2017-172-Minutes for Meeting May 09,1985 Recorded 4/19/2017Recorded in Deschutes County CJ2017-172
Nancy Blankenship, County Clerk
Commissioners'Journal 04/19/2017 1:55:05 PM
For Recording Stamp Only
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
Bend, Oregon
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Audio Cassette Recording Titled: WORK SESSION
May 9, 1985; 10:00-11:00 AM.
A meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held on May 9, 1985.
Commissioners present were Lois Prante, Dick Maudlin and Larry Tuttle. Also
present were Rick Isham, County Counsel; County Administrator Mike Maier; and
other staff.
Items for the next Board business meeting:
Eagle Crest appeal at 10:00 AM.
Cascade Center committee.
Request for refunds.
La Pine Community Park application for site plan review.
Ordinance regulating antique, second-hand and junk dealers. (There was a
lengthy discussion on this issue.)
Request to allow the use of County roads for a 4t" annual Fun Run on June 1.
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Consideration of landfill engineering proposals.
Crooked Horseshoe LID abandonment.
Ms. Prante said that La Pine has asked for free dumping for their clean-up day.
This has been done previously for Sisters and Bend.
Resignation of Public Works Director, Mr. Hudson, effective June 7.
Mr. Maudlin referenced a house on the Old Bend -Redmond Highway that has had
several contractors look at it in regard to tearing it down. Bids were supposed to
be in by last Monday, but none were received. A similar building was removed
previously for $2,600. He thinks this can be arranged.
John Anderson said that they received the La Pine facilities plan, and the deadline
for comments is this Thursday. They need direction from the Board on what to
include in the comments. One of the issues raised is which collection alternative
should be endorsed. The supervising sanitarian and he agree on alternative C,
with the least amount of expense for maintenance and primarily utilizes gravity,
with a single lift station. This calls for pre-treatment septic tanks to eliminate
some of the solids going into the system.
Ms. Prante asked if this requires the implementation of concrete tanks. Mr.
Anderson stated that they can't utilize existing steel tanks, but those have been
shown to not be functional in the La Pine area. The start-up cost is high. Each
individual property would have to replace the tank. It could be part of a bonding
program with all individuals a part of the process. The voters would have to vote
on the system.
One alternative proposes discharging the treated affluent into the Little
Deschutes River. The County needs to go on record against this. Farther down is
another area, where Long Meadow Creek comes into the Little Deschutes.
Alternative 4 is recommended, which has a sprinkler irrigation system with a
center pivot, which would be utilities to get the material into the ground. It has
two settling ponds.
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The reason they recommend this because long-term it is the least expensive
system, and the easiest to maintain. It also is the best environmentally, doing the
least damage. One problem is that the settling ponds would be located in an area
identified as industrial. Given the recent proposed lease will take up about
double of what was anticipated, he wonders if the County wants to commit to the
14 acres for the pond plus more for labs — a total of about 20 acres.
When they develop the master plan for the industrial area, this might be kept as
an alternative use. However, there is a limited land base in this area, and the
leases they looked at so far seem to be coming in larger than anticipated. He
asked if the County wants to continue that commitment, or suggest the treatment
ponds be moved over to the BLM land. He is not sure they will be interested.
There is about 160 acres total industrial area. This would be in the last phase.
The question for the Board is whether to commit 20 acres to a non -industrial use.
The irrigation area is already proposed for BLM land, but they might not like that,
either. That's about 55 acres off the pivot.
The County is committed to helping solve this issue, but might want to express a
preference that it all be on the BLM land. The County might consider another
type of trade with them. There is also legislation that allows the BLM to use land
for public facilities. This should fall within those parameters.
The comments go to Lee Engineering, Inc. The recommendations are replacing
the steel tanks, no discharge into the rivers or streams, treatment alternative 4,
and that it be on BLM land.
Regarding the steel tanks, Ms. Prante would like this to be a part of the bonding
effort since it might be a hardship on the public. (There was a lengthy discussion
on this aspect of the project.)
There was a public hearing in La Pine last week, and written comments are being
accepted this week.
The Board will be dedicating the Bonanza Restaurant on south Highway 97.
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The River Study schedule will proceed as planned.
Signature of grazing leases.
The Board discussed upcoming meetings and their schedules.
1 certify that the above is a true and accurate record of a meeting, as reproduced from a
cassette tape identified as Minutes of a Work Session of the Deschutes County Board of
Commissioners, held on May 9, 1985. 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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