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1991-29940-Minutes for Meeting October 02,1991 Recorded 10/10/199191-29940 0107 1776 MINUTES Vis -91 , C'j f 0 DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS' October 2, 1991 0." Chairman Maudlin called the meeting to order at 10 a.m. members in attendance were: Dick Maudlin, Tom Throop and Nan' y Pope Schlangen. Also present were: Rick Isham, County Counsel; Brad Chalfant, Property Manager; Bruce White, Assistant Legal Counsel; and Kevin Harrison, Senior Planner. 1. CONSENT AGENDA Consent agenda items before the Board were: #1, appointments to Deschutes County's Regional Strategies Advisory Committee; #2, appointment of Brad Chalfant to Historic Landmarks Advisory Group; #3, appointments of Jim Fort and Tom Simpson to fill unexpired terms of John Janssen and Sandra Irving on the Special Road District #8 Board of Directors; #4, signature of Amendment #4 to the 1991-93 Mental Health Intergovernmental Agreement; #5, signature of Conservation Easement for Hadley property in Oregon Water Wonderland; #6, chair signature of liquor license application for Jackpot Food Mart and renewal of Champion's Restaurant and Sports Lounge in Sunriver. Chairman Maudlin removed item #1 from the consent agenda and asked for approval of consent agenda items 2-6. SCHLANGEN: So moved. THROOP: Second the motion. VOTE: THROOP: YES SCHLANGEN: YES MAUDLIN: YES 2. REGIONAL STRATEGIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Commissioner Throop said Deschutes County had a thirteen member regional strategies committee of which twelve members were ready to appoint. The recommended appointments were: City of Redmond - Ron Bryant; City of Sisters - Gordon Petrie; Deschutes County - Tom Throop; Bend Chamber of Commerce - Rick Hert; LaPine Chamber - Beverly Toney; Redmond Chamber - David Bishop; Sisters Chamber - Stewart Weitzman; CORA - Greg Custer; COEDC - Leland Smith; Deschutes County Fair Board - Mick Tye; COCC - Bob Newhart; Sunriver Chamber - Laura Brownwood; and City of Bend - to be announced after City Council meeting this evening. The Board's intention was to convene this committee and begin the process since the overall strategy needed to be PAGE 1 MINUTES: 10/2/91 ,HED i�"-, 0107 1777 recommended to the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners by November 1, 1991. THROOP: I'd move appointment of the twelve with the addition of whoever the City of Bend appoints this evening. SCHLANGEN: I'll second the motion. VOTE: THROOP: YES SCHLANGEN: YES MAUDLIN: YES Commissioner Throop said that he had been approached by Linn County to see if Deschutes County would be interested in joining them in a tourism strategy and there was a possibility of joining with Klamath County for a high technology strategy. 3. DECISION ON APPEAL OF FREUND PROPOSED CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT NEAR SISTERS The Board held a public hearing concerning the appeal of the Hearings Officer's approval of a 41 -unit cluster development in an F-3 zone near Sisters for Jerry Freund on September 25, 1991. The decision on the appeal was deferred to this meeting. Bruce White went through the criteria and addressed some of the testimonv that related to that criteria. Concerning the wildlife area combining zone criteria, he said there didn't appear to be any issues in dispute. Staff had interpreted under Section 18.88.050 that they apply to cluster developments as well planned developments which was supported by the Comprehensive Plan. Section 18.44.040, limitations on conditional uses: he didn't see these criteria addressed in the applicant's burden of proof, however the Hearings Officer did make findings. He said he felt these criteria did apply and must be found to be satisfied. (1) The use must be established on nonproductive timber lands. Consistency with farm and forest uses didn't appear to be an issue to the appellant. One could argue that because the County allowed for cluster developments in forest zones, it was consistent with forest uses although the plan did not speak to any kind of residential development in forest zones other than destination resorts. (2) The use does not interfere with accepted forest management practices. The applicant did not specifically address these criterium. The appellant had used the Hearings PAGE 2 MINUTES: 10/2/91 0107 1778 Officer's findings that there were no farm uses on adjacent properties was unsupported by the evidence. This was an issue of fact that the Board may need to determine. The appellant also argued that the Hearings Officer findings on noninterference were inaccurate as a matter of law. He felt the appellant's arguments in this regard were valid. In order to make findings which were sufficient, one must identify what the existing or potential forest practices were on the surrounding lands, and then analyze them based upon the impacts of the proposed use to determine whether