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2006-90-Minutes for Meeting November 09,2005 Recorded 1/31/2006~J^~ES C ~~G A ❑ { Deschutes County Board of Commissioners 1130 NW Harriman St., Bend, OR 97701-1947 (541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 388-4752 - www.deschutes.org MINUTES OF DEPARTMENT UPDATE - COUNTY FORESTER DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2005 Commissioners' Conference Room - Administration Building - 1300 NW Wall St.., Bend Present were Commissioners Dennis R. Luke and Michael M. Daly. Also present were Mike Maier, County Administrator; Tom Blust, Dennis Morris and George Kolb, Road Department; and Joe Studer, County Forester; and three other citizens. No representatives of the media were present. A copy of the agenda is attached for reference. The meeting began at 1: 30 p. m. Discussion took place regarding the most recent version of a proposed vacant lot and unprotected lands ordinance. The Commissioners indicated that consideration of the appointment of Mike Schmidt to the Project Wildfire Steering Committee needs to be on the regular Board agenda in the near future. No formal action was taken by the Board. Being no further items discussed, the meeting ended at 1:40 p.m. DATED this 9t" Day of November 2005 for the Deschutes Commissioners. Mi /ATTEST: l J~~li'c,GU,2- Recording Secretary Y, C ty Board of issioner Dennis R. Luke, Commissioner DESCHUTES COUNTY OFFICIAL RECORDS yJ ~0~6~~0 NANCY BLANKENSHIP, COUNTY CLERK vu COMMISSIONERS' JOURNAL 0131/2006 03;35:25 PM IIIIIIIII I~IIIIIIIIIIIII I III 2006-80 OJT ES OO y p { Deschutes County Board of Commissioners 1300 NW Wall St., Bend, OR 97701-1960 (541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.orp- MINUTES OF MEETING DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE/TIME: Wed., Nov. 9, 2005 1:30 PM LOCATION:Road Dept. DEPARTMENT OR GROUP: ATTENDEES: County Forester Update Mike Maier, Mike Daly, Dennis Luke, Joe Stutler 11"bM 44. s i CS tone .C*L,6 /w/lec 1;ee'z7, PURPOSE OF MEETING: Regular Dept. update. ITEMS DISCUSSED: 4~_1(5f /)/w7,DPO. 1`d c e,7 Gv ACTION(S) TAKEN BY BOARD: 01 I~Ro ~ci w,/D~, ~aa7. T6Li ~ot 'Orb on/ J2--' ^~csc~ 3aC~ c•~4A J FOLLOW-UP REQUIRED: ;lfzAArf 40T REPORT COMPLETED/SUBMITTED BY: 14d ~r t- / zyoG 9DZ C, W)4,, N(xr 30 A7 s . BOCC - 7-03 PLEASE RETURN COMPLETED FORM TO THE BOCC SECRETARY .~s Page 1 of 1 Joe Stutler From: Joe Stutler Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 2:20 PM To: Mike Maier; Mike Daly; Dennis Luke; Bonnie Baker; Tom Blust; Timm Schimke Cc: Catherine Morrow; Peter Gutowsky; Les Stiles; Larry Blanton; Don Webber Subject: Forester update For the monthly update, information on three topics will be provided: 1. New Neighborhood mowing contract update 2. County Ordinance public input 3. Project Wildfire membership request Any additionaU information/update needs please advise before or during the meeting. 11/8/2005 MEMORANDUM DATE: November 9, 2005 TO: Deschutes County BOCC FROM: Joe Stutler, Deschutes County Forester RE: Monthly update There are three topics for discussion and information sharing: 1. Approximately 225 of 300 acres have been mowed at the New Neighborhood project in La Pine. Please see attached map/pictures for a visual of the quality of the work. We are paying $40/acre for this project and the results are outstanding from a hazardous fuels treatment perspective. 2. In Project Wildfire Ordinance, the BOCC must approve new and/or replacement memberships to the Steering Committee. We have two vacant slots, one for a business person and one for an "at large" person. I nominate Mike Schmidt from Bend Chamber of Commerce who will replace the former Bend Chamber Director. 3. Based on the public comment we had from the hearing and direction from the BOCC at an administrative liaison meeting (11/3) the following updates and timelines are available for consideration; a. Deschutes County defensible space and vacant lot ordinance will be for the unprotected lands only b. The standards will be the same for both defensible space and vacant lots as is SB-360 (see attachment). The important difference is the 20 foot fuel break around all vacant lots/properties in the unprotected lands. There will be no classification of high, extreme or high density extreme. If it is vacant, there will be a fuel break. c. The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is working with