2017-777-Minutes for Meeting February 23,1998 Recorded 11/15/2017Recorded in Deschutes County CJ2017-777
Nancy Blankenship, County Clerk
Commissioners' Journal 11/15/2017 12:53:09 PM
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
Bend, Oregon
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Audio Cassette Recording Titled: WORK SESSION
February 23, 1998; 10:00-11:45 AM.
A meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held on February 23, 1998.
Commissioners present were Nancy Pope Schlangen and Bob Nipper;
Commissioner Linda Swearingen was out of the office. 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.
An annual report and work plan from Four Rivers Vector Control District regarding
past, current and future projects. The State Department of Fish & Wildlife and
the Department of Health have already approved the plan.
Discussion of bids on the Fairgrounds project. This conversation was put off until
later in the week.
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Discussion of signature of a Proclamation proclaiming February 28 as Law
Enforcement Appreciation Day.
Discussion of a public hearing on Ordinance 98-022, amending the Redmond Area
Urban Comprehensive Plan. A lengthy discussion occurred regarding why
Redmond does not have plans for a bypass. This is greatly needed there.
ODOT and the City came to an agreement to do further work on this idea, but that
they needed to get what they already have agreed to regarding transportation
issues adopted and in place.
Discussion of Regional Problem Solving issues.
Discussion of an exchange of real property with Cascade Pumice Corporation,
which will involve adding access points and lot line adjustments. (Staff referred to
a map.) This is a complicated issue, with the County and Habitats for Humanity in
Redmond and Bend involved.
Staff advised that they have had two parcels ready for some time for Newberry
Habitat for Humanity in La Pine, but they say they are set there for about three
years.
Commissioner Nipper asked what is going on with Bend Aggregate. Property
Management staff said they are not involved in this. Community Development
staff indicated that there is some work going on with this issue. They are not
selling their property, per rumors that Mr. Nipper had heard.
Discussion of a public hearing regarding amendments to the Sunriver
comprehensive plan. Staff said that there are some minor changes that were
omitted that need to be included. This is housekeeping in nature. Some of it has
to do with the siting of the post office and the State liquor store, and this is the
reason for the public hearing. A lengthy discussion then ensued.
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Discussion of a public hearing and approval of a vacation of a portion of 4th Street
in La Pine.
Discussion of establishing several speed limit zones in parts of Deschutes River
Woods.
Discussion of approval of snow plowing services on Skyliner Road.
Discussion of establishing a speed limit zone in portions of the La Pine Industrial
Park.
Discussion of a study regarding emergency exits out of various subdivisions.
Commissioner Nipper asked what areas are affected. Staff said there are four in
the south part of the County, plus Deschutes River Woods.
They worked on Lazy River South years ago but could never make any agreement
on where the access point would be. Most of this involved privately owned land,
and no one wanted to cooperate. This is being addressed again as part of
Regional Problem Solving.
They have not made any real progress on most of these emergency access issues,
but feel that DRW is the most important for safety reasons. However, they are
not making much progress with the railroad people. Staff finally went to
legislators to get a letter to the railroad, in an attempt to get this rolling. They
had to fly out railroad representatives from Texas to address this. There is no
local representative.
Commissioner Nipper brought up the issue of Road 45, to Mt. Bachelor from
Sunriver. Commissioner Swearingen has said that she was going to convince Mt.
Bachelor to commit to part of this, since they benefit from that road being
improved more than anyone. So far they have stonewalled everyone regarding
any kind of commitment. The Forest Service is asking about this, as well as people
in Sunriver.
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He wants to know if they can put some pressure on Mt. Bachelor. Staff said if this
happens, the people making the forest highway program decisions would move
this up in their priority list.
Discussion of approval of a contract for in-house training for the 9-1-1 County
Service District. Staff said that there have been some conversations regarding
vacancies for dispatchers, and they are starting to address it with some additional
training, as recommended by the 9-1-1 e -board.
They will be including some targeted questions in the interview process, and
testing for stress resistance. Commissioner Nipper still feels that some of the
employees are using this for a training ground for a career in law enforcement
later. He suggested hiring someone to teach dispatching technique instead of
relying on current staff to do this.
He asked if they could work with COIC regrading retraining programs, and maybe
some displaced people could be retrained into this kind of work.
Staff said they have been meeting with various agencies in this regard. Not very
many people are suited to this kind of work, unfortunately, and they don't want
someone who is just looking for a job in a hurry to pay their bills. They will be
looking for other jobs in some cases. They have to meet the personality profile
for this kind of work.
Commissioner Nipper would like to see them reach out and try to hire people
who are blind. Commissioner Schlangen said that staff has been very responsive
and is gathering appropriate information from other agencies, and working with
the 9-1-1 e -board as well.
Discussion of the second reading and adoption of the animal control Ordinance
changes.
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Discussion of second reading of an ordinance regarding allowing private citizens
to file a complaint regarding animal noise.
Discussion of signature of a Resolution allowing the Sheriff to enter into
intergovernmental agreements for psychiatric services in the jail.
Discussion of approval of the adoption of an Ordinance amending wording
regarding the urban and rural areas of the County.
Discussion of approving amendments to an agreement to a subgrant for the
Commission on Children & Families regarding Title 7 funding. This has to do with
across-the-board reduction of funding from the State.
Discussion of approval of the adoption of an Ordinance regarding exemptions
from Chapter applicability. This is a housekeeping item.
Discussion of approval of a County petty cash policy.
Discussion of approval of an Order transferring appropriations within various
funds.
Discussion of approval of an Order authorizing tax refunds.
Discussion of actions taken to reduce the levy per the State legislature's
instructions. Commissioner Nipper indicated that he still doesn't understand the
bill and its ramifications. A lengthy discussion ensued.
Discussion of Awbrey Butte transmission tower leases. It was felt that the towers
should only be used for public safety reasons and that Oregon Public Broadcasting
is not doing its share in supporting the work that has to be done on this particular
issue.
The City of Bend has not been very helpful in dealing with this issue. A lengthy
discussion took place.
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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 February 23, 1998. 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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