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1990-01376-Minutes for Meeting August 11,1989 Recorded 1/11/19904 fJ 0 51 g0-01 ;w DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SURFACE MINING HEARINGS August 11, 1989 Deschutes County Administration Building 10:00 AM AN 2 41990 Chair Prante called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM. Commissioners Throop and Maudlin were also present. Staff members present were Karen Green, Community Development Director, George Read, Planning Director, and Sue Stoneman, Recorder. Public Hearing There were no members of the public present. Staff presented the staff reports for the Board's consideration. Site 416, 417, 418, 419 George Read gave the staff report. He stated that this is a 10 acre site owned by Deschutes County and is comprised of five small sites on one parcel. It is located on Highway 20 East about three miles east of Millican. The site contains aggregate resource. Staff had made the standard recommendation. After further examination, it was determined that these were four different sites all in the same area. Mr. Read then indicated the respective acreage and estimated quantities for each of the four sites. Site 421 Mr. Read gave the staff report. This is the Barbwire Ranch site and it is owned by Bob Coats. This site is between Hampton and Brothers. It contains an estimated 500,000 cubic yards of aggregate. It is presently zoned EFU-320. This site is out of view of the highway. Staff and Planning Commission had recommended SM zoning. Site 312 George Read stated there is a map that shows an approximate location. It is owned by Clyde Carlson and is located east of Bend near Johnson Ranch Road. The file contains a letter to Clyde Carlson indicating that we need more information about this site. We did not receive more information. Part of this is in the flood plain. The current estimate of quantity is 1.5 million cubic yards. There was no opposition to this site. 1 W e !00 -x_052 Site 317 Mr. Read stated this is a Willamette Industries cinder site with 1,200,000 cubic yards. It was recommended for SM zoning, and the staff report was changed to include fish and wildlife standards. Mr. Read indicated access was from Santiam Wagon Road, or the old Highway 20. It is a ten acre site. This site is almost two miles from Black Butte Ranch, notice just went to the Forest Service. He stated that this is currently zoned F-2, but there is nothing in the file to indicate it is a pre-existing site. Site 347 Mr. Read stated this site is located north of Dusty Loop west of Gerking Market Road. It is a Deschutes County site 60 acres in size with 10,000 cubic yards of fill material. Conflicting uses identified were fish and wildlife habitat and rural residential. Staff had recommended SM zoning with standard conditions. There was some discussion about whether it was worthwhile to zone this site with such a small quantity of fill. They will get more information on this site from the Public Works Division. Site 353 Mr. Read stated that this is a Tumalo Irrigation site located on the northern side of Laidlaw Butte just west of Tumalo. The present zoning is SMR in a landscape management area. The resource type is pumice, estimated to be 50,000 to 200,000 cubic yards, but there has been no testing. Conflicting uses are the views from the highway, fish and wildlife habitats, and rural residential uses. There are no DOGAMI permits or exemptions in the file, however, Commissioner Maudlin stated that he believes there are many pits on this site. The Planning Commission and staff recommended approval and allowed on-site processing. Sites 413 and 414 Mr. Read gave the staff report. Site 413 is next to site 414 and is located partway up the base of Pine Mountain. It is owned by Deschutes County and is presently zoned SMR and wildlife area combining zone. It is a 35 acre site with 30,000 cubic yards of aggregate. Site 414 is part of the same 35 acres and is part of the 30,000 cubic yard estimate. The file contains one letter in opposition from Pat Smith in Florence, Oregon, who owns property in the area and who wants his site zoned SM too. They were recommended for approval by the Planning Commission. They are in the antelope winter range. Site 445 This site is located just south of Alfalfa Store and contains 50,000 cubic yards of aggregate. It is owned by Central Oregon 2 t00 1053 Irrigation. Conflicting uses are open space and outstanding scenic views. Staff had recommended to allow mining with conditions and no processing on site. The Planning Commission voted to allow processing on site. Commissioner Maudlin asked if there were any people within a half mile and if there was any notification. Mr. Read responded that there was not at one hearing, but then 16 parcels were notified. Two people came to testify, but they did not stay late enough to testify. Sites 459 and 469 These are located just east of Sisters View Drive in the Goodrich Loop area. Present zoning is F-3. This is a county cinder site with approximately 50,000 cubic yards of cinders. No people had come to testify on these sites. Staff had recommended approval, the Planning Commission noted that there were 2,000,000 cubic yards on site 469 which is right next to it. Staff recommended the standard conditions which include processing. Site 501 This is located one mile east of Millican on the north site of the highway. This is a county site, 144 acres, with 30,000 cubic yards of ODOT spec aggregate. The site is presently zoned SM. Staff recommended approval with the standard conditions. Site 397 This didn't have an appraiser's report. This is a Central Oregon Irrigation District