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2006-614-Minutes for Meeting August 23,2005 Recorded 6/26/2006DESCHUTES NANCY COUNTY CLERKDS CJ SUN COMMISSIONERS' JOURNAL 06/26/2006 04;30;38 PM VIII III I~ IIIIIIIIilllllll III 200 -61 DESCHUTES COUNTY CLERK CERTIFICATE PAGE 4 I, w 0 Z This page must be included if document is re-recorded. Do Not remove from original document. Deschutes County Board of Commissioners 1300 NW Wall St., Bend, OR 97701-1960 (541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.org MINUTES OF PUBLIC HEARING DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2005 Redmond Fire Hall - 341 NW Dogwood Avenue, Redmond Present were Commissioners Tom De Wolf, Michael M. Daly and Dennis R. Luke. Also present were Laurie Craghead, Legal Counsel; Catherine Morrow and Tom Anderson, Community Development Department; media representatives Erin Marlowe, The Bend Bulletin, and a representative with Z21. Also present were Chuck McGraw and Mayor Unger, City of Redmond and approximately 50 other citizens. The purpose of the meeting was to conduct a public hearing regarding Ordinance 2005-023 and 2005-024 pertaining to Redmond Urban Reserve Area. Chair Tom DeWolf opened the meeting at 5: 30 p.m. Chair DeWolf read the opening statement (a copy is attached as Exhibit A) No Commissioners expressed bias, personal interest or prejudgment on this issue, and there were no challenges as to bias, personal interest or prejudgment from the public. At this time Chair DeWolf opened the public hearing and asked staff to give their report. Catherine Morrow: I am Catherine Morrow, Deschutes County Planning Director. The County and City have been working on this project for over 10 months. I will be doing a brief PowerPoint presentation. Chuck McGraw, Redmond City Planner, is here also and will be able to fill in where needed. Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 1 of 16 Pages The first thing to go over is the reason that Redmond decided they wanted to establish an Urban Reserve. It is to designate land, for the highest priority, to eventually be included into the Urban Growth Boundary so that it could be urbanized and developed for City uses. The UGB amendment process is separate from this. Redmond is working on that now and will continue to work on it after this Urban Reserve is adopted. The other reason for the Urban Reserve is to have large blocks of land for future urban development and to establish a 50 year supply of developable land. By designating Urban Reserve, the City can go forward and do their public facilities planning and figure out the sequencing for eventually incorporating these lands into the UGB. The Urban Reserve land need is based on the population forecast that was coordinated with the cities of Redmond, Bend, Sisters, and the County. The population forecast is that, by the year 2050, there is expected to be over 78,000 people in the City. In the analysis that was done for the land needs, the City considered density ranges for their future urban development. Based on those residential density ranges and the employment related land needs, which is for industrial and commercial lands, and the amount of land that can be met already within the existing UGB, it is determined that for the 50 year land need there is a low range of 4,000 acres and a high 5,677. City of Redmond has had Planning Commission meetings. A Redmond Planning Commission and County Planning Commission meeting was held in March. They had a unanimous consensus to add 4,348 acres that is shown in green on the map. They also decided to exclude those areas that are shown highlighted with orange arrows, which amounted to 139 acres (showed changes on the map) Those were excluded because they were on the fringe of the Urban Reserve and partly because the people that owned those lands did not want to be in the Redmond Reserve. The Planning Commission also identified lands where they could not reach a consensus. They forwarded a recommendation to the Redmond City Council with pros and cons of including the areas that are identified on this map. The Redmond City Council conducted a hearing and added some areas in orange. Some of those were the areas that the Planning Commission could not agree upon. They also added areas that were not even considered by the Planning Commission. Those areas are shown in blue on the map. In order to stay within the high range of acres of need and add these that are in blue, the City Council recommended that the areas that are cross hatched in grey be removed from the proposal so that it would Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 2 of 16 Pages stay in the high end of the range but not exceed the amount of land that could be justified for inclusion in the 50 year need. That all resulted in this recommendation, the 5661 acres which is included in the ordinances that are before the Board tonight (showed areas on the maps.) The City Council also forwarded a findings document and a revised Joint Management Agreement that lays out how the City and the County will work together to manage these lands once they are adopted as Urban Reserve. The findings are based on 5 location factors that are in the Statewide Planning Goal 14, that is the planning goal for urbanization: 1. Orderly, economic provision of public facilities. 