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2025-57-Minutes for Meeting February 07,2025 Recorded 2/21/2025`X\0-tEs CoG Recorded in Deschutes County CJ2025-57 BOAR® OF Steve Dennison, County Clerk Q I Commissioners' ,journal 02/21 /2025 2:32:27 PM COMMISSIONERS .� A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII li 111 1300 NW Wall Street, Bend, Oregon 2025-57 (541) 388-6571 8:00 AM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2025 FOR RECORDING STAMP ONLY ZOOM MEETING A legislative work session was held on Friday, February 7, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. via Zoom Virtual Meeting Platform. Deschutes County Attendance: x Commissioner Anthony DeBone, Chair x Nick Lelack, County Administrator x Commissioner Patti Adair, Vice Chair x Erik Kropp, Deputy County Administrator x Commissioner Phil Chang x Whitney Hale, Deputy County Administrator x Kristie Bollinger, Property Manager x Tim Brownell, Director Solid Waste x Sara Crosswhite, Director 9-1-1 Steve Dennison, County Clerk x Chris Doty, Director Road Department x David Doyle, Legal Counsel Charles Fadeley, Justice of the Peace x Janice Garceau, Director Health Services x Stephen Gunnels, District Attorney x Peter Gutowsky, Director Community Development x Holly Harris, Director Behavioral Health x Geoff Hinds, Director Fair & Expo x Deevy Holcomb, Director Community Justice x Heather Kaisner, Director Public Health Sean Kirk, Manager Veteran's Services x Bill Kuhn, Treasurer x Tom Kuhn, Public Health Program Manager Scot Langton, Assessor x Tania Mahood, Director Information Technology x Kevin Moriarty, Forester x Elizabeth Pape, Internal Auditor x Jen Patterson, Strategic Initiatives Manager 2025 DESCHUTES COUNTY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FEBRUARY 7, 2025 PAGE 1 OF 5 x Angie Powers, BOCC Administrative Assistant x Lee Randall, Director Facilities Kim Riley, Senior Assistant Legal Counsel x Robert Tintle, Chief Financial Officer Kent van der Kamp, Sheriff Aaron Wells, Undersheriff Heather Herauf, Procurement Manager Daniel Kieffer, Budget & Financial Planning Analyst x Cody Smith, Assistant Director Road Department Others Present: x Doug Riggs, Director NW Policy Advocates Corey Barber, Outreach Director NW Policy Advocates x Emma Innes, Associate NW Policy Advocates 1. Welcome and Introductions Chair DeBone called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. 2. Commissioner Updates Chair DeBone reported that HB 3104 matches federal to state dollars for economic development districts and wishes to add it to the weekly bill tracker report. Additionally, he wishes to add HB 3219 to the list, which develops statewide fire detection cameras, operated by Oregon State University. 3. Updates from NW Policy Advocates Doug Riggs reported the mood has shifted in Salem and it is no longer calm and quiet with the session ramping up, but no controversial bills have started moving yet. Committees are moving toward "theme weeks". Some themes include: home ownership, preservation and houselessness. Some key topics of discussion include wildfire, emergency planning, behavioral health, deflection and the public defender crisis. HB 3084, which directs specified state agencies to collaborate with local and regional officials to develop CORE3 centers, will have a hearing on February 20. The impact of federal funding on the state's budget has been another key topic. The Ways and Means Committee will likely set aside some funding, to be available to tap into should the state lose funding in certain areas. 4. Review Bill Tracker Report by Department 2025 DESCHUTES COUNTY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FEBRUARY 7, 2025 PAGE 2 OF 5 Holly Harris has been asked to testify regarding the Oregon Criminal justice Commission's (CJC's) biennial budget, which is missing IMPACTS grant funding. The stabilization center, is dependent upon this funding. She plans to travel to Salem next week to testify in person. It was mentioned that Rep, Kropp and Sen. Broadman are supportive of IMPACTS funding, but Harris has not spoken with them personally. Commissioner Adair noted her plans to be in Salem on Monday and offered to hand -deliver a letter, at Harris' request. The Board was supportive of Harris testifying at this budget hearing. While Harris is in Salem, a hearing will take place before the Senate Early Childhood and Behavioral Health Senate Committee, related to unlicensed clinicians billing Medicaid. Community Mental Health Programs believe strongly that unlicensed clinicians should be supervised and supported by experienced clinicians. Riggs echoed Holly's comments, noting issues related to patient safety and patient outcomes. For background, Garceau said this is related to opening access to those on the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) to the private sector community, but it is not ensuring access for those with critical needs. The Board was supportive of Harris testifying at this hearing. Riggs noted that our region is well represented on the Ways and Means Committee. HB 2858 relates to CORE3 and is referred to as the "SPARTICIS" bill (Statewide Preparedness Authority for Response Training and Intergovernmental Continuity of Imperative Services). Riggs said a