1997-26746-Minutes for Meeting May 07,1997 Recorded 7/25/199797-26746 016211719
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DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONER�ia `y�1 R', 2: 10
Wednesday, May 7, 1997
Chair Nancy Pope Schlan en called the Board of Count � s���. rs'"
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meeting to order at 10:04 a.m. County Commissioners present were:
Nancy Pope Schlangen, Robert L. Nipper, and Linda L. Swearingen.
Also in attendance were Mike Maier, County Administrator; and Bob
Cannon, Acting County Counsel.
1. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR BEND ODYSSEY
OF THE MIND STUDENTS
Commissioner Nipper presented Certificates of Achievements for
the Bend/La Pine Odyssey of the Mind students along with
$252.00, donated by County employees, towards their expenses
to participate in the world competition.
CONVENE AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF 4-H/EXTENSION COUNTY SERVICE
DISTRICT
2. APPROVAL OF WEEKLY ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHERS FOR 4-H/EXTENSION
COUNTY SERVICE DISTRICT
Before the Governing Body was approval of the weekly accounts
payable vouchers for the 4-H/Extension County Service District
in the amount of $4,610.45.
SWEARINGEN: Move approval.
NIPPER: Second.
VOTE: SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
CONVENE AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF 9-1-1 COUNTY SERVICE DISTRICT
3. APPROVAL OF WEEKLY ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHERS FOR 9-1-1 COUNTY
SERVICE DISTRICT
Before the Governing Body was approval of the weekly accounts
payable vouchers for the 9-1-1 County Service District in the
amount of $1,017.51.
NIPPER: Move approval.
SWEARINGEN:
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VOTE: SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
CONVENE AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF REDMOND LIBRARY COUNTY
SERVICE DISTRICT
APPROVAL OF WEEKLY ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHERS FOR THE REDMOND
LIBRARY COUNTY SERVICE DISTRICT
Before the Governing Body was approval of the weekly accounts
payable vouchers for the Redmond Library County Service
District in the amount of $173.17.
SWEARINGEN: Move approval.
NIPPER: Second.
VOTE: SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
CONVENE AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF BEND LIBRARY COUNTY SERVICE
DISTRICT
APPROVAL OF WEEKLY ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHERS FOR THE BEND
LIBRARY COUNTY SERVICE DISTRICT
Before the Governing Body was approval of the weekly accounts
payable vouchers for the Bend Library County Service District
in the amount of $3,592.40.
SWEARINGEN: Move approval.
NIPPER: Second.
VOTE: SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
RECONVENE AS THE DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
CONSENT AGENDA:
Consent agenda items before the Board of County Commissioners
were: 1) approval of Deschutes County Ambulance Service Area
Plan; 2) signature of Resolution No. 97-039, transferring
appropriations within the 1996/97 Deschutes County Budget; 3)
signature of Addendum to Lease with Dean Kine for the
Corrections Department; 4) signature of Consent to Annex new
Fairgrounds Site into the City of Redmond; 5) signature of
Addendum to Lease with Cascade Praise Cathedral for the old
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Armory Building; 6) signature of Mylar for a partition to
create two parcels of 94 -acres each on Three Creeks Road, 5 1
miles South of Sisters, for Bill Reed; 7) signature of
Partition Plat MP -96-20, a two lot partition located at 15865
Barclay Drive, Sisters, for George Tosello; 8) signature of
Partition Plat MP -96-32, a two lot partition at 67422 Trout
Lane, Bend, for Darla Nanomantuke; 8) appointment of Michael
Stough to the Fall River Estates Special Road District Board
of Directors; and 9) appointment of Barbara Lee and
reappointment of Len Mathison and Ron Nelson to the Deschutes
Mitigation and Enhancement Committee.
NIPPER: I'll move approval of consent agenda items.
SWEARINGEN: Second.
VOTE: SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
PUBLIC HEARING: ON LUBA 96-019, REMAND OF THE COUNTY'S
DECISION ON A-95-201SP-95-60, SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR THE LDS
CHURCH AT 60080 TEKAMPE ROAD
Before the Board was a public hearing on LUBA 96-019, remand
of the County's decision on A-95-20/SP-95-60, site plan review
for the LDS Church at 60080 Tekampe Road.
Damian Syrnyk read into the record the preliminary statement
for land use action hearings.
Damian reviewed the two main criteria applicable to this
hearing.
The public hearing would be conducted as follows: staff report
of prior proceedings, applicant may make presentation,
opponents will be given the opportunity to make a
presentation, rebuttal will follow, and staff may make closing
comments.
Damian then asked if any of the County Commissioners had any
prehearing contacts to declare.
