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1988-27570-Minutes for Meeting November 09,1988 Recorded 11/29/19880094 0545 88-215'70 PUBLIC HEARING J' '29, SURFACE MINING GOALS AND POLICIES'' November 9, 1988, 7:00 p.m. Hearings Room, County Administration Buildin Chairman Maudlin called the public hearing to order at 7:05 p.m. Board members in attendance were Dick Maudlin, Lois Bristow Prante, and Tom Throop. Also present were Karen Green, Assistant Legal Counsel; Craig Smith, Planning Director; and Chuck McGraw, Associate Planning Director. Commissioner Maudlin stated that the purpose of the public hearing was to consider the adoption of the proposed surface mining goals and policies. Upon adoption, the goals and policies would become a part of the Deschutes County Comprehensive Plan. These goals and policies would provide general guidelines for the County in determining which sites in the mineral and aggregate resource inventory would be zoned for surface mining and under what conditions mining would be allowed on those sites. The Deschutes County Planning Commission has held a public hearing on the goals and policies and has recommended adoption. Chairman Maudlin stated the Board would leave the public record on the goals and policies open until 5:00 p.m on Wednesday, November 23, 1988, to allow anyone to submit written testimony; and, after reviewing all testimony in the record, the Board would adopt goals and policies at it's regular meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 30, 1988. Craig Smith indicated that the Planning Commission had revised the goals and policies taking into consideration oral and written comments, and then recommended that the Board of Commissioners adopt the revised goals and policies. Chairman Maudlin stated that the topic for the public hearing was surface mining goals and policies, and that individual sites would not be discussed until hearings held after the first of next year. Eric Schulz, 939 NW Bond, Bend, Chairman for the Coalition for the Deschutes, stated that the latest goals and policies document adequately addressed their previous concerns with one exception. They felt that zoning should be prohibited within 1/4 mile of the Deschutes River. Richard Angstrom, Managing Director, Oregon Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association, 3000 Market Street, NE #222, Salem, stated concern that the goals and policies should allow for the utilization of the aggregate resource. He interpreted Goal 5 to mean that whenever possible, counties must provide for the utilization or protection of resources. He felt this was particularly important in Deschutes County because of the limited SURFACE MINING GOALS & POLICIES: PAGE 1 S--y(( 0094 0546 amount of quality aggregate close to Bend. He stated that substantiating data needed to be submitted before it would be possible to do an accurate ESEE analysis. He also stressed that clear and objective standards needed to be used when defining what constituted a conflicting use. He encouraged the use of current mined land reclamation, environmental quality and water resource statutes and rules as standards whenever possible to avoid duplication and needless costs in obtaining any County permits. He felt it was especially important that the mined land reclamation statute definition of "processing" be used which would include ready mixed concrete and asphalt batching plants in the definition so that the producer would not have to have separate zoning and bonding to be concerned about. Bill Moore, 63394 Fawn Lane, Bend, had some questions about the inventory and was told by Chairman Maudlin that the public hearing on inventory had already been held but that if he had questions or concerns, he could still submit them in writing. Ted Keener, 65711 Twin Bridges, Bend, felt the current goals and policies were a considerable improvement from the original ones. He suggested that protection of the Deschutes River be specifically mentioned. Bill Kenzie was concerned about when the policies would become effective, and whether they would affect the zoning and inventory that was currently being developed. He was concerned that we were doing things in the wrong order. Karen Green, Asst. County Legal Counsel, stated that the goals and policies under consideration were general guidelines which would affect the conflict resolution hearings on the individual sites that were coming up in 1989. More specific policies would be identified for adoption through the ESEE analysis process which would be reflected in the zoning ordinance rather than the comprehensive plan. She stated that the inventory would be adopted before the goals and policies were adopted. Steve Janik, lawyer representing Bend Aggregate and Paving, 101 SW Main, Portland, stated that they had two objectives: (1) to make sure the policies that were adopted were consistent with Goal 5 and (2) to make sure the policies had a clear set of directions as to what the policies were leading to. They felt the policies didn't capture the true spirit of Goal 5. He indicated that Goal 5 protection of aggregate minerals, which were going to be used, was completely different from the other Goal 5 resources, like important wildlife habitats, which were protected from being used. He felt that once a site was on the inventory, it was a Goal 5 protected resource. He interpreted Goal 5 to say that the County must look at the other uses adjacent to the protected aggregate resource and see how they conflict with the aggregate resource, not how the aggregate resource conflicts with the other adjacent uses. SURFACE MINING GOALS & POLICIES: PAGE 2 0094 054'7 Steve Janik went on to interpret the administrative rules to say that if adjacent uses were found to be conflicting with the protected use, there would only be three alternatives to resolve the conflict: (1) The aggregate resource could be used, and the conflicting use would not be used. (2) The aggregate resource could be used, and the conflicting use could also occur when the conflicting use was important, even though it might have an adverse impact on the protected resource. (3) The aggregate resource could be used, but the conflicting use would be allowed only under certain condition s. He stated that saying the protected resource could not be used was not one of the alternatives since the conflicting use was not protected under Goal 5. Commissioner Throop ask what would happen under his theory if there were multiple protected uses at a single site. Steve Janik stated that each of them would merit equal protection and, therefore, the County would have to go through a balancing ESEE process to evaluate them and attempt to accommodate all of the protected resources. Karen Green stated that the alternatives in the administrative rules were: (1) protecting the resource fully, (2) allowing the conflicting use fully, and (3) limiting conflicting uses. She asked Steve Janik if, in his opinion, alternative #2 would enable the Board to allow a conflicting use to the total exclusion of a Goal 5 resource. He said absolutely not. Commissioner Throop asked if Mr. Janik's interpretation was that the County did not have the legal capability to deny aggregate extraction on an inventoried site. Mr. Janik said yes, but that the County would have some authority on when and how the resource could be developed. Commissioner Prante indicated that if inventory sites were going to carry that much weight, the County should be looking very carefully at which sites were put on the inventory. Mary Dyer, 19135 Buck Drive, Bend, felt that if Steven Janik's reasoning were used, Drake, Juniper and Pioneer Parks would be inventory sites and protected by Goal 5. Bill Kenzie spoke again and stated that maybe the best way to head of possible problems was not to put it on the inventory in the first place. Commissioner Throop pointed out that we could not delay the process because the State Land Conservation and Development Commission was SURFACE MINING GOALS & POLICIES: PAGE 3 0094 0548 pushing the County to implement the direction that was provided by the Court of Appeal's Decision. John Hancock, Stop the Pit Committee from Klippel Acres, asked how Mr. JanikIs interpretation would affect a resource on Federal land, and Commissioner Throop stated that he felt Mr. Janik was speaking of private land. Mr. Hancock stated that it was the feeling of his committee that the latest goals and policies' document was one of the nicest things that the County had done so far. Chairman Maudlin closed the public hearing 8:05 p.m and restated that the Commissioners testimony through November 23, 1988. DES,CHUTES,COUNTY B ARD OF COMMISSIONERS is /Bzistow Piante, Commissioner Commissioner Dick Maudlin, Chairman BOCC:alb for oral testimony at s would accept written SURFACE MINING GOALS & POLICIES: PAGE 4