2. Maximum efficiency advantages within the urban fringe. 3. Environmental energy, social and economical consequences. 4. Retaining agricultural land. 5. Compatibility with nearby agricultural land. These are the things that had to be analyzed in the findings. There are also priorities for selecting urban reserve land: 1. Exception land - land that is identified in the County comprehensive plan and zoning maps as multiple use agriculture or rural residential land. 2. Agricultural land - classified into 3 priorities - non irrigated, irrigated land with less than 23 acres, and irrigated land with more than 23 acres of irrigation. The 23 acres is based on the County Zoning Code that establishes in this region land with more than 23 acres of irrigated land is important for commercial agriculture in the region. 3. Exception areas beyond a 1/4 of a mile. The City of Redmond acted to adopt their own Comprehensive Plan Policies. They also adopted their own Transportation System Plan Amendments. As Commissioner DeWolf said, this is what is in front of us tonight. The Comprehensive Plan Policy, the Comprehensive Plan Map designation to draw the Urban Reserve Boundary, Transportation Plan Maps (two maps being proposed to be adopted tonight), and Zoning Text Amendments. There is also a new Joint Management Agreement that will specify how the County and the City will work together to manage these lands. What does the County Comprehensive Plan Policy do? It regulates the signing of new development along collector and arterial rights of way that are designated on this map (pointed to map) in the Urban Reserve. It sets a greater set back from the center line of those identified collectors and arterials. Again, they adopted a new Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 3 of 16 Pages Joint Management Agreement and the other policy says that the County has to collaborate to the master plan. This is the property right here (shows property on map) that is owned by Deschutes County. That needs to be master planned according to this policy before it is brought into the Redmond Urban Growth Boundary. The Transportation System Plan, the dotted lines are arterial and connect the rights of way that don't exist today but are planned for the future. So, if anyone wanted to develop adjacent to one of those identified future collector or arterial rights of way they would have to set back their development 90 feet from the center line of that road. If their property is so small and is adjacent to one of those and they can't feasibly locate a dwelling that would otherwise be permitted, then there is a provision in the code that would allow them to have their dwelling even if it had to be closer than 90 feet. There is no change to the existing zoning. So, if the property in the proposed Urban Reserve is currently zoned exclusive farm use, it would continue to be zoned exclusive farm use. Likewise for multiple use agriculture and rural residential lands. Once again, the main thing this does is reclassify some existing County roads and future County roads with the 90 foot set back. In the Joint Management Agreement the County will retain authority for administering all the land use applications and building plans in the Urban Reserve until it is brought into the Redmond Urban Growth Boundary. So, there will be no change. Once the City amends its Urban Growth Boundary, then the City of Redmond would be responsible for implementing the codes applicable to the Urban Growth Boundary. So, here we are tonight. The County Commissioners will conduct this hearing. They are going to either continue it or close it tonight. They will deliberate it and finally, adopt the proposals that are before them tonight or modify them for adoption. Commissioner Luke: On one of the maps Ms. Morrow said that they did not notify neighbors; did they go back and do that? Ms. Morrow: That is correct. When the City Council decided to add the area in blue, that is shown on the map, they re-noticed those property owners and held an additional public hearing on those properties. Ms. Morrow: We have received two pieces of written testimony. One is a letter dated August 9th from the Hall family and the other is an email from Allen Olley sent on June 291h Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 4 of 16 Pages At this time I would like to officially enter all of the records from the Planning Commission Hearings and the City Council Hearings. Commissioner DeWolf What we will do at this time is begin taking testimony. The way that we are going to handle this is that, since City Council has a meeting pretty shortly, we will give members of Redmond City Council the opportunity to testify first so they can leave to attend their meeting, then we will open it up to everyone. What we will need is for you to come over to the table so that you can be on the microphone that will tape this and put it on the record. If you will fill out the form with your name and address so we will know who has testified, we will go from there (see attached sign in sheet marked as Exhibit B) Mayor Unger: Read his statement (see attached statement marked as Exhibit C.) Commissioner Luke: For the record, the property you referred to south of Redmond, we want to put on the record what that is. Mayor Unger: I am referring to approximately 880 acres south of the Fairgrounds, south