a state wide committee to re-define the rules for vacant lots state wide. The target for a product is January 2006. d. Deschutes County will reconvene the classification committee for the county and modify the amount of "high density extreme" vacant lots but will be guided by the state wide ODF effort (sometime after January, I suggest after the 3rd reading of the ordinance or about April 1, 2006.) e. I suggest the 1St reading of the ordinance occur the week of January 16, 2006. f. There will be a "grace period" that will be essentially the same as ODF's for SB 360. g. There will also be exemptions for industrial and agriculture lands. i Deschutes County Vacant Lot and Unprotected Lands ORDINANCE September 2005 An ordinance requiring that hazardous/flammable vegetation is removed, on private lands with structural improvements and vacant properties to reduce the wildland fire hazard. (1) It shall be the responsibility of every landowner in Deschutes County to reduce the wildland fire hazard created by flammable weeds, grass, brush, trees and other combustible vegetation on their property by complying with the requirements of the County ordinance. This will apply to private lands in Deschutes County which is classified as "Unprotected." For the purpose of this ordinance, "unprotected lands" are those that neither structural nor wildland fire protection is provided by any agency. (2) The purpose of reducing the wildland fire hazard by treating hazardous fuels shall be to ,protect the property from the spread of wildland fire from other properties; as well as confining any fire on the property by preventing its spread to other properties. (3) Every landowner in the area described in (1) above with structural improvements will meet the' Default Standards of the Oregon Forestland-Urban Interface Fire Protection Act of 1997, ORS 477.015 through ORS 477. 061. The Default Standards are as follows: a. Step 1: Establish a 30-foot primary fuel break around the home, and any other structure on the property. b. Step 2: Determine whether a secondary fuel break is necessary. There are two determining factors, first what is the fire risk classification of the home and second is whether the roofing material is flammable or nonflammable material. c. Step 3: Determine whether it is necessary to create a fuel break around the driveway. If the driveway on the property is shorter than 150 feet, a fuel break does not need to be created. If the driveway is 150 long or longer, a fuel break must be established. d. Steps 4 & 5: Remove any portion of a tree that is within 10 feet of a chimney, and remove all dead vegetative material overhanging the roof or collected on the roof. e. Step 6: Clear flammable material out from beneath decks. (4) Step 7: Move firewood and lumber piles at least 30 feet from structures, unless properly protected from adjacent fuels and flying brands during a fire. Properly protected means to provide a woodshed (a structure) that has a roof and walls with protected openings to prevent sparks and brands blowing within. This could mean that doors, windows, properly screen vents. This must be done during the months of fire season (May15 thru October 1S)(5) Every landowner in the area described in (1) above, shall treat vacant lot property in the following manner: (a) All vacant lots regardless of size will construct a 20 foot wide fuel break around the perimeter of the property. The following standards will apply: • Timber Fuel Types:' Individual and groups of trees shall be separated by a distance equal to the diameter of the crowns adjacent to each other, or 15 feet, whichever is greater. Trees will be pruned to remove ladder fuels up to 3 times the height of the ground vegetation. In all cases dead fuels shall be removed. • Grass and Brush Fuel types: Fuel beds will be mowed or trimmed to a height not greater than 4 inches. Where sparse fuel loading is present i.e. will not sustain fire spread, exemptions will be accepted. • Fuel treatment shall be completed and maintained prior to the beginning of each fire season (May15 thru October 1 st (b) A violation of this ordinance by any person, firm or corporation shall be a Class A violation as defined by Chapter 1.16 of Deschutes County Code. (c) There will be a "grace" period of this ordinance until July 2007 to allow sufficient time for compliance. (d) Industriall and agriculture lands are exempt from this ordinance.