2017-258-Minutes for Meeting November 21,1988 Recorded 5/19/2017Recorded in Deschutes County CJ2017-258
Nancy Blankenship, County Clerk
Commissioners' Journal 05/19/2017 12:23:35 PM
For Recording Stamp Only
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
Bend, Oregon
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Audio Cassette Recording Titled: WORK SESSION
November 21, 1988; 10:00-11:30 AM.
A meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held on November 21,
1988. Commissioners present were Lois Prante, Dick Maudlin and Tom Throop.
Also present were Rick Isham, County Counsel; County Administrator Mike Maier;
and other staff.
Items discussed at this meeting may be on a future Board business meeting
agenda:
Discussion of approval of a business loan application for Sencor, (sp?) Inc. Mike
Sullivan explained that Sencor is an importer of cutting and drilling tools from
Mainland China. Sencor is the distributor. (He went on to explain the process.)
The company hopes to restructure and expand locally.
The loan proposal is for about $63,000 for packaging equipment to add capacity
at the plant in Redmond. This should result in six to ten jobs over a two-year
period. (There was a very lengthy discussion of the matter.)
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Mr. Maudlin is comfortable with this arrangement in large part because of the
personal guarantee of the business owner. The Commissioners supported the
loan.
Cindy Layton spoke about the Central Oregon Regional Housing Authority and
housing opportunities in the area. She said there is a huge problem with the
available housing stock in Central Oregon. Multi -family units are not being
constructed, due to the failure of the federal government to commit to funding,
and many of the tax advantages have been removed. There is a tax credit
program put into effect a couple of years ago that may help. (She went into great
detail about this program.)
The Housing Authority can work with the tax credit program and make it work.
There would be up to 56 units. Rent for a one -bedroom unit would be about
$270 per month. Mr. Throop stated that the County would be involved because
any properties in this program would not be subject to property taxation. Most of
the taxes would have gone to the school district. This program would end after
fifteen years. In the meantime, the federal government may come up with ways
to make investment in this type of program more feasible through incentives.
The Board will draft a letter of support for the program.
Portland State University population estimates, in the opinion of Mr. Maier, are
not correct. The U.S. Census estimate for the County for this year is 69,700. PSU
came up with 66,100. The local office of the Department of Labor showed, in
1987, 524 single family permits were issued, more than most areas in the State.
The PSU projections have never been challenged, but this could have an impact
on cigarette and liquor tax receipts and other programs.
He would like to pursue this further if it would take minimal staff time. The Board
was supportive of this idea.
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Right of way for clearance of title for the Lazy River Bridge and Bridge Drive.
Right of way has been acquired. (Staff explained the process used for this kind of
action.)
Fuel dispensing system. The electronics in the system are archaic and cannot be
updated, so new pumps are required. (Staff gave an overview of what is needed
and the anticipated cost.)
Purchase of a street sweeper. They may be able to share this equipment with the
City of Redmond. The Board was supportive.
Signature of documents regarding Reed Market Road improvements, including
those related to the railroad crossing.
Continuation of a public hearing next Wednesday morning regarding the adoption
of the surface mining inventory.
Representatives of DLCD will be holding a hearing in Bend tomorrow night
regarding the secondary and primary lands provisions. DLCD has prepared a
summary of their talking points. The County wants to make sure there is proper
balance. There could be more tightening up of uses and many property owners
are concerned about this. (There was a lengthy discussion about this issue and
land use in general.)
Release of the dog in a dog control case, to the owner.
Appointments to special road districts.
Redemption document for foreclosed property.
Request for a special merit increase for an employee in the Mental Health
Department. There is also another one that the director would like to talk about.
This will be addressed on Wednesday.
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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 Meeting of the Deschutes County Board of
Commissioners, held on November 21, 1988. 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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