2017-694-Minutes for Meeting January 27,1997 Recorded 10/19/2017Recorded in Deschutes County
Nancy Blankenship, County Clerk
Commissioners' Journal
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Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
Bend, Oregon
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Audio Cassette Recording Titled: WORK SESSION
January 27, 1997; 10:00-12:00 PM.
A meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held on January 27, 1997.
Commissioners present were Nancy Pope Schlangen, Bob Nipper and Linda
Swearingen. Also in attendance were Rick Isham, County Counsel; County
Administrator Mike Maier; the media, other staff and a large number of
interested citizens.
Items discussed at this meeting may be on a future Board business meeting
agenda.
Discussion of an update of the Wy'East Council. Parker Johnstone explained that
this organization involves six counties plus the Tribes for natural resource
projects. There were 56 applications for councils, and this was one of 11
approved nationwide at the USDA level.
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They have a total of 19 projects on board for a total of $60 million. About $30
million of those projects have been approved.
Bob Nipper asked if there is an alternate member to attend if Mr. Johnstone
cannot attend. He said that one of the Commissioners would be the preferred
alternate.
Another supportive organization is the Watershed Council, which has 18
members. He went into details about what the various groups do and how they
can work together.
Commissioner Swearingen said she serves on the Watershed Council and has met
with Road Department staff about their noxious weed program. The County
spends about $25,000 on noxious weed reduction each year. The Watershed
Council is applying for a grant from the Forest Service, and they can leverage the
money from the County.
The County works on the problem adjacent to roads, but work is also needed
along streams, on private property and in other areas. She hopes they can get
this match.
An update on the Four Rivers Vector Control District.
Discussion of a continued public hearing on the exchange of real property in
Sisters with the U.S. Forest Service. Brad Chalfant stated that they will have a
recommendation ready on Wednesday.
Discussion of signature of Resolution 97-011, declaring the intent to exchange real
property with Aspen Lakes Development LLC, and setting a date for a public
hearing. Staff said this is an exchange of 120 acres of County land for 129 acres
on Squaw Creek owned by the Cyrus family, with 50 acres of water rights. The
County -owned property does not have a specific use or function at this time, and
is surrounded by farmland owned by the Cyrus'.
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The County's interest is in protecting riparian interests, so this looks to be a good
exchange. The appraisals came back about equal.
Discussion of signature of Resolution 97-012, declaring the intent to transfer the
revisionary rights to real property to the American Legion in Redmond. This
involves Ray Johnson Park and the American Legion Hall. The County holds a
reversionary interest in the Hall itself, and the Legion holds a reversionary interest
in Ray Johnson Park, which belongs to the City.
The City would like to move that park and redevelop the property. The City is
asking that the County swap reversionary rights.
Discussion of what to do with the La Pine Cemetery. People in La Pine are asking,
but the County is not in the cemetery business and has no funding for this. It is
not part of the mandate and there is no personnel on board to deal with a
cemetery.
The various parties need to sort out their differences, and bring some kind of
solution to the County. It is a complicated situation.
Discussion of membership in COED and the fact that if an entity gives over
$20,000 to COED, they are entitled to have two members on its board. Mr.
Nipper said he is one of them now. They would like Brad Chalfant to become the
second board member.
Discussion of signature of Resolution 97-013, declaring certain equipment surplus,
and directing its disposition. This equipment is x -terminals used in the GIS
program, which would be donated to COCC. Most of this was purchased in 1992
and it can no longer be used.
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Discussion of legislation in Salem regarding GIS mapping. This is an attempt to get
legislation in place to be able to charge an adequate amount of money for a GIS
Discussion of signature of a contract with Arbitrage Compliance Specialists, Inc.
Marty Wynne stated that this has to do with the difference between the bond
yield and the amount the County earns. It is basically a kind of insurance policy to
ensure compliance when a project is closed out. Mr. Wynne went into great
detail.
Discussion of signature of Resolution 97-015, transferring appropriations within
the 1996-97 budget.
Discussion of signature of Resolution 97-016, establishing the Adult Community
Corrections — Jefferson County fund, and making appropriations.
Discussion of approval of an out of state travel request for Gabrielle Taylor for
computer training regarding the conversion project. Dave Peterson said this is
budgeted.
Discussion of signature of the final decision on Appeal #A-96-17 of the Hearings
Officer's decision for the Devins to continue the home operation of a winery on
Alfalfa Market Road. Last year the Board overturned this decision and approved
the permit.
Discussion of whether to hear an appeal of CU -96-85, of the Hearings Officer's
approval of a cell phone site with a 150 -foot pole for Western PCS. Damian
Syrnyk said this is located on Highway 20 near Harmony Lane, in an EFU zone and
inside a landscape management combining zone. This is different from the Ward
Road issue in that they are dealing with a much higher monopole.
They are now at day 82 of the appeal period of 120 days, so there is little time to
process this. The appellants raised four main issues relating to the EFU zoning,
the location on the site, the height of the structure, and the compatibility with the
surrounding uses of the land.
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Discussion of the adoption of Policy No. P-005-97, adopting grievance procedures
for complaints of alleged discrimination based on disability. Staff said that each
year community block grant applications add more requirements, and this is the
latest one.
Discussion of the receipt of a check from the State for a handicapped -accessible
van. The County will have to appropriate new grants funds, and the vehicle can
be transferred to the appropriate group, which in this case is Dial -a -Ride.
Discussion of signature of a plat for Judy Neill (?), located at 2660 SW Helmholtz
in Redmond.
Discussion of the appointment of Brenda Towel (?) to the Special Road District #6
board of directors.
Discussion of signature of Order 97-018, assigning the road name of Mockingbird
Lane to an unnamed road off Blue Eagle Road.
Discussion of signature of Order 97-019, assigning the road name of Dipper Lane
to a road off Blue Eagle Road.
Discussion of signature of Order 97-020, assigning the road name of Trumpeter
Lane to a road off Blue Eagle Road.
Discussion of signature of Order 97-021, assigning the name of Gold Crest Lane to
a road off Blue Eagle Road.
Discussion of approval of the reappointment of Connie Brodell (?) and Jerry
Stickler to the Redmond Urban Area Planning Commission.
Discussion of signature of a personal services agreement with Phillips Design for
the COBRA facility expansion in Culver. The amount is under $10,000.
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Discussion of approval of the siting of a wireless telephone facility in Deschutes
County. Staff said that they are getting a lot of these applications and will get
many more. The criteria is vague, but due to federal law, they have to be allowed
if the location is deemed reasonable. There are a number of issues such as the
conditional use fee, which is not enough to backfill staff.
Staff has developed an interim ordinance to address some of the most pressing
issues. They went into great detail about what these criteria would be. A long,
heated conversation followed.
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 Meeting of the Deschutes County Board of
Commissioners, held on January 27, 1997. 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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