the development would interfere with those uses. Applicant had performed no analysis in this regard other than to say that the project would be developed so that it would have no impact on the development of forestry on the existing properties. He did not feel that this statement could substitute for the kind of analysis that was needed. (3) The use does not alter the stability of the overall land use pattern. The applicant did not address this criterion. (4) The use was situated upon generally unsuitable land for timber production and production of farm crops and livestock. He said the first issue to be considered was what part of the parcel would be reviewed in making this decision. The Hearings Officer focused on just the part upon which the cluster was to be located. The appellant had pointed out, and he agreed, that based upon the Smith v. Clackamas County case which was currently on appeal to the Supreme Court, the County would have to consider the parcel as a whole, not just the part where the use was to be located. Because Deschutes County's language in this section was identical to that in the Smith case, he believed the County would have to use the Smith analysis. Therefore, the Board would need to look at the productivity on the parcel as a whole. There had been conflicting testimony concerning the productivity of the parcel as a whole. The appellant submitted information tending to show that the parcel as a whole was productive for timber purposes. The Comprehensive Plan Map indicated that the soils were not productive, however the map was not conclusive on this issue. The resource element of the Comprehensive Plan noted that the general nature of the soil map made it probable that some areas of the map were not properly classified, and that F-3 lands may be converted to F- 1 or F-2. He said the Board also needed to find whether the parcel was situated on suitable land for production of farm crops and livestock. He didn't think that this criterion was independently analyzed. Section 18.128 concerned cluster development criteria. The applicants did address this criteria on their burden of proof. (1) Was there need for residential uses in the immediate area of the proposed development. There was some dispute between the appellant and the applicant on how this would be PAGE 3 MINUTES: 10/2/91 0107 1779 interpreted. So the question for the Board was how, as a matter of policy, would they interpret that need. The applicant felt it should be determined by whether there was a market for new lots and used the 50% analysis suggested by the policy. The appellants felt it should be determined on a strict review of need that was referred to in Comprehensive Plan Policy #1 which she believed was a strict limitation of dwellings outside urban growth boundaries when there was excess capacity for housing within nearby urban growth boundaries. The Hearings Officer didn't accept the market demand approach but did find that the 50% test had been met. If the Board decided to apply the guidelines suggested by Rural Residential Policy #1, they would need to resolve discrepancies in the figures used by the applicant and appellants in the test. (Why applicant used only 45 lots in Aspen Lakes Subdivision versus 125 which the appellant used. Why applicant referred to only 90 lots in Squaw Creek Canyon Estates. Why it was permissible to exclude 151 platted lots in Squaw Creek Canyon Estates. To be far to the applicant, he suggested subtracting from the total those lots in the adjacent Cascade Woods unrecorded subdivision to the east which were not legal lots of record --staff felt there were approximately 12 legal lots of record out of the 56 lots in that subdivision which he thought included the 16 lots which Mr. Bukser consolidated.) Appellant referred to the Still case in her comments which dealt with the need question. He felt this case would only be applicable if the Board decided that the Comprehensive Plan did not prescribe the 50% test as the only measure of need. (2) What were the environmental, social and economic impacts. The primary issues appeared to be the impact of increased traffic and water availability. The appellant did raise the issue of Comprehensive Plan Policy #7 concerning draught hazards which the Board would need to address in its decision if they felt it was applicable. (3) What was the effect on the rural character of the area. This was an issue the Board would have to deal with based upon the evidence supplied by both sides. (4) What was the percentage of open space required. Subsection B(1) read in "the Forest Use Zone, development shall be limited to 25% of the land." The appellant stated that the Comprehensive Plan had a 20% limitation. The facts showed that as measured by the applicant, the developed area, which included a 150 foot buffer strip would take up 25% of the area. The 25% figure in the zoning ordinance included the 150 foot buffer while the