2016-227-Resolution No. 2016-007 Recorded 6/3/2016REVIEWED
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LEGAL COUNSEL
DESCHUTES
COUNTY CLERK
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COMMISSIONERS' JOURNAL 06/03/2016 02:42:17 PM
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
A Resolution by the Board of County Commissioners
of Deschutes County and City of La Pine to Sponsor
the Application for a Boundary Expansion of The
Deschutes County Rural Enterprise Zone to Include
Sunriver Business Park and Spring River Plaza, and
Implementing the Provisions of the Enterprise Zone *
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WHEREAS, DESCHUTES COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LA PINE (SPONSORS)
are co -sponsoring an application for a boundary expansion for the Deschutes County Rural
Enterprise Zone, and
WHEREAS, The SPONSORS agree to expand the boundary of the Deschutes County
Rural Enterprise Zone to include additional employment lands of Sunriver Business Park and
Spring River Plaza (in unincorporated Deschutes County), and requests that the director of
Oregon Business Development (OBDD) order the boundary expansion of this enterprise zone,
and
WHEREAS, unemployment rates and poverty levels remain elevated in South Deschutes
County, business recovery has been considerably slower than other areas of Deschutes County
and Central Oregon, and relatively few new businesses or business expansions have taken place
in the last few years, and
WHEREAS, the SPONSORS are interested in an enterprise zone to encourage new
business investment, job creation, higher incomes for local residents, and greater diversity of
economic activity and increased property valuation, and
WHEREAS, the proposed enterprise zone contains significant land that is reserved for
industrial use, as indicated by land use zoning map(s) with the application, consistent with
Comprehensive Plan(s) acknowledged by the Land Conservation and Development Commission,
and such industrial sites are accessible, serviced or serviceable, and otherwise ready for use and
further development, and
WHEREAS, the SPONSORS appreciate the impacts that a designated enterprise zone
would have and the property tax exemptions that eligible business firms might receive therein, as
governed by Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) Chapter 285C and other provisions of Oregon Law,
and
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WHEREAS, the SPONSORS feel that it is invaluable to collaboratively participate in
efforts to promote economic development in Central Oregon, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
SECTION 1: The Board of County Commissioners of Deschutes County and the City of
La Pine jointly sponsor the Deschutes County Rural Enterprise Zone and has determined to
modify its boundary.
SECTION 2: The municipal corporations, school districts, special services districts, and so
forth
that receive operating revenue through the levying of ad valorem taxes on real and personal
property in any areas of this enterprise zone, as amended, were sent notice regarding this
boundary change. A public meeting regarding this proposal was held on April 5, at the
Sunriver Library, in order for these sponsoring governments to effectively consult with
these other local taxing districts, and solicit input.
SECTION 3: This enterprise zone, as amended, has a total area of 7.63 square miles (6.9
square miles in City of La Pine, 0.61 square miles at Bend Airport, and 0.12 square miles in
Sunriver (an unincorporated area of Deschutes County); it meets other statutory limitations
on size and configuration, and it is depicted here on a drawn to scale map (Exhibit A) and
described in (Exhibit B).
SECTION 4: The Board of County Commissioners of Deschutes County and the City of
La Pine shall jointly continue to fulfill their duties and implement provisions ORS
285C.105 or elsewhere in ORS Chapter 285C and related parts of Oregon Law.
SECTION 5: Modification of this enterprise zone does not grant or imply permission to
develop land within the Zone without complying with jurisdictional zoning, regulatory and
permitting processes and restrictions; nor does it indicate any intent to alter those processes
or restrictions, except as other done in accordance with Comprehensive Plans as
acknowledged by the State of Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission
(LCDC).
SECTION 6: Janet Burton, Assistant Zone Manager and Area Economic Development
Manager, is authorized to submit documentation for this enterprise zone boundary change
to the Oregon Business Development Department (OBDD) on behalf of the zone
SPONSORS for purpose of a positive determination in favor under ORS 285C.117.
SECTION 7: This enterprise zone boundary change takes effect on the date that the latest
resolution of a sponsoring government is adopted, (or later, as so stipulated by OBDD in its
determination pursuant to revision or resubmission of documentation).
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Dated thisfi0 day of
ATTEST:
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Recording Secretary
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
2016
ALAN UNGER, Chair
TA _NEY, V Chair
ANTHONYDEBONE, Commissioner
ADOPTED by La Pine City Council and SIGN ID by the Ma or this
day of
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