Commissioner Schlangen: None
Commissioner Nipper: None regarding this issue.
Commissioner Swearingen: None
Damian then asked if the County Commissioners had any exparte
observations or facts regarding this appeal.
Commissioner Nipper stated he had a Bryant, Lovlien
relationship on another matter.
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Commissioner Schlangen stated she had none.
Commissioner Swearingen also stated she had none.
Damian Syrnyk then stated that any party may challenge the
qualifications of the Board of County Commissioners of bias,
prejudgment or personal interest. If there was a challenge
from the audience, it would need to be documented with
specific reasons supported by facts.
Commissioner Nipper stated he was currently being represented
by John Burge, who worked for Bryant, Lovlien, in another
matter.
No challenges were forthcoming from the audience.
Damian Syrnyk provided a staff report. He stated the property
was located at 60800 Tekampe Road, Tax Lot 600, zoned multiple
use agricultural which does permit a church as a conditional
use in the MUA-10 zone. Prior to the hearing notice was sent
to parties on April 3, 1997.
Damian stated the key issues were the size and the height of
the church, and whether the church that was approved by the
Board on the site plan review was the same church that had
received approval through conditional use permits CU -93-119.
The decision of LUBA indicates that the church approved under
the conditional use permit was 12,000 square feet, plus or
minus, and 29 feet in height. Damian pointed out that the
record included documents that indicated a clear height of the
church as 28 feet 8 inches.
Bruce White clarified that the issues that could have been
appealed on the conditional use permit or the site plan, but
were not appealed to LUBA and remanded, were not before the
Board. He stated that issues that were appealed to LUBA and
resolved against the petitioners and not taken further were
not before the Board either.
Dan Van Vactor objected to an oversized document being
submitted into the record because in the record that went to
LUBA, it was submitted as a 8 1 x 11 document from which you
could compute the size of the church. He felt it was critical
because on the 8 J by 11 you would not be able to compute any
scale. He felt this was important was because the conditional
use permit that was heard by the Hearings Officer had to be
supported by findings and those findings had to be adopted at
that time and based on the hearing that had occurred. He
stated there was no tape of that hearing.
Bruce White asked what the difference was between the
oversized document and the 8 1 x 11 that went to LUBA. Dan
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Van Vactor stated that it did not go to LUBA. Bruce White
felt it was a hypertechnical argument.
Damian Syrnyk stated there was a written record to LUBA which
included photocopies on 8 J x 11, and also, sent under
separate cover, copies of the four oversized exhibits.
Arley Holm testified that included in the staff report was a
12,000 square feet plus or minus, and 28 feet 8 inches in
height church at the hearing. He did not remember this
particular site plan. He said Hearings Officer Fancher stated
at the hearing that the site plan was very inadequate.
Dan Van Vactor stated he would object to speculation regarding
the size of the church.
Bruce White asked Mr. Van Vactor to show how the 8 1 x 11 was
different from the oversized document. Dan Van Vactor stated
the size was different from the one submitted in the LUBA
record.
Sharon Smith, for the applicant, felt the record before the
Board was the record that was created in this application
file. The conditional use file was incorporated by reference
into the site plan application at Mr. Van Vactor's request
during the process. She believed the oversized exhibit was
part of the record before the Board and felt it was part of
the record before LUBA. She felt the size of the church could
be calculated from the 8 1 x 11.
Damian stated he had one goal which was to figure out where
the square feet of 12,000 plus or minus came from. He stated
that in the documents from the conditional use record there
was no reference in the initial burden of proof or any other
document that says here's how you determine the size of the
building.
Chair Schlangen opened the public hearing.
Sharon Smith, attorney for the applicant, stated they were
here today to follow LUBA's direction. She felt that LUBA had
directed the Board to make findings explaining why the
Hearings Officer's conclusion that 13,660 square foot church
33 feet high was essentially the same in size and height as
that approved in the conditional use. If LUBA had intended
that the only way you could approve a church larger than
12,000 plus/minus square feet and 29 feet high, they would
have reversed the decision and said the only way this could
have bene done would have been by amending the conditional use
approval. LUBA said without findings explaining why the
hearings officer concluded what she did, they could not
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confirm it. Sharon Smith reported she drafted proposed
findings which were in the Board's packet.
Commissioner Swearingen stated she could deal with the fact
that the church submitted a site plan and based on the scale,
they really meant 13,660 square feet. She felt that made
sense and it was part of the record. She had real trouble
with the fact that the church was specific on the height at 28
feet 8 inches and now it was 33 feet. She felt that was a big
difference.