hearing took place yesterday on this bill, along with two other related bills. It is a $300 million ten-year effort to better coordinate and prepare the state for a major Cascadia event, wildfire or other natural disaster. Funding would be rolled out over three phases, the first of which includes major enhancements to DPSST's training capability with satellite campuses and $20 million for CORE3. Strengthens the Resilience Coordinator in the Governor's office with better coordination with local organizations, including County Fairgrounds. Riggs described the package as a thoughtful approach and recommended support. Board position: priority 2/support. HB 3084 is another bill in this package, relating to CORE3. Board position: priority 1/support. A brief discussion took place regarding HB 3501, which relates to water rights, but Commissioner Chang said he doesn't believe this is the bill he referred to last week so he will do some further research on a water bill coming out of the Deschutes Basin related to water rights transfers. HB 3013-1 was discussed with Peter Gutowsky at Monday's Board meeting. Riggs attended this hearing and elaborated on the bill, which is a complicated issue. As drafted, this bill doesn't accomplish what proponents wished for so it may be modified. Board position: priority 2/watch. 2025 DESCHUTES COUNTY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FEBRUARY 7, 2025 PAGE 3 OF 5 Gutowsky spoke about SB 73, which was initiated by Central Oregon LanclWatch and makes it difficult to rezone Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) land. It would prevent rezones moving forward, without a Goal 14 exception or they have a strong correlation to an Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). Commissioner Chang said this bill is irrelevant to housing production, and rezoning these lands drives up land prices and pushes out farmers, turning rural agricultural lands into a rural residential landscape. Chair DeBone expressed a different opinion and advocated for the rights of private property owners. Board position: priority 2/watch. Gutowsky summarized SB 498, which would redefine historic homes in residential areas making these property owners eligible for a second dwelling and would apply to any home built prior to 1974. Board position: watch. Gutowsky summarized SB 967, which was initiated by the City of Bend and would allow Local Improvement Districts (LIDS) in UGB expansion areas. This would allow for an infrastructure financing mechanism. Riggs added that this would require approval of 50% + 1 of the area's property owners. Board position: priority 2/support. DA Gunnels spoke about HB 3368, which requires the state to pay for part of Deputy DA's salaries. As written, it would provide state money to the counties to play for one Deputy DA per county and pays for half of the salaries for all the other Deputy DAs. The Oregon DA's Association does not support this bill due to strings attached to the funding, enabling state control over local DA's offices. It is a legislative concept that could be favorable if modified. Riggs suggested asking Rep. Kropp when he attends an upcoming Legislative Update. Board position: priority 1/support. DA Gunnels said that SB 889 is a duplicate bill to HB 2293. It would limit the pretrial release of defendants charged with a felony or Class A misdemeanor to security release, requiring defendants to go before a judge prior to release. Board position: priority 2/support. Discussion took place related to meeting scheduling. Once per month, legislators will engage 7:30-8 a.m., with the regular weekly legislative update to take place immediately following 8-9 a.m. It will later be determined which Friday of each month this will occur, and Patterson will communicate this recurring schedule. Commissioner Chang noted a conflict with the AOC Steering Committee meetings, which are scheduled 8-10 a.m. on the first Friday of each month. Legislative Update meetings will shift to 7-8 a.m. on these days to avoid the conflict. 2025 DESCHUTES COUNTY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FEBRUARY 7, 2025 PAGE 4 OF 5 Chair DeBone and Commissioner Adair ,mil be in Salem or', Monday. Next Meeting: The next virtual legislative update meeting is scheduled for Friday, February 14 at 8:00 a.m. Adjourn: Chair DeBone adjourned the meeting at 9:12 a.m. Respectfully Submitted by: Angie f�oweis, Administrative Assistant 2025 DESCHUTES COUNTY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FEBRUARY 7, 2025 PAGE 5 OF 5 DESCHUTES COUNTY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Friday, February 7, 2025, 8:00 am This meeting will be held virtually. Members of the public may access the meeting using this link: https://bit.ly/3WDZYOx Or call (253) 205-0468 Webinar ID: 879 4809 6174 Passcode: 156736 1. Welcome -Chair 2. Commissioner Updates 3. Updates from NW Policy Advocates -Doug Riggs 4. Review Bill Tracker Report* by Department *the Bill Tracker Report will be added to the online meeting materials on Thursday, February 6th Deschutes County encourages persons with disabilities to participate in all programs and activities. This event/location is accessible to people with disabilities. 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