Comprehensive Plan was opened to interpretation as to whether the 20% would include the buffer. It was staff's interpretation that the difference had always been explained by the absence of the 150 foot buffer in the Comprehensive Plan. PAGE 4 MINUTES: 10/2/91 0107 1780 The appellant had also argued that there were certain provisions in the forest zone under Section 18.44.050 which should be applied. This cross reference had inadvertently been left out during codification. Staff did not find this to be a valid argument since staff was bound to apply the ordinance as it read on the day that the application was accepted. Commissioner Throop said he thought this application was a "wake up" call for Deschutes County government and citizens. Over the last six years, more than half of the dwellings approved in Deschutes County were outside the urban growth boundary which was the worst record in the state. Because of this, the County was under tremendous scrutiny and a law suit was being prepared regarding this issue. Deschutes County had one of the first Comprehensive Plans acknowledged in the state and had loose plan provisions for farm and forest zones. The County had received numerous extensions for completing period review, and it was clear that the County would not be getting any more. The Comprehensive Plan needed to be reviewed to bring it up to date with State law, rules, and changes in court cases or the consequence could be enforcement orders. Commissioner Throop continued the first issue he was concerned with on this application was "need." The urban growth management study which had just been completed indicated that Deschutes County already had a 23 -year supply of lots in exception areas. Within a three-mile radius of the subject parcel, the applicant only met the 50% test by excluding the Squaw Creek Canyon Estates. Commissioner Throop did not understand the methodology of Bill Reed's October 1, 1991 letter. The issue was "how many lots" not "what kind of lots." Plus Goal 10 did not discuss the need for "second housing" but about the need for "basic housing," while the applicant had indicated that the cluster development would be primarily "second housing." His next concern was about "whether or not the application alters the overall stability of the land use pattern in the area and whether or not the application adversely affects the rural character of the area." He felt the applicant's material was not sufficient on this point and had not met the burden. He concluded, after going through all the information, that the character of the area was rural with public lands and F-2 lands on two sides of this parcel. The east side was RR -10 but undeveloped. The approval of this application would move the urban -rural interface line and result in sprawl further into forest lands and lands which supported wildlife. The development could have a detrimental affect on a parcel owned by the Nature Conservancy which was managed as wildlife habitat. These points were strongly supported by the letters from the Sisters Rangers District, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Oregon Department of Forestry. PAGE 5 MINUTES: 10/2/91 0107 1781 Commissioner Throop said he was also concerned with the requirement that development be on lands generally unsuitable for forest land production. The materials indicated that the majority of the land was mixed ponderosa pine/juniper site class 6 which was the lowest or second lowest level, however it was a site class that was designated as having commercial productivity potential in the Comprehensive Plan. The Smith v. Clackamas County case required that the County look at the entire parcel not just the development area. Also, part of the land was specially accessed as forest lands. Development would remove the productivity capability for the future. The applicants stated that the timber lands would be managed primarily as a wildlife refuge rather than general forest land. Development on that parcel in this rural area would produce conflicts with the management of contiguous forest lands. Another concern was the effect of the development on wildlife. This parcel was in the Metolius deer range and development would significantly reduce the capacity of that habitat by adding an additional 41 dwellings. It would bring more people, traffic, and dogs to a currently undeveloped area. His last concern was Natural Hazards Policy #1 because he felt this development would add to the wild fire burden of the area. He felt the application could not meet the standards of the Comprehensive Plan or the F-3 ordinance or the Cluster Development Ordinance. Urban development was to be emphasized within the urban growth boundaries. There was a letter from the City of Sisters which expressed deep concerns about public facilities and services that these kinds of rural developments demanded, and how Sisters was unable to address those needs. The City of