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2007-1168-Minutes for Meeting December 02,1981 Recorded 6/20/2007COUNTY NANCYUBLANKENSHIP,F000NTY CLERKS U 2007-1168 COMMISSIONERS' JOURNAL 06/20/2007 11;19;39 AM IIIIIIII II 1111111 III 111111 III 2007-13 8 Do not remove this page from original document. Deschutes County Clerk Certificate Page v,G ~j 2 If this instrument is being re-recorded, please complete the following statement, in accordance with ORS 205.244: Re-recorded to correct [give reason] previously recorded in Book or as Fee Number and Page DE~CHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DECEMBER 2, 1981 - COURTDAY MEETING Chairman Paulson called the meeting to order at 10:00 A.M. Commis- sioner Shepard and Commissioner Young were also in attendance. Amendments to There were four amendments as listed on the attached the Agenda sheet. Chairman Paulson also noted that an executive session held under ORS 192.660 l.b. would be held at 3:00 p.m. today as a continuation of this meeting. Work Session Chairman Paulson explained that this was not a public on the Des- hearing but a work session for the Board. chutes County Subdivision Craig Smith, Planning Department, came forward to give Ordinance a brief history of the development of this proposed ordin- ance. He said that the comprehensive plan called for an ordinance similar to the cities in the county, so they have been working with the City of Bend and the City of Redmond to make this proposed ordinance more similar to their ordinances. He said that the real major changes were in the improvement section. He said that the Planning Commission had reviewed this, and had held a public hearing on this as well. At that time, the Planning Commission did make some changes and corrections. Mr. Smith briefly outlined what those changes were. Dave Hoerning, County Surveyor, suggested that with regard to section 4.034 (page 23) that the "condition of plat approval" either have requirements completed or bonded. John Andersen, Planning Director, said , that the Planning Commission had asked the staff to survey the banks on this question. The planning staff contacted four major local banks and all of those banks required that the plat be signed before they would loan any money on the subdivision. It was decided that it would be appropriate to consider some kind of amendment that would allow for either surety bonds, cash or improvements completed. Paul Ramsey, Avion Water Company, said that this policy of requiring bonding on domestic water systems will overlap with the policy of the Public Utilities Commission which will be an additional cost to the developer. He objected to this. Rick Isham, County Counsel, said that the bonding of improvements should be made to the county to protect the county. He said that if some other entity has bonding requirements then that is an issue between them, but the county should not be bypassed. Dave Hoerning said that he has submitted a sample of a form used in the State of Washington for the correction of errors in a plat. Nick Amonson asked if a letter of credit from a bank was no longer acceptable. Neil Hudson, Director of Public Works, explained that under the new ordinance only surety bonds or cash would be accepted. Mr. Isham noted that currently the county holds 19 letter of credit from banks that the banks have withdrawn. Page 1 of 4 Deschutes County Board of Commissioners December 2, 1981 - Courtday Meeting Mr. Amonson said that the small subdivider is not able to obtain surety bonds, and a requirement like this would put some of them out of business. There was some discussion on letters of credit. Mr. Andersen noted that they had talked to several other jurisdictions and none of them are accepting letters of credit. Paul Ramsey suggested that the wording be made more clear with respect to flushing dirt and foreign materials from water pipelines, as it is written now it does not allow for the new pipeline to be hooked up to the existing line, which would make it impossible to flush the lines. He also suggested that the PVC pipe be allowed, instead of only allowing steel or iron pipe. He said that this would be very expensive. Jan Ward said that he is also concerned with the requirement that only iron or steel pipe be used. He also expressed concern about only allowing gravity sewage systems. He said that the cost of doing some of the things required in the ordinance will be too high for people to afford. Chuck Hanson, Sunriver, said that he has the same concerns Mr. Wick has. Bob Lovlien said that he did not feel that imposing the same standards to all areas of the county would work. He did not feel that there was enough flexibility with respect to alternate types of development. He said that he has had a lot of problems with the City of Bend and he did not feel that the county should copy their ordinance. He said that Deschutes County has pioneered planned developments, and that this ordinance would hinder that type of development. He also noted that "public improvements" is not defined in the ordinance. He said that under section 6.050 it requires that the public works department have an inspector on site funded by the developer during all phases of development. He felt that this would be costly and in some cases unnecessary. Chuck Hanson said that he had the same concerns as Mr. Lovlien, and noted that the ordinance does not really address the planned unit developments, such as Sunriver. He did not feel that it was appropriate to set this up according to city standards. With regard to the section concerning sales, he questioned whether it was legal to say that someone cannot sell a parcel of their property until final approval has been granted. He said that with regard to section 3.015, improvement plans, this could create a massive amount of engineering fees. With respect to section 6.050 regarding inspection, he said that he questioned that particular item because all it does is add substantial cost. He said that in Sunriver they have a registered engineer that inspects all water and sewer systems. He said that he does not think that water and sewer systems should be governed by th is ordinance. He s.Aid that under the road standards, Page 2 of 4 Deschutes County Board of Commissioners Y December 2, 1981 - Courtday Meeting it requires that road signs be aluminum. He said that Sunriver is using wooden signs and are very pleased with them. He did not want to have to convert their signs from wood to aluminum. For clarification, Craig Smith pointed out that this proposed ordinance is not based on the City of Bend's ordinance, but on the original county subdivision ordin- ance. He said that planned developments are addressed already and do not need to be addressed in the subdivision ordinance. Folmer Bodtker said that the notification system is not sufficient. Paul Ramsey noted that they have had problems with US made pipe, and he has some concerns about specifying US made pipe in the ordinance. Being no further comments, Chairman Paulson called for discussion by the Board. Commissioner Shepard said that he felt that there needed to be some work in the water and sewer items. Chairman Paulson suggested postponing further discussion of this for two weeks to give them an opportunity to study this. Appointment Chairman Paulson said that as of this time the Board of two members has received no applicants for this position. The to fill vac- Board will refer this back to the committee to make ancy on Home appointments of their choosing. Rule Committee Appointment of MOTION: SHEPARD moved to appoint Commissioner Young of Budget Of- as Budget Officer. ficer PAULSON: Second. VOTE: PAULSON: AYE. SHEPARD: AYE. YOUNG: AYE. Appointment of The Board had received letters of application from Member to the the following people: Max Ruffcorn, Bill McCann, Michael Urban Area Connell, Mike Kozak and Joel Smith. The vacancy has Planning Com- been created by the resignation of Mr. Joyce from the mission commission. MOTION: PAULSON moved to appoint Michael B. Connell. SHEPARD: Second. VOTE: PAULSON: AYE. SHEPARD: AYE. YOUNG: ABSTAIN. Page 3 of 4 Deschutes County Board of Commissioners December 2, 1981 - Courtday Meeting For Signature: Commissioner Young noted that this was in LaPine. Renewal of Lic-MOTION: YOUNG moved to approve the renewal and sign ense as a it. Wrecker of PAULSON: Second. Motor Vehicles VOTE: PAULSON: AYE. SHEPARD: AYE. YOUNG: AYE. Request for Before the Board was a request for refund in the amount Refund of $67.60 to Walt Webb, receipt number 14644. The Board approved the request. Agreement for Neil Hudson ready yet, and he would bring it back up the Construct- to them at a later date. ion of the In- tersection of Highway 97 and Yew Avenue Being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. DESCH,IdT-.S COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ert C . Pru"ison, `Jr. , a nepara, uomrKissi.oner W Al e t A. Young Commi oner /ss Page 4 of 4