of the new Juniper Golf Course, and east of the rail road tracks. That is currently owned by BLM (Bureau of Land Management) and is being requested by State Lands to be transferred to State jurisdiction. Commissioner DeWolf: What we had heard is that there was some possibility that City Council might be interested in looking at 50 or 80 acres of that at this time to bring in. So, what you are saying with your testimony is the recommendation that City Council had passed a week or so ago, that recommendation will deal with this property at a future date. Mayor Unger: That is what I am saying. We will continue with the proposal that we had in the past. These will be discussions when the State Lands, the County, and the City can get together and have those discussions and come to an agreement. Commissioner DeWolf: Are there any other members of City Council who would like to testify? Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 5 of 16 Pages Joe Mansfield: Urban Reserve selection is a very complicated and involved thing. A key issue is being able to plan long range. This is our first opportunity to plan 50 years in advance. We really do appreciate it and it has given us a great advantage. Redmond Council wanted to send a message, among other things, that we need to secure Helmholtz traffic corridor in a very significant way. That is going to become, eventually, a significant belt way, if you will, around Redmond and serve Redmond in a way that belt ways do and we need to secure that. I know the County has made a good share of Helmholtz Way an arterial and that helps us a lot, it gives us pretty good right of way and pretty good set backs that are quite adequate. They are not as adequate when along side UAR10 zone areas. The amount of Helmholtz that was made an arterial goes from the southern tip of it where it joins Canal up to Maple in Redmond. We need to secure a significant right or way to the north of Maple Avenue and that is still a collector. That is one of the reasons we put that in the Urban Reserve. We are planning on making a connecting road straight across to Helmholtz. We don't have an arterial secured up to that northern perimeter. The second issue is, the Redmond School District Board has selected a proposed high school site that is outside the City at this time but we want to include it in the Urban Reserve. I understand that we can do that as a public facility and get it into the Urban Growth Boundary quite readily. We have a mechanism right now, a temporary mechanism, to provide City infrastructure to that. It is very temporary; it amounts to saving waste water in the day and storing it and putting it in our sewer system in the evening in the non peak times. We have to live with it for awhile that way. We can't do that forever, we need to get away from that temporary measure. That means driving some significant main seal lines from our waste water plant down south. That is very costly. The City and/or the school can't do that on their own, we need help. The help we are hoping for is developing that region around that high school into residential development. Developers will help us pay for that. Our economy in Redmond depends a great deal right now on building, on the development of residential areas. We are trying to get away from that. We are trying to get some balance through industry but now it is primarily based on housing development. We are running out of property right now and we do not want to delay this as the prices are very high. We do not want to delay in getting some of this land in Urban Reserve and finally into the City so prices will not be out of sight. Thank you very much. Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 6 of 16 Pages Commissioner DeWolf: Thank you, any questions? Any other members of City Council who want to testify? Irv Nygren: Irv Nygren, Redmond City Council. Thank you Commissioners for having all of us here this evening. My comments are a further expression of some points already made but I did want to say a few things. The first study that came to us for the Urban Reserve project was from OTAK. Their tax figures were at the larger amount of land. Theirs was actually 5,700 and some acres. In looking at that again, again, and again and looking at all aspects, we found that their recommendations were quite valid. There were some good reasons for them. So, there was some good reason for us, in the studies themselves, for going for the larger acreage. I also have a considerable interest in educational matters and what Joe just said about the school, I just want to emphasize. The school district has secured this site with our understanding, before the Urban Reserve study. We feel committed as a Council, I believe, to enable the school to do its job as well as possible in our community. We are going to have another high school and they have selected a site and we need to do everything we can to make this feasible and viable. That is one reason why we want more property down around the school as it will involve some infrastructure as Mr. Mansfield has said. The third point is that as a City Council we are criticized, quite justly sometimes, for not looking far enough ahead and that we just react to problems. In this case, in the matter of land and reserve for 50 years, I feel we are trying to be proactive, looking