2005-819-Ordinance No. 2005-030 Recorded 6/22/2005-A-OA4
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CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE
DESCHUTES COUNTY OFFICIAL RECORDS
NANCY BLANKENSHIP, COUNTY CLERK
COMMISSIONERS' JOURNAL
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
An Ordinance Amending Title 8 Chapter 24, of the
Deschutes County Code Per -taming to the Project ORDINANCE NO. 2005-030
Wildfire Steering Committee.
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, ORDAINS
as follows:
Section 1. AMENDMENT. DCC, Title 8, Chapter24 is amended to read as described in Exhibit "All
attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein, with new language underlined and language to be
deleted in stfiket4eug .
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DATED this,�)9—'day of 2005.
ATTEST:
Recording Secretary
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
TOM DEWOLF, Chair
X. LUKE, Commissioner
Date of I" Reading: & � day of 2005.
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Date of 2 nd Reading -z52? Fday of 2004.
Record of Adoption Vote
Commissioner Yes No Abstained Excused
Tom DeWolf
Michael M. Daly
Dennis R. Luke
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Effective date: ON --day of 2005.
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PAGE 1 OF I - ORDINANCE NO. 2005-030 (06/08/05)
EXHIBIT "A"
Chapter 8.24. PROJECT WELDFIRE
STEERING
COMMITTEE
8.24.010.
Formation.
8.24.020.
Membership and expenses.
8.24.030.
Election of chair and vice chair.
8.24.040.
Quorum.
8.24.050.
Meeting schedule.
8.24.050.
Powers and duties.
8.24.070.
Advisory role.
8.24.010. Formation.
A steering committee is hereby formed to
coordinate, develop and implement strategies to
mitigate the effects of losses due to wildfires that
strike Deschutes County. The committee shall be
called the Project Wildfire Steering Committee
and shall serve as a local coordination group for
Deschutes County.
(Ord. 2003-032 § 1, 2003; Ord. 2000-005 § 1,
2000)
8.24.020. Membership and expenses.
The committee shall be composed of 15 to 27
members who reside or represent agencies within
Deschutes County. All members shall be
appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners. The terms of the members shall
be four years, commencing on January 1, of an
even numbered year. Appointments shall be on a
calendar basis. Not more than one-half of all
appointments shall expire in any even numbered
calendar year.
A. Committee members shall be representative
of the entire County. As closely as possible,
members shall be made up of the following
persons, groups or entities:
I . A member from the insurance industry.
2. A member from the business community.
3. A member from the marketingl
communications industry.
4. The County Forester.
5. At least two revresentatives of
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Homeowners Associations.
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6. At least four representatives chosen from
Fjrp__PppaKniqqs and/or Rural Fire
Protection Districts in Deschutes Cog"t
7. A County Commissioner.
8. A representative from the 9-1 -1 County
Service District.
9. A representative from the County
Community Development Department
10. A representative of the private forestry
community.
11. A representative from the Sheriff's
Office emergency management program.
12. Up to an additional three at -large
members.
B. In addition to the members allowed under A.
above, the Board may appoint additional
representatives from:
I . A representative of the Oregon
Department of Forestry.
2. A representative of the U.S. Forest
Service.
3. A representative of the Bureau of Land
Management.
4. A representative of the Oregon State
University Extension District.
5. A revresentative from Central Ore2on
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Community College.
6. A revresentative from the environmental
tv.
C. Committee members shall receive no
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for
authorized expenses.
D. A member of the committee may be removed
by the Board of County Cominissioners for
misconduct, nonperformance of duty, or three
successive unexcused absences from a
regularly scheduled meeting.
E. Vacancies in the committee shall be filled by
an appointment by the Board of County
Commissioners for the unexpired term of the
predecessor in the office.
F. The membership of the committee shall, as
much as possible be representative of the
various geographical parts of Deschutes
County.
Page I of 2 - Exhibit A - Ordinance No. 2005-029 (Draft 5/16/2005)
EXHIBIT "A"
(Ord. 2005-029 § 1, 2005, Ord. 2003-032 § 1,
2003; Ord. 2000-005 § 1, 2000)
8.24.030. Election of chair and vice chair.
At its first meeting in January of each year, the
committee shall elect from among its membership
a chair and a vice chair. No person shall be chair
for more than two years in succession.
(Ord. 2000-005 § 1, 2000)
8.24.040. Quorum.
A majority of the members of the committee shall
constitute a quorum. The committee may
establish rules, regulations, and procedures for its
operation consistent with the laws of the state and
Deschutes County.
(Ord. 2000-005 § 1, 2000)
8.24.050. Meeting schedule.
The cominittee shall have regularly scheduled
meetings at least once every 3 months.
(Ord. 2003-032 § 1, 2003; Ord. 2000-005 § 1,
2000)
8.24.060. Powers and duties.
The committee shall have the following duties:
A. To reduce potential loss of life and property
through natural and man -caused disasters by
enhancing public awareness, expanding
community partnerships and prioritizing
potential hazard mitigation projects, using
stakeholder and citizen input. This shall be
accomplished by working to coordinate
activities with and between other public and
private groups, entities and persons to plan
for and implement both wildfire and other
natural hazard mitigation plans and actions as
efficiently as possible.
B. Advise the Board of County Commissioners,
Project Wildfire staff and the Deschutes
County Office of Emergency Management
and other agencies and programs on adoption
and implementation of wildfire mitigation
and other natural hazard projects, including
but not lin-fited to Hazard Mitigation
programs approved by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
(Ord. 2003-032 § 1, 2003; Ord. 2000-005 § 1,
2000)
8.24.070. Advisory role.
The committee may:
A. Recommend and make suggestions to
persons, groups, and entities concerning
disaster response plans, needed changes in
state or local laws and regulations, and
provide assistance to such persons, groups,
and entities to implement such suggestions.
B. Recommend to public authorities standards
for regulating the future growth and
development within Deschutes County and
its incorpor-ated cities to address disaster -
planning issues in each jurisdiction.
C. Perform such other review and make
whatever other recommendations on disaster
planning matters as may be appropriate or
may be requested by the Board of County
Commissioners or any city council, person,
group or entity.
(Ord. 2000-005 § 1, 2000)
Page 2 of 2 - Exhibit A - Ordinance No. 2005-029 (Draft 5/16/2005)