site which is a storage site only located southwest of the intersection of Ten Bar Road and Highway 20E. The site is presently zoned SM. Site 446 This site is located southwest of Alfalfa. It is presently zoned EFU-40 and is fairly close to the Alfalfa Store. It is owned by Central Oregon Irrigation and contains 2,000 cubic yards of fill. There was one letter from John Rings asking that this not be zoned SM. Site 270 This is located along Jordan Road east of Sisters. It is a Deschutes County stockpile storage site with some fill material. It is 3.5 acres currently zoned SM. Staff recommended approval with the standard conditions. Site 322 This is owned by Fred Gunzer and is in the state scenic waterway. They were able to zone 5 acres of this for surface mining through 3 1 C) ~ 10 5 4 the quasi-judicial process. This would zone the remainder of the parcel SM. This contains 1.5 million cubic yards of gravel which meets ODOT specifications. There was some discussion about whether this was part of the subdivision parcel. They will look into this. Mr. Gunzer had provided some conservation easements with the subdivision and the surface mining zoning. The site is located at Lower Bridge. It was the concensus that they needed a little more information on this site. Mr. Read will present that to the Board when it is prepared. It was suggested that there be a site visit before making a decision. It was noted that the old wagon road, which is a public road, goes through the middle of this site. That was filed in Crook County. There were no specific conditions attached to the staff report. Site 461 This is the old diacolite site on Lower Bridge Road. It is 660 acres owned by Franklin Nolan, Fred Gunzer, Robert Reimenschnider, and Norman Weigan. The resource type is aggregate and diacolite. Mr. Read noted that the previous site contains diacolite as well. Diacholite contains silica, it's used in glass, mushroom bedding, filters, kitty litter, decorative uses, and many other uses. This site contains a higher quality resource that they are looking at new uses for. They have done core drillings and it does go down 80 to 90 feet. This could be a major mining operation in the county if they further develop some of the uses being researched. Commissioner Throop indicated he would like a site visit. Site 450 This is in the EFU-40 zone located southeast of Terrebonne. This site is above the river, and probably not too far from the mobile home park and the state park near Smith Rocks. This is a Central Oregon Irrigation District site with 10,000 cubic yards of fill material. This is about one half mile south of Smith Rock Road. There was a photo of the site showing that there has been some fill taken out and there is some debris on the site. Site 543 This site is owned by Keith Cyrus and is located on Jordan Road. There is a letter on file from Bill Boyer testifying in favor of the site if they access from a certain direction. This is a 70 acre site containing 1.1 million cubic yards of good quality aggregate. Staff had recommended approval with standard conditions. Site 248 Mr. Read stated that this site is southwest of the intersection with Highway 126 and Slayton Road. This is Mr. Cyrus's present cinder pit. It is a pre-existing cinder pit. Staff report had 4 170 1055 recommended approval with the standard conditions. The Planning Commission approved it. The file contains a letter of support on this site. It is presently zoned SM and has a site and reclamation plan. Site 383 This is located off of Century Drive and is a Central Oregon Pumice site. It is a 160 acre cinder site presently zoned SM containing an estimated 3.5 million cubic yards of good quality cinders. Staff recommended approval subject to conditions. It is presently zoned SM and has a reclamation plan dating back to 1977. This is one of three sites in this general vicinity, but the other sites were pumice sites. The Planning Commission recommended that the fish and wildlife conditions be placed on this site. Site 399 There was some discussion about the taxlots shown for this site. This is 18-13-10 taxlot 500. This has a pre-existing DOGAMI permit with a 1978 reclamation plan. It contains 30,000 cubic yards of fill and is owned by COI. It is located 1/4 mile south of the intersection of Ten Bar Road and Highway 20. It is presently zoned SM. There were no respondents to the notification. Staff recommended approval with the standard conditions. Site 401 This site is located southwest of Alfalfa. It is a COI fill site with 10,000 cubic yards of fill material. The present zoning is EFU-40. It is 38 acres in size and is in a wildilfe area combining zone. Staff recommended approval with processing limited to screening. Mr. Read stated that it appears there is no winter closure requirement, but since it is in a wildlife area combining zone that is a standard condition. Site 408 This site is located on the West View Ranch way out east and is owned by R. L. Coats. It is 640 acres presently zoned EFU-320 and wildlife area combining zone. It is quarry rock that meets ODOT specs and the quantity is 1 million cubic yards. This site is several miles south of the highway and is east of the Barbwire Ranch. One person from Los Angeles who owns property in the area had written a letter of testimony on this site. Staff recommended approval and the Planning Commission recommended that there be seasonal operating conditions since this is in a wildlife area combining zone. 5 fqr~1056 Adjournment Being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:45 AM. DES HjCOUNTY./pOARD OF COMMISSIONERS is Prante, Chair )jtm' Tom roop issioner D udlin, Commissioner /ss 6