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MINUTES
DESCHUTES COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
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MARCH 8, 2012 — 5:30 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Chair Merle Irvine. Members present were
Vice Chair Chris Brown, Bill Rainey, James Powell and Todd Turner. Absent: Ed Criss
and Richard Klyce. Staff present were Nick Lelack, Planning Director; Peter Gutowsky,
Principal Planner; and Sher Buckner, Administrative Secretary.
December 15, 2011 minutes were approved.
II. PUBLIC COMMENT
III. WORK SESSION, continued: Draft Comprehensive Plan Action Plan — Peter
Gutowsky, Principal Planner.
Peter discussed submitted responses and next steps with the Commissioners. The
Commissioners talked about Deschutes Junction, an upcoming TGM; grant application
and the timing of Tony Aceti's land purchase as it related to allowed land use.
Commissioner Powell mentioned the restrictions being put in, initially, to prevent a
commercial corridor from Bend to Redmond. Vice Chair Brown spoke about meetings
he has attended and the need for a plan as to what the residents can and cannot do.
We need to formulate a concept as to what is appropriate, whether it is commercial,
industrial or residential. There are traffic and access issues and he recalled that Mr.
Fagen was even willing to give us land. We need a plan for the needs of Deschutes
Junction. Commissioner Powell questioned whether we want to go ahead if it is not in
accordance with State law. Commissioner Rainey also agreed with.Vice Chair Brown
that we do need to come up with a plan.
Vice Chair Brown and Nick discussed staff resources necessary to complete items in the
Action Plan. Nick said that the process we use is that we create the budget in January
and prepare a work plan at the same time based on assumed resources for the next fiscal
year. If something major lands in our lap, for example, we may need to go to the Board
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and request hiring a consultant if we do not have the resources. We will have the list of
priorities in a draft work plan and create a budget based on what we think we can
accomplish. There are always unknowns. Peter also said that we have also used
categories for priorities in the last couple of years. Commissioner Rainey asked if we
focus on two or three items and they end up being time consuming, but we determine we
can fit something else in that requires more modest resources, is that how we look at it?
Peter and Nick said yes. Nick also said that we could receive an application for something
like a major text amendment which could shift action items. „
Peter added that Deschutes Junction residents would also receive a document such as
this one as a resource tool. Vice Chair Brown said that, when he reviewed all of the items
on the list, they all were worthwhile and none of them did not apply — it is just a matter of
prioritizing them.
IV. WORK SESSION: TA -12-2, Housekeeping Amendments to the County Code - Paul
Blikstad, Senior Planner. s
Paul mentioned that public hearings are not necessary for these potential changes. We
thought we would not need to give the 45 -day notice to the DLCD but decided to go ahead
and be safe procedurally. Paul summarized each item in the matrix previously provided to the
Commissioners. Nick added that the solar ordinance would involve neighbor agreement. Vice
Chair Brown spoke about the term "revenue" versus "income." Income is what's left after
expenses are deducted. Commissioner Powell and Paul discussed the proposed addressing
code changes.
If the rest of the County follows a specific addressing system and Redmond has a different
one, how did this happen? Is it better to get them to change? Paul said he found this out
when he took over as Address Coordinator and it wasn't mentioned in our Code. There are
thousands of addresses in the 4 -digit system and we have addressed all of Lower Bridge
Estates. We were willing to do that, but not willing to change thousands of addresses. Tom
Anderson said that he and Paul had a series of meetings with Redmond's address
coordinator. There are thousands of addresses that conform to the Redmond protocol that
would have to change. New addresses were established in Redmond conforming to their
protocols for a decade or more. This proposal will create two distinct forms of addressing for
the County — one for Redmond and one for everyone else. Emergency service responders in
Redmond are used to following their protocols. Commissioner Powell and Tom discussed the
problems with two addressing systems in the same County.
Motion: Commissioner Rainey moved to recommend the proposed changes to the Board.
Seconded by Vice Chair Criss.
Discussion:
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Commissioner Powell mentioned an issue of a neighbor invoking the solar ordinance to force
someone to move his house three feet and wondered how often this comes up. He also
asked about permits for firearms training in a forest use zone. Does this protect adjacent
property owners? How often do you have a forest zone adjacent to resident areas? Is there
enough protection so that those people would have a chance to get involved in the decision
making? Paul said it is a conditional use and if it was a controversial application it would go to
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a hearing. Commissioner Powell and Paul also discussed consideration: for wildlife overlay
zones and temporary workforce housing timelines.
Vote: Motion passed.
V. SOUTH COUNTY PLAN UPDATE -Terri Hansen Payne.
Terri distributed draft documents for the meetings coming up on March 20 and 21 and
outlined procedures. Chair Irvine asked Terri about public response which Terri said has
been overwhelmingly positive. Commissioner Turner asked if there had been any
pushback from anyone not wanting to be included in the South County area as defined.
Terri said that it was more a matter of people wanting to live in a certain area with a certain
identity, Sunriver versus La Pine for example.
VI. PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF COMMENTS — Nick Lelack.
Nick said that LCDC has been directed to work with three counties on a regional farmland
definition. Since the bill didn't pass, the idea behind the scenes was that the Governor
would issue a directive. It would easily take a year and a half to two years to even come
up with the definitions, so it will be a major undertaking. Commissioner Turner asked
about a proposal for development on heritage farms which Nick said did not make it to a
public hearing.
VII. ADJOURN
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Sher Buckner
Administrative Secretary