Sharon Smith reviewed the criteria for the height allowed for
churches. Sharon Smith stated the hearings officer did
address the height criteria and concluded that the proposed
church met that criteria. Sharon Smith referred to pages 518
and 519 of the record where the original conditional use set
forth that specific ordinance criteria. She felt it was up to
the Commissioners to decide whether or not they agreed with
the Hearings Officer's conclusion that the church can be 33
feet.
Dan Van Vactor testified that at the conditional use approval,
the applicant did not seek site plan approval. Dan stated the
site plan review finding that the Hearings Officer made said
the applicant had elected to not seek site plan approval.
Bruce White asked if this church was at 12,000 feet, would the
neighbors appeal that too. Dan Van Vactor felt the maximum
would be no bigger than 13,500, if it ended there and the
conditional use was modified, with a height of 30 feet or
less. He felt there would have to be some fine tuning.
Bruce White stated that if the church wanted to expand they
would have to come back for a conditional use approval.
Arley Holm testified in opposition to the church size. He
questioned the church testifying to the size of the parcels.
Christen M. Brown, 20950 Knott Road, testified that he did not
object to that building as long as it was under 30 feet and
12,000 square feet. He had very carefully reviewed the
planning documents of the county when he bought his piece of
property. He considered the plus/minus to be 5% as the
material limit. He felt 13,660 compared to 12,000 square feet
was close to adding the size of a small home.
Dan Van Vactor stated the computation of the square footage
noted on the 8 1 x 11 was information that the Hearings
Officer was not privy to as it was computed later.
Bruce White recommended leaving the record open for one week.
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Sharon Smith requested the record be left open for legal
argument.
Chair Schlangen stated the record would be left open until May
14, 1997, with the decision to be made on May 21, 1997.
8. SIGNATURE OF CONTRACT WITH CROWN PACIFIC TO LOG 40 -ACRES IN LA
PINE INDUSTRIAL PARK, NUNC PRO TUNC TO APRIL 30, 1997
Before the Board was signature of a contract with Crown
Pacific to log 40 -acres in La Pine Industrial Park, nunc pro
tunc to April 30, 1997.
SWEARINGEN: I move signature of contract with Crown
Pacific.
NIPPER: Second.
VOTE:
SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
9. SIGNATURE OF
RESOLUTION NO, 97-061,
URGING VOTERS TO
APPROVE
MEASURE 50
Before the
Board was signature
of
Resolution No.
97-061,
urging voters
to approve Measure
50.
NIPPER:
I move signature
of
Resolution No.
97-061,
urging the voters
to
approve Measure
50.
SWEARINGEN:
Second.
VOTE: SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
10. APPROVAL OF WEEKLY ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHERS
Before the Board was approval of the weekly accounts payable
vouchers in the amount of $169,561.37.
SWEARINGEN:
NIPPER:
VOTE:
Move approval subject to review.
Second.
SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
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11. ,SIGNATURE OF RESOLUTION NO 97-056, TRANSFERRING
APPROPRIATIONS WITHIN THE 1996/97 DESCHUTES COUNTY BUDGET
Before the Board was signature of Resolution No. 97-056,
transferring appropriations within the 1996/97 Deschutes
County Budget.
SWEARINGEN: I move signature of Resolution No. 97-056.
NIPPER: Second.
VOTE: SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
11. SIGNATURE OF PARTITION PLAT MP -97-4, A TWO LOT PARTITION
LOCATED AT 8531 W ANTLER AVENUE, REDMOND, FOR KERMIT BOTHUM
Before the Board was signature of a partition plat MP -97-4, a
two lot partition located at 8531 West Antler Avenue, Redmond,
for Kermit Bothum.
NIPPER: I'll move signature of partition plat MP-97-4-
SWEARINGEN: Second.
VOTE: SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
12. SIGNATURE OF LIQUOR LICENSE FOR LA PINE THRIFTWAY
Before the Board was signature of a Liquor License for the La
Pine Thriftway.
NIPPER: I'll move signature of liquor license.
SWEARINGEN: Second.
VOTE: SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
13. SIGNATURE OF CHANGE ORDER FOR THE NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Before the Board was a request for approval of a Change Order
in the amount of $10,110.66.
Eric Swansen requested the Board sign a Change Order for
Administration Building #2 in the amount of $10,110.66. He
reported this was for elevator disconnect switch plus fire and
smoke dampers in the ventilation system.
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SWEARINGEN:
NIPPER:
VOTE:
So moved.
Second.
SCHLANGEN: YES
NIPPER: YES
SWEARINGEN: YES
DATED this 7th Day of May, 1997, by the
of Commissioners. jI
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cording Secretary
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chutes County Board
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Rob t L. Nipper, Commi ner
inda L. Swe ringen, Commissioner