2024-296-Order No. 2024-040 Recorded 10/21/2024Recorded in Deschutes County CJ2024-296
Steve Dennison, County Clerk 10/21/2024 10:47:36 AM
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
An Order Establishing Certain Public Roads as
County Roads
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ORDER NO. 2024-040
WHEREAS, the roads described and depicted in the attached Exhibit "A" are public roads within the
jurisdiction of the Board of County Commissioners of Deschutes County, Oregon; and
WHEREAS, said roads have been constructed to applicable Deschutes County road standards; and
WHEREAS, the County Road Official has recommended that the Board of County Commissioners accept
said roads into the County -maintained road system: and
WHEREAS, in accordance with ORS 368.06(2)(c), a county governing body may by resolution or order
make any public road within its jurisdiction a county road; now, therefore,
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, HEREBY
ORDERS as follows:
Section 1. The public roads described and depicted in the attached Exhibit "A" are hereby established as
county roads.
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Dated this I LU of Oc+• , 20 c
ATTEST:
Recording Secretary
PAGE 1 OF 1- ORDER No. 2024-040
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
PATTI ADAIR, Chair
ANTHONY DeBONE, Vice Chair
PHIL CHANG, Comi ' sinner
EXHIBIT "A"
ORDER NO. 2024-040
COUNTY ROAD ESTABLISHMENT
Wood Avenue:
All of "Wood Avenue" between Bailey Road and O.B. Riley Road as shown on the official plat of
"Townsite of Laidlaw", Deschutes County, Oregon, and as described in Instrument No. 2020-02031,
Deschutes County Official Records.
NW 39th Drive:
All of "NW 39th Drive" as shown on the official plat of "Glenn Meadow, Phase III", Deschutes County,
Oregon.
ROAD SEGMENT TO
BE ESTABLISHED
COUNTY ROAD ESTABLISHMENT
WOOD AVENUE
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COUNTY ROAD ESTABLISHMENT
NW 39TH DRIVE
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ROAD SEGMENT TO
BE ESTABLISHED
Deschutes County GIS, Sources: Esri, USGS, NOAA
Date: 10/9/2024
1 inch = 752 feet
BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: October 16, 2024
SUBJECT: Approval of Order Number 2024-040 establishing Wood Avenue and a portion of
NW 39th Avenue as County Roads
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move approval of Order Number 2024-040 establishing Wood Avenue and a portion of NW
39th Avenue as County Roads.
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
A public road is a road over which the public has a right of use that is a matter of public
record (Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 368.001(5)). The Board of County Commissioners
has jurisdiction over all public roads in Deschutes County that are not state highways,
federal roads, or city streets. This jurisdiction applies to the exercise of governmental
powers relating to a road, such as matters associated with land use planning and
permitting, health and public safety, and the Oregon Vehicle Code.
A county road is a public road under the jurisdiction of Deschutes County that has be
designated as a county road by resolution or order of the Board of County Commissioners
(ORS 368.001(1) and 368.016). County roads in Deschutes County are operated and
maintained by Deschutes County Road Department.
A local access road is a public road under the jurisdiction of Deschutes County that is not a
county road (ORS 368.001(3) and 368.031). Local access roads are not operated and
maintained by Deschutes County Road Department, as the County is prohibited by state
law from spending county funds on local access roads except in certain situations, such as
emergencies.
Wood Avenue was recently improved as part of the US20: Tumalo to Cooley Road project, a
cooperative improvement project between Deschutes County and the Oregon Department
of Transportation. Prior to the project, Wood Avenue was a stubbed local access road that
only connected to Bailey Road. With the project, Wood Avenue was widened and extended
south to O.B. Riley Road to provide a connection between Bailey Road and US20 via O.B.
Riley Road, as left turns onto Bailey Road from westbound US20 are no longer possible
with the roundabout improvements on US20. Wood Avenue, which was improved with
County road funds, now carries higher traffic volumes due to through traffic between
Bailey Road and O.B. Riley Road; as such, Road Department staff find that it is appropriate
to include Wood Avenue as part of the County -maintained system.
In 2006, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution Number 2006-049,
declaring a suspension on the establishment of new public roads created by private land
development as county roads due to declining road funds. At the time of adoption of the
resolution, a list of land use applications had been approved but not yet initiated; as such,
the resolution indicated that proposed roads in those developments would be considered
for acceptance as county roads. "TP-06-971", approved earlier in 2006, was included in that
list of land use applications.
The 2006 suspension resolution was superseded in 2009 with Resolution Number 2009-
118, which continued the suspension on the establishment of new public roads created by
private land development as county roads; however, the 2009 suspension resolution did
not list any exceptions for ongoing land use applications. Current Road Department staff
believe that this was an oversight, as some of the land developments listed in the 2006
resolution had not been completed by 2009.
The Glenn Meadow, Phase III subdivision plat, which was approved under TP-06-971 in
2006, was recorded in March 2019 and included a segment of NW 39th Drive contiguous
with county road segments on either end. Road Department staff find that it is appropriate
to include the segment of NW 39th Drive within the Glenn Meadow, Phase III subdivision as
part of the County -maintained system to honor the intent of the 2006 resolution and to
provide contiguous County maintenance of the loop road.
Adoption of Order Number 2024-040 will establish Wood Avenue and the segment NW 39th
Drive within the Glenn Meadow, Phase III subdivision as county roads and will allow for
continued County maintenance of those roads.
BUDGET IMPACTS:
No initial budget impacts would occur, and minimal ongoing budget impacts are
anticipated. The subject road segments would comprise approximately 0.42 mile of
additional road into the County -maintained road system. The subject road segments exist
within localized road grids that are already maintained by the Road Department.
ATTENDANCE:
Cody Smith, County Engineer/Assistant Road Department Director