2017-325-Minutes for Meeting April 28,1989 Recorded 6/22/2017Recorded in Deschutes County CJ2017-325
Nancy Blankenship, County Clerk
Commissioners' Journal 06/22/2017 1:27:37 PM
For Recording Stamp Only
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
Bend, Oregon
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Audio Cassette Recording Titled: WORK SESSION REGARDING SURFACE MINING
ISSUES
April 28, 1989; 10:00-11:30 AM.
A meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held on April 28, 1989.
Commissioners present were Lois Prante, Tom Throop and Dick Maudlin. Also in
attendance were Rick Isham, County Counsel; County Administrator Mike Maier;
and other staff and citizens.
Chair Prante explained that although this is a public meeting, it is not a hearing
where testimony would be taken. Questions may be considered, but it is not a
time for anyone to give opinions or testimony one way or another.
The Board will be touring some of the sites this afternoon, and citizens are
welcome to join.
Mr. Throop added that one way to look at this meeting is that it is basically an
orientation and informational exercise for the Board.
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Craig ? and Karen ? (staff) began their presentation, based on an agenda and
packet.
The Planning Commission has already held some hearings. An overview of the
Goal 5 process was explained. Reference was made to the LCDC, maps and other
information within the packet.
The Goal 5 process is a four -step process: the inventory, the ESEE hearings,
developing a plan after the ESEE analysis, and adopting the ordinances. An
ordinance has been adopted regarding the inventory. Some policies were
adopted into the comprehensive plan. Staff has identified the conflicting uses
around each inventory site, and prepared staff reports on each resource site.
Included is an ESEE analysis as required.
The Planning Commission hearings were meant to review staff's ESEE analyses
and recommendations regarding zoning designations and conditions put on a
particular site. The Planning Commission is still addressing some sites, and should
be finished in a week or two. In some cases, they have recommended adopting
staff recommendations as written. In other cases, they made their own
recommendations.
There are six to eight sites that have been identified as high conflict sites, and
some of those will be visited later today.
ESEE hearings will start on May 9. The Board will have the ESEE analysis and
recommendations, along with the ESEE model with general assumptions. There
will be recommendations by staff, and by the Planning Commission if different.
There will also be minutes of all the Planning Commission meetings.
Staff went into further detail regarding the recommendations of staff and the
Planning Commission. They did a lot of the legwork for the Board. There have
been about 70 hours of hearings already held. The Board can agree with
suggestions and recommendations, or come up with its own.
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An overview of how the hearings were held and how future hearings would be
held was provided. Also explained was how the information would be made
available to the Board and the public.
Staff then provided a list of the high conflict sites, the adjacent property owners
who are involved, and which attorneys are representing them. A few of the
property owners have not yet retained legal counsel.
Some of these situations may involve a period of negotiations with the owners
and their counsel, to try to reach a settlement.
One of the sites to be toured today is an example of how reclamation can be done
successfully. Another site will show how it was not done so well.
The Board will have to keep track of any pre -hearing contacts so those can be put
on the record to avoid the appearance of conflicts of interest.
The County -owned site creates a somewhat more difficult situation. The Board
has to look at potential benefits for the County as a whole. The Board's role will
be the same, which is as an impartial fact-finding body. County Counsel feels that
perhaps the County should retain an outside attorney to represent Public Works
on this particular situation. Mr. Maudlin does not necessarily agree with this
recommendation.
Mr. Throop talked about his contact with the Coalition for the Deschutes and how
he would disclose these conversations.
There have been discussions between environmental groups and certain mining
site property owners to see if they can reach some kind of settlement outside of
the County process. It is unknown how this might impact hearings and the
decision-making process.
Someone in the audience asked if they or their attorney could attend these
conferences where there might be compromise reached. It was explained that
since just one Commissioner would be there, it would not necessarily be an open
meeting. It would be up to the parties involved as to whether this would be
allowed.
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Any person or group can make contact with the parties and find out if a
conversation would be appropriate, to try to reach some middle ground. A citizen
express concern about a Commissioner acting as a mediator in this type of
situation.
There was a lengthy discussion about what venue and equipment to use for the
hearings.
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 April 28, 1989. This record was completed subsequent to the presiding
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners' tenure.
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Bonnie Baker
For the Board of County Commissioners
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