Sisters did not feel that urban development should sprawl across the rural lands in the Sisters area. He felt putting concerns about mitigation of dogs, ORVs, and fire arms in the CC&Rs was "dreaming and impossible." The secondary lands pilot which Deschutes County produced as part of the second lands project would have shown this parcel as primary, not secondary. For all these reasons, he wanted to deny the application. Commissioner Schlangen said she was also concerned about the criteria concerning nonproductive timber lands. The interpretation was that all lands should be considered not just the developed area. She didn't feel the F-3 standards or the Goal 10 criteria were being met. She was concerned about the detrimental effects on the winter deer range. Because of those reasons and some that Commissioner Throop had outlined, she wanted to deny the application. PAGE 6 MINUTES: 10/2/91 Chairman Maudlin said there was a large amount o ® rit r 2 addressed in the staff report that he felt was in opposition to Bruce White's report, and a number of items which Mr. White brought up were not addressed in the staff report. After reading the application and the Hearings Officer's decision, he thought it was the best set of findings he had ever seen. He felt the County's record of housing outside of urban growth boundaries was not the worst record in the state but the "best." Everyone did not want to live inside an urban growth boundary or in an urban setting. He said that developing the existing lots would alter the overall use in the area too, so this development would not make any difference. The Department of Forestry and Fish and Wildlife were "lukewarm" on this application, but there concerns were addressed in the findings. He didn't know how Commissioner Throop determined that the parcel would have been considered primary and not second lands, but felt it was a matter of opinion. He felt the concerns brought up by the Assistant County Counsel should have been brought up by the appellant, and if the County were going to be consistent, it needed to take a position down the middle of the road and let those concerns be addressed by others. Commissioner Throop said he did feel that Assistant County Counsel was providing the Board with a staff report in this evolutionary process. First there was a staff report, then the Hearings Officer heard the parties argue their positions, a decision was made, then the appeal came to the Board. The Board was given a lengthy brief by the appellant, who was helped by a land use watchdog group. He felt Mr. White was trying to point out the issues to the Board, what the proponents and opponents had to say, and areas the Board needed to focus on in its findings. He didn't feel that Mr. White had made a recommendation but had given an analysis of the arguments to make sure the County Commissioners were "working with a full deck." Regarding the rural lifestyle, he said he also lived outside of the urban growth boundary, and felt the rural lifestyle was an important component of the quality of life in Central Oregon. He was a proponent of both quality urban development as well as quality rural development. However there were already 23 years' worth of rural lots and parcels available outside of the urban growth boundary. The F-3 was a resource zone and with numerous other lots available, he didn't see any need to create new lots in a resource zone. The needs criterion, both countywide and in that general area, could not be met. Regarding this site being primary lands, Deschutes County did take a model and apply it to three test areas, and this parcel was in one of those test areas which did not turn out as secondary. Chairman Maudlin reiterated that this 23 -year supply of lots was mostly in LaPine and were "places that most people don't PAGE 7 MINUTES: 10/2/91 0107 1783 want to live." He agreed that this parcel was in a resource zone, but felt that it would be left as a private park for people who already lived there. THROOP: I would move denial of the application for the reasons stated in the discussion this morning and then direct counsel to write a decision and set of findings which would address the issues discussed and the issues raised during the public hearings and the dialogue and proceeding before us. SCHLANGEN: Second. VOTE: THROOP: YES SCHLANGEN: YES MAUDLIN: NO 4. PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDER 91-107 LIPPERT ANNEXATION TO SISTERS/CAMP SHERMAN RFPD Before the Board was a public hearing on Order 91-107 a final order annexing Lippert territory to Sisters -Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District. Chairman Maudlin said the Lipperts had been included in a prior annexation, but asked to be excluded. After finding out what their fire insurance premiums would be, they asked to the annexed again. Chairman Maudlin opened the public hearing. There being no one who wished to testify, the public hearing