2017-121-Minutes for Meeting September 16,1986 Recorded 3/23/2017Recorded in Deschutes County (; J2O1 %-121
Nancy Blankenship, County Clerk
Commissioners'Journal 03/23/2017 11:54:49 AM
For Recording Stamp Only
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
Bend, Oregon
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Audio Cassette Recording Titled: WORK SESSION
September 16, 1986, 1:30-2:45 PM
A meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held on September 16,
1986. Commissioners present were Lois Prante, Larry Tuttle and Dick Maudlin.
Also present was Rick Isham, County Counsel; and various staff.
The next business meeting on Wednesday will include an update by the Public
Works Department. Also:
Improvement Guarantee and Development Agreement for Sunriver Properties.
Mr. Isham said this has to do with the Cottonwood Road project. It has been in
process for some time.
Offer of a Gift of Real Property to the County.
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This has been discussed previously, and the Board needs to take some kind of
action.
Resolution declaring certain properties surplus and making available for sale.
A letter from Ruth Wahl of La Pine indicating an interest in being appointed to the
Deschutes County Planning Commission.
A Proclamation declaring September 23 to 29 as Recycling Week.
Minor Partition Application, 85-11, for Pacific Northwest Bell, Huston Barber.
Personal Services Contract with Ross Brown to provide certain services to the
data processing department.
Mr. Isham said that he believes Mr. Brown will be doing other things than what is
in the contract. He also does spot work for the Road Department, the Library and
others on a fee basis. This only covers new stuff that he can develop and then
market. He will use County equipment and facilities, and will hold the copyright.
The County will be licensed via the agreement to use the material and get
updates. He has been doing some kind of information compilation on a machine
at the Road Department.
Mr. Maudlin suggested they hold this over until next week so they can get more
information.
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Revision in the State grant program for health and environmental health budgets
related to inspections.
Approval of two State liquor licenses.
Mr. Isham stated that he has an item to discuss. It is the parking lot agreement with
Mt. Bachelor, Inc. An easement needs to be recorded in conjunction with this.
Road Department briefing.
Special Road District #1 should be finished today. Special District #4 should be
done by the end of the week or the first part of the following week. They have
started on Boyd Acres Road for the bike paths and will doing an overlay project
for that. They will be working on the South County paving starting tomorrow.
There was a discussion regarding letters from the Tow Truckers' Association. He
has discussed the problem with the State and the cities, and there is a schedule
that they are going to set up that might not make everyone happy. It is one they
will have to live with. Some truckers maintain that they are not getting calls as
they should. The County doesn't want to be in the position of saying they need to
have specific equipment. There are State laws governing those regulations.
The State Police indicated they would make inspections for all of the companies
that they don't have on a list at this time. So the County will set up districts that
really actually exist, with a map. There is certain criteria that the truckers have to
meet. This will all be set up in an appropriate format so someone can get on the
rotation list.
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The problem that occurs is that everyone needs to respond equally, seven days a
week and 24 hours a day. Some will not be happy with this. The only time this
doesn't apply is if the customer indicates they have a preference.
Mr. Isham said that sometimes a company will make a race for a location if they
overhear the call. The police department usually calls in for the wrecker, and 911
will let them know who is on the way. This is all taped. So if that kind of thing
happens, they will know about it. If someone just shows up, they are out of luck.
Don Tapnick (?) was introduced, who is on the board of the Eastern Oregon
Health Systems Agency. He wanted to find out if the County would consider
being the grantee in a Department of Transportation grant, for the purpose of
enhancing voluntary seat belt use.
Don explained that the audit requirement for the grant is simply the County
setting up a separate account to track the funds. The Oregon Highway Traffic
Safety Administration will accept a local audit.
Don said in regard to accountability, the Oregon agency does have the authority
to review the activities, but have not had any problems with a grant recipient
non-performing to date. Objectives are very clear and easy to determine.
The objectives of the grant is to identify areas with a higher death rate than the
State and nation from motor vehicle accidents. Most of the counties east of the
Cascades fit this category. This data is from 1978 through 1982, from the DMV.
He went back ten years and came up with the same basic statistics, but the
County has experienced an out -migration lately.
They want to reduce some of the fatalities, and the best way to do that is through
the voluntary use of seat belts and shoulder harnesses. The mandatory seat belt
legislation proposed did not pass, even though there was no organized effort by
any group against that bill. Health agencies and law enforcement agencies were
strongly in favor. Some people felt it was an infringement on their rights.
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However, people are still dying on the highways because of the lack of seat belt
usage.
There are several ways to encourage this, and perhaps the best system available
is an incentive program, when local businesses will donate items like French fries
or a soda, when there is a spot check and seat belts are being used. Nationally,
Coca Cola and McDonalds have been very supportive of this effort.
Another objective is to educate the residents regarding SB 342, which will require
all children under the age of sixteen to be securely fastened in approved
harnesses in a vehicle.
Ms. Prante asked if there has been any effort by insurance companies in this
regard. Don replied that he can't answer this for Oregon or for insurance
companies, but there is a mandatory policy of seat belt usage in Canada. There, if
you are involved in an accident and did not use a seat belt, the insurance claim is
automatically discounted by 50% as contributory negligence.
Don would like this to be a pilot program. The death rate statistics across all of
eastern Oregon are very high. They'd like to develop a good model program that
can be adapted to other counties. This one act is probably the most important
thing that they can do to enhance the overall health of these counties.
He then gave his background and explained how he got to what he is doing at this
time.
They would be asking to use County staff for this work, through the grant. They
will bring on a half-time coordinator for the project. He would probably do a lot
of the initial planning and supervision. They also would need about a .25 FTE to
do the work and .25 FTE secretarial time. The grant does require a 25% soft
match, which can be through secretarial time or volunteer hours.
He stated that it is important for this type of project to be kept under wraps until
they can get a baseline data on usage within the County. They need to get the
grant first and gather the information so that it will be more exact. A rash of
current fatalities may have increased usage short-term as well.
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Deschutes County is in an excellent position to get the grant. They will be asking
probably up to $25,000. The State usage rate is 14% overall, but in some places
like Umatilla County, it is only 8%. (There was a long discussion about the timing
of the grant and letting the public know about these efforts.)
They would gather data as soon as they know about the award. They would be
doing a variety of things at the same time. After a year, they may have policies
developed in businesses that require seat belt usage, and this tends to spill over
into everyday activities. The grant mandates that they have to address all age
groups. (There was a lengthy discussion about how to start the program and the
hoped-for results.)
This will be discussed further at the Wednesday business meeting.
I certify that the above is a true and accurate record of a meeting, as reproduced from a
cassette tape identified as Minutes of a Business Meeting of the Deschutes County Board of
Commissioners, held on September 16, 1986. This record was completed subsequent to the
presiding Deschutes County Board of Commissioners' tenure.
Bonnie Baker
For the Board of County Commissioners
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