ahead and trying to protect the majority. We are trying to do what we think is best without violating any rights. We feel we have done that and we hope that someday people will look back and say the Council, in those years long ago, did the right thing. They did the right thing in planning so that we could grow in a reasonable and (intelligible word) way. That is what we hope we are doing. Thank you. Commissioner Luke: We are looking at a 50 year plan here but that is not the end of it. Typically you review this what, 10 years, 15, 20 years? Chuck McGraw: That is correct, by law we have to revisit the population forecast every 5 years. So that would be a good benchmark, 5 years from now to see whether or not we have Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 7 of 16 Pages over or underestimated. Every 5 years from that point we will be looking at the population projections. The BLM updates their resource management plan about every 10 to 12 years. They have just completed their major update of the Deschutes Basin Resource Management Plan. Again they will be doing that in 10 years which will be another good bench mark to see whether or not we have allocated enough land or preserved enough land in the BLM area. This is not a cast in stone project, and we will look at it in the future to examine whether or not we are accurate. Commissioner DeWolf: Any other City Councilors who would like to testify? Seeing none, testimony is opened up to any one else who would like to testify this evening. Gary Peterson: Thank you Commissioner, I am Gary Peterson, Superintendent with Redmond School District and I appreciate the comments and support of the City Councilors here this evening. A couple of items that could provide some background for you. The site that is in question, the 68 acres at Elkhorn and SW Canal was purchased in 2000. It came out of a process where the district looked at over 100 parcels that was then the Urban Growth Boundary in the City of Redmond. Only 2 sites came to mind, neither of which was in the Urban Growth Boundary at that time. One was the site at Elkhorn and SW Canal and the other site was at 9th and Antler, which is in the Urban Growth Boundary but is currently zoned industrial and at this point in time we are not planning on utilizing that as a school site. So, the site at Elkhorn and Canal has become our primary site for a 2nd high school. We open school in a couple of weeks and we anticipate over 1800 students at Redmond High School. The school was originally built for about 1400 students. We will get some relief in about a year from now when we open two new schools, Tom McCall Elementary and Nelson Gregory Middle School. We will move some students into an existing Hartman Middle School, hopefully up to 500 students to get some relief. Even with that, we anticipate having to go to the voters with a bond in the next 5 years. The inclusion of this site as well as the surrounding areas is very important to the Redmond School District. Commissioner De Wolf Thank you, any questions? Who is next? George Indicott: Good evening gentleman, my name is George Indicott, I am on the Redmond Urban Area Planning Commission but for this evening I am speaking for myself. Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 8 of 16 Pages I would like to give a couple of points on some of the information you see before you. When we made out recommendations to City Council we took sort of a minimalist attitude on the expansion. As you know this City Council expanded that quite a bit from our recommendation. One of the major reasons for that is, we started our comprehensive plan update and as a result of that we had a couple of reasoning workshops. What came out of that was the notion that with the way Redmond is growing, that when we looked at information and the way that we approached this, we found that it probability needed to be expanded more. In particular, I think out on the western boundary with Helmholtz. You have already heard testimony about why that is important to expand out there and protect the transportation corridor along Helmholtz. The other point I would like to make to you is in support of the school. I think one other issue there is the notion of the neighborhood and that schools should be surrounded by neighborhoods. I realize they are individuals that may not want to be in the Urban Reserve and maybe even inclusion into the UGB but I think it is important to recognize that the public good is served by schools being in neighborhoods. Thank you. Commissioner DeWolf: Who is next? Peter Wilson: My name is Peter Wilson with Pacific Northwest Development Corporation. I am also a licensed real estate agent in Redmond with Century 21. We currently have 39 acres to the south of Redmond. We have a school site and I do concur that it will take developers assistance in order to carry sewer systems down that direction for the school system. I think without cooperation and proper planning the City of Redmond is going to have a hard time bringing in other sewer lines all the way down to the south. Currently there are several lines running through City of Redmond and none of them are currently adequate to even supply the property that is down at the south end. They will seem to have to make a compromise for the sewer for the high school site itself. I do