was closed. THROOP: Move signature of the Order. SCHLANGEN: Second. VOTE: THROOP: YES SCHLANGEN: YES MAUDLIN: YES 5. RESOLUTION 91-089 CONCERNING EXCHANGE OF LAND FOR EASTGATE PARK Before the Board was Resolution 91-089 declaring the intention to exchange land with Betty Jo Rhoden for the proposed Eastgate Park, and setting a public hearing for November 20, 1991. Brad Chalfant said this resolution would set a public hearing on the exchange of property that would allow the County to acquire 80 acres within the proposed Eastgate park. He also requested that the Board authorize signature on an exchange PAGE 8 MINUTES: 10/2/91 0107 1784 letter which was essentially an option to conduct the exchange, but did not bind to the County to the purchase. The Board's ultimate decision would be made after the public hearing. THROOP: I would move signature of the Resolution and setting the public hearing. SCHLANGEN: Second. Chairman Maudlin said he was going to vote for this Resolution but would be taking "a long, hard look at an exchange of 160 acres for 80 acres as far as valuation." VOTE: THROOP: YES SCHLANGEN: YES MAUDLIN: YES 6. RESOLUTION 91-090 RESCINDING INCORPORATION FEE RESOLUTION Before the Board was Resolution 91-090 which would rescind Resolution 91-047 concerning incorporation fees nunc pro tunc as of June 5, 1991. Rick Isham said that if the Board adopted this resolution one of the following things would happen next week: (1) the Board would have petitions for the incorporation of Sunriver before them, or (2) the petitions would be withdrawn by the petitioner so they could go back and correct what might be errors in the process. Sunriver had not made the decision which way to go yet. SCHLANGEN: Move adoption of Resolution 91-090. THROOP: Second the motion. VOTE: THROOP: YES SCHLANGEN: YES MAUDLIN: YES 7. WEEKLY WARRANT VOUCHERS Before the Board were weekly bills in the amount of $260,731.84. SCHLANGEN: Move approval upon review. THROOP: Second. VOTE: THROOP: YES SCHLANGEN: YES MAUDLIN: YES PAGE 9 MINUTES: 10/2/91 0107 1785 8. DESCHUTES SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PROPOSAL Ray Curry of the Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District came before the Board requesting that the County submit a letter endorsing a proposal to use County -owned property (280 acres on Harrington Loop Road) for a proposed project for which they were requesting grants suggested by the Department of Agriculture. They had discussed a number of potential projects: (1) a park on the old Sisters high school site which wasn't used because it was under the airport flight pattern; (2) reclamation of the area where Sisters was redeveloping their reservoir on Forest Service Land; ( 3 ) help with the new high school biology greenhouse; and (4) development of a 280 -acre parcel on Harrington Loop (the Livsay site) for a nature study area for all of the schools in Deschutes County (observation platforms, rain collectors, water preservation for wildlife). The Department of Agriculture was very excited about the fourth project and felt it had a very good chance since Deschutes County had not received any funding in a number of years. The first grant they were applying for was the Planning and Implementation Grant which had $100,000 available. If awarded it would provide money to hire technical and administrative help, then there would be funding for implementing the plan. Mr. Curry said they were not asking for the Board to approve the project at this point, but just needed backing for them to go ahead and pursue the grants. It would not commit the County to anything, the State just needed confirmation that the County understood what the District was planning, and that the County did not have any plans to use the property for a minimum of five years but hopefully the County could freeze the property for 10 years since it was a long-term program. He said the letter from the County needed to be approved today because it had to be faxed to the State along with their proposal by Friday. MAUDLIN: I would accept a motion to send the letter as outlined. SCHLANGEN: So moved. THROOP: Second. VOTE: THROOP: YES SCHLANGEN: YES MAUDLIN: YES PAGE 10 MINUTES: 10/2/91 0107 1786 9. TELEMATIC TELEPHONE SERVICE CONTRACT Before the Board was Chair signature of an Inmate Calling Service Agreement with Tele -Matic of Colorado. Rick Isham said this was a continuation of the collect phone call program. The rate was $1.55 for a local collect call and U.S. West billed the party receiving the call. The provider bought line service from U.S. West and there was a differential between the approved tariffs and the actual charges which the parties shared. The County used these monies to purchase, televisions, coffee pots, exercise equipment, etc. for the inmates. He said it was the continuation of the current program but with a different carrier. 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