here in Oregon. No, Mayor Steve Callaway, State Senator Janeen Sollman, North Plains Mayor Terry Lenahan, and Tina Kotek and her staff planned this all out down in Salem with the passage of Senate Bill 4. This meeting, they had which was a farce in terms of its messaging and facts, was held because they had to. Not because they wanted to. No questions were allowed. No meaningful information about what is happening or who is coming was given. Many mistruths and general policy statements were made, some nice slides were shown, and only about 1/2 of the people who came and signed up to speak were allowed to speak despite everyone sitting for 4 to 5 hours. A litany of preplanned politicians who favored this land expansion and the “jobs” spoke in support. But again, there were no specifics as to what these jobs were or if there are any.

The meeting was so out of balance given the dark backdrop of Intel firing 1,300 employees here in Hillsboro and buying / retiring out another 2.000. It really feels like the group in control of this process is scared to death that things are falling apart and that this big land deal, and those to follow to the West, are needed to right a sinking ship of their of creation.

The cabal making plans around this land expansion is filled with land speculators with options and agreements, secret ones at that, and secretive deals with the City and State over something unknown. This expansion was supposed to be done only if needed for a specific job creating end user. That was always the quid-pro-quo. If Intel or another chip maker made a specific application for the land to come in based on need, then the Governor would have a hearing and consider an expansion. BUT THERE IS NO PROPOSED USER, and she is about to make a decision. Thus, we have a broken promise from Kotek again. And we have been duped again. Like PROJECT AZALEA, the secret company that never came, this is becoming another questionable land expansion shell game.

These people have decided for you as residents of North Plains and Hillsboro that your futures are about to change, such as your Countryside, utility bills, traffic, and tax rates, you name it. The loss of separation between our cities and the jump to connected sprawl is happening now. This decision will cement that. And remember, it was Sollman, Lenahan, and Callaway who wrote the language and lobbied for this to happen and to make sure you were DENIED your land use powers of Appeal, a guarantee to all Oregonians until now.

All Notes, Testimony, Video, and comments submitted to date can be found here: https://www.oregon.gov/biz/programs/sb4-10/pages/default.aspx

Public Comment on Proposed Expansion

Public comment was taken at the October 10 meeting, but written comment can still be provided. Please direct written statements to the Governor’s Office via email at Oregon.CHIPS@oregon.gov or by USPS to 900 Court Street Suite 255 Salem, OR 97301.

Written public comment began being accepted October 3, 2024 and will continue twenty (20) days following the October 10, 2024 meeting, with the deadline for public comment landing on October 30, 2024 at 5:00 pm.

A PDF of the original public meeting notice can be found in the resource box to the left on this page.

Public Comments:

Sign-in Sheet for the Oct. 10 Meeting

Written Public Comments Received Between 9/18/24-10/11-24

Written Public Comments Received Between 10/12/24-10/14-24

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Source: Hillsboro Herald

The cuts will come in the bank's global operations unit, which employs around 1,000 workers at the sites. Some employees will be offered the chance to relocate.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Wells Fargo plans to eliminate potentially hundreds of jobs as it shifts operations from its sites in Portland, Hillsboro and Salem, according to a report in the Oregonian Thursday.

The cuts will come in the bank's global operations unit, which employs around 1,000 workers at the sites, according to the Oregonian. The offices will be consolidated to other Wells Fargo locations by the end of next year. A precise number of layoffs is unclear, but some employees will be offered the chance to relocate to other offices.

"We regularly review and adjust staffing levels to align with market conditions and the needs of our businesses," Wells Fargo told the Oregonian.

The news comes as other major corporate employers are cutting jobs in the Portland area, including Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC). The bank said in July it would cut 95 jobs in global operations in Hillsboro. In August 2023, it revealed plans to lay off 316 workers there.

Wells Fargo has been on a long push to cut its workforce. The San Francisco Business Times reports that its global headcount was 222,544 in June, down from 225,869 at the end of 2023 and down from 233,834 in June 2023.

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Other global corporations have also been laying off Portland-area workers this year. Intel, which is cutting 15% of its workforce, filed notice last week it would cut 1,300 jobs here. Nike, in the middle of a turnaround effort, plans to cut 740 jobs at its Beaverton headquarters. And software maker Salesforce is closing its Hillsboro offices, potentially laying off 150.

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Wells Fargo was 29th on the Business Journal's list of largest employers in the Portland area, with more than 2,000 in 2023. It is the fourth-largest bank in the area, with metro deposits of $8.9 billion.