1998-27170-Resolution No. 98-069 Recorded 6/11/1998sa-27170 _
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY, REGO�������
In the matter of requesting a stay
of designation from American
Heritage Rivers Initiative. 1 6 8 0237
RESOLUTION NO. 98-069 q,.8 JUIN 1 i PH 3' S6
WHEREAS, on behalf of Deschutes County, Oregon, ersigned, as
duly elected officials and representatives of the County, do hereby request
that our county be excluded from any area designated as an American Heritage
River until such time that this body, or our successors, determines that
designation is in the best interest of our residents. The application for
designation as an American Heritage River requires that a "river community"
designate itself for the purposes of this Initiative. As such, we the
undersigned affirm our Constitutional role as the local, legal authorities
authorized to represent this river community. We, the representatives of the
river community, have determined that the terms and conditions presented by
the American Heritage River Initiative are vague and unclear. We have
further determined that the potential consequences of the American Heritage
Rivers Initiative cannot be ascertained without more detailed information.
We thereby request that, until such time as the proposed implementation of
the American Heritage Rivers Initiative has been fully explained to the
satisfaction of the elected officials of this county, that all lands that
fall within the jurisdiction of Deschutes County, Oregon, not be designated,
and not be part of a designation, as an American Heritage River.
WHEREAS, we the undersigned, as duly elected officials and
representatives of Deschutes County, Oregon, do declare that we will not
submit nor support any petition for federal designation of a river, watershed
or portion of a river within our county and within the boundaries of our
jurisdiction under the American Heritage Rivers Initiative, until such time
as the proposed implementation of the American Heritage Rivers Initiative has
been fully explained to the satisfaction of the elected officials of this
county. Any person or persons submitting a petition to the federal, state or
local government to designate a river, a portion of a river, or a watershed
as an American Heritage River that falls within the lands under our
jurisdiction does so without our approval or consent as the elected
representatives of the river community.
BE IT RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be executed, made public and
delivered to the White House Council on Environmental Quality in Washington,
D. C.
DATED this 5th day of June, 1998, by the Deschutes County Board of
Commissioners.
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Recording Secretary