believe developers help in land around the high school would definitely be helpful. The OTAK study, a point that I would like to be addressed. The study began in the year 2000 and I think that they are fairly accurate to where those numbers are but they are not even close to imagine as fast of growth we have had here in Redmond. Currently it is explosive. It is very difficult to try and buy a lot. A lot in Redmond might start at $85,000.00 if you can find one and on up from there. In that initial study for different variations talking about prime farm ground up to 23 acres. I Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 9 of 16 Pages don't necessarily think that any of the ground surrounding Redmond could be classified as prime farm ground. I believe that the OTAK study should be looked at very generously. Commissioner DeWolf: Thank you, next. Would anyone else like to testify this evening? Commissioner Luke: Is anyone opposed to the testimony tonight; we would like to have that on the record? Commissioner DeWolf: Last chance. Then I am going to look at our Staff and Legal Counsel for the next steps. Should I close this public hearing or what is your recommendation? It looks like everything I am seeing is everyone here and the written testimony we have received, other than these two letters, is supportive of the 5 areas in which we are considering this evening. Commissioner Luke: I think it is a major compliment to the City of Redmond staff, Deschutes County staff, City Council, and the Planning Commissions for the whole process. Laurie Craghead: As far as procedure, it is up to the Board on whether they are going to decide to close the hearing or on whether they think they would want more information. They could leave the hearing open although, it is a legislative matter so they can take written testimony at any time can also get comments from Staff at any time. It is just a matter of closing the oral testimony if you don't think you are going to have any more testimony. Obviously, since we have had so few people here testify... But that does not mean that more information can't come in and then it is a matter of deciding when you want to deliberate on it. You can deliberate on it tonight, if you want. Commissioner DeWolf: Ok. Can I ask Mr. Mayor a couple of questions real quickly. Just on these two letters that we received. One, I believe was probably an email sent June 29th from Allen Olley requesting inclusion in the URA and my understanding from talking to our staff is that there are two pieces of property, one in and one out. So, I just want to be on the record on these two correspondences that we have received that the City's position on this, on this one in particular, it looks like the City added this one that the Planning Commission did not recommend. Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 10 of 16 Pages Mayor Unger: I am not sure. I know that when we looked at how we arrived at our boundary we took the OTAK study and we tried to take boundaries that were there, whether it was Helmholtz or Canal or basic property designation lines and we tried to make straight lines around them. We are looking at this as really a study area, so if you look at including more area, that is ok with us, it is just more area to study. Commissioner DeWolf: Ok, I am just trying to get further confirmation that the City has is taken this into account. The other one is from several members of the Hall family wanting to be excluded, they do not want any of their properties included and they were not included in any of the Planning Commission recommendations, but the City Council did include them. I am assuming that you did receive copies of this letter even though it was directed to us and you have heard from these folks in the past. Mayor Unger: Yes, we have. I have not talked to them personally but I have received numerous correspondences from them. They basically live south of the school property along Elkhorn and that general area. We see that as vital area just because of transportation if nothing else with Elkhorn and Helmholtz and the proximity it is to the City and the school district property. Commissioner DeWolf: So, taking these letters into account, the recommendation is what it is. Mayor Unger: Yes. Commissioner Luke: We asked Chuck Monday at the County Commission Work Session to take a look at this first piece of property because it is on the property line. It is not like it goes through the middle of a piece of property. Was there a fence on that line or do they cross the line, did you have a chance to take a look at that? Chuck did you have an opportunity to look at it? Chuck McGraw: No, I have not had an opportunity to get up there and look. There is no road there now. Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 11 of 16 Pages Commissioner Luke: The point is, the question I asked Chuck and Catherine earlier, today is it. Five years from now, 10 years from now, you are going to be looking at this again and that piece of property is on the far outskirts or your Urban Reserve and will be some of the last phases to be brought in. So, there is plenty of time to look at this in the future. Mayor Unger: That is correct. What we see is the opportunity with the larger OTAK recommendation is that, it took a lot of energy, a lot of time, a lot of money to put this study together and do all the hearings. We picked the largest area that we can so that we can study that area. We can make sure that we pick the best areas as we develop our Urban Growth Boundary and our City limits extension. Commissioner DeWolf: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So, we have the option tonight to make a decision tonight, or we can continue this Public Hearing. I don't see a whole lot of point in continuing the Public Hearing since the City Council made up 90 % of the testimony this evening and we have a lot of information from them. Or, we can leave the written record open but, again, I am not seeing a whole lot of interest there or the need to do that. Commissioner Luke: If you had 2 or 3 people show up that would be one thing but we filled the room and there is no negative testimony here. I don't see any reason to leave it open. Monique Bailey: My name is Monique Bailey. My place is on the north side of Antler and the west side of Helmholtz. It is a little 5 acre piece that I requested be included in the study. If there is a request to be included are you going to go ahead and consider that to go ahead on put it in, or is that just not going to be considered. Commissioner DeWolf: We have two letters, one letter to be excluded and one letter to be included. The recommendation forwarded by the City is for the property with the request to be included, be excluded at this point. Commissioner Luke: Did you go before the Planning Commission or did you go before City Council. Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 12 of 16 Pages Ms. Bailey: I went to the last hearing at the Fair Grounds and I sent notice to the City Council. Commissioner Luke: You never went before the Planning Commission with your request? Ms. Bailey: No. Commissioner Luke: The blue is the area added by the City Council. Chuck McGraw: Yes. The blue is outside the Planning Commission area. We had to draw a line someplace. Commissioner Luke: I would like to point out that in 5 years and probably 10 years, they will be reviewing this again. Even if you were included tonight, you would not be annexed for quite awhile. Ms. Bailey: Right. Commissioner Luke: I would assume you will keep working on the process. When they start it up again make sure you are on the mailing list and come in and talk to them. Dan Barkley: Dan Barkley. I live on 1 Ith Street, north east of town. My property borders City on the south and the County on the east. I was wondering why I am kind of setting in no-mans land. Chuck McGraw: Mr. Barkley is included in the Urban Reserve Area. Mr. Barkley: Ok, I did not realize that I was included. Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 13 of 16 Pages Commissioner DeWolf: Is there anyone else with questions or comments?. Not seeing any, I am going to close the public hearing. What is the pleasure of my two colleges. Commissioners Luke: I would just as soon act on this tonight and let Redmond get on with their planning. Commissioner Daly: That is alright with me. I just want to make one comment regarding the Hall letter. I was a little concerned until I looked at the map and from that I can easily see why it was not included in the Urban Reserve Area. Commissioner Luke: What kind of motion would you like. If we are going to approve this what kind of motion would you like. Ms. Morrow: The motion would be, probably two separate motions to adopt the two ordinances that are before you. Ordinance 2005-023 and 2005-024 Ms. Morrow: Move approval to adopt Ordinance 2005-023. Ms. Craghead: It would be the 1St reading of Ordinance 2005-023, by title only. LUKE: Move approval of the 1St reading, by title only, of Ordinance 2005- 023. DALY: Second. VOTE: LUKE: Yes DALY: Yes. DEWOLF: Chair votes yes. Chair DeWolf then read Ordinance 2005-023, by title only. We will have the 2nd reading at a regular Board meeting that takes place in roughly two weeks. rublic Heanng regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 14 of 16 Pages LUKE: Move approval of the 1St reading, by title only, of Ordinance 2005- 024. DALY Second. VOTE: LUKE: Yes. DALY: Yes. DEWOLF: Chair votes yes. Chair DeWolf then read Ordinance 2005-024, by title only. This will also be read for a 2nd time at our 1 st meeting in September. Ms. Morrow: We have one more motion. City Council has signed the Joint Management Agreement and that is before you tonight to so, a motion to approve the Joint Management Agreement. Commissioner DeWolf: We have had our own legal review of that document? Ms. Craghead: Yes, we have. DALY: Move approval of the Joint Management Agreement between the City of Redmond and Deschutes County. LUKE: Second. VOTE: LUKE: Yes. DALY: Yes. DEWOLF: Chair votes yes. Commissioner DeWolf: Thanks to all the staff and the community for all the hard work over a long haul. With that, we are adjourned. Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 15 of 16 Pages Being no further testimony given, Chair DeWolf adjourned the hearing at 6:36 p.m. DATED this 23rd Day of August 2005 for the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners. -Jo Tom DeWolf, Chair ATTEST: Recording Secretary Attachment Exhibit A: Opening Statement Exhibit B: Sign in Sheet Exhibit C: Statement Read by Mayor Unger Public Hearing regarding Redmond Urban Reserve Area Tuesday, August 23, 2005 Page 16 of 16 Pages Dennis R. Luke, C issioner PRELIMINARY STATEMENT FOR A LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE DESCHUTES BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS August 23, 2005 Redmond Urban Reserve Public Hearing This is a public hearing on Ordinances 2005-023 and 2005-024. The county file number is PA 2005-06. This is a legislative action to: • Amend the Deschutes County Comprehensive Plan map to adopt an Urban Reserve Area for the City of Redmond; • Amend the Deschutes County Comprehensive Plan Text, Chapter 23.48, to adopt Redmond Urban Reserve Area Policies; • Amend the Deschutes County Transportation System Plan Map to designate future arterial and collector corridors and change the designation of certain County roads in the Urban Reserve Area; and, • Amend the Deschutes County Zoning ordinance to adopt Chapter 18.24 the Redmond an Urban Reserve Area Combining Zone The Board will also take testimony on the Joint Management Agreement between the City of Redmond and Deschutes County. The Criteria applicable to the proposal before us are in the Findings Report attached as Exhibit D to the Ordinance 2005-023. The Board will hear oral testimony, receive written testimony, and consider the testimony submitted at this hearing. The hearing is also being taped. The Board may make a decision on this matter today, continue the public hearing to a date certain, or leave the written record open for a specified period of time. The hearing will be conducted in the following order. The staff will give a report on this issue. We will then open the hearing to all present and ask people to present testimony at one of the tables or at the podium. You can also provide the Board with a copy of written testimony. Questions to and from the chair may be entertained at any time at the chair's discretion. Cross-examination of people testifying will not be allowed. However, if any person wishes ask a question of another person during that person's testimony, please direct your question to the chair after being recognized. The Chair is free to decide whether or not to ask such questions of the person testifying. Prior to the commencement of the hearing any party may challenge the qualifications of any Board for bias, prejudgment or personal interest. This challenge must be documented with specific reasons supported by facts. CADocuments and Settings\conniet\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK1\Opening Statement Legislative.doc 6! f Should any Board member be challenged, the member may disqualify himself or herself, withdraw from the hearing or make a statement on the record of their capacity to hear and decide this issue. At this time, do any members of the Bord of Commissioners need to set forth any information that may be perceived as bias, prejudgment, or personal interest? I will accept any challenges from the public now. (Hearing none, I will open the public hearing). STAFF REPORT CADocuments and Settings\conniet\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK1\Opening Statement Legislative.doc -Ilzs H N C C Cl) V N N ♦ 'C LL d ~ s l\ a a to A ~ 9 o ~ ~ ; N r ~ 'y rh i tt ~ ~ U ~ N N V 1 c 3 as - c ~ CAr o E E z o v N Chair DeWolf, Commissioners; Luke and Daly This Public Hearing deals with the Redmond Urban Reserve Area. Redmond City Council has forwarded our recommendation with a unanimous vote. We have held two public hearings along with many Planning Commission hearings. We are the fastest growing city Mate-in the fastest growing county in the state. We chose to include all of the study area proposed by OTAK. Connecting to Transportation corridors and transportation solutions will be a big challenge for Redmond. It is our plan to proceed with studies that will tell us where city services can be extended in a practical and timely manner. This will help us determine where UGB and annexation proposals can be implemented. I know there are property owners who want to ignore the growth we are experiencing. We do not have that luxury. This Urban Reserve Area allows them to continue their life style and allows the City to study the area for UGB expansions. UGB expansion is where rural becomes city. The population forecast study took a long time and put us behind in planning for growth. We need to continue to move forward. We need to expand our land supply or land prices will continue to rise and make housing less affordable. Redmond and Deschutes County are also challenged with a State proposal to develop land south of Redmond. We have intentionally left that out of our recommendation with the plan of visiting a boundary adjustment between public lands when we all agree to a future use of these lands. County staff thought you might want to include language in your decision that would allow this to be a simpler process. I want to thank County staff for their advice, support and hard work. Catherine Morrow, Peter Gutowski and others were very helpful in the long process that has us all here today. We are looking for your support. We welcome continued discussion if there are areas that need more understanding. It is our desire to maintain a healthy growing city that continues to be a great place to live and work. Redmond, Deschutes county and all of Central Oregon are working well together to do this. Thank you A0-'(0 V